Spencer Tunick was born in Middletown, New York in 1969. He now lives and works in New York. His previous installations include the Vienna Kunsthalle (1999) and Statements at Art 30 Basel (1999). His work was acquired by the Dakis Joannou Foundation Collection in Athens, Greece in 2000. In June 2001, Spencer Tunick organised his first indoor installation with Site Santa Fe, New Mexico and was included in the 25th Sao Paulo Biennial in 2002. Tunick's recent installations and exhibitions include the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (2004), the Lyon Biennial (2005) and Mardi Gras: The Base, an installation commissioned as part of Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in March this year. Spencer Tunick's largest installation to date was staged in Mexico City in 2007, where he worked with 18,000 volunteers, while his last work in the UK was in 2005 for an installation and exhibition at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Newcastle and Gateshead.

Listen to Spencer Tunick talking his commission with The Lowry here:
Interview.