Ron Mueck
Ron Mueck was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1958. The son of toymakers, Mueck was exposed early on to the techniques used to enliven inert objects. In the late 1980s, he worked as a puppet and model-maker in film and advertising in Australia, the United States and finally London, England, where he still lives. In 1990, he began experimenting with fibreglass, which became his signature medium. In 1996, his hyper-realist sculptures were noticed by renowned art patron Charles Saatchi, catapulting Mueck into the limelight of the contemporary art world.
Real Life is Mueck’s second major Canadian exhibition, following his solo show at the NGC in 2007.
Guy Ben-Ner
Guy Ben-Ner was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, in 1969. A practising artist since the early 1990s, he completed his Bachelor of Education in 1997 at Hamidrasha Art College in Ramat Hasharon. In 2001, Ben-Ner and his family moved to New York City, where he completed his Master of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 2003. Ben-Ner gained international prominence after he created
Treehouse Kit – an installation which explores themes of isolation and do-it-yourself culture – for the Israeli pavilion at the 2005 Venice Biennale.
Real Life is his most extensive exhibition to date in Canada. He now lives and works in Berlin.
