Peter Halley (b. 1953, New York) came to prominence as a central figure of the Neo-Conceptualist movement of the 1980s. His paintings redeploy the language of geometric abstraction to explore the organization of social space in the digital era. Since the 1980s, Halley’s lexicon has included three elements: “prisons” and “cells,” connected by “conduits,” which are used in his paintings to explore the technologically determined space and pathways that regulate daily life.

Halley has been the subject of major exhibitions at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (2024); Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (2023); Dallas Contemporary (2021); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2016); Musée d’Art Moderne Saint-Etienne Métropole (2014); Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Japan and Museum Folkwang, Essen (1998); Museum of Modern Art, New York (1997); Dallas Museum of Art (1995); Des Moines Art Center (1992); CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1991); Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, and Institute of Contemporary Art, London (1989).
His work is held in numerous public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate, London and Centre Pompidou, Paris. From 2001 to 2011, he served as professor and director of graduate studies in painting at the Yale School of Art. He lives and works in New York.