Artist's arttributes:
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Photography |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Canada | 34 |
| USA | 25 |
| Germany | 23 |
| Austria | 15 |
| France | 12 |
Biography: 
1956 Born in Vancouver, BC (CA)
Lives and works in Vancouver, BC (CA)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 161  from 19.6.
until 8.9.
Solo shows 43
2013
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| The Mini-Mall Series - Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York City, NY |
2012
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| The Shopkeeper Series - MARC JANCOU CONTEMPORARY, Geneva |
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| The Shopkeeper Series - Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York City, NY |
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| Ken Lum - Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris |
2011
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| 2000s to Present - Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo |
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| Ken Lum - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2010
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| Construction Sites - Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC |
2009
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| Ken Lum - Galerie Christian Nagel - Berlin, Berlin |
2008
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| Ken Lum - Galería Lluciŕ Homs, Barcelona |
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| Rorschach Shopkeepers - - Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna (closed, 2011) |
2007
2006
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| Ken Lum - - Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna (closed, 2011) |
2005
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| I don't konw... - - Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna (closed, 2011) |
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| Ken Lum - Blackwood Gallery at the University of Toronto , Mississauga, ON |
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| Ken Lum - Shopkeepers Series - Art & Public, Geneva |
2004
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| Ken Lum Works With Photography - The Power Plant, Toronto, ON |
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| Ken Lum Works With Photography - The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB |
2003
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| Ken Lum - Miroir Miroir - Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris |
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| Ken Lum Works with Photography - Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario |
2002
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| Ken Lum - Works with photography - Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON |
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| Ken Lum - Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris |
2001
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| KEN LUM - Leaving Law ........ - The Agency Gallery, London (England) |
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| Ken Lum - I wish I had more friends (or one more sign of depression) - Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu |
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| Ken Lum - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Ken Lum - CAG - Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
2000
1999
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| Ken Lum - Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Ken Lum: Photo-Mirrors - The Banff Centre - Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB |
1998
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| Ken Lum - Language Paintings - Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
1997
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| Ken Lum - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
1995
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| Ken Lum: Recent Work - Camden Arts Centre, London (England) |
1994
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| Ken Lum - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
1993
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| Ken Lum - Come On, Get Up! - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
1990
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| Ken Lum - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam |
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| Ken Lum - Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels |
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| Ken Lum - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Drawings, Editions, Prototypes - Artspeak, Vancouver, BC |
1988
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| Ken Lum - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
Group shows 116
2013
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| In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art - Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC |
2012
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| Where I Lived, and What I Lived For - Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON |
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| Problem Play - Leo Koenig Inc., New York City, NY |
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| La ligne passée - Galerie Bernard Ceysson - Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
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| Bearing Witness - Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC |
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| K - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Common History and Its Private Stories. Geschichte und Geschichten - Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia |
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| Learning Photographie - FRAC - Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lčs-Rouen |
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| C.1983 - Presentation House Gallery - PHG, North Vancouver, BC |
2011
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| One Suitcase Per Person - 1a space, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Am Ende war das Wort - Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim |
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| In DeedCerificates of Authenticity in Art - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice |
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| 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow |
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| In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art - De Vleeshal, Middelburg |
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| Summer Reading - Artspeak, Vancouver, BC |
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| Accrochage - - Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna (closed, 2011) |
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| Out of Storage: Provisoire & Définitif - Marres - Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht |
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| Through the Looking Brain - Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn |
2010
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| Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada c. 1965 to 1980 - UTAC - University of Toronto Art Centre , Toronto, ON |
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| Checking in with your hotspots - Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC |
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| 89 Km. Colección CGAC - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Hold Still Wild Youth: The GINA Show Archive - Or Gallery - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC |
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| Back to the Future? - Osage Soho, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Hey, We're Closed! - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
2009
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| Uneasy Pieces - Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON |
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| GAGARIN The Artists in their Own Words - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Just Around the Corner - Arrow Factory, Beijing |
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| Common History and Its Private Stories. Geschichte und Geschichten - MUSA - Museum auf Abruf, Vienna |
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| Sign/Age Part Three: Fight The Power - Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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| Proiezioni - Castello di Rivara - Centro d´arte contemporane, Rivara (TO) |
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| Texto: A Goup Show - Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON |
2008
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| pleinairism - i8 Gallery, Reykjavik |
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| 7th Gwangju Biennale - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
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| Recent Acquisitions: Persona Socialis - Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC |
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| Ken Lum - Guillaume Paris - Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris |
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| Let Me Be Your Mirror - MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK |
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| Beautiful People - Centre d’Art la Panera, Lleida |
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| Art Metropole: The Top 100 - MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS |
2007
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| Read Me! Text in Art - Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA |
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| Is there a there there? - Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON |
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| 10th International İstanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul |
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| Passing Through: Iain Baxter& Photographs 1958-1983 - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC |
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| Beautiful People et la Blessure Secrčte - Crac Alsace, Altkirch |
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| The Shadow Cabinet - part II - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
