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John Isaacs Biography
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1987 - 1988 |
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Exeter University Bsc Biology (incompleted)
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1990 |
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Ecole des Beaux Artes Dijon
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1988 - 1991 |
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Cheltenham Art College Ba(hons) Fine Art
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1991 - 1993 |
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University College London Slade School of Art MA Sculpture
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1996 |
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Boise Travel Scholarship
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1999 |
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Imperial College London Artist in Residence
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2005 |
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Guest lecturer at the Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
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lives and works in Berlin
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2013
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Babel, Botanique, Brussels
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2013
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Babel, Botanique, Brussels
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2013
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Signs of the Times, Carré Sainte-Anne, Montpellier, France
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2013
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Flesh Reality, Point Zero, London
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2013
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The name is Burroughs − Expanded Media, Sammlung Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
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2013
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Wonderful – Humboldt, Krokodil & Polke, Die Olbricht Collection, Me Collectors Room, Berlin
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2013
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Glasstress: White Light/White Heat, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia
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2013
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UndeREALisme, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Perpignan, France
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2013
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Kaboom!, Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
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2013
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The architecture of empathy, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid (solo)
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2012
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The hand that rocks the cradle, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (solo)
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2012
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Morbid Curiosity: The Richard Harris Collection, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
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2012
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Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Being, All Visual Arts, London
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2012
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Sculptors’ Drawings and Works on Paper, Pangolin London
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2012
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Alice im Wunderland der Kunst, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
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2012
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The Aspiration Factory, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
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2012
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Friends & Family, Kenny Schachter, Rove, London
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2012
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Het Gewichtige Lichaam, Museum Boerhaave, The Netherlands
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2012
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Documenta 13, The Worldly House, Kassel
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2012
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Face Off, Gallerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin
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2012
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The name is Burroughs - Expanded Media, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
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2012
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The End, Jacob's Island Gallery, London, UK
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2012
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Voyage Voyage, Maison de l'Amerique Latine, Paris
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2012
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Artist´s Merchandising Art, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, LA
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2012
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Kunstenfestival Watou, Watou, Belgium
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2012
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The End of Everything / A New Beginning, Larm Gallery, Copenhagen
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2012
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Till Rabus, Artiste Invité: John Isaacs, Gallery Une, Auvernier-Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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2012
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Gromiam - Les 20 ans de Groland, Miam, France
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2012
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Schriftuur/Scripture, De Bond, Bruges
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2012
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Babel, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France
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2011
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The closest I ever came to you, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels (solo)
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2011
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Wax – Sensation in Contemporary Sculpture, GL Strand, Copenhagen
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2011
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Verschwende deine Jugend, Wendt + Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
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2011
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Tous Cannibales!, La Maison Rouge, Paris
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2011
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La Vallée Patibulaire, kuratiert von C. Bittermann, Berlin
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2011
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Human + The Future of our Species, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
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2011
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WAX – Sensation in Contemporary Sculpture, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
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2011
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All Cannibals!, ME Collectors Room, Berlin
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2011
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Zwei Sammler: Thomas Olbricht und Harald Falckenberg, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
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2011
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Berlin Klondyke, curated by Irmelin and Reinald Nohal, Odd Gallery, Dawson, Canada
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2011
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Bulbus oculi – my precious, Kunstruimte deWILLEM3, The Netherlands
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2011
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The Dicks & Bonus Material, Teapot Gallery, Cologne
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2011
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Sounds like Architecture, Castles of Poeke and Schuurlo, St Maria Aalter, Belgium
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2011
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Portraits de Collectionneurs – Jocelyne et Fabrice Petignat, Muro, Genf, Switzerland
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2011
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Dead Lines, Von der Heydt Kunsthalle, Wuppertal
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2011
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HabiteR / Collection Frac Midi-Pyrénées les Abattoirs, Toulouse
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2011
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Mémoires du futur, la collection Olbricht, La Maison Rouge, Paris
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2011
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Paradies, Wendt + Friedmann Gallery, Berlin
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2010
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Tears welling up inside, Wendt+Friedman Gallery, Berlin (solo)
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2010
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A perfect soul, OPA, Guadalajara, Mexico (solo)
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2010
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You are innocent in your dreams, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid (solo)
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2010
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Melodrama, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
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2010
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1910 Figur 2010, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
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2010
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In fifteen minutes everybody will be famous, Tape Modern, Berlin
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2010
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Rude Britannia, Tate Britain, London
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2010
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The weighty body, Dr. Guislain Museum, Gent, Belgium
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2010
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Art Barter, HBC, Berlin
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2010
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Lebenslust & Totentanz. Olbricht Collection, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
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2010
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Alchemy of Delusion, Aeroplastics, Brussels
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2010
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Vanitas: The Transience of earthly pleasures, All Visual Arts, London, UK
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2010
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berlinerzimmer #2, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
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2010
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Auf Leben und Tod – Der Mensch in Malerei und Fotografie, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
