Artist's arttributes:
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Interactive installation |
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Conceptual Art |
Most exhibitions in:
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| United Kingdom | 55 |
| Germany | 43 |
| France | 10 |
| Austria | 10 |
| Switzerland | 7 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Lisson Gallery, United Kingdom |
13 |
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Victoria Miro Gallery, United Kingdom |
9 |
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Galerie Thomas Schulte, Germany |
8 |
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Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Germany |
6 |
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Lumen Travo, Netherlands |
4 |
Biography: 
17.8.1943 Born in London (UK)
1962 - 1963 The Ground Course, Ealing School of Art
1972 - 1973 Director of the Centre of Behavioural Art, Gallery House, London
1979 - 1980 D.A.A.D. Fellowship, West Berlin
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 148 
until 25.8.
Solo shows 44
2012
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| Stephen Willats - Secret Language the Code Breakers - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| Stephen Willats: Surfing with the Attractor - SLG South London Gallery, London (England) |
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| How The Future Looks From Here - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
2011
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| The Information Nomad - MOT International, London (England) |
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| The West London Social Resource Project Public Monitor 19972 - Chelsea space - Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (England) |
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| talking city - Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest |
2010
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| Stephen Willats: Street Doagram - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| The World as it is and The World as it could be - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
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| Stephen Willats - In two minds - Galerie Erna Hécey, Brussels |
2009
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| Stephen Willats - Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris |
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| The Ideological Diagram - Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne |
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| Assumptions and identity; identity and assumptions - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
2008
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| The Architecture of Stephen Willats - LWL - Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, Münster |
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| The Speculative Diagram - Casco, Utrecht |
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| Stephen Willats - Democratic Mosaics and Conceptual Towers - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
2007
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| Stephen Willats - People to People, Person to Person - Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (England) |
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| just between people - Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
2006
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| Going Home - MOT International, London (England) |
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| Wie die Welt ist und wie sein könnte - Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen |
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| Stephen Willats - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
2005
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| Stephan Willats - Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne |
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| Multichannel life - Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne |
2004
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| STEPHEN WILLATS - MESSAGES FROM THE POLEMICAL CITY - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
2003
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| Personal Encounters In Your Imagination - Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
2002
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| Stephen Willats - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
1999
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| MULTICHANNEL VISION. - Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
1998
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| Stephen Willats - - Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich (closed) |
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| Stephen Willats - Changing Everything - SLG South London Gallery, London (England) |
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| Stephen Willats - Multicult Berlin. Interactive clothing works - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
1997
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| Stephen Willats - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
1995
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| Stephen Willats, Concept by Design - Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
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| Stephen Willats - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| Living Together - Tramway, Glasgow (Scotland) |
1994
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| Stephen Willats - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
1993
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| Stephen Willats - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| Stephen Willats. Häuser und Menschen - Buildings and People. Berlin 1979-1993 - Berlinische Galerie, Berlin |
1987
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| Stephen Willats - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
1985
1983
1980
1979
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| Stephen Willats - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England) |
1978
1976
Group shows 103
2013
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| Vertical Club - Bortolami, New York City, NY |
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| A World of Wild Doubt - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
2012
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| Reflecting Fashion - kunst und Mode seit der Moderne - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| Salvo - Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp |
2011
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| United Enemies - The Problem of Sculpture in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s - Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (England) |
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| Zeit zu handeln! - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems |
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| My Yard l British Council Collection - Kolvenburg, Billerbeck |
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| Summer Show - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
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| Through Symbolic Worlds - International Project Space, Birmingham (England) |
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| Aftermath: Objects From Projects - Chelsea space - Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (England) |
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| A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
2010
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| The Logic of Association - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| Ground Level - Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno (Wales) |
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| Ground Level - Hayward Touring Curatorial Open II - QUAD Gallery, Derby (England) |
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| Uebermodels - PROGRAM initiative for art and architectural collaborations, Berlin |
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| Ground Level - John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (England) |
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| Bilder in Bewegung - Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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| Dialogues: Artists of the gallery - Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
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| Modernologies - Contemporary Artists Researching Modernity and Modernism - Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie / Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw |
2009
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| Voyage sentimental 4 - Angle Art Contemporain, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux |
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| DIE MODERNE ALS RUINE. Eine Archäologie der Gegenwart - Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
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| Modernologies - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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| Die Moderna als Ruine - Eine Archäologie der Gegenwart - Generali Foundation, Vienna |
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| Oppositions & Dialogues - Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover |
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| Funkaesthetics - Justina M Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON |
2008
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| SOCIAL INTERACTIONS : BETH CAMPBELL / STEPHEN WILLATS - Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich |
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| Getting Even - Oppositions + Dialogues in Contemporary Art - Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork |
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| The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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| Manifesto Marathon - Serpentine Gallery, London (England) |
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| «A Town (Not a City)» - Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen |
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| Manifesta 7 - Comitato Manifesta 7, Bolzano |
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| Social Diagrams. Planning Reconsidered - Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
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| Mondo e Terra, La collezione del FRAC Corsica - MAN - Museo d`Arte di Nuoro, Nuoro |
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| Prospects and Interiors: Sculptors’ drawings - Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (England) |
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| Sammlung / Collection - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| Be(com)ing Dutch - Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
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| Punk. No One is Innocent - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
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| Building, Dwelling, Thinking - Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (England) |
2007
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| "SIGNS AND MESSAGES FROM MODERN LIFE" - Kate MacGarry, London (England) |
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| Oh Girl, It's a Boy! - Kunstverein München, Munich |
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| Volksgarten. Die Politik der Zugehörigkeit - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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| Panic Attack! - Art in the Punk Years - Barbican Art Gallery, London (England) |
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| What does the jellyfish want? - Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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| The Secret Public - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
2006
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| Diagnose [Kunst] - Die Medizin im Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Kunst - Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen |
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| The Secret Publiv - Kunstverein München, Munich |
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| Art Link - Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg |
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| Peintres de la vie moderne Modern-life painters - Donation - Caisse des Dépôts' photograph collection - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Medium Fotografie - Stampa, Basel |
2005
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| Wie Gesellschaft und Politik ins Bild kommen - Generali Foundation, Vienna |
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| Ordering the Ordinary - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
2004
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| L’artiste éditeur - FRAC - Limousin, Limoges |
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| 70/90 - Engagierte Kunst - Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| Artists of the Gallery - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| ID Troubles - Shake - Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg |
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| L´Air du Temps - collection pringtemps/été 2004 - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| 3. Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst - berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, Berlin |
2003
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| Art For Networks - Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland (England) |
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| Urban codes-coder/décoder - Espace de l’art concret, Mouans Sartoux |
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| Air Guitar - Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, Cumbria (England) |
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| L'esprit Des Lieux - FRAC - Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen |
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| Independence - SLG South London Gallery, London (England) |
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| bewitched bothered and bewildered - Spatial Emotion in Contemporary Art and Arch - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| Art For Networks - Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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| Air Guitar - - Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham (England) (closed) |
2002
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| In portraiture irrelevance is ugliness - Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
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| Air Guitar - Cornerhouse, Manchester (England) |
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| Art For Networks - Chapter Gallery, Cardiff (Wales) |
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| Air Guitar - Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (England) |
2001
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| The Map Is Not the Territory i - England & Co, London (England) |
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| Works on Paper - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
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| >Double Vision< - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig |
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| Netter Art Collection mit 10 Künstlern: - Buchhandlung und Galerie Wolfgang Böhler, Bensheim |
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| Il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences, un train peut en cacher un autre - Abbaye St André - Centre d'art contemporain Meymac, Meymac |
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| Netter Art Collection - Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell |
2000
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| einräumen - Arbeiten im Museum - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Raw - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
1999
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| bildung - Grazer Kunstverein, Graz |
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| Liverpool Biennial 1999 - Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool (England) |
1998
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| Poèmes à petite vitesse - Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon |
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| Do all Oceans have walls? - GAK - Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e.V. Bremen, Bremen |
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| A to Z - The Approach, London (England) |
1997
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| Comme des Photos - Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes |
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| Joka Hetki, Joka Paikassa - Pori Taidemuseo / Pori Art Museum, Pori |
1996
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| 2. Österreichische Triennale zur Fotografie - - Österreichische Triennale zur Fotografie, Graz (closed, 2003) |
1995
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| Temples - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
1994
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| Visione Britannica II - Valentina Moncada - Arte Contemporanea, Rome |
1993
1992
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| Instructions and Diagrams - Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England) |
1991
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| Excavating the Present - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) |
1987
1982
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| La Biennale di Venezia : Settore Arti Visive : 1982 - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
1981
1979
1977
Dealer Directory 9 |
Belgium
| | Galerie Erna Hécey, Brussels
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France
| | Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris
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Germany
| | Galerie Christian Nagel - Berlin, Berlin
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| | Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
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| | Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne
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| | Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
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Netherlands
Switzerland
| | Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Zurich
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United Kingdom
| | Victoria Miro Gallery, London (England)
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Collections 16

Australia
| | Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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France
| | FRAC - Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême
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| | FRAC - Basse-Normandie, Caen
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| | FRAC - Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque
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| | Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon
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| | FRAC - Languedoc-Roussilon, Montpellier
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| | FRAC - Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen
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| | IAC - Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne
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Germany
| | Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen
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Netherlands
| | Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
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Switzerland
| | Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
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United Kingdom
| | 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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| | Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England)
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