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Biography |
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1961 |
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Born, Glasgow |
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1979 - 1983 |
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Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee Diploma in Sculpture |
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1983 - 1985 |
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Royal College of Art, London MA in Photography |
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1985 |
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KJP Photographic Award |
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1986 |
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Prizewinner, 'Young European Photographer of the Year Award' |
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1987 |
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The Photographers Gallery 'Brandt Award' |
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1997 |
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The 13th Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Prize |
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2000 |
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SAC/National Lottery Creative Scotland Award |
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2001 |
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Awarded OBE for contribution to the Visual Arts |
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2002 |
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Carnegie Trust Award |
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2006 |
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Maude Gemmell Hutchison Prize, Royal Scottish Academy |
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2007 |
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AHRC Research Leave Award |
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2009 |
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Carnegie Trust Award. |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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25 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX, The Mound, Edinburgh |
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2009 |
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'Inspired' Mitchell Library, Glasgow |
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2009 |
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SSA Annual Exhibition, Vision Building, Dundee |
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2009 |
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‘Natural Magic’ Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (solo) |
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2008 |
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‘Highland’ an Lanntair, Stornoway |
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2008 |
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‘The Scottish Exhibition’ Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada Las Vegas; The University of Maryland; Hite Museum, University of Louisville |
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2008 |
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‘Heroes: 19th Century Self Help Role Models’ Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh |
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2008 |
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‘Kaleidoscope’ National Galleries, Edinburgh |
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2008 |
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'Creative Burns' The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock |
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2008 |
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‘Cryptoreal - Art and Myth’ Francis Lewis Gallery St. George's Church Flushing New York |
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2007 |
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‘Digital VD’ Edinburgh College of Art ,The Ice Box Crane Arts Center Philadelphia USA; Galerie Weissraum Kyoto Japan; Dundee contemporary Arts; Margaret St Gallery Birmingham City University |
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2007 |
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Incident Report, Hudson New York; Edinburgh Printmakers |
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2006 |
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‘Visual Poetry’ (with Tom Leonard) Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol |
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2006 |
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‘Leaving on a flat bed picture plane’ The Centre of Attention, London |
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2006 |
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‘Divided Selves: The Scottish Self-portrait from the 17th century to the present’ Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh |
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2006 |
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‘Northern Light, Contemporary Scottish photography from the City of Edinburgh Collection’ Institut Français D'Ecosse, Edinburgh |
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2005 |
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'Dr Skin'Perth Museum |
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2005 |
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‘Beyond Real Part 2 - Making a Scene’ Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney |
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2005 |
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Three Generations – 108 Fine Art, Harrogate |
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2005 |
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‘Drawing and Painting’ Hoopers Gallery, London (solo) |
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2005 |
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'Venus Rising' Inverness Museum and Art Gallery; The Burrell Collection; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle |
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2004 |
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‘New Associates’ RSA, Edinburgh |
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2004 |
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'Calum Colvin' Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Browns Gallery, Tain (solo) |
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2003 |
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‘Fragments’ Edinburgh Printmakers; Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen (solo) |
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2003 |
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‘Figurative Fine Art Photography’ Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra, NSW Australia |
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2002 |
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‘Scotland Calls – 20th Century Scottish Photography’ Boston Public Library |
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2002 |
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‘Seeing Things:Photographing Objects ,1850-2001’ Canon Photography Gallery, V&A Museum, London |
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2002 |
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'Ossian: Fragments of Ancient Poetry' Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. Iona Gallery, Kingussie. Swanson Gallery, Thurso. An Tuireann, Skye. Timespan, Helmsdale. St Fergus Gallery, Wick. Inverness Museum and Art Gallery; Birnam Institute, Dunkeld; Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries; Festival de Musique de Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Beaulieu, France (2005); UNESCO, Paris (2005) (solo) |
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2001 |
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‘Narcissus- 20th Century Self Portraits’ Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh |
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2001 |
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‘Stilll Lifes and Portraits from the Manfred Heiting Collection’ Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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2001 |
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‘True Fictions’ Bad Arolsen, nr Kassel, Germany; Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
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2001 |
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‘Can You Judge a Book by its Cover?’ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh |
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2001 |
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‘The Art of Photography’ Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh |
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2000 |
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Piece Hall Gallery, Halifax (solo) |
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2000 |
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The Meffan Institute, Forfar (solo) |
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2000 |
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'Expressions, Scottish Art 1976-1989' Aberdeen Art Gallery; Dundee Contemporary Arts |
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2000 |
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'100 Years of Scottish Prints' Edinburgh Printmakers |
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2000 |
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'Fusion: The Rhodes+Mann inaugural' Rhodes+Mann Gallery, London |
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2000 |
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'Writers of Our Time' Scottish National Portrait Gallery |
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2000 |
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‘Optical Delusions: Jokes, Puns, and Sleights-of-Hand in Photography’ Art Institute of Chicago |
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1999 |
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'Scotland's Art' City Art Centre, Edinburgh |
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1999 |
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Viewpoint Gallery, Salford, Manchester (solo) |
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1999 |
