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Biography |
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1958 |
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First visit to Paris for the opening of the Unesco Building and the inaugural exhibition |
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1956 - 1959 |
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Studied painting at Middlesbrough College of Art |
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1960 - 1962 |
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Studied painting under William Coldstream and etching under Anthony Gross at the Slade School, London |
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1962 |
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Made first woodcut prints in Edinburgh. |
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1962 |
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Awarded French Government Scholarship to study gravure under William Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris |
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1963 |
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Returned to London and married Judith Jackson. Started part-time work at Chelsea School of Art, London (until 1970). Taught etching at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (until 1972) |
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1966 |
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Moved to Parsons Green studio. Built an etching press and made first series of coloured prints and constructed paintings |
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1967 |
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Daughter Kim born |
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1968 |
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Son York born |
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1970 - 1973 |
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Worked in the Foundation Department of Watford School of Art |
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1973 |
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Stopped regular art school teaching |
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1974 |
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First visit to New York for the opening of his first one-man exhibition there |
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1974 |
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Also visited Los Angeles |
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1974 |
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Started work on illustrations for ‘A Rebours’ by J.K. Huysman |
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1974 |
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Moved to London Bridge Studio |
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1974 |
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Spent the summer in Verona working on his first ‘Hotel Room’ watercolours |
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1975 |
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Travelled to Utrecht for his first Dutch exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art |
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1975 - 1976 |
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Moved to Providence Rhode Island, USA as visiting Professor at Brown University |
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1977 |
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Spent time working in Sweden prior to his Gothenburg exhibition |
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1978 |
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Moved to Wiltshire and started to work on the first mesh paintings |
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1980 |
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Returned to live and work in North Yorkshire |
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1981 - 1982 |
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Appointed artist-in-residence at Melbourne University, Australia |
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1981 - 1982 |
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Travelled to the Simpson Desert. Painted the Open Mesh canvases. Travelled through France, Switzerland and Italy, ‘The First Grand Tour’ working in watercolours |
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1984 |
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Travelled extensively throughout South Western America making watercolours. Worked on the Bridge Mesh paintings and the Esk Bridge series of etchings |
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1987 |
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Moved to Westwood Studios in North Yorkshire |
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1989 |
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Showed the first Westwood Paintings. Began to work on ceramic project at Fulham Pottery |
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1990 |
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Invited by Mixographia to work in Los Angeles on large scale relief prints. Travelled through California and Arizona |
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1992 |
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Trip to Ireland to make watercolours of the Lake Isle of Innisfree |
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1993 |
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Visited Pennsylvania to make a series of watercolours based on Frank Lloyd Wright house “Falling Water”. |
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1993 |
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Also visited Cooperstown, Lake Otsego and the James Fenimore Cooper collection of Native American artifacts |
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1994 |
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Travelled in Italy visiting Florence, Ravenna and Mantua. Worked on the Blackhaven Paintings |
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1995 - 1996 |
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Worked on the Fluxion Paintings |
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1997 |
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Spent six months living and working in Paris. Paris interiors series |
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1998 |
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Short-listed for the Jerwood Prize |
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1996 - 1999 |
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Working and living in North Yorkshire |
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2000 |
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Publication of “Against the Grain” a major monograph by Norbert Lynton. Started the ‘Encounters’ series |
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2001 |
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Travelled to the Sates for 6 weeks. Continues work on the ‘Encounters’ series |
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2002 |
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Travelled to Ireland, worked on a series of watercolours as part of the‘Hardware: Variations on the theme of Encounter’ group of works. Finishes ‘Encounter’ series |
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2003 |
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Travelled to Tobago, worked on the watercolour series ‘In the South’ |
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Collections |
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Arts Council of Great britain |
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Bank of America |
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Boston Museum of Art |
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Bradford City Art GAllery |
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Broadgate Centre, London |
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Brooklyn Art Museum, New York |
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Federal Savings Bank, Los Angeles |
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Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas |
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Manchester City Art GAllery |
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Melbourne University, Australia |
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Middlesbrough Art Gallery |
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Milton Keynes Development Corporation |
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Museum of Art, Lodz, Poland |
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Museum of Art,Varsovie, Poland |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Varsovie, Poland |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, friedrickstad, Norway |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Utrecht, Holland |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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N.A.S.A., USA |
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Northern Arts Association |
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Norwich City Art Gallery |
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Reading University |
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Southampton University |
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Southern Arts Association |
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The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
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The British Council |
