
San Francisco
Matthew Barney was born in San Francisco in 1967; at age six, he moved to Idaho with his family. After his parents divorced, Barney continued to live with his father in Idaho, playing football on his high school team, and visiting his mother in New York City, where he was introduced to art and museums. This intermingling of sports and art informs his work as a sculptor and filmmaker. After graduating from Yale in 1991, Barney entered the art world to almost instant controversy and success.

as Gary Gilmore

as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
2014

as Occidental Guest
2006

as Gary Gilmore
1999

as The Entered Apprentice
2002

as Self
2006

as Engraver
2019

as Ken Stabler
2023

as Diva / Giant / Magician
1997

as The Loughton Candidate
1995
as Himself
2004

as Himself
1991
2003
as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
2014

as Ken Stabler
2023

as Engraver
2019

as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
2014
2010

as Self
2006

as Douglas MacArthur
2006

as Occidental Guest
2006
as Himself
2004
2003

as The Entered Apprentice
2002

as Himself
2002

as Gary Gilmore
1999

as Diva / Giant / Magician
1997

as The Loughton Candidate
1995
as Himself
1995

as Himself
1991
1991
as Engraver