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Conrad Shawcross Biography
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Foundation, Chelsea School of Art, London
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BA, Fine Art, Honors, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford
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MFA, Slade School of Art, University College, London
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2001-2002 First Base Acava Free Studio Award
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2001 Ray Finnis Charitable Trust Award
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2009 Artist in Residence, Science Museum, London
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2008 Art & Work 2008 Award for Space Trumpet, Unilever Commission
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2008-9 International Fellowship at Location One, New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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The limit of everything, Parra & Romero, Madrid (solo)
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2009
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Chord, Measure Arts Commission, London (solo)
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2009
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Conrad Shawcross, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY (solo)
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2009
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Control, Location One, New York, NY (solo)
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2009
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The Collection, Siobhan Davies Dance Studio, London (solo)
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2009
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Third Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art, Russia
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2009
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A Duck for Mr. Darwin, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, traveling to Mead Art Gallery, Warwick
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2009
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British Contemporary Art Show, Art Issue Projects, China
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2009
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Kaidoscopic Revolver, Hanjiyun Contemporary Space, Beijing, China
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2009
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Natural Wonders (curated by Nick Hackworth), Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow
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2009
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Geoplay (part 1), Pilar Parra & Romero, Madrid
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2008
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Dumbbell, Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy (solo)
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2008
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Axiom, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami (solo)
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2008
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Light Perpetual, Jenaer Kunstverein, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Tetrahelix Tower, Ministry of Justice Commission, Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, London (solo)
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2008
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Rendez-vous 2008, Musee d'art Contemporain, Lyon
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2008
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Reflections on Light – 30 years Galerie Bernd Klueser, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
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2008
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Counterpoint, Robin Katz Fine Art, London
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2008
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Academia: Qui es-tu, La Chapelle de L’Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris
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2008
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Lattice III, Art | 39 | Basel Public Art Projects
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2008
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Beyond Measure: across art and science, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
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2008
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A Life of Their Own curated by Richard Cork, Lismore Castle, Ireland
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2008
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Art L’Plage, St. Tropez, France
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2008
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Conrad Shawcross, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami (solo)
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2008
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Conrad Shawcross, Galerie Bernd Klueser, Munich, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Unilever Commission, Unilever House, London (solo)
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2007
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Lattice, Selfridges Commission, London (solo)
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2007
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Reconstruction 2, Sudeley Castle, England
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2007
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All Tomorrow’s Parties, ICA, London
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2007
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Say It Isn’t So – Naturwissenschaften im Visier der Kunst, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
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2007
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Unfinished Symphony, The Fine Art Society, London
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2007
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Artissima 14 – Constellations (selected during Artissima Art Fair), curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler and Daniel Birnbaum, Torino, Italy
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2007
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Counterpoint, Dubai Art Fair, Dubai
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2006
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Sudeley Castle 2006: Reconstruction 1, Sudeley Castle, England
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2006
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No Such Thing As One, Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo)
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2005
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The Steady States, The New Art Gallery, Walsall and The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (solo)
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2005
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S.N.O.W Sculpture in Non-Objective Way, Galleria Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice, Turin
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2004 - 2005
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Continuum, The Queen’s House, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (solo)
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2004
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Manifesta 5, San Sebastian, Spain (solo)
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2004
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Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich (solo)
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2004
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After Life, Death, Remembrance. Redundancy. Reanimation, Bowes Museum, County Durham, curated by Simon Morrissey
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2004
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New Blood, The Saatchi Gallery, London
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2003
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The Nervous Systems, Entwistle, London (solo)
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2003
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Dead Game, Museum 52, London
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2002
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Fame and Promise, 14 Wharf Road, London
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2002
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It was bigger than all of us, Prenelle Gallery, Canary Wharf
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2001
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Engine II (Communicating at an Unknown Rate), The Old Armory, Harrow Road, London
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2001
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New Contemporaries 2001, Camden Arts Centre, London; Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
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2000
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Engine I, Dollard Street Studios, Vauxhall, London
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| Literature |
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2008
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Richard Cork, Top Forms, RA Magazine, Summer 2008
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2008
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Richard Cork, Expect the Unexpected Financial Times, 26/27 April 2008
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2008
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Jan Dalley, Artistic Impressions, Financial Times, Spring 2008
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2007
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Emily Candela, Conrad Shawcross, The Independent, 23 October 2007
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2007
