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Mark Fairnington Biography
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1979 - 1981 |
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St. Martin's School of Art, London, UK
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1987 - 1989 |
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Goldsmith's College, London, UK
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1997 - 1998 |
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Imperial War Museum, London
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1999 |
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Sargant Fellowship, British School at Rome, UK
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1999 - 2002 |
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK
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1999 - 2002 |
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK
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2003 - 2005 |
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Natural History Museum, London, UK
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2003 AHRB - Research Leave Award
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2003 London Arts - Individual Artists Award
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2001 sciart consortium - Research Award
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1995 British Council - Exhibition Award
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1993 Arthur Anderson Award - Figurative Painting Award
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London Arts Board - Individual Artists Award
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1989 British Council - Exhibition Award
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1986 Greater London Arts - Individual Artists Award
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Lives and works in London
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Unnatural History, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
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2012
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Unnatural History, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
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2011
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Flora, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
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2010
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Bull Market, Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk, UK (solo)
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2010
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miscellaneous, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim Germany
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2009
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Private Collection, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Dynasty, Art Agents, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2007
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DC Dusseldorf Contemporary 2007, (Fred) London showing Abetz/Drescher, Nayland Blake, Simon English and Mark Fairnington
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2007
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London Assembly, Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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2007
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Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Austria curated by Jasper Sharp
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2006
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Zoo Art Fair, London, UK
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2006
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Art Berlin, FRED (London), UK
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2006
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Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
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2006
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Pulse NY, New York, FRED (London), UK
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2006
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Art Rotterdam, Holland, FRED (London), UK
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2006
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Art Basel 06, Liste, FRED (London), UK
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2006
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The Raft, Fred (London), UK (solo)
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2006
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VOLTA 02, Basel, Fred (London), UK (solo)
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2006
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Galerie Jiri Svestka, Prague, Czech Republic
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2006
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Galerie Moncada, Rome, Italy
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2005
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Medieval Modern, London, UK (solo)
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2005
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Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
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2005
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Pulse, Miami, FRED (London), UK
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2005
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Young Masters, 148a John Street, London, UK
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2005
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Blumenstück.Künstlers Glück, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
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2005
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A history of flower painting including James Ensor, Claude Monet, Marc Quinn, Fiona Rae, Gerhard Richter
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2005
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Infallible in Search of the Real George Eliot, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK
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2004
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John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
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2004
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Fabulous Beasts, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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2004
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The Goat, Medieval Modern, with Olivier Richon
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2004
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Transmission Portfolio, Domo Baal Gallery, London, UK
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2004
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Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Wunderkammer II, Wunderkammer I, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Artlab, Imperial College, London, UK (solo)
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2003
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Mobile Home Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2003
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Transmission Portfolio, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
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2003
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The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK
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2003
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Infallible in Search of the Real George Eliot APT Gallery, London, UK
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2003
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Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, UK
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2003
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Chockerfuckingblocked, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, UK
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2002
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Like gold dust, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
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2002
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Alessandra Bonomo Gallery, Rome, Italy
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2002
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History Revision, Plymouth Arts Centre, UK
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2002
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No One Begins a Lunatic, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London, UK
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2002
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Intimacy, Russel-Cotes Museum, Bournmouth, UK
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2002
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Dead or Alive, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK(solo)
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2002
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Dead or Alive, Harewood House, UK (solo)
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2001
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Staying Alive, Mobile Home, London, UK (solo)
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2001
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Intimacy, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales
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2001
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Bittersweet, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, UK
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2001
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Foil, The Gallery, Falmouth College of Arts and The Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, UK
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2000
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Foil, Gallery Westland Place, London, UK
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2000
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Green Green Grass, Mobile Home
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2000
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British School at Rome
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2000
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The Saatchi Gift, Art Institute, the gallery, Bournemouth, UK
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2000
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The Wreck of Hope, The Nunnery Gallery, London, UK
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2000
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Staying Alive, Mobile Home, London, UK (solo)
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2000
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Mantidae, Oxford University Museum, UK (solo)
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2000
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Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
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2000
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Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany (solo)
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1999
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Peepshow, Mobile Home, London, UK (solo)
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1999
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Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany
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1999
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Saatchi in Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, UK
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1999
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The Flower Show, Harewood House, England
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1999
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Wigmore Fine Art, Mark Fairnington and Sharon Kivland, London, UK
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1998
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Gallery Axel Thieme, Germany (solo)
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1998
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Heavier Than Air, Imperial War Museum, London, UK (solo)
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1998
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Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, USA
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1998
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Postcards on Photography, Cambridge Darkroom, touring to John Hansard Gallery, Camerawork and Stills Gallery
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1998
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Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
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1998
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Relative Values, Harris Museum, Preston, touring to The Rangers House, London, UK
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1997
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WHAT, Trinity Bouy Wharf, London, UK
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1997
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Todd Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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1995
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Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
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1995
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Connaught Brown Gallery, London, UK
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1995
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London Stories, Galerie Edition Marie-Louise Wirth, Switzerland
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| Literature |
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2012
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Mark Fairnington. Unnatural History, Texts in German and English by Martin Stather, Darian Leader und Mary Madden. Mannheimer Kunstvereins and Galerie Peter Zimmermann, 2012.
