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Ori Gersht Biography
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Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel
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1989 - 1992 |
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BA(Hons) in Photography, Film and Video, University of Westminster, London, UK
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1993 - 1995 |
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MA in Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK
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2000 |
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The Leon Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv, Israel
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2003 |
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Commissioned by the Contemporary Art Society to produce sight specific work for the Nottingham Castle Museum in relation to the exhibition Drawing with Light
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2003 |
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BBC White City Public Art Strategy Photographic Commission
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2004 |
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First Prize winner, Onfuri International, Tirana, Albania
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2005 |
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The Forest, a film commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella
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2006 |
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Big Bang, a film commissioned by the V&A for the exhibition Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour
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2006 |
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Pomegranate, a short film commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella and the Film Council UK as part of the Single Shot project
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2002 - 2007 |
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Consultant to the architectural development planning of the South London Gallery
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1997 - 2008 |
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Senior lecturer, school of Photography, BA(Hons) & MA, at the Kent Institute of Art & Design, UK
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2004 - 2008 |
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Research reader at the Kent Institute of Art & Design,UK
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2006 - 2008 |
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Professor of Photography at UCCA (University College of Creative Art), UK: MA course supervisor, Research degree supervisor
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Lives and works in London, UK
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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This Storm Is What We Call Progress, Imperial War Museum, London, UK (solo)
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2010
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Latitudes, Huelva, Spain (solo)
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2009
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When a painting moves… something must be rotten!; moving painting or the Dialectics of Techno-Referentiality, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR), Puerto Rico
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2009
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Flower Power,Villa Giulia – CRAA Centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Turin,Italy.
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2009
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Tel Aviv Times, Tel Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
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2009
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Hugging and Wrestling: Contemporary Israeli Photography and Video, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, USA
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2009
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“Kosher & Co.“,The Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany.
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2008
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Static: Contemporary Still Life and Portraiture, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK
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2008
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The Aerials of Sublime Transscapes, Lokaal 1, Breda, The Netherlands
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2008
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Depletion, works from the Doron Sebbag Collection, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
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2008
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Personal Landscape; contemporary Art from Israel, The Katzen, American University Museum, Washington, USA
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2008
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Visions in the Nunney, The Nunnery, London.
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2008
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Mutation II; European Month of Photography, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, Kulturprojekte, Berlin, Fotofo, Bratislava, Vladmir Und Estragon, Vienna, Association Café Crème, Luxembourg, Musée de la Photographie, Moscou, Zone Attive, Rome
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2008
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Pomegranate, The Jewish Museum, New York (solo)
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2008
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Blow Up, Time After Time & Pomegranate, Centro Andaluz De La Fotografia, Almeria,Spain (solo)
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2008
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The Forest, Musée d’Art de Toulon, Toulon, France (solo)
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2008
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Time Folds, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo)
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2008
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Ori Gersht & Jan Breughel the Elder, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
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2007
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Works By Ori Gersht, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA (solo)
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2007
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The Forest, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
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2007
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Time After Time: Exploding Flowers & Other Matters, The Armory Show (with CRG Gallery), New York (solo)
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2007
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The Forest, Mic Toi Rerehiko Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (solo)
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2007
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The Last Seduction of Welcome Surrender to Beauty, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, USA
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2007
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In Focus: Living History, Tate Modern, London
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2007
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Historians of the Present, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva
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2007
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Loop'07 Barcelona - The Video Art festival, Galeria Dels Ãngels, Barcelona, Spain
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2007
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Video Killed the Painting Star, Museum of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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2007
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Pomegranate, Tate Britain, London, 'Single Shot' commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella and The Film Council, UK
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2007
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1st Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries, Canary Islands
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2007
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My Vision, ZEPHYR Raum für Fotografie, Mannheim, Germany
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2007
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Dateline Israel: Recent Photography and Video (working title), The Jewish Museum, New York
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2007
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Time After Time, Mummery + Schnelle, London (solo)
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2006
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The Forest, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv (solo)
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2006
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Liquidation, Noga Gallery Tel Aviv (solo)
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2006
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The Clearing, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
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2006
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The Forest, CRG Gallery, New York (solo)
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2006
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Inside-Out, Contemporary Artists from Israel, museum MARCO, Vigo, Spain
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2006
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Making Journeys, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK
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2006
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Forest Primeval, MOCA (GA), Atlanta, USA
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2006
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Fata Morgana, Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
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2006
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Spatial Dualism in the Eye of the Camera - Landscape Photography 1945-1963, The Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai, Israel
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2006
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Twillight: Photography in the Magic Hour, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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2006
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Forest Dreaming, Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Exeter UK
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2006
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The Clearing, Photographers Gallery, London; touring to: Spacex Gallery, Exeter; Photo Gallery Cardiff; Galway Arts Festival, Ireland; Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds (solo)
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2005
