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Susan Derges Biography
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1973 - 1976 |
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Chelsea School of Art, London (BA Hons) Painting
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1976 - 1977 |
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British Council/DAAD Scholarship to Berlin
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1977 - 1979 |
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Postgraduate studies, Slade School of Fine Art, London
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1981 - 1985 |
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Living and working in Japan
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1986 - 1991 |
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Living and working in London
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1992 |
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Living and working in Dartmoor, Devon
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2008 Prix Pictet, Shortlisted Artist
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2006-07 The Stille Room, Fyllingsdaten Nursing Home, Bergen, Norway
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2004-05 Eden Project Education Centre/Solar Terrace
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1993 South West Arts Major Award
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1982-83 Postgraduate Research Tsukuba University, Japan
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1981-82 Rotary Foundation Award, Japan
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1979 Boise Travel Scholarship to Holland
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (solo)
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2008
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Water, Prix Pictet, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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2008
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Johyun Gallery, Seoul and Busan, South Korea (solo)
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2008
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Susan Derges and Hildegard van Bingen, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
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2008
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A History of Photography, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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2008
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Night, RWA Galleries, Bristol
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2007 - 2008
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Something that I’ll never really see: Contemporary Work from the V&A, Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich; Castle Museum, Nottingham
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2006 - 2008
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Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics, The Field Museum, Chicago. Touring to COSI, Columbus, Ohio; Memphis Museum, Tennessee; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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2007
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Trace and Transience, Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Exeter
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2006 - 2007
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Alchemy, Harewood House, Leeds; Purdy Hicks Gallery, London; Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal; Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham
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2006
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Picturing Eden, George Eastman House, New York
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2006
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Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (solo)
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2006
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Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
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2005 - 2006
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Bodies of Water, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; Southampton City Art Gallery
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2005
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Photographs Without a Camera, Gallery 314, Bergen (solo)
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2005
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Appearance, Whitehall Waterfront, Leeds
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2005
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Made in Britain, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
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2004
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Lightfall, Brewhouse, Taunton
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2004
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Photo Synthesis, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
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2004
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From Here To Eternity, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
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2004
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FotoFest 2004 – Water, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2004
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Dark Waters, The Terrace Gallery, Harewood House, Leeds (solo)
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2004
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Recent Work, Galerie Nichido, Paris (solo)
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2004
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Recent Work, Photo London (solo)
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2003
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New Work, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York (solo)
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2003
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Transience of Nature, Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo Design Centre (solo)
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2003
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Ingleby Gallery (solo)
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2003
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Several Exceptionally Good Recently Acquired Pictures, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
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2003
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Recycling Lucifer's Fall, Houldsworth Gallery, London
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2002
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The Genius of Genetics Gregor Mendel, Abbey of St Thomas, Brno
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2002
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Landscape and Photography, Ingleby Gallery
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2002
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Now What is Photography, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
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2002
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New Work, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London (solo)
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2002
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Liquid Form, Ediciones Wu, Lima (solo)
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2002
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The Streens, Trace Gallery, Weymouth, Dorset (solo)
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2002
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Metamorphing, Science Museum, London
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2001
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Summer Exhibition, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
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2001
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From The Dark Room, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
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2001
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Sea Change, Spacex Gallery. Exeter
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2001
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Natural Magic, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford (solo)
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2001
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Kingswood, St Mary’s Church, Ashford, Kent (solo)
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2000
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Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston (solo)
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2000
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Particle Accelerators: At the Intersection of Photography, Science & Technology Photographic Resource Center, Boston
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2000
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This is Not a Photograph, Pace University Choate Art Gallery (touring)
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2000
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Summer 2000 Unique Photographs, Paul Kasmin Gallery
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2000
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New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Roche Court, Wiltshire (with Hideo Furuta)
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2000
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Anti-Memory, Yokohama Museum of Art
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1999
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Phenomena, Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco
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1999
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Woman Thinking River, James Danziger Gallery, New York (solo)
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1999
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Woman Thinking River, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
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1999
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Recent Work, Michael Hue Williams Fine Art (solo)
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1999
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Ingleby Gallery (with Patricia Macdonald)
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1999
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20 Twenty, Fraenkel Gallery
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1998
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Woods and Water, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (with Andrew Smith)
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1998
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River Taw (two person exhibition) Inverleith House, Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh
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1998
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Dark Matter, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston; Turnpike Gallery, Leigh (touring)
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1998
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Dust Breeding, Fraenkel Gallery
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1998
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Silver and Syrup, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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1998
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River Taw, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall (solo)
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1998
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River Taw, Musee D’Elysee, Lausanne (solo)
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1998
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River Taw, Spacex Gallery, Exeter (solo)
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1997 - 1998
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About Painting, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
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1997
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On the Bright Side of Life - Contemporary British Photography, Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin
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1997
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Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Avon Collection, International Centre of Photography, New York
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1997
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River Taw, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art (solo)
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1997
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Several Exceptionally Good Recently Acquired Pictures, Fraenkel Gallery
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1996
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Under the Sun, Fraenkel Gallery
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1996
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Elective Affinities, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art
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1996
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Light, Time, Focus, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
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1995
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Possibilities of Extention, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
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1995
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Heaven’s Embroidered Cloths, National Museum of Film, Photography & Television, Bradford
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1995
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Content and Discontent in Today’s Photography, Ansel Adams Centre for Photography
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1995
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Print Room, The Photographers’ Gallery, London (solo)
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1995
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James Danziger Gallery (solo)
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1995
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Embodied, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (solo)
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1994
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The Observer and the Observed, James Danziger Gallery (solo)
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1994
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Wellsprings, Bath Festival, Bath
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1994
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Growth and Form, Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
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1994
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Umbra Penumbra Signals Festival of Women Photographers, Spacex Gallery
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1994
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Cameraless Photography, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama
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1993
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Between Sun and Earth, The Photographers’ Gallery (solo)
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1993
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Full Circle, Cairn Gallery, Stroud (solo)
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1992
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Salama-Caro Gallery, London
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1992
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New Inhabitants, Royal Albert Museum and Art Gallery
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1992
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New Acquisitions, Arts Council Collection, South Bank Centre, London
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1991
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Post Modern Prints, Victoria & Albert Museum
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1989
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Machine Dreams, The Photographers Gallery’, London
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1989
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AVE Festival of Audio Visual Arts, Arnhem
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1989
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Phenomenart, Saibu Gas Museum, Fukuoka
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1989
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Gallery ON, Poznan (solo)
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1989
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Tokyo Science Museum, Exploratorium, Tokyo (video) (solo)
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1988
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Presence 2, Gallery ON Poznan
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1987
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O² Art Museum, Tokyo (video) (solo)
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1985
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JVC VIC Centre, Tokyo (video) (solo)
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1985
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Gallery Okazaki, Tokyo (solo)
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1985
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High Technology Art, Seibu Department Store, Tokyo
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1984
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Art Space Niji, Kyoto (solo)
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1984
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Art and Technology, Gekkoso Gallery and Seibu Department Store, Tokyo
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1984
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Hara Annual, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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1980
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Galerie im Zentrum, Berlin (solo)
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1978
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Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (solo)
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1978
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Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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National Museum of Film, Photography and Television, Bradford
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Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
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Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
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Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
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Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Saibu Gas Museum, Fukuoka
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The Hara Art Museum, Tokyo
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Citibank Private Bank Collection, London
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Hess Collection Napa, Bern, London
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| Literature |
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2006
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Stilled Lives – Contemporary Still Life Photography by Women, Ffoto Gallery
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2006
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Picturing Eden, George Eastman House (Steidl)
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2005
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Surface, University of Plymouth
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2003
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Transience of Nature (catalogue) Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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2003
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Next Level Magazine, London
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2003
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Recycling Lucifer’s Fall (catalogue) Houldsworth Fine Art, London
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2002
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Kingswood (book) Photoworks and Stour Valley Arts Project
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2002
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Now What is Photography (catalogue) Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
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2002
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Portfolio Magazine Issue 34
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2002
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The Genius of Genetics Gregor Mendel (catalogue) ARTAKT
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2000
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20 Twenty (catalogue) Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
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1999
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Woman Thinking River (book) Fraenkel and Danziger Galleries, US,
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1999
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Susan Derges Liquid Form (book) Michael Hue Williams Fine Art, London.
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1999
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Essay by Martin Kemp
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1998
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Dark Matter (catalogue) Harris Museum, Preston, and Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
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1998
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Essays by Clive Cazeau, Michael Petry and David Peat
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1998
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Dust Breeding - Photographs, Sculpture & Film Fraenkel Gallery. Essay by Steve Wolfe
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1997
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River Taw (book) Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art. Essay by Richard Bright.
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1996
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Elective Affinities (catalogue) Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art. Essay by Mark Haworth - Booth
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1996
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Under the Sun (catalogue) Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Essay by David Alan Mellor
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1996
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On the Bright Side of Life - Contemporary British Photography, Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin. Essays by David Chandler, Val Williams, David A. Bailey, David Alan Mellor, Brett Rogers
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1995
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Possibilities of Extension (catalogue) Aspex Visual Arts Trust, Portsmouth. Essay by Lisa Moran
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1995
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Content and Discontent in Today’s Photography Independent Curators Incorporated, New York. Essay by Andy Grundberg.
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1995
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Embodied (catalogue) Arnolfini, Bristol. Essays by Tessa Jackson and Christopher Bucklow
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1994
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Umbra Penumbra (catalogue) Spacex Gallery, Exeter
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1994
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Well Spring (catalogue) Bath Festivals Trust, Bath. Essay by Antonia Payne
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1993
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New Inhabitants - Seven Artists on Dartmoor (catalogue) Royal Albert Museum &
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1993
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Between Sun and Earth (catalogue) Photographers’ Gallery, London. Essays by David Chandler and Christopher Bucklow
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1989
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Phenomenart (catalogue) Saibu Gas Museum, Fukuoka
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1984
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Hara Annual (catalogue) Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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1978
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Hayward Annual 1978 (catalogue) Arts Council of England
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