Artist's arttributes:
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Most exhibitions in:
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| United Kingdom | 66 |
| Portugal | 61 |
| USA | 10 |
| Brazil | 5 |
| Denmark | 5 |
Biography: 
26.1.1935 Born in Lisboa (PT)
1945 - 1951 Educated in St Julian´s School, Carcavelos, Portugal
1952 - 1956 Studied painting at the Slade School of Art, London
1957 - 1963 Lived in Ericeira, Portugal with her husband, painter Victor Willing
1962 - 1963 Bursary from the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
1962 - 1963 Lived in London and Portugal
1991 - 1996 Nursery Rhymes exhibition toured internationally by South Bank Centre, British Council and Marlborough Graphics
Lives and works in London (UK)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 181 
until 23.6.
Solo shows 45
2013
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| Dame with the goat's foot and other stories - Marlborough London, London (England) |
2012
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| Paula Rego - Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin |
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| Balzac and other stories - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Paula Rego - Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris |
2011
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| Paula Rego: Triptych - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
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| Paula Rego - Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo |
2010
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| Paula Rego - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL |
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| Obra Gráfica - 102-100 Galeria de Arte, Castelo Branco |
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| Oratorio - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Paula Rego - Selected Prints - Charles Nodrum Gallery, Richmond, VIC |
2009
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| Les Planches Courbes e Outras Histórias - Galeria 111 - Porto, Porto |
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| Les Planches Courbes e Outras Histórias - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon |
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| Paula Rego - Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Bragança |
2008
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| Paula Rego - Human Cargo - Marlborough Chelsea, New York City, NY |
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| Paula Rego - National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC |
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| Paula Rego - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon |
2007
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| PAULA REGO - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid |
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| Paula Rego - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Nursery Rhymes - The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands (England) |
2006
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| Paula Rego - Prints and Works on Paper - Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire (England) |
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| Paula Rego - Litografias Recentes - Galeria 111 - Porto, Porto |
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| Paula Rego - Recent Work - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Paula Rego - Printmaker - University Gallery and Baring Wing - Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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| Paula Rego - Charles Nodrum Gallery, Richmond, VIC |
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| Paula Rego: Prints - The Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Somerset (England) |
2005
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| Pintura, desenho e gravura - Museu Municipal de Tavira - Palácio da Galeria, Tavira |
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| Paula Rego: Graphic Work from the Jane Eyre and Children's Crusade series - Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork |
2004
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| Paula Rego - Tate Britain, London (England) |
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| Paula Rego - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto |
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| Paula Rego - Jane Eyre - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Paula Rego - Jane Eyre Lithographs - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
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| Paula Rego - Corner 2004 - Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen |
2003
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| Paula Rego - Jane Eyre - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon |
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| Paula Rego – Jane Eyre and Other Stories - Marlborough London, London (England) |
2002
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| Paula Rego: Celestina's House - Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| Just Cartoons - Lugar do Desenho - Fundação Júlio Resende, Gondomar |
2001
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| Paula Rego - Só Desenhos - Casa da Cerca - Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Almada |
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| Paula Rego - Galeria 111 - Porto, Porto |
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| Paula Rego - Celestina's House - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
2000
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| Paula Rego - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
1999
1996
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| Paula Rego - 'Rub-A-Dub-Dub' and Other Nursery Rhymes - University Gallery and Baring Wing - Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne |
1992
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| Nursury Rhymes: Etchings by Paula Rego - - Wolsey Art Gallery & The Room Upstairs, Ipswich (England) (closed, 2006) |
1990
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| Nursery Rhymes - Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (England) |
1971
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| Paula Rego - Galeria São Mamede, Lisbon |
Group shows 135
2013
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| Alsoudani, Bacon, Guston, Rego - Marlborough Chelsea, New York City, NY |
2012
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| Riso / Laughter - Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon |
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| Frank Auerbach - Quest Gallery, Bath, Somerset (England) |
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| Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination - Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB |
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| Never Never - Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth,Ceredigion (Wales) |
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| The Biennial of Painting: The Image of Man - MDD - Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle |
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| Francis Bacon to Paula Rego - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
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| Thresholds - Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje |
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| The British Cut - The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| ARTE PORTUGUESA DO SÉCULO XX 1960 - 2010 - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon |
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| Double Take – The Art Of Printmaking - Studio 3 Gallery, Canterbury, Kent (England) |
2011
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| Notes Towards a Supreme Fiction - Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool (England) |
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| Feuilles Intimes - Mineta Fine Art, Brussels |
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| Accrochage - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Nothing in the World But Youth - Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent |
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| Exposição Permanente Colecção Manuel de Brito - CAMB - Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, Algés |
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| Drawing 2011 – Biennial Fundraiser - The Drawing Room, London (England) |
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| Recordações Da Casa Rosa - António Areal, Jorge Queiroz e Paula Rego Na Colecção Da Fundação De Serralves - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto |