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| "REALLIFE 1979-1990" - Artists Space, New York City, NY |
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| 25th Anniversary - Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris |
2006
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| Liverpool Biennial 2006 - Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool (England) |
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| Unlearn - Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Here + Now - Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
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| Sound and Vision - The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Autonomia - LUMC - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden |
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| Arquivar Tormentas - CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela |
2005
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| Neuerwerbungen der Sammlung 2005 - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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| ARBEITSWELTEN - Museum in Progress, Vienna |
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| Emergency Biennal 2005 - Emergency Biennal, Bolzano |
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| Private View 1980-2000 - Collection Pierre Huber - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne |
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| Photographies - Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris |
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| 80 + 25 = 2005 - Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam |
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| Monuments to the USA - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Group Show - Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris |
2004
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| Presentation of the collection X - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Aufruhr der Gefühle, Leidenschaften in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie und Videokunst - Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen |
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| Baja to Vancouver - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Aufruhr der Gefühle - Museum für Photographie Braunschweig, Braunschweig |
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| NOT DONE! Het KUNSTenaarsboek - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Out Of Place - Galerie Nordenhake - Berlin, Berlin |
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| Flirts. Arte e pubblicitŕ - MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano |
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| Support - Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung - 1950 - Heute - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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| Schriftbilder/Bilderschrift - von Bartha Collection, Basel |
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| walk me - Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna |
2003
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| Partners - Haus der Kunst München, Munich |
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| The Bigger Picture - Portraits from Ottawa - Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON |
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| Social Strategies - Redefining social realism - University Galleries at Illinois State University, Normal, Il |
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| L'esprit Des Lieux - FRAC - Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lčs-Rouen |
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| away from home - Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH |
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| Micropolitics. Art and Everyday Life (2001-1989) - EACC - Espai d´Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castellon de la Plana |
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| TALKING PIECES - Text und Bild in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
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| M_ARS - Art and War - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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| 4. Österreichische Triennale zur Fotografie - Sight.Seeing - - Österreichische Triennale zur Fotografie, Graz (closed, 2003) |
2002
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| "Science + Fiction. Zwischen Nanowelt und globaler Kultur" - Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover |
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| Grand Bazar - - The Living Room, Amsterdam (closed) |
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| Text Massage - Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid |
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| Documenta 11 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| l'Effet Larsen - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg |
2001
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| Der Larsen Effekt - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
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| neue welt - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Group Show with Trans editions - - Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (closed) |
2000
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| 7. Bienal de La Habana 2000 - La Bienal de La Habana, Havana |
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| 2000 Shanghai Biennale - Spirit of Shanghai - Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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| Contaminated Symptoms: Photo-Based Works from the Permanent Collection - Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON |
1999
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| Life Cycles - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig |
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| In the city - FRAC - Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lčs-Rouen |
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| SWEET & SOUR - Art & Public, Geneva |
1998
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| 24° Bienal de Săo Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, Săo Paulo |
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| Recent Acquisitions to the Photo Collection - The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| Travel and Leisure - Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Jaingnan Project - Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
1997
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| Cities on the move - Wiener Secession, Vienna |
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| Foto Text Text Foto - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur |
1996
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| a/drift - Hessel Museum of Art & Center for Curatorial Studies Galleries at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
1995
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| Album: The photographic collection of Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen Rotterdam - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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| Untitled (Reading Room) - Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1994
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| Die Orte der Kunst - Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover |
1991
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| Carnegie International - Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA |
1989
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| D + S - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Vis-a-Vis : aspecten van hedendaagse portretfotografie - Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch |
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| Une histoire de collections : dons 1984-1989 - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Problems with reading and rereading - Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
1988
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| New York Now - Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg |
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| Group Exhibition - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris |
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| Brockmann - Bourget - Ess - R Graham - Gober - Lum - Luyten - Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp |
1986
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| Foto Cliche - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
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| Damaged Goods: Desire and the Economy of the Object - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
1982
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| Redd Ekks, Ken Lum, and Barbara Noah - Artists Space, New York City, NY |
Dealer Directory 8 |
Belgium
| | Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels
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France
| | Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris
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Germany
| | Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne
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| | Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf
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Japan
Spain
| | Galería Lluciŕ Homs, Barcelona
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Switzerland
| | MARC JANCOU CONTEMPORARY, Geneva
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Collections 9

Austria
| | Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
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Canada
| | Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
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| | National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
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| | Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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China
| | Long March Space, Beijing
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France
| | FRAC - Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque
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| | FRAC - Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris
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| | FRAC - Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lčs-Rouen
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