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Jan Dalley, Warming to the Frieze Effect, Financial Times, 13 October 2007
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2007
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Ossian Ward, Have I got new for you?, Time Out, 26 September – 2 October 2007
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2007
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Ann Lee, Artist appeals for the return of his Soulcatcher, Hackney Gazette & North London Advertiser, 29 March 2007
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2007
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Oliver Duff, Steals onwheels: Shawcross loses Capri, The Independent, 23 March 2007
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2007
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Valentine Low, Sculptor in Search of a lost Soul, Evening Standard, 13 April 2007
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2007
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Francesca Martin; Stephanie Theobald, State of the Art, Harper’s Bazaar, April 2007
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2007
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Tom Morton, Conrad Shawcross, Frieze, March 2007
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2007
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Sally O’Reilly, Riflemaker Becomes Indica, Frieze, March 2007
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2007
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Ana Finel Honigman, Conrad Shawcross at Victoria Miro, Art in America, February 2007
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2007
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Andrew Wilson, Yesterday, Today , Tomorrow, Art Monthly, 2007, no. 2
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2006
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Martin Herbert, Riflemaker becomes Indica, Time Out, 29 November- 6 December 2006
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2006
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Rachel Campbell-Johnston, They all wanted to change the world, The Times, 12 November 2006
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2006
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Charles Darwent, The Grooviest Gallery, The Independent on Sunday, 26 November
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2006
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Eloise Napier, Something like a phenomenon, Harper’s Bazaar, November 2006
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2006
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Rebecca Rushmer, Living Sculptures, Professional Engineering, 8 November 2007
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2006
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Scott Reyburn, Four years old and fully grown up- the phenomenon that is Frieze, Antiques Trade Gazette, 28 October 2006
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2006
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Conrad Shawcross, Dazed and Confused, October 2006
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2006
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Peter Chapman, Pick of the week: Conrad Shawcross, Independent, 28 October 2006
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2006
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Time Out, Helen Sumpter, Conrad Shawcross, 25 October 2006
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2006
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Hannah Duguid, Metaphysical machines and double sums, Independent, 16 October
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2006
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The Art Newspaper/Frieze Art Fair Daily, Conrad Shawcross: Light Entertainment, 14-15 October 2006
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2006
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V & A Magazine, Mental Freefall without a parachute, Winter 2006
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2006
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Harriet Lane, The Art of Invention, Vogue, November 2006
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2006
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Julian Kiverstein, Where in the World do Art & Science Meet?, Map, Issue 5, Spring 2006
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2006
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S.N.O.W Sculpture in Non-Objective Way, Galleria Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice, Turin
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2005
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Oliver Basciano, Life in 3-D, Wonderland, Issue 2, December 2005 / January 2006
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2005
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Alistair Sooke, In the Studio, Daily Telegraph, 29 November 2005
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2005
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Tim Adams, Portrait of the artist as a young boffin, Observer, 27 November 2005
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2005
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Jessica Cheney, Conrad Shawcross, London Magazine, August / September 2005
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2005
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S.N.O.W Sculpture in Non-Objective Way, Andrea Bellini, Galleria Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice, Turin, 2005
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2005
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Sally O’Reilly, Conrad Shawcross, The Guardian, 3 September 2005
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2005
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Conrad Shawcross: The Steady States exhibition catalogue, texts by Jenny Uglow and Andrea Bellini. New Art Gallery, Walsall and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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2005
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Delphine Velloire, L’homme machine, Jalouse, February
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2005
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Michael Glover, Like a circle in a spiral, The Independent Review, 25 January
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2005
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Fisun Guner, Deep Sea Monster, Metro Life, 5 January
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2004
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Mary Horlock, Greenwich ideal for time sensitive sculpture, Financial Times, 28 December
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2004
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John Russel Taylor, Looking for the deus in machina, The Times, 22 December
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2004
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Rose Jennings, Time and Motion Studies, The Observer, 19 December
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2004
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Nick Hackworth, Striking out into the vast unknown, Evening Standard. 17 December
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2004
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Nick Hackworth. ‘Batteries Not Included’, Dazed & Confused, Vol. 2 Issue#10, p. 106-9
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2004
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Adeline Iziren. ‘What Happened Next?’ The Guardian (Rise Section), 17 January p. 1-2
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2003
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Martin Herbert. ‘Best of 2003,’ Artforum, December 2003, p.134
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2003
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Jane Campbell. ‘50 Best Tips for Investing in Art’ The Independent 25 - 31 October, 2003, p. 7
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2003
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Colin Gleadell. The Telegraph magazine, 29th March, p. 46 – 53.
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2003
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Jane Neal. Contemporary, Issue 49, p. 90
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2003
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Martin Herbert. Frieze, April Issue, p. 101.
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2003
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Simon Morrissey. Art Monthly, March
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2003
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Richard Dorment. Daily Telegraph, 5 February.
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2003
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Jorn Ebner. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 1 February.
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2003
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Martin Coomer. Time Out (London), 29 January - 5 February.
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2003
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Nick Hackworth. ‘Designs upon the nature of time’. Evening Standard, 21 January.
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2003
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Florence Hallet. What’s On, 15–22 January.
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2003
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Louisa Buck. The Art Newspaper, January.
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2003
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Sophie Léris. ‘Artist Profile’. Art Review, January.
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2002
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Geoff Nicholson. ‘Soul-Searching in a Ford capri’. Modern Painters, Winter
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2001
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Niru Ratnam. The Face, May.
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