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Michael Craig-Martin Biography
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1941 |
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Born 28, August, Dublin, Ireland
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1946 |
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Family moves to Washington D.C: Education in U.S.A.
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1961 - 1966 |
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Studied Fine Art at Yale University, B.A., M.F.A.
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1965 - 1966 |
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Taught at School of Visual Arts, New York
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1966 - 1969 |
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Taught at Bath Academy of Art
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1969 |
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First solo exhibition, Rowan Gallery, London, England
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1968 - 1970 |
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Taught at Canterbury College of Art
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1970 - 1972 |
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Artist-in-Residence, King's College, Cambridge, England
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1981 - 1982 |
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Living and working in New York
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1982 |
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First solo exhibition with Waddington Galleries, London
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1974 - 1988 |
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Taught at Goldsmith's College School of Art, London
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1989 |
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Retrospective Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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1989 |
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Appointed Trustee of the Tate Gallery, London
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1994 - 2000 |
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Appointed MIllard Professor of Fine Art, Goldsmith's College, University of London, England
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2001 |
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Lives and works in London, England
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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ART Futures, Bloomberg Space, London, England (group)
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2007
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Michael Craig Martin, The Columns, Gallery, Seoul (Korea) (solo)
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2007
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Michael Craig Martin, A is for umbrella, Gagosian Gallery, London (solo)
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2006
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Michael Craig-Martin, Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin (solo)
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2006
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Michael Craig-Martin, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (solo)
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2006
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Michael Craig-Martin, New Art Centre, Salisbury (England) (solo)
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2006
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Michael Craig-Martin - Changement de climat (solo)
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2006
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MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble (solo)
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2006
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Form and Line. Prints, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin (group)
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2006
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The Hiscox Collection #2 (group)
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2006
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Hiscox Art Projects, London, England (group)
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2006
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ACG Publications, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England (group)
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2006
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6th Shanghai Biennale - Hyper Design (group)
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2006
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Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (group)
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2006
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Lightboxes, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England (group)
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2006
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SWITCHED ON, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England (group)
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2006
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Morandi’s Legacy - Influences on British Art, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, England (group)
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2006
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MORANDI, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, England (group)
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2005
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Alan Cristea Gallery Publications, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England (group)
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2005
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Painting in the Edge, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul (group)
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2005
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Raised Awareness - Curated by Bill Woodrow, Tate Modern, London, England (group)
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2005
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Michael Craig-Martin, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin (solo)
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2004
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Michael Craig-Martin – Surfacing, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes (solo)
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2004
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Michael Craig-Martin - New Work, Alan Cristea Gallery, London (England) (solo)
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2003
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Michael Craig-Martin, Haunch of Venison - Zürich (ex Galerie Judin), Zurich (solo)
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2003
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Michael Craig-Martin - Eye Of The Storm, Gagosian Gallery, New York (solo)
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2003
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Gagosian Gallery, New York (solo)
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2002
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Inhale/Exhale, Manchester Art Gallery (solo)
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2002
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Works 1984-1989, Waddington Galleries, London, England (solo)
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2002
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Inhale/Exhale, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England (solo)
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2001
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Landscapes, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
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2000
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Intelligence, New British Art 2000, Tate Britain, London
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2000
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Live in your head, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Lond
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2000
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Voilà, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
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2000
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Shifting Ground, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
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2000
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Conference, Waddington Galleries, London, England (solo)
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2000
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Haus der Kunst, Munich
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2000
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IVAM, Valencia, Spain
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1999
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Signature Pieces, Alan Cristea Gallery
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1999
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‘ModernStarts: Things’, Museum of Modern Art, New York (site specific installation)
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1999
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Michael Craig-Martin, Peter Blum Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
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1999
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Michael Craig-Martin - and sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (solo)
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1998
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Michael Craig-Martin always now, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (solo)
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1998
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'Elegant Austerity’, Waddington Galleries, London
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1998
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'Jardin d’artiste’, Musée Zadkine, Paris
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1998
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'Up to 2000’, Southampton City Art Gallery
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1998
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‘Cluster Bomb’, Morrison Judd, London
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1997
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Treasure Island, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
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1997
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'Follow me: British Art on the lower Elbe’, organised by Landschaftsverband
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1997
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Alan Cristea Gallery, London, England (solo)
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1997
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Waddington Galleries, London, England (solo)
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1997
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Southampton City Art gallery (solo)
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1997
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Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1997
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'Michael Craig-Martin und Raymond Pettibon', Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
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1996 - 1997
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Ace! Arts Council Collection New Purchases, South Bank Centre exhibition: touring Britain
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1996
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‘Un siècle de sculpture Anglaise’, galerie nationale du jeu de Paume, Paris
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1995
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Drawing the line: Reappraising drawing past and present, selected by Michael Craig-Martin, South Bank Centre exhibition: touring Britain
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1995
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Open House, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
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1995
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The Adventure of Painting, Kunstverein, Dusseldorf and Kunstverein, Stuttgart
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1995
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (solo)
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1994
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
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1994
