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Biography |
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1970 |
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Born Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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1990 - 1995 |
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B.A.Hons; Middlesex University/ Manchester Metropolitan University |
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1997 - 1998 |
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Two Year Residency Programme; Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam |
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2002 - 2004 |
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Master of Philosophy; Royal College of Art |
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Lives and works in London |
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Awards, Prizes, Commissions, Residencies |
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2007 Two Rooms, New Zealand Residency |
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2006 Quercus Lamu Bursary |
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2005 IASPIS, June – Oct Residency, Stockholm |
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2004-05 Government Art Collection, Public Art Strategy, Artists Commission for Home Office Building |
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2004 Spike Island, June – August Residency, Bristol |
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2002-03 ‘Arena’, Samling Foundation and NESTA Commission |
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2001 London Arts, ‘Visual Arts’ Award |
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2000 Ford Motor Co & Breakthrough, ‘Nurture & Desire’ Commission |
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2000 Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, ‘Premio Regione Piemonte 2000’ |
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1999 University of East London, ‘Richmix’ Commission |
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1999 Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst ‘Aanmoedigings Prijs ‘99 |
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1998 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, ‘Acquisitions Prize’ |
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1998 NUFFIC Scholarship |
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1997 Foundation of Sports and Arts Award |
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1997 Camden Charities Scholarship |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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Brave New Worlds, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis |
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2007 |
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Übergangsräume – Potential Spaces, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
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2007 |
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Your position as much as your environment, Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo |
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2007 |
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Two Rooms, Auckland Festival, Auckland |
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2007 |
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Manipulations. On Economies of Deceit, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw |
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2007 |
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I Want To Believe, Eva Presenhuber, Zurich |
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2007 |
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COLLATERAL When Art looks at Cinema, Hangar Bicocca, Milan |
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2007 |
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Normal Love, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
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2007 |
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Be The First To See What You See As You See It, Two Rooms, Auckland Festival, Auckland (solo) |
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2007 |
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Centre of Gravity, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen; National Museum of Art, Oslo (solo) |
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2006 |
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Conditional Probability, Serpentine Gallery, London (solo) |
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2006 |
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Video invitational. Video in tutti i sensi, Viafarini, Milan (solo) |
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2006 |
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Room Service, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Malaga (solo) |
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2006 |
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Super Vision, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston |
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2006 |
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Manipulations. On Economies of Deceit, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk |
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2006 |
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Dual Realities, 4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Korea |
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2006 |
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The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society, Seville Biennale, Seville |
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2006 |
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Broken Lines, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse |
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2006 |
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Fever Variations, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju,Korea |
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2006 |
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Undisciplined: Attese Ceramic Biennal, Albisola, Italy |
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2006 |
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Sub-Contingent, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin |
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2006 |
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Upsetting the Balance, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern |
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2006 |
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Between Body and Object, MARTa, Herford |
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2006 |
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Around the World in Eighty Days, ICA, London |
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2006 |
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Sip My Ocean, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek |
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2006 |
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Whisper Not, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam |
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2005 |
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How Far To Fårö, Museo di Arte e Contemporanea di Trento, Rovereto (solo) |
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2005 |
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Time Lines, White Cube, London (solo) |
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2005 |
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Be The First To See What You See As You See It, Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (solo) |
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2005 |
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Time Lines, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona (solo) |
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2005 |
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Out of the Picture, Camden Arts Centre, London (solo) |
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2005 |
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Scale (1/16 inch = 1 foot), Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto (solo) |
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2005 |
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Visages & Voyages, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg (solo) |
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2005 |
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Time Lines, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf |
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2005 |
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Contour 05. Video Art Biennial, Mechelen, Belgium |
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2005 |
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More Than This! Negotiating Realities, Goteborg International Biennale for Contemporary Art, Sweden |
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2005 |
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Variation Xanadu, Taipei MOCA, Taipei |
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2005 |
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In the Middle of…, South Öland World Heritage Site |
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2005 |
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Manipulations on Economies of Deceit: Kinskich Palace, Prague Biennale |
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2005 |
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Always a Little Further, Arsenale, 51st Venice Biennale |
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2005 |
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Critical Societies Art; Criticism and the Promises of Capitalism Part Two: Boundless Sociability Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe |
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2005 |
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Split Subject, De Appel, Amsterdam |
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2005 |
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Critical Societies Art; Criticism and the Promises of Capitalism Part One: Sources of Indignation, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe |
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2005 |
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We Have Met The Enemy And He Is With Us, Redux, London |
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2004 |
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This Is Not A Home, This Is A House, L’Observatoire, Brussels |
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2004 |
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Spin Cycle, Spike Island, Bristol |
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2004 |
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Eclipse, Towards the Edge of the Visible, White Cube, London |
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2004 |
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Lilith, MOT, London |
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2004 |
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Blind Date, Temporary Contemporary, London |
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2004 |
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Párpados y Labios (Eyelids and Lips), at Historias, Photo España, Antigua Fábrica de Tabacos, Madrid |
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2004 |
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Tape291, 291 Gallery, London |
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2004 |
