EDUCATION
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1999-2001
Royal College of Art, MA Photography
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1990-94
Central London Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster), BA (Hons) Film, Video & Photographic Arts- 1st Class
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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2021
La sicurezza degli oggetti, Nonostante Marras, Milan, Italy
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2019
Noon in the Desert, Jugg Art Foundation, Ipswich
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The Window, 1909 7th Avenue, Los Angeles, USA
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2018
Noon in the Desert, Atlas House, Ipswich
The dust in my pocket, Metronom, Modena, Italy
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2012
MIA, Milan (solo presentation)
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2011
Interludio, Metronom, Modena, Italy
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2010
Wapping Project Bankside, London
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2008
Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit, USA
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2007
Nepente Gallery, Milan, Italy
Gallery F7, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
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2006
Secrets and Mysteries, Zephyr, Mannheim, Germany (Annabel Elgar & Anne Kathrin Greiner)
Black Flag (2), The Wapping Project, London (The Jerwood Commissions)
Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
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2004
Black Flag (1), The Wapping Project, London (The Jerwood Commissions)
Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (Annabel Elgar & Cristian Andersen)
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2000
Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
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1997
Zone Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
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1996
Islington Arts Factory, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2024
Thread Count, The Art Station, Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK
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2023
The Magic Unknown, Donggang International Photo Festival, South Korea
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2022
Contemporary British Photography, The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO, St Petersburg, Russia, in association with the British Council and the University of Greenwich
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, The Art Station, Suffolk (curated by Karen Densham & Annabel Dover)
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2021
Utopia, Malmo Fotobiennal, Sweden
Del Resto I Costumi Cambieranno Molto, Metronom, Modena (3 person show)
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2020
False Memory, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby, UK
Head with Many Thoughts, Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
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2019
Shortlisted books, Arles Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award 2019, Arles Photo Festival, France
This is not an Oak Tree, Jugg Art Foundation, Ipswich
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2018
Uncommon or Garden, Jugg Art Foundation, Ipswich Biennial
Atlas House, Ipswich, Annabel Elgar & Ryan Gander, as part of the Ipswich Biennial
Photoworks Presents Collaborate at Free Range, Truman Brewery, London
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2017
NUCLEUS, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands
Antologia, Metronom, Modena, Italy
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2016
Photography is Magic, Aperture Foundation, New York, USA, (curator Charlotte Cotton)
Through the Looking Glass, Metronom, Modena, Italy
Setting out, apexart, New York, USA
Dell′infingimento. Quello che noi crediamo di sapere della fotografia, Museo d′Arte Contemporanea di Lissone, Lissone, Italy
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2015
Contemporary Photography from north-western Europe, Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Italy
Il sole è cieco, Galerie Polaris, Paris
Prix Elysée, Musée de L′Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
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2014
Belfast Photo Festival (touring), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland
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2013
Sitting with the qualities of a mountain, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London
Spectacle, Belfast Photo Festival (selectors: Brett Rogers, Alec Soth, Donovan Wylie & Paul Seawright)
Creekside Open, APT Gallery, London (selector: Ceri Hand)
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2012
First come first served, The Lion & Lamb Gallery, London
wunderCAMERA, Metronom, Italy
Edition IV, The Wapping Project Bankside, London
The Party Show, Viktor Wynd, London
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2011
The Wapping Project Bankside, London
Please drive slowly through our village, FOLD Gallery, London
Photomedia Salon, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London
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2010
Beasts Royal, Viktor Wynd Fine Art Inc. London
The Wapping Project Bankside, London
Exquisite Trove, The House of Fairy Tales, Salisbury Arts Centre, Dorset
Exquisite Trove, The House of Fairy Tales, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
Exquisite Trove, The House of Fairy Tales, Millenium Gallery, Cornwall
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2009
Horn of Plenty, The House of Fairy Tales, Viktor Wynd Fine Art Inc., London
Exquisite Trove, The House of Fairy Tales, The New Art Gallery Walsall
Theatres of the Real, FotoMuseum, Antwerp
Creekside Open 2009, London, (selector: Jenni Lomax)
The Fairy Tale Art Collection, The East Room, London
No End in Sight, Vegas Gallery, London
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2008
Error One at Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
Refuge, The Wapping Project, London (Elina Brotherus, Annabel Elgar & Ailbhe Ni Bhriain)
No End in Sight, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
In Our World: New Photography in Britain, Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy, (curator Filippo Maggia)
Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore
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2007
ArtSway Open 07, Sway, UK
The Joy, Nettie Horn Gallery, London
Creekside Open, London (selector Victoria Miro)
The Power of Language, Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
Lodz Art Centre, Lodz, Poland
Off Programme, Krakow, Poland
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2006
Here Today, Jersey Galleries, Osterley Park, London
Plug, County Hall Gallery, London
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2005
Narratives of the Presumed Invisible, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem, Belgium (Annabel Elgar, Anthony Goicolea & Kristof Vrancken)
The Madness of Paradise, Anne Gary Pannell Art Gallery, Sweet Briar College, Virginia, USA (Gregory Crewdson, Annabel Elgar & Justine Kurland)
Locus Loppem, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem, Belgium
Fashion, Film and Fiction, The Wapping Project, London
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2004
Adolescenz, Fotogalerie Vienna, Austria
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2003
Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Twenty White Chairs, The Wapping Project, London (The Jerwood Commissions), touring to: Jerwood Space, London and Design Centre, Leeds
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2002
Urban Raw, Millais Gallery, Southampton
Inside Space, London
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2001
14 x 14, Mafuji Gallery, London
Miniature Madness, Winkley Street Studios, London
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2000
Assembly, Jubilee Street, Whitechapel, London
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1997
Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Cambridge
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1995
The Fabergé Photography Awards (in association with the Guardian), Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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1994
Agfa Bursary Winners′ Exhibition, London
SELECTED AWARDS
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2019
Shortlisted for the Arles Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award 2019, Arles Photo Festival, France
Shortlsted for the Istanbul Photo Dummy Book Award 2019, Istanbul, Turkey
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2017
Juror′s Pick, The Daylight Photo Awards (Roy Flukinger, Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas)
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2014
Nominated for the Prix Elysée, Musée de L′Elysée, Switzerland
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2013
Shortlisted for Creekside Open 13 (selector Ceri Hand)
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2009
Shortlisted for Creekside Open 09 (selector Jenni Lomax)
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2007
Shortlisted for ArtSway Open 07
Shortlisted for Creekside Open 07 (selector Victoria Miro)
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2006
Winner, 8th Portfolio Review, Month of Photography, Bratislava
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2004
Arts Council Funding Award
Jerwood Commissions 2004
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2002
London Arts Council Funding Award
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2000
Winner, National Magazine Award- fine art photography (in association with the Royal College of Art)
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1999
Southern Arts Funding Award
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1995
3rd Prize, Fabergé Photography Awards, the Victoria & Albert Museum (in association with the Guardian)
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1994
Agfa Bursary Award
SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
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2015
′Contemporary Photography from North-Western Europe′, SKIRA (ISBN:978-88-572-2988-1)
′Prix Elysée, The Nominees′ Book ′,Musée de L′Elysée
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2014
The Wapping Project on Paper (Black Dog Publishing)
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2011
′Interludio′ (Metronom catalogue)
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2011
′Please Drive Slowly Through Our Village′ (FOLD catalogue)
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2009
′Theatres of the Real′ FotoMuseum Antwerp/Photoworks (ISBN: 978-1-903796-26-9)
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2008
′In Our World: New Photography in Britain′, SKIRA (ISBN: 978-88-6130-781-0)
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2007
′Month of Photography, Bratislava′ (catalogue- FOTOFO), p 58-59
′Photomonth in Krakow 2007′ (catalogue) p 164
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2006
′Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour′ (V&A:Merrell, London/ New York,2006, Martin Barnes & Kate Best) p21 (ISBN-13: 978-1858943534)
′We Were Until We Weren′t′ (Galleri Image catalogue)
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2005
′The Madness of Paradise′ (Sweet Briar College publications)
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2001
Still moving still (RCA Photography MA Publication)
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2000
Assembly (catalogue)
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1996
Words & Pictures (Issue 4, Glass Shelf Show, ICA, London)
SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
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2024
′Thread Count′ Whitehot Magazine, Josh McLoughlin, 20th September 2024
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2023
′De comfortzone in tijden van rusteloosheid′ HART Magazine, Roland Patteeuw, p. 66-67, Nr 231, February 2023
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2022
La Provincia di Como, ′ Annabel Elgar e le storie di bottega, ′ Federica Porro, p.39, 7th January 2022
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′La sicurezza degli oggetti nelle fotografie di Annabel Elgar in mostra a Milano′, Artribune,Emilia Jacobacci, 17th March 2022
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2021
Vogue Italia, Annabel Elgar, ′La sicurezza degli oggetti′, 9 November 20211
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Tique, Artist Features- Annabel Elgar- October 2021
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Vogue Italia, ′5 Exhibitions to see in July′, 22 July, 2021
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Artribune, ′Fotografia, video e digitale. Tre modi di fare arte e Modena′, Santa Nastro, 20th August, 2021
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212 magazine, Artist Feature, ′Constant Chaos′ Issue 11, Spring / Summer 2021
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2019
Viens Voir (online), ′Le petit théâtre de la photographie′, Oleñka Carrasco, 30th October 2019
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2018
Corriere della Sera, Gianfranco Raffaelli, 24th September 2018
APTdiary (online), Art Text, Gemma Fantacci, 26th September 2018
Photomonitor (online June 2018)
Photoworks Showcase (online)
Women in Photography (wipnyc.org) Instagram Takