Steven Claydon (b. 1969) lives and works in London. He studied at Chelsea School of Art & Design and Central Saint Martins, London.
He has exhibited internationally, with major exhibitions including Analogues, Methods, Monsters, Machines, CAC Genève, Geneva (2015);The Fictional Pixel and The Ancient Set, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (2015);Culpable Earth, Firstsite_,_ Colchester (2012); Mon Plaisir...Votre Travail..., La Salle de Bains, Lyon (2011); Golden Times, Haus der Kunst, Munich (2010); and The Ancient Set and The Fictional Pixel, Serpentine Pavilion, London (2008).
In 2015 he curated (with Martin Clark) The Noing Uv It, at Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen; and S_trange Events Permit Themselves The Luxury of Occurring_ at Camden Arts Centre in 2007. His films Grid & Spike and Mimicry Systems were broadcast as part of ICA’s Channel 4 Random Acts in 2013. Claydon has also been involved in experimental electronic music for over 20 years, most notably as part of the bands Add N to X, Jack too Jack, and Long Meg. A book on Claydon’s work is forthcoming from Mousse Publishing.

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