Doug Fishbone is an American artist living and working in London. Fishbone was born in New York City in 1969. He earned a MA in Fine Art degree at Goldsmiths College in 2003 and was awarded the Beck's Futures Prize for Student Film and Video in 2004. He is perhaps best known for his project 30,000 Bananas - a huge mountain of ripe bananas installed in the middle of London's Trafalgar Square and later given away free to the audience - in October 2004. Fishbone's video and performance work was included in the  British Art Show 6, a national touring exhibition held every five years to feature the best in contemporary British art. He had his first major solo project at Gimpel Fils in London in October of 2006, and performed at London's Hayward Gallery as well as Serpentine Gallery, ICA and KHOJ International, Delhi.