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Mat Collishaw Biography
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Born in Nottingham, England
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1986 |
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Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, England
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1989 |
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BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England
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Lives and works in London, England
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Photographer, sculptor and filmmaker. Mat Collishaw was born in Nottingham and studied at Goldsmith’s College in London. Much of his work contains historical and art-historical references to the interaction between nature and culture. Often the images are appropriated and digitally altered, the underlying theme being the relationship between representation and reality. The artist lives and works in London.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008 - 2009
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Mat Collishaw, Alalix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2008
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Deliverance, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York (solo)
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2008
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Shooting Star, Haunch of Venison, London, UK (solo)
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2008
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Summer Exhibition - In The Old Fashioned Way, Gallery 8, Royal Academi, Aberdour, UK
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2007
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Cornice Art Fair, Analix Forever, Geneva (solo)
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2007
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Reconstruction #2, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
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2006
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Handsome, Analix Forever, Geneva
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2006
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Buenas noches, Analix Forever, Geneva (solo)
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2006
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Raucci/Santamaria Gallery, Naples (solo)
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2005
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No one is innocent, Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich (solo)
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2005
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The Parable Show, Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich
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2005
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Fragile, Analix Forever, Geneva
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2005
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Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK (solo)
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2004
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Analix Forever, Geneva
I, Assassin, Wallspace Gallery, New York
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Gardens, Tate Britain, London
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2003
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The Luminous Image, VI (curated by Franc Palaia), Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY
Retinal Stain/Persistance Retinienne, Artissima, Turin (November), Art Basel Miami (December)
Modern Art, London
Cadrage, Analix Forever, Geneva
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2002 - 2003
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Raucci/Santamaria Gallery, Naples
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2002
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Penetration, Marriane Boesky Gallery/Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
Cosmic Galerie, Paris
Unexpected Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection:Art from 185 to the present, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Tableaux Vivants: Living Pictures and Attitudes in Photography, Film, and Video, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Mirroring Evil/Nazi Imagery in Recent Art, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Nausea, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham, England
New Religious Art, Liverpool Biennial curated by Neal Brown
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2001
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New Works, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
Mat Collishaw, Site Gallery, Sheffield, England
Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
New Works, Modern Art, London, England
Ultra Violet Baby, 4 day film screening, Shoreditch Town Hall, London, England
Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY
Lux Gallery, London, England
At Sea, Sainsbury Centre, UEA, Norwich, England
At Sea, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
Tattoo Show, Modern Art, London, England
Electronic Maple, New York Centre for Media Arts, New York, NY
Sacred & Profane, A Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust Touring Exhibition, Sheffield, England
Claustrophobia, Cartwright Hall, Lister Park, Bradford, England
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2000
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2000
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Greenhouse Effect, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
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2000
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1000+1 Nacht, Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
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2000
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Sex and the British, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France
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2000
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And She Will Have Your Eyes Forever, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
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2000
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Bierfest, VTO, London, England
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1999
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EXTRAerORDINAIRE, Printemps de Cahors, France
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1999
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Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
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1999
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Flesheaters, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
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1998
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Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1998
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Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY
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1998
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Exterminating Angel, Galerie Guislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
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1998
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Claustrophobia, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, AL
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1998
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Two person exhibition with Damien Hirst, Anne Faggionato, London, England
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1998
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London Calling, British Art School at Rome, Rome, Italy
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1998
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Close Echoes, City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
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1998
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The Edge of Awareness, P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
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1998
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Then and Now, Lisson Gallery, London, England
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1997
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Pictura Britannica, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Sydney, Australia
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1997
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Sensation: Young British Artist from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
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1997
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Full House: Young British Art, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
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1997
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Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
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1997
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Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
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1997
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Duty Free Spirits, Lisson Gallery, London, England
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1997
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Urban Legends, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden Baden, Germany
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1997
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London Live, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany
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1997
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The Citybank Private Bank Photography Prize, Royal College of Art, London, England
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1997
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Live/Life, Fundaçao de Descobertes, Lisbon, Portugal
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1996
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Control Freaks, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
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1996
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Fernbedienung/Does Television inform the Way Art is Made?, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
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1996
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The Inner Eye, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, England
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1996
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Manifesta, Natural History Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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1996
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The British Art Show IV, Hayward Gallery for the Arts, London, England
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1996
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Exchanging Interiors, Museun Van Loon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1996
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Comme un oiseau, Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
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1996
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Hybrids, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1996
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Statements, Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
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1996
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Life/Live, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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1995
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Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
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1995
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Camden Arts Center, London, England
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1995
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The British Art Show IV, Hayward Gallery for the Arts, London, England
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1995
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Brilliant ! (New Art From London), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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1995
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Hardcore II, Factual Nonsense, London, England
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1995
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Minky Manky, South London Gallery, London, England
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1995
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The Fourth Istanbul Biennial, Art and Culture Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey
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1995
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Wild Walls, Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1995
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Here and Now, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
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1995
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2+2 and 4 for 4, Karaoke, South London Gallery, London, England
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1994
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Institute for Cultural Anxiety, I.C.A., London, England
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1994
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Incertaine Identité, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
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1994
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Corpus Delicti-London in the 90's, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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1994
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Winter of Love II, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
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1994
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Soggetto-Soggetto, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
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1994
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Rien à signaler, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
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1994
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L'Hiver de l'Amour, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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1994
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Galerie Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
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1993
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Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
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1993
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Centre d'art contemporain, Martigny, Switzerland
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| Literature |
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2001
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'A Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities', Selections from the Vicki & Kent Logan Collection, CCAC, 2001
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1999
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‘Vision. 50 years British Creativity’, Thames & Hudson. Text by David Sylvester,David Hockney, Melvin Bragg, Michael Craig – Martin, Nicholas Serota
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1998
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‘Real/Life: New British Art’, exhibition catalogue, published by The Asahi Shimbun, Japan
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1997
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'Mat Collishaw ', Jon Thompson, Artimo Foundation
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1997
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‘Screen’, portfolio of 11 prints by 12 artists, Anne Faggionato Gallery, published by Charles Booth-Clibborn
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1996
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Push Ups, exhibition catalogue, Athens
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1996
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Live/Life exhibition catalogue, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
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1996
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Digital Gardens: A world in Mutation, exhibition catalogue, The Power Plant
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1996
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Fernbedienung, exhibition catalogue, Grazer Kunstverein
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1995
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Manifesta One, exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam
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1995
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Corpus Delicti, Kunstforeeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Torben Christensen and Andrew Renton
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1995
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British Art Show, National Touring Exhibitions, A Hayward Gallery Publication
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1995
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Istanbul Biennial exhibition catalogue, Istambul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Turkey
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1994
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Sogetto Sogetto, Castello di Rivoli, Italy, Giorgio Verzotti & Antonella Russo
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1993
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Aperto, Venice Biennale XLV
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