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The mellon Bank, london |
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The Tate Gallery, london |
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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Westminster Bank, London |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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2006 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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2004 |
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Eton College, Windsor (solo) |
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2004 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery & Bernard Jacobson Print Gallery, London (solo) |
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2003 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London |
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2002 - 2003 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery & Bernard Jacobson Print Gallery, London |
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2002 |
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Broadbent Gallery, London (solo) |
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2002 |
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Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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2000 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1999 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1999 |
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Charleston Gallery, Sussex (solo) |
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1997 |
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Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (solo) |
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1997 |
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Annandale Galleries,Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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1996 |
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Cleveland Gallery, Middlesbrough (solo) |
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1995 |
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Belloc Lowndes Fine Art Inc, Chicago (solo) |
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1995 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1995 |
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Harewood Visual Arts, Leeds (solo) |
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1994 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1994 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1994 |
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Wildenstein & Co. Ltd, London (solo) |
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1994 |
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Royal West on England Academy (solo) |
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1993 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1993 |
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Adelson Galleries, New York (solo) |
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1992 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1992 |
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Adelson Galleries, New York (solo) |
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1992 |
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Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) |
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1991 |
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Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath (solo) |
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1991 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1991 |
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Wildenstein & Co. Ltd, London (solo) |
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1991 |
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Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg (solo) |
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1990 |
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Images Gallery, Ohio, USA (solo) |
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1989 |
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Smith Anderson Gallery, California (solo) |
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1989 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1987 |
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Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (solo) |
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1987 |
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Louise Hallett Gallery, London (solo) |
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1987 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (solo) |
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1987 |
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Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) |
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1985 |
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Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago (solo) |
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1983 |
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Bernard Jacobson Galleries, London, New York and Los Angeles (solo) |
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1982 |
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Melbourne University Gallery, Australia (solo) |
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1982 |
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Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney (solo) |
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1982 |
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Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney (solo) |
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1981 |
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Oriel Gallery, Cardiff (solo) |
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1981 |
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) |
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1980 |
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Nicola Jacobs Gallery. London (solo) |
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1980 |
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Curwen Gallery, London (solo) |
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1978 |
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Hobson Gallery, Cambridge |
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1978 |
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Nuffield Gallery, Southampton University |
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1978 |
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Ian Birkstead Gallery, London |
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1978 |
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Stadia Graphics, Sydney |
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1978 |
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Gallery Malmgran, Gothenburg |
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1977 |
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Kornblee Gallery, New York |
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1976 |
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Galerie Ahlner, Stockholm |
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1976 |
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Asard and Asard, Johanneshov, Sweden |
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1975 |
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Sunderland Arts Centre |
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1975 |
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Galerie Jacques Bosser, Paris |
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1975 |
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Gallery Ariadne, New York |
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1975 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Utrecht |
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1975 |
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Neue Galerie Museum, Linz |
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1975 |
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Gallery 39, Manchester |
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1975 |
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ICA Galleries, London |
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1974 |
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Atmosphere Gallery, London |
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1974 |
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Studio La Citta', Verona |
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1974 |
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Galerie Jacomo-Santiveri, Paris |
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1973 |
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Galerie Multitude, Paris |
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1972 |
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Grafiska Sallskapet, Stockholm |
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1971 |
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Serpentine Gallery, London |
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1970 |
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Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol |
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1962 |
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Middlesbrough Art Gallery |
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