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James Hopkins Biography
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1976 |
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Born Stockport, Cheshire, UK
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1995 - 1998 |
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BA Fine Art Sculpture, University of Brighton, UK
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Future Memories Award, Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery, Channel Islands, UK (winner)
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2000 - 2001 |
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Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
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2001 - 2002 |
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Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
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Lives and works in London, UK
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The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
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Salomon Foundation, Annecy, France
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Van Haerents Foundation, Brussels
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Zabludowicz Trust, London, UK
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Cohen Collection, Manchester, UK
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Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Dawnbreakers, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
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2009
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Eat Me-Drink Me, The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA
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2009
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EastInternational, Norwich, UK
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2009
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The Beauty of the mistake, Lisbon, Portugal (forthcoming)
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2009
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Saxon, Schwartz Gallery, London (forthcoming)
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2009
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A Trick of the Light, Primo Alonso Gallery, London (forthcoming)
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2009
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Natural Wonders: New Art From London, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow
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2008
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James Hopkins / Conrad Ventur, Unosunove, Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
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2008
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Inside Outside, The New Art Center, Roche Court, Salisbury sculpture park
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2008
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Le renouveau du temps, Maison Guerlain, Paris
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2008
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Galleria 1/9 unosunove, Rome (solo)
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2008
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Gravity. Collection Ernesto Esposito, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Spain
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2008
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Mirrors and Secret Desires, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
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2008
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Artists Playground, Sudeley Castle, UK
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2008
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The Other Way Around, Cosmic Gallerie Paris, France
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2008
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Hiroshima Art Document 2008, The former Bank of Japan Hiroshima branch, Japan
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2008
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The Freak Show, Mint Museum, Paris, France
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2008
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Artists’ Playground, Sudeley Castle garden sculpture exhibition, UK
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2007
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Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2007
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World Receiver – 10th Anniversary of the Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
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2007
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Freak Show, Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon, France
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2007
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Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
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2007
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Goss-Michael Collection, New Foundation, Texas, USA
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2007
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Bienal de Escultura de Valladolid, Hospederia Patio of the Monastery of San Benito, Spain
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2007
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Space Oddity, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, France
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2006
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Wasted Youth, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, France , (solo)
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2006
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Hole In My Eye, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK , (solo)
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2006
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Still Life, New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK
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2006
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Choosing my religion, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
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2006
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A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
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2006
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Eretica: L’Arte contemporanea dalla trandescenza al profano, Palazzo di Sant’ Anna, Palermo, Italy
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2005
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All Boys (curated by Gary Webb), rue du Chantier, Brussels, Belgium
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2005
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Collection 2, Solomon Foundation, D’Arenthon, France
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2005
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Heliotrope, Whitechapel Project Space, London, UK, (solo)
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2005
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From This End To That, Rivington Arms Gallery, New York, USA, (solo)
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2004
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Selected Sculpture, MWprojects, London, UK
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2004
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Fata Morgana, Centre d’Art d‘Ivry, France
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2004
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Abstract Expressionism in Contemporary Figurative Sculpture, Johann Koenig Gallery, Berlin, Germany
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2003
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Mat COLLISHAW, James HOPKINS, Richard WOODS, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, France
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2003
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Limbo of the Lost, MWprojects, London, UK, (solo)
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2003
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Boiler Room, The Saatchi Gallery at County Hall, London, UK
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2003
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Chockerfuckinblocked, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, UK
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2003
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Jerwood Sculpture Prize, The Jerwood Space, London, UK
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2002
