Although he works with a variety of media, including video, sculpture and graphic art, his work emphasises collaborative projects, ‘re-enactments’ and public art, through which he reflects on popular culture in post-industrial England.

His most important artistic projects include: ‘Acid Brass’ (1997), ‘Folk Archive’ (from 1999) in collaboration with Alan Kane, ‘The Battle of Orgreave’ (2001), ‘Procession’ (2009) and ‘Sacrilege’ (2012). Some of his most outstanding exhibitions have been: English Magic for the British Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), the retrospective ‘Joy in People’, Hayward Gallery (2012), and ‘Carte Blanche à Jeremy Deller’, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2008). He has also carried out important curatorial projects, including: ‘All That Is Solid Melts Into Air’ (2013), ‘The Bruce Lacey Experience’ (2012) and ‘British Council Collection: My Yard’ (2009).