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2010
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Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
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2009
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Let the golden age begin, Museum 52, London (solo)
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2009
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SAABSDPDJIMKRLCPSSSFWMW, Autocenter, Berlin, Innsbruck
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2009
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Natural Wonders, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, Russia
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2009
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Works on paper, Museum 52, London
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2009
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Transzendenz Inc., Hospitalhof, Stuttgart
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2009
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That’s all Folks!, Stadhallen, Bruges, Belgium
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2009
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Dream Time, Les Abattoirs, Museum of Modern Art, Toulouse
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2009
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Lynchmob, HBC, Berlin
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2009
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Mythologies, Haunch of Venison, London
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2009
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Distortion, Venice Biennale, Gervasuti Foundation, Venedig
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2009
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Wind in Athens/Möhren in Athen, Myllerou 27, Athens
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2009
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Fool´s Food, CAN, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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2009
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Eat Me – Drink Me, The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas
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2009
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Borderline Pleasure, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
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2009
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Luxus - Ruhe - Wollust, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin
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2009
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Projection, Venice Film Festival, Gervasuti Foundation, Venedig
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2009
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Transzendenz Inc., Forgotten Bar, Berlin
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2009
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Tier-Werden Mensch-Werden, NGBK, Berlin
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2009
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Zaunkönig, Wendt+Friedmann Gallerie, Berlin
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2009
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Can birds fly?, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt
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2008
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Cathering Dust, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid (solo)
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2008
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Glass Eye...Glass Soul, Museum 52, New York (solo)
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2008
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Tell me, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam
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2008
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Gravity, Artium, Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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2008
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Deadly Serious, EXPRMNTL Galerie, Toulouse
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2008
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12 – Works on paper, Gallery Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
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2008
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NéoFutur, Les Abattoirs, Museum of Modern Art, Toulouse
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2008
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Evolution, Max Lang Gallery, New York
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2008
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Paul Thek. Werkschau im Kontext zeitgenössischer Kunst, Collection Falckenberg, Hamburg
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2008
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Holy Smoke, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
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2008
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Deadly Serious, Exprm´ntl Gallery, Toulouse
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2008
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Go for it!, Olbricht Collection (a sequel), Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
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2008
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Lustwarande 08 – Wanderland, Park de Oude Warande, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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2008
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Everybody knows this is nowhere, Wendt+Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
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2008
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When fears become form, CAN, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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2008
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Nature is a Workshop, Turner Contemporary, Kent, UK
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2007
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You said you would always be there, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels (solo)
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2007
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The supernatural world in which I am professionally involved, Invaliden 1, Berlin (solo)
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2007
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A perfect soul, Museum 52, London (solo)
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2007
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Mutatis, mutandis - Collection d’Antoine de Galbert, La Maison Rouge, Paris
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2007
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Say it isn’t so, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
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2007
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Rocker’s Island. Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen
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2007
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Symbolism and Contemporary Art, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
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2007
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Wellcome Collection, The Wellcome Trust, London
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2007
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Sick. Between body and mind, Dr. Guislain Museum, Gent
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2007
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Fearful Objects, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
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2007
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Rare Essence, Aeroplastics, Brussels
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2007
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Paul Thek. Werkschau im Kontext zeitgenössischer Kunst, ZKM, Karlsruhe
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2006
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What is it that there is something and nothing, Museum 52, Basel (solo)
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2006
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Blessed are the Merciful, Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, New York
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2006
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Assemblage III, Museum 52, London
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2006
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Global Tour, W139, Amsterdam
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2006
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L’infinito dentro lo sguardo, Galleria d’Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona
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2006
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Absolumental, Les Abattoires, Toulouse
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2006
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Mankind. Story of a wound, S.M.A.K. Museum of Modern Art, Gent
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2006
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L’Homme-Paysage, Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille
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2006
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In the darkest hour there may be light, Serpentine Gallery, London
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2005
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Are you like me full of hope and full of fear, Museum 52, London (solo)
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2005
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Are you like me full of hope and full of fear, Feigen Contemporary, New York (solo)
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2005
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New Sculpture, Museum 52, London
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2005
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Les Grands Spectacles, Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg
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2005
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Boost in the Shell, De Bond, Bruges
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2005
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FRAKTALE IV, Palast der Republik, Berlin
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2005
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Oracle of Truth, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
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2005
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Chronic Epoch, Beaconsfield, London
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2004
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Other peoples lives, 20.21 Gallery, Essen (solo)
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2004
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Is more than this more than this, de Bond, Bruges (solo)
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2004
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Are we not the same you an I, Museum 52, London (solo)
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2004
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If not now then when, Gallery Judin, Zurich (solo)
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2004
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Without fear or reproach, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