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Kontakte Keep on Living, Neon Gallery, London, UK
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2002
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Plinth, The Trade Apartment, London, UK
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2001
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Foyer, 291 Gallery, London, UK
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2001
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Hoax, Lux Gallery, London, UK
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2001
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Multispace, Gallery Expo 3000, Berlin, Germany
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2001
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All Back to Mine, Deptford X, London, UK
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2001
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Art Market, 291 Gallery, London, UK
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1999
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Arts Club, Decima Gallery, London, UK
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1999
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Medway Open, Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester, UK
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1999
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Bad Sense of Humour, The Bond Gallery, Birmingham, UK
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1999
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Analystic, 1 Gallery Court, London, UK
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1999
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Pagemakers, Gracefield Arts Centre, Gracefield and UK touring
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1998
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T.N.R.G Art Trail, St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings, UK
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1998
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Visual Assault, Winters Gallery, London, UK
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1998
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New Contemporary Fine Art, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK
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1998
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Small Works, Bridgewater Arts Centre, Bridgewater, UK
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1998
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Scratch, Crackle and Pop, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, UK
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| Literature |
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2008
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Francesca Gavin, Hell Bound: New Gothic Art, Laurence King Publishing, London, pp. 58–61
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2008
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The Great Deceiver, Dazed & Confused magazine, vol. 2 issue no.57, January 2008, pp. 135
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2007
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Claire Moulène, “The Freak Show” (review), ARTFORUM, November, p. 379-380
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2007
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Time Out London listings, issue no. 1947 December 12-18 2007
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2006
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Ossian Ward, Off the wall, Wallpaper, December, p. 70 – 73
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2006
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Kristen Telfer Beith, Private Review–James Hopkins–Hole in My Eye–Max Wigram Gallery-Kristen Telfer Beith, Private Review–James Hopkins–Hole in My Eye–Max Wigram Gallery-Kristen Telfer Beith, Private Review–James Hopkins–Hole in My Eye–Max Wigram Gallery-Kristen Telfer Beith, Private Review–James Hopkins–Hole in My Eye–Max Wigram Gallery-Kristen Telfer Beith, Private Review–James Hopkins–Hole in My Eye–Max Wigram Gallery-Kristen Telfer Beith, Private Review–James Hopkins–Hole in My Eye–Max Wigram Gallery-Kristen Telfer Beith, Private Review–James Hopkins–Hole in My Eye–Max Wigram Gallery-London, Art Star Press, March 2006
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2006
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Sally O’Reilly, James Hopkins, Time Out, London, 1-8 March, p. 30
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2006
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Henri-Francois Debailleux, Hopkins, double vue, Liberation, Paris, 24 March, p.31
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2005
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Brian Sholis, James Hopkins, Artforum.com (New York Critics’ Picks), 3 October
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2005
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Mark Sanders, Another bonehead, Another Magazine, Issue 8, Spring/Summer, p. 108
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2005
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From This End To That, New Yorker, 2 October
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2004
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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Young at Art, The Evening Standard (ES Magazine supplement), London, June
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2004
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Charlotte Edwards, Studio Life, The Evening Standard, London, 24 September, pp. 46-47
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2004
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Colin Gleadell, Object of the week, The Daily Telegraph, London, 19 July
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2003
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Darian Leader, An Elastic Band Reality: James Hopkin’s Sculptures have the uncanny ability to make you see sound and lose time, Modern Painters, Issue 16, Summer, pp. 90-93
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2003
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Charlotte Mullins, James Hopkins, The Financial Times, London, July
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2003
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Sarah Harrison, James Hopkins, Time Out, London, 23-30 July, p. 51
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2003
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Hepzibah Anderson, Evening Standard (Metro Life supplement), London, 27 June – 3 July, p. 41
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2003
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Jessica Lack, James Hopkins, The Guardian (Guide supplement), London, 31 May – 6 June, p. 35
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2003
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Andrew Lambirth, Formidable power, The Spectator, London, 17 May, p. 71
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2003
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Philip Hensher, Saatchi moves, The Mail on Sunday, London, 13 April, p. 75
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2003
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Hepzibah Anderson, Jerwood Sculpture Prize, Evening Standard (Metro Life supplement), London, 7 – 13 March
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2003
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Colin Gleadell, Adventures in Saatchiland, Telegraph Magazine, London, 29 March, pp. 46 - 53
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2003
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Fisun Güner, Showing room for growth: Art Review Jerwood Sculpture Prize, Metro, London, 26 February, p. 22
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2003
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Shortlist announced: Jerwood Sculpture Prize, a-n magazine, March Issue, p. 23
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2003
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Demir Anaid, Retinal Stain, The Art Newspaper, December
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2003
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Demir Anaid, Persistence Retinienne, Le Journal Des Arts, December 5-8
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2003
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Simon Ford, ArtMonthly, June / No 267, p18-19.
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2002
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Dee O’Connell, Work In Progress, The Observer Magazine (supplement), London, 8 September, pp. 22 – 27
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2001
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Nathan Joseph, Distortion Peddler, P.U.R.E, Issue 1, p. 29
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