Nicolas Deshayes was born in France in 1983 and graduated with an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College in 2009. Recent exhibitions include; A Killer Whale Breaching in Soft Focus, (with Ed Atkins), Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 2010, Cultural Wood, Concrete, Hayward Gallery, curated by Tom Morton, London, 2010, Stiff Peaks, the two Jonnys, London, 2010, Neo, RUN Gallery, London, 2007 and Radio IPS, (with The Island), International Project Space, Birmingham, 2010, Keep Floors and Passages Clear, One Thoresby Street, Nottingham, 2010, Re: Public, Towards an Art For the Public Realm, Chelsea Future Space, 2010, Decadence and Drama, Mol's Place, 2010 and A Stranger's Window, curated by Moot, Nottingham Castle and Museum, 2010. Nicolas Deshayes lives and works in London.