Jeremy Deller (b.1966) lives and works in London. His practice often involves close collaborations with different group or sub-groups of people. He works as an event organiser, a producer of a broad range of projects. These events are then documented through videos, publications or recordings. His most famous work, The Battle of Orgreave (2001) is a re-enactment of a particularly violent episode of the coal miner’s strike combined with photographic stills from the clashes in 1984. It works both a cathartic exercise and a re-evaluation of recent history. In 2004, Jeremy Deller won the Turner Prize for Memory Bucket, a documentary about Crawford, Texas and hometown of Georges W Bush. Collaborating with the artist Alan Kan, he initiated an ongoing project, The Folk Archive, highlighting the production of folk art in the UK.

His most recent exhibitions include: Paranoia Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (England); 4. Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst, berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst e. v., Berlin, (2006); Making History - Art and Documentary in Britain from 1929 to Now, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, (2006); Folk Archive: Contemporary Popular Art from the UK, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, (2005) 100 Artists See God, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, (2005); Jeremy Deller - An injury to one is an injury to all, Bawag Foundation, Vienna, (2005); Populism, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow, (2005); Turner Prize 2004,Tate Britain, London, Romantic Detachment, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, (2004) Manifesta 5 - San Sebastian, Manifesta - European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, (2004).

Jeremy Deller is represented by Art : Concept, Paris (France), The Modern Institute, Glasgow (Scotland), Paul Stolper, London (England) and Low, Los Angeles, CA.