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Process, L’Observatoire, Brussels |
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2004 |
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Britannia Works, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, British Council, Athens |
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2004 |
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Runa Islam: Scale (1/16 inch = 1 foot), Shugo Arts, Tokyo (solo) |
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2004 |
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In Movement: UNESCO Salutes Women in Video Art Unesco Headquarters, Paris |
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2003 |
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Love / Hate, Attempts at the Grand Emotion Between Art and the Theatre, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichal, Germany |
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2003 |
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Intervention, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton |
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2003 |
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Poetic Justice, 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Antrepo 4, Istanbul |
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2003 |
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Turbulent Screen, Edith Russ-Haus Fur MedienKunst, Oldenburg |
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2003 |
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Sharjah International Biennial 6, Expo Centre, United Arab Emirates |
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2003 |
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Miradas Cómplices (Knowing Looks), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea (CGAC), Spain |
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2003 |
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Director’s Cut (Fool for Love), Kunsthalle Wien, Karlsplatz Project Space, Vienna (solo) |
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2003 |
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Runa Islam, Film and Video Works Voralberger Kunstverein, Bregenz (solo) |
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2003 |
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Rapid Eye Movement, MIT List Visual Arts Centre, Cambridge, Massachusetts (solo) |
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2002 |
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Great Theatre of the World, Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan |
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2002 |
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Videodrome II, Zenith Media Lounge, New Museum, New York |
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2002 |
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Happy Outsiders from London and Scotland, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw |
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2002 |
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Tele-Journeys, MIT List Visual Arts Centre, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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2002 |
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Shine, St. Pancras Chambers, London |
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2002 |
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A Haunted House of Art, Outline, Amsterdam |
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2001 |
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One day a day will come, when a day will not come anymore, April in parking meters, Cologne (solo) |
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2001 |
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Director’s Cut (Fool for Love), White Cube, London (solo) |
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2001 |
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Looking With/Out, Courtauld Institute, London |
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2001 |
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Foot Loose, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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2001 |
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Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt |
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2001 |
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Squatters, Museu de Serralves, Oporto and Witte de With, Rotterdam |
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2001 |
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Gymnasion, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz |
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2001 |
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Idea Festival. Video in the City, Centrum Hedendaagse Kunst Maastrict |
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2001 |
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Please Disturb Me, Great Eastern Hotel, London |
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2001 |
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Whitechapel Centenary 1901-2001, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
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2001 |
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In/SITE/out. Inquiries into Social Space, Apex Art, New York |
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2001 |
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Century City, Tate Modern, London |
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2001 |
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Video, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich |
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2000 |
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Nurture and Desire (in Aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer), Hayward Gallery, London |
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2000 |
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Sublime, Duende, Rotterdam |
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2000 |
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Hers at Steirischer Herbst, Landesmuseum, Joanneum, Graz, Austria |
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2000 |
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Haven Lodge, Haven Lodge Residential Home, Ramsgate |
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2000 |
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Guarene Arte 2000, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per l’arte, Guarene d’Alba, Italy |
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2000 |
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The British Art Show 5, Hayward Gallery touring exhibition: Edinburgh, Southampton, Cardiff and Birmingham |
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2000 |
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And If There Were No Stories, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London |
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2000 |
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Point of View, Richard Salmon Gallery, London |
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2000 |
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Wouldn’t it Be Nice, Montevideo/TBA, Amsterdam |
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2000 |
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Screen Test/ Unscript, Fig-1, London (solo) |
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2000 |
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Runa Islam, Tschumi Pavilion, Groningen,The Netherlands (solo) |
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1999 |
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Stimuli, Witte de With, Rotterdam |
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1999 |
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Masterclass 1999, KHM, Cologne |
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1999 |
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Amnesiac Cinema, Galerie du Bellay, Mont-St-Aijan, France |
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1999 |
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Ninenineninetynine, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London |
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1999 |
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Dis-Locations, hARTware projekte, Dortmund, Germany |
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1999 |
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East International, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich |
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1999 |
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000Zero, Zero, Zero, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
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1998 |
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Near, Sharzah Museum of Art, Sharzah, United Arab Emirates |
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1998 |
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Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam |
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1998 |
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The Vauxhall Gardens, Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich |
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1998 |
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Martin, Catalyst Arts, Belfast and Waygood Gallery, Newcastle |
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1998 |
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The Road, Espace Culturel François Mitterand, Beauvais, France |
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1998 |
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Host, Tramway, Glasgow |
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1998 |
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Beloved, The Waiting Room, Wolverhampton |
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1997 |
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Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam |
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1997 |
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Colo(u)rblind, Salle de Bains, Rotterdam |
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1997 |
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Double Life, The Waiting Room, Wolverhampton |
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1997 |
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Martin, Top Floor, Atlantis Gallery, London |
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1997 |
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Big Blue, Coins, London and Café Fix, Berlin |
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1996 |
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Yerself is Steam, 85 Charlotte Road, London |
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1996 |
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Childs Play, D.F.W.T.F.D Gallery, London |
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1996 |
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Flag, Clink Wharf, London |
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1995 |
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Lost Property, The Lost Goods Building, London |
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1994 |
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Transit at Art Focus, Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv |
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1994 |
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Candyman II, Building C, London |
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