Gareth Long was born in Toronto, Canada. He currently lives and works in London. He is the first ever Curator in Residence at the Kunsthalle Wien. He holds a BA in Visual Studies and Classical Civilizations from the University of Toronto and an MFA from Yale University. Long has held solo exhibitions at Oakville Galleries; Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto; The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge; Kate Werble Gallery, New York; Michael Benevento, Los Angeles; and Tory, Paris. His work has been shown at various institutions including the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; Flat Time House, London; Spike Island, Bristol; Wiels, Brussels; NICC, Antwerp; Witte de With, Rotterdam; Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien; Artists Space, New York; Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York; and MoMA PS1, New York.