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Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery (solo) |
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1999 |
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Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago (solo) |
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1998 |
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'Calum Colvin's in Hospital', St Johns Gallery, Livingston (solo) |
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1998 |
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The Pelican Gallery; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (solo) |
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1998 |
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The Link Gallery, Royal Edinburgh Hospital (solo) |
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1998 |
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National Machado de Castro Museum, Coimbra, Portugal (solo) |
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1998 |
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Primavera Festival, Barcelona (solo) |
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1998 |
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University of Salamanca (solo) |
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1998 |
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Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia (solo) |
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1998 |
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'Sacred and Profane' Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (solo) |
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1998 |
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Kawasaki City Museum, Japan (solo) |
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1998 |
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Centre Cultural Caixa de Terassa, Barcelona (solo) |
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1998 |
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Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville (solo) |
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1998 |
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'Body Politic' Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Derby Art Gallery |
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1997 |
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Focal Point Gallery, Southend -on -Sea (solo) |
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1997 |
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Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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1997 |
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Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Wales (solo) |
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1997 |
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'History: the Mag Collection' Ferens Museum, Hull; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1997 |
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'On The Bright Side of Life - Contemporary British Photography' NGBK, Berlin; Kunstverein, Karlsruhe |
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1996 |
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'Photography after Photography' Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich |
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1996 |
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'Ornithology' Jason and Rhodes Gallery, London (solo) |
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1996 |
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'Pseudologica Fantastica' Impressions Gallery, York (solo) |
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1995 |
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Unlikely Stories' Kulturhuset, Stockholm (solo) |
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1995 |
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Photographic Museum of Finland, Helsinki (solo) |
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1995 |
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'Light From a Dark Room' Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh |
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1994 |
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'Revisions' Kulturreferat Der Landeshaupstradt, Munich |
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1994 |
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'An American Passion' McLellan Galleries, Glasgow |
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1994 |
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'Elvis + Marilyn:2 x Immortal' Institute of Contemporary art, Boston |
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1994 |
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Norwich Arts Centre (solo) |
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1994 |
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BM Contemporary Art Center,Istanbul (solo) |
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1994 |
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Banco Central Art Gallery, Quenca, Ecuador (solo) |
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1994 |
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British Council, Quito, Ecuador (solo) |
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1994 |
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Royal Photographic Society, Bath (solo) |
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1994 |
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Seagate Gallery, Dundee (solo) |
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1994 |
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Photography Centre of Athens (solo) |
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1993 |
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'The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things' Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Photographers Gallery, London; Photosynkyria, Thessalonki, Greece (solo) |
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1993 |
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Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1992 |
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'A Decade of Fine Art' Dundee Museum |
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1992 |
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'Addressing the Forbidden' Art Gallery,Brighton Polytechnic |
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1992 |
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'La Photographie Britannique' Arles |
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1992 |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (solo) |
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1992 |
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Nickle Arts Museum,Calgary (solo) |
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1992 |
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Winnipeg Art Gallery (solo) |
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1991 |
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'The Two Ways of Life' Art Institute of Chicago (solo) |
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1991 |
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Salama Caro Gallery,London (solo) |
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1991 |
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'De Composition' Chapter Arts Centre,Cardiff |
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1990 |
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Fotofest, Houston |
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1990 |
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'New Scottish Photography, Scottish National Portrait Gallery,Edinburgh |
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1990 |
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'Photography on Site' (Calum Colvin + Ron O'Donnel),California State University |
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1990 |
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Aberdeen Art Gallery (solo) |
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1990 |
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'Brief Encounter' Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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1990 |
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Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (solo) |
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1990 |
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Glenn/Dash Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) |
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1990 |
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Torch Gallery,Amsterdam (solo) |
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1989 |
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California State University,Long Beach,California (solo) |
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1989 |
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Friedman-Guinness Gallery,Frankfurt (solo) |
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1989 |
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Salama Caro Gallery, London (solo) |
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1989 |
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Pier Arts Centre,Stromness,Orkney (solo) |
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1989 |
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Harris Museum and Art Gallery,Preston (solo) |
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1989 |
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Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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1989 |
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'Through the Looking Glass, Photographic Art in Britain 1945-89' Barbican Art Gallery, London |
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1989 |
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'Towards a Bigger Picture' Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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1989 |
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'Machine Dreams' Photographers Gallery, London |
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1989 |
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'Das Konstruiert °e Bild' Kunstverein, Munich |
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