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2004
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Blickverbindung, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
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2004
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Mike Kelley – The Uncanny, Tate Liverpool
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2004
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Liverpool & Museum Moderner Kunst Ludwig, Vienna
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2004
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Bad Behaviour, Arts Council Collection National touring exhibition
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2004
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Pretty World, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
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2004
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Pretty World, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels
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2004
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The Ten Commandments, Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
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2004
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Terror, Beaconsfield, London
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2004
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L’intime, Behind closed doors, La Maison Rouge, Paris
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2004
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Animals, Haunch of Venison, London
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2004
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De leur temps. Collections privées Francaises, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing
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2004
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Dreamscapes, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
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2003
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Melodrma, MARCO, Vigo
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2003
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STOP!, South Bank, London
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2003
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Moving Energies # 01, Museum FolkWang, Essen
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2003
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The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
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2003
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Entranced, VTO London
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2003
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Real by Reel, Wouter Van Leeuwen Gallery, Amsterdam
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2003
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Bad Behaviour, Arts Council Collection National touring-exhibition, various locations
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2003
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Without fear and reproach, Witte Zaal, Ghent, Belgium, curated by Jerome Jacobs
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2003
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OPZIJ VAN HET KIJKEN, Watou, Belgium, curated by Jan Hoet & Michel Dewilde
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2003
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Female Turbulence, Aeroplastics contemporary , Brussels
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2003
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Flesh for fantasy, Palazzo delle Papesse Contemporary Art Centre in Siena (Abattoirs of Prato) ITALY
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2003
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Prime Time , Tri Postal - Lille 2004 , Lille , France
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2003
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Other peoples lives, 20.21 Gallery, Essen (solo)
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2003
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Encyclopedia Utopia, De Bond, Cultuur Centrum, Bruges, Belgium (solo)
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2002
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Voices from the id, Beaconsfield, London (solo)
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2002
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Dumb planets are round too, VTO, London (solo)
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2002
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Dumb planets are round too, Feigen Contemporary, New York (solo)
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2002
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Nausea - encounters with ugliness, Janogly Gallery, Nottingham
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2002
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Melodrama, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo & Palacio de los Condes de Gabia/Centro Jose Guerro, Granada
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2002
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Palacio de los Condes de Gabia/Centro Jose Guerro, Granada
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2002
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Ebenbilder, Museum Folkwang, Essen
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2002
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Iconoclash, ZKM, Karlsruhe
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2002
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Waschsern, George Kolbe Musuem, Berlin
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2002
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Kunst nach Kunst, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen
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2002
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Nausea - encounters with ugliness, Janogly Gallery, Nottingham
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2001
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Sensational - the Saatchi Gift, Shrewsbury Museum
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2001
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Big Blue - Century City, Tate Modern, London
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2001
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Ohne Zogern - Sammlung Olbricht, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
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2001
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Interaktionen- Natur & Architektur - SMAK, Stadt Borken, Germany
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2001
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Minimal Maximal, Chiba City Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto National Museum of Art, Japan
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2001
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Tattoo Show, Modern Art Inc., London
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2001
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Are you still mad at me, Reykjavik Museum, Harbour House,Iceland (solo)
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2001
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Voices from the id, Aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels (solo)
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2000
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The Turning Point, ArtLab Gallery, Imperial College Residency, London (solo)
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2000
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The Diary of a Loner, 20.21Gallery, Essen (solo)
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2000
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Katastrophen und Desaster, Museum FolkWang Essen
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2000
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See for yourself, Peterborough Museum and Gallery
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2000
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Include me out, Unit 6, London
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2000
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Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
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2000
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Spectacular Bodies, Hayward Gallery, London
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2000
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The disasters of War, KW, Berlin
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1999
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The Diary of a Loner, Chapter Arts Center, Cardiff (solo)
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1999
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News from the Endangered Museum, Wilhelmshoe, Ettlingen
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1998
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Total 8 Project, Total Musem, Seoul, Korea
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1998
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The Incomplete History of Unknown Discovery, 20.21 Gallery Essen (solo)
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1997
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The Matrix of Amnesia, Imperial College, London (solo)
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1997
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URBANE LEGENDEN - LONDON, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
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1996
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Sick, 152c Brick Lane, London
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1996
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Post Script, Lisson Gallery, London
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1996
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Out of Space, Cole and Cole, Oxford
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1996
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Young British Artist's 6, Saatchi Gallery, London
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1996
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Road Works, Camden mix, London
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1996
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Lost for words, London
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1995
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Lost Property, W139 Gallery, Amsterdam & Great Western Studios, London
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1995
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Ideal Standard Summertime, Lisson Gallery, London
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1994
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Dirty Holes, Modern Art, London
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1994
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2B&I, Centro Cultural Salmeron, Madrid
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1994
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Something's Wrong, Tannery, London
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1993
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Wonderful Life, Lisson Gallery, London
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1993
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Outpost, multiple sites, Edinburgh
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1993
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Into the nineties, London
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1993
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Wish you were here, Kiings Cross, London
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