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2006
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Bethnal Green Boogie, Sarah Kent, Time Out, No. 1883
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2006
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Death Becomes Him, Jane Neal, The Independent on Sunday, ABC, 27.08.06
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2006
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Experience and Experiment, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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2005
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Insect Poetics,edited by Eric Brown, University of Minnesota Art and Science, Sian Ede, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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2005
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Blumenstück.Künstlers Glück, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Infallible, In Search of the Real George Eliot, ARTicle Press
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2004
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John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery
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2004
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Gross Anatomy, Callum McGeoch, Dazed and Confused, June
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2004
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Creatures Small and Great, John Russell Taylor, The Times Review, 19/05/04
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2004
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Interview on the Robert Elms Show, BBC Radio London, 11/05/04
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2004
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Revive, Tank, Volume 3, Issue 8
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2004
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Fabulous Beasts, Jessica Lack, The Guardian Guide, May 8, 2004
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2004
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Bitten by the science bug, Charlotte Cripps, The Independent Review, May 4, 2004
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2004
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The Natural Gallery, Sebastian Smee,The Daily Telegraph, May 1, 2004 Unstuffed Animals, Jane Neal,Art Review, May 2004
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2004
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Olivier Richon, Mark Fairnington, Sara Harrison, Time Out, No.1752
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2004
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Mark Fairnington: Staying Alive, Jane Neal, Contemporary No.59
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2003
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London News, Richard Dyer, Contemporary, November
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2003
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Transmission Portfolio, Sheffield Hallam University
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2003
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Transmission: Speaking and Listening Volume 2, Sheffield Hallam University/ Site Gallery
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2003
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Experiment:conversations in art and science, The Wellcome Trust Dog Publishing
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2003
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The Human Zoo, Hatton Gallery
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2003
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Like gold dust, Angel Row Gallery
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2002
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Like Gold Dust, Contemporary, November
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2002
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Dead or Alive,The Art Newspaper No. 126
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2002
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Dead or Alive, Rich Jevans ,The Leeds Guide, June
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2001
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Audio Arts Magazine, November 2001
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2001
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Game Boy’s Animal Magic, Helen Sumpter, The Big Issue, No. 456
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2001
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Staying Alive, Sally O’Reilly, Time Out, No.1627 (review)
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2001
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Mark Fairnington, Duncan Mclaren, Art Review, October 2001
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2001
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The Reality Bug, Charlotte Mullins, World of Art Newspaper, Thames and Hudson
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2001
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Foil 3, Eugene Tan, Art Review, March 2001
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2001
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Foil (catalogue), Michael Phillipson, Dr Jim Mooney
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2000
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Mark Fairnington (catalogue) Galerie Axel Thieme
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2000
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Oculus Imaginations From the Photograph to the Real, Mark Gisbourne
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2000
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Contemporary Visual A rts (issue31)
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2000
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FAZ (December) Katherina Deschka, Insekten aus der Schublade
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2000
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Main-Echo (26 October) Horst Roland, Mark Fairnington bei Galerie Axel Thieme
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2000
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Darmstadter Kulturnachrichten (October and November) Galerie Thieme
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2000
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The British Journal of Photography, Mantidae
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2000
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The Guardian Guide, Robert Clark, Mantidae
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2000
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Realism in 20th Century Painting, Brendan Prendeville
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1999
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nu critiques painting, Rachel Withers, nu Art Magazine, May 2000
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1999
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Fine Arts 1999-2000, The British School at Rome
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1999
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The Wreck of Hope, Izi Glover, Time Out, 05/04/00
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1999
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The Wreck of Hope, Neal Brown, Independent on Sunday, 26/03/00
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1999
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The Wreck of Hope, Andrew Wilson, Art Monthly, May 2000
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1999
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The Wreck of Hope, Stuart Glass, Artist Newsletter, May 2000
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1999
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The Wreck of Hope, Studio Magazine (Israel), May 2000
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1999
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Mattresses, Monros and the story of an eye, Duncan Maclaren
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1999
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The Independent on Sunday, 14/11/99 (review)
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1999
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The Flower Show (catalogue), Jane Sellars
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1998
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Postcards from the Edge, Chris Townsend, Ronnie Simpson, Naomi Salaman
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1998
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Hotshoe International, No. 101
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1998
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Postcards on Photography, Valerie Reardon, Art Monthly, No. 223 (review)
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1998
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Postcards on Photography (catalogue), Transparency Transposed, Naomi Salaman
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1998
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Infiziert von YBA, Dorothee Baer-Bogenschutz, Kunstzeitung 26/1 Heavier than Air (catalogue), The Surrealist War, Simon Morely
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1998
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Relative Values (catalogue), James Green, Richard Kirwan
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1998
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Whitechapel Open, Sotiris Kyriacou, Art Monthly No. 216 (review)
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1998
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Whitechapel Open, Marina Benjamin, Evening Standard 9/4/98
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1998
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Whitechapel Open, Martin Coomer, Time Out No. 1431 (review)
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1998
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Postcards on Photography – photorealism and the reproduction Cambridge Darkroom Gallery
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1997
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WHAT, Martin Coomer, Time Out 23/4/97 (review)
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1997
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WHAT (catalogue), Mark Gisbourne
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1997
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Sacha Craddock, The Times 30/12/97
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1996
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Peter Schauer, Art Review, Autumn 1996
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1996
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Whitechapel Open, Martin Coomer, Time Out 7/8/96 (review)
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1996
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Close the door on the Open, Brian Sewell, Evening Standard 1/8/96 (review)
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