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Liquidation, CRG Gallery, New York (solo)
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2005
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Dreams and Trauma, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
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2005
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Camera Sacra, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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2005
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Erzaehl Mir Vom Krieg, Ori Gersht & Simon Norfolk, Zephyr Gallery, Mannheim
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2005
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Etched Voices, Contemporary Artists and the Holocaust, Yad Vashem New Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
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2005
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Citizen, PM Gallery & House, London, touring to: City Gallery, Leicester, Oriel Davies Gallery Newtown, Powys/Wales, Ormeau Bath Gallery Belfast
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2004
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Blaze, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (solo)
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2004
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Blaze, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv (solo)
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2004
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History in the Making, part of Photo España, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2004
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Ghost and Concrete City Scans, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
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2004
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Ghost, The Armory Show (with CRG Gallery), New York (solo)
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2004
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Historias, Photo España 2004, Madrid, Spain
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2004
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Tales of the City, (curated for the British Council by students from the MA Curating course, Goldsmiths College), Arte Fiera 2004, Bologna, Italy
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2004
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Tirana International, Tirana, Albania
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2003
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Up Close and Personal, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham
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2003
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Strangers To Ourselves, The Metropole Galleries, Folkestone
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2003
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Independence, South London Gallery, London
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2003
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Der Berg, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
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2003
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One Ground, California Museum of Photography, Riverside
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2002 - 2003
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Black Soil, CRG Gallery, New York (solo)
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2002
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White Noise, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
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2002
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Afterglow, Art Now Room, Tate Britain, London (solo)
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2002
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Afterglow, Helena Rubenstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv (solo)
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2002
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Mass Culture, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (solo)
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2002
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Willard Boepple, Ori Gersht and Albrecht Schäfer, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
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2002
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Reality Check: Recent Developments in British Photography and Video, curated by Kate Bush and Brett Rogers. Touring exhibition organised by The British Council and the Photographers Gallery
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2002
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non-places, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
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2002
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5:1, Fotogalerie, Altefeuerwache Kulturzentrum, Mannheim, Germany
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2001
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Melancholy, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
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2001
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Base Metal, Gallery Fine 2, London
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2001
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Six International Fototage, Herten, Germany
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2001
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White Noise, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne (solo)
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2001
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Mass Culture, Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
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2001
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AfterWars, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland (solo)
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2001
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LISTE 01, The Young Art Fair, Basel (with Andrew Mummery Gallery) (solo)
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2001
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White Noise, Gallery Noga, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
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2001
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White Noise, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (solo)
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2000
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AfterWars, Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, UK (solo)
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2000
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Pitch, Chisenhale Gallery, London (solo)
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2000
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Tel Aviv Museum, exhibition of work by recipients of the Leon Constantine Photography Award for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv, Israel
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2000
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Don’t Worry, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Arts, London
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2000
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warningSHOTS!, Royal Armouries, Leeds
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1999
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Vital Signs, Gallery Noga, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
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1999
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AfterWars, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (solo)
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1998 - 1999
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Global II Collection, Pearson Education, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex
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1998
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Open Studios, Whitechapel Open, London
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1997
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Home Ideals, curated by FAT, Therbeton Street, London
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1997
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Para-Site, curated by Kurt Vanbelleghem, Gulden Vlies Galerijen, Brussels
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1996
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John Kobal Award, National Portrait Gallery, London. Touring to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh; Museum of Film and Photography, Bath and Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
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1996
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Deep Signal, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh and Gasworks Gallery, London
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1996
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Lightness & Weight, curated by Not Cut, The Custard Factory, Birmingham
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1996
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After the Flood, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
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1995
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Atrium, Atrium Cork Street Gallery, London
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1995
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Cabinet Art, Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London
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1995
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Selected young artists, Bismarck Foundation, Paris
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1994
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South Bank Photo Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
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1993
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British Transport Competition, Mall Gallery, London
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1993
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Just Bring Your Body, Metro Gallery, London (solo)
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1992
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Just Bring Your Body, Zone Gallery, Newcastle (solo)
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1992
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21 eme Salon International de la Recherche Photographique, Royan Cedex, France
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1992
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Zone Gallery, Newcastle
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1991
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South Bank Photo Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
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1990
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South Bank Photo Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
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1990
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Cartier Foundation Prize, ICA Gallery, London
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