Michael Raedecker

{{use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{use list-defined references|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox artist | name = Michael Raedecker | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =Michael George Raedecker | birth_date = 12 May 1963 | birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | field = Art and fashion | training = {{ubl|Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam|{{nobreak|Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten}}|Goldsmiths College, London}} | movement = | works =Pictures including paint and textiles | patrons = | awards = {{ubl|John Moores Prize, 1999|Turner Prize short-list, 2000}} | elected = | website = | signature = }} thumb|The artist at his studio in east London

'''Michael Raedecker''' (born 12 May 1963) is a Dutch artist who works in the United Kingdom.{{r|grove}}

Raedecker was born in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. From 1985 to 1990 he studied fashion design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, and then, from 1993 to 1994, at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten there. In 1996 and 1997 he studied art at Goldsmiths College in London.{{r|tate}} After a period working as an apprentice to Martin Margiela, he began to make pictures that included textiles or embroidery as well as paint.{{r|grove}}

In 1999 ''Mirage'', a painting incorporating sequins and thread, received first prize in the John Moores Prize Exhibition held at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool during the Liverpool Biennial.{{r|grove}} The following year, Raedecker was on the short-list for the Turner Prize.{{r|tate}}

He is married to artist Rannav Kunoy.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Independent: Rannva Kunoy, painter: 'I keep reining the paint in, to prevent it from being overly luxurious' {{!}} Nathalie Karg Gallery | url=https://nathaliekarg.com/news/89-independent-rannva-kunoy-painter-i-keep-reining-the-karen-wright-meets-the-artist-at-her-studio/ | access-date=2025-08-24 | website=nathaliekarg.com}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|45em|refs=

<ref name=grove>Morgan Falconer ([n.d.]). [http://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000096948 Raedecker, Michael]. ''Grove Art Online''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{doi|10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T096948}}. {{subscription required}}.</ref>

<ref name=tate>[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/turner-prize-2000/turner-prize-2000-artists-michael-raedecker Michael Raedecker – nominated]. London: Tate. Accessed February 2018.</ref>

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