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'An oak tree', galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (solo)
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1994
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Wall Paintings at the Villa Herbst, Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland (solo)
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1994
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1994 Wall to Wall, Serpentine Gallery, London; touring to Southampton and Leeds; wall drawing exhibition with Lothar Baumgarten, Jessica Diamond, Neile Toroni, Lawrence Weiner and Barbara Kruger
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1993
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‘Out of sight out of mind’ Lisson Gallery, London
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1993
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‘Here and Now’, Serpentine Gallery, London
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1993
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Accomodating, British School at Rome (solo)
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1993
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Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France (solo)
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1993
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At Home, Waddingtons Galleries, London, England (solo)
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1992 - 1993
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Twelve Stars: selected works from the European Parliament Collection, Arts Council Gallery, Belfast; touring to Edinburgh and London
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1991
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Objects for the Ideal Home: The Legacy of Pop Art, Serpentine Gallery, London
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1991
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Michael Craig-Martin, Michael Landy, Julian Opie, Goldsmiths College Art Gallery
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1991
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Project Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York (solo)
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1991
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David Nolan Gallery, New York (solo)
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1991
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Musee des Beaux Arts, Andre alraux, Le Havre (solo)
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1990
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Galerie Claudine Papillon, Paris, France (solo)
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1990
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The Readymade Boomerang, Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia
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1990
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A Painting Show: Michael Craig-Martin, Gary Hume, Christopher Wool, Karsten Schubert, London, England
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1989
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'Sculpture’, Six Friedrich Gallery, Munich, Germany
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1989
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Michael Craig-Martin, Grenville Davey, Julian Opie’, Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples
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1989
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Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England (retrospective) solo
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1988 - 1989
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100 Years of Art in Britain, Leeds City Art Gallery, 100th Anniversary Exhibition
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1988
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Starlit Waters: British Sculpture, an International Art 1986-88, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England
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1988
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Britannica: Trente Ans de Sculpture 1960-88, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Andre Malraux, Le Havre: touring France and Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
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1988
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That Which Appears Is Good, That Which Is Good Appears, Tanja Grunert Gallery, Cologne
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1987
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Vessel, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
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1987
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Wall Works, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, England
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1987
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Zach Schuster Gallery, Florida (solo)
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1986
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L’Attitude, Galeria Comicos, Lisbon
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1986
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Entre El Objeto Y La Image-Escultra británica contemporánea, Palacio Velázquez, Madrid; touring to Barcelona and Bilabao
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1985
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Waddington Galleries, London, England (solo)
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1984
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1965-72 - when attitude became form, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge: touring to Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Ireland
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1984
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The British Art Show, City Museum and Art Gallery and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham: touring Britain
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1984
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Waddington & Shiell Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
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1983
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New Art, Tate Gallery, London, England
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1982
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Aspects of British Art Today, Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo: touring Japan
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1982
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Fifth Triennale India, New Delhi, India (solo)
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1982
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Waddington Galleries, London (and 1985, 1988, 1992) solo
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1981
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Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb (solo)
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1981
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‘British Sculpture in the 20th Century’, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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1981
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'Malmoe’, Konsthall, Malmo Sweden
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1981
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‘Construction in Process’, Lodz, Poland
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1980
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Galerie Bama, Paris, France (solo)
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1979
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Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
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1979
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Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (solo)
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1979
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Galeria Akumlatory, Poznan, Poland (solo)
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1979
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‘Un Certain Art Anglais’, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; organised by ARC II and the British Council
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1979
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'JP II’, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, in collaboration with the British council
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1978
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Galerie December, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
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1978
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‘Michael Craig-Martin: 10 works 1970-77’ (solo)
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1978
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Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; touring Australia (solo)
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1977
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‘Documenta VI’, Kassel, West Germany
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1977
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‘Hayward Annual: Current British Art Part II’, Hayward Gallery, London, England
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1977
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‘Reflected Images’, Kettle’s Yard Gallery, Cambridge, England
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1977
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‘Works on Paper - The Contemporary Art Society’s Gifts to Public Galleries 1952-77’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
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1976 - 1977
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Turnpike Gallery, Leigh (solo)
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1976 - 1977
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New Gallery, London (solo)
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1976 - 1977
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Glynn Vivian Art Gallery & Museum, Swansea (solo)
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1976 - 1977
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Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Ireland (solo)
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1975
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‘IX Biennale des Jeunes Artistes’, Paris, France
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1975
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‘Body and Soul’, Peter Moores Liverpool Project 3, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool R.I.B.A., London, England
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1975
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'Contemporary British Drawings’, XIII Bienal of Sao Paolo
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1974
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‘Idea and Image in Recent Art’, Art Institute of Chicago
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1974
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'Art as Thought Process’, Serpentine Gallery, London
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1974
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Galerie December, Munster, Germany (solo)
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1973
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‘11 British Artists’, Staatlichen Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden: touring to Kunsthalle, Bremen
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1973
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‘Henry Moore to Gilbert & George’, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
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1972
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‘7 Exhibitions’, Tate Gallery, London
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1972
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'The New Art’, Hayward Gallery, London
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1971
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Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (solo)
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1971
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Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Ireland (solo)
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1970
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‘Critic’s Choice’, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
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1969
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Rowan Gallery, London. (also 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980)
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