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| 20/21 at Ceri Hand Gallery - Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool (England) |
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| 40 Anos No Porto - Galeria 111 - Porto, Porto |
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| Drawn from Life - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
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| Corner 2011 - Sophienholm, Kgs. Lyngby |
2010
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| Linguagem e Experiência, Obras da Colecção da Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Museu de Aveiro, Aveiro |
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| Group Show - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Século XXI – Anos 10 - CAMB - Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, Algés |
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| Século XXI - Anos 10 - CAMB - Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, Algés |
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| Heads Or Tails - Mary Ryan Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| POVO - People - Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon |
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| POVOpeople - Foundation EDP, Electricity Museum, Lisbon |
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| The House of Fairy Tales - Millennium, St. Ives, Cornwall (England) |
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| Sous la dictée de l’image. Um novo percurso pela Colecção Berardo - Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon |
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| Um Século, Dez Lápis, Cem Desenhos – Viarco Express - Palácio de Belém - Museu da Presidência da República, Lisbon |
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| Party! - The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands (England) |
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| At the Foundling - The Foundling Museum, London (England) |
2009
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| Horn of Plenty - Viktor Wynd Fine Art, London (England) |
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| She Is a Femme Fatale - Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon |
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| The Rise of Women Artists - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (England) |
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| 1 Século, 10 Lápis, 100 Desenhos: Viarco Express - Palácio de Belém - Museu da Presidência da República, Lisbon |
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| The Artist's Studio - Compton Verney, Compton Verney, Warwickshire (England) |
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| 16 Anos de Cumplicidade na Arte 1993-2009 - Centro de Artes e Cultura de Ponte de Sor, Ponte de Sor |
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| De Malangatana a Pedro Cabrita Reis, Obras da Colecção Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Centro de Artes de Sines, Sines |
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| Acervo da galeria - Galeria António Prates, Lisbon |
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| Work on Paper - Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (England) |
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| De Malangatana a Pedro Cabrita Reis - Obras da Colecção Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Mosteiro São Martinho de Tibães, Braga |
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| Surrealism and Contemporary Art: Subversive Spaces - Compton Verney, Compton Verney, Warwickshire (England) |
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| Nine London Birds Portfolio - Jealous Gallery, London (England) |
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| Subversive Spaces: Surrealism and Contemporary Art - Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
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| 1/150 Gravar e Multiplicar - Gravuras da colecção do Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Casa da Cerca - Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Almada |
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| Lucian Freud & Paula Rego: Graphische Arbeiten - Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf |
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| L Á FORA - Exposição Artistas Portugueses - Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon |
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| Corner 2009 - Sophienholm, Kgs. Lyngby |
2008
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| New Prints from the Royal College of Art Selected by Chris Orr RA - Royal Academy of Arts, London (England) |
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| '10' The Chris Orr Years - Royal College of Art Galleries, London (England) |
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| NAO TE POSSO VER NEM PINTADO - Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon |
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| Outras Ficções - Arte Portuguesa de 1850 até à actualidade - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon |
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| Summer Exhibition - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Multiple Directions ( A retroscpective exhibition of the Chiado Museum’s Collection ) - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon |
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| Lá Fora - Exposição de Artes Plásticas - Palácio de Belém - Museu da Presidência da República, Lisbon |
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| Philadelphia Collects: Works on Paper - Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts - DCCA, Wilmington, DE |
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| As Láthair/Off Site - Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin |
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| Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger - American Folk Art Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Corner 2008 - Sophienholm, Kgs. Lyngby |
2007
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| Once There Was, Once There Wasn't: Fairy Tales Retold - Eight Modern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Collecting the Past, Present & Future - Highlights of British Art From Turner to Freud - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
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| El Rei de la casa - La Virreina - Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona |
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| Portugal Agora - À propos des lieux d'origine - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
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| 'Contemporary British Women Artists, in their own words - Camberwell Space, London (England) |
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| Ases & Trunfos > 1º Sete - acervo aberto - Galeria Sete, Coimbra |
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| Radharc - Galway Arts Centre, Galway |
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| Gail Wigley Window Box - The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands (England) |
2006
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| Exposição inaugural do Centro de Arte / Colecção Manuel de Brito - CAMB - Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, Algés |
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| The Borrowing - Cootehill Library & Arts Centre, Cootehill, Co. Cavan |
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| RETRATOS E FIGURAS NA COLECÇÃO DO MUSEU DO CHIADO - MNAC - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon |
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| Passionate Collectors - The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands (England) |
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| Closed Eyes - Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense |
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| Drawing Inspiration - Contemporary British Drawing - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
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| The Modern British Artist As Printmaker 1919-2003 - Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London (England) |
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| Re:Collection - Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby, Warwickshire (England) |
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| Important Works on Paper, Ceramics & Sculpture - - Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Woollahra, NSW (closed, 2012) |
2005
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| Anthropography III - Frissiras Museum, Athens |
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| Monumental Women - Boundary Gallery, London (England) |
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| Freud, Auerbach, Hockney & Rego - Drawing on Copper and Stone - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England) |
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| The Bestiary - Jill George Gallery, London (England) |
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| Portugal novo: artistas de hoje e amanhâ - Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo |
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| O contrato social - Museu Bordalo Pinheiro, Lisbon |
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| Works on Paper - Marlborough New York, New York City, NY |
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| Summer Exhibition - Marlborough London, London (England) |
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| Summer Exhibition - Marlborough Galerie AG, Zurich |
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| the Print Show - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) |
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| Spoilt Rotten: Young Curators 2005 - Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Powys (Wales) |
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| Um Olhar - Centro de Arte S. João da Madeira, São João da Madeira |
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| Uncanny Tales - Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea (Wales) |
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| Only Make-Believe: Ways of Playing - Compton Verney, Compton Verney, Warwickshire (England) |
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| Marlborough Re-Opening Exhibition - Marlborough London, London (England) |
2004
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| Cinco artistas da modernidade portuguesa (1911-1965) - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| ARTfutures 2004 - City of London School, London (England) |
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| Marlborough Re-opening Exhibition - Marlborough Galerie AG, Zurich |
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| Recent Prints - Marlborough London, London (England) |
2003
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| Ex-press - Royal College of Art Galleries, London (England) |
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| Colecção de arte contemporãnea da Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz |
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| NMCA’s Collection - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon |
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| the Human Zoo - Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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| Arte dos Artistas - Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Culturgest, Lisbon |
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| Representing the World - Frissiras Museum, Athens |
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| Desenho. 1993 - 2003 - Casa da Cerca - Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Almada |
2002
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| Artaid - Bloomberg Space, London (England) |
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| The play of Difference and Conflict - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon |
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| Arte Múltipla - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon |
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| THE HUMAN PORTRAYED - Charles Nodrum Gallery, Richmond, VIC |
2001
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| Modos Afirmativos e Declinações: Alguns Aspectos do Desenho na Década de Oitenta - Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Amarante |
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| Modos Afirmativos e Declinações: Alguns Aspectos do Desenho na Década de Oitenta - Galeria Municipal Trem, Faro |
2000
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| Drawing Distinctions - Twentieth-Century Drawings and Watercolours of the British Artists - The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| Exposition d'Inauguration / Inaugural Exhibition - Marlborough Monaco, Monaco |
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| Um Oceano Inteiro Para Nadar/ Spanning an Entire Ocean - Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Culturgest, Lisbon |
1999
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| Figuration - MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano |
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| Figurationen - Museum der Moderne - MdM Rupertinum, Salzburg |
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| Figurationen - Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim |
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| School of London - KunstHaus Wien, Vienna |
1998
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| L'Ecole de Londres - Musée Maillol - Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris |
1992
1990
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| Nous citoyens de la communauté européenne - Centre d'Art le LAIT, Albi |
1987
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| 19° Bienal de Sao Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
1986
1985
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| 18° Bienal de Sao Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| XIII BIENNALE DE PARIS - - Biennale de Paris, Paris (closed) |
1982
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| The Subjective Eye - New Tendencies in British Figurative - University Gallery and Baring Wing - Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne |
1978
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| I Bienal de Cerveira - Bienal de Arte de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira |
1965
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| Six Artists - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
Dealer Directory 9 |
Australia
| | Charles Nodrum Gallery, Richmond, VIC
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Canada
| | Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
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Monaco
| | Marlborough Monaco, Monaco
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Portugal
| | 102-100 Galeria de Arte, Castelo Branco
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| | Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon
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| | Galeria 111 - Porto, Porto
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United Kingdom
| | Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London (England)
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| | Marlborough London, London (England)
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USA
| | Marlborough New York, New York City, NY
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Ireland (Republic)
| | Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin
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Portugal
| | Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
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| | Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon
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| | MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon
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United Kingdom
| | Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria (England)
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| | Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds (England)
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| | NPG - National Portrait Gallery, London (England)
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| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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| | Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (England)
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| | Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby, Warwickshire (England)
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| | Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England)
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| | The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands (England)
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| | Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (England)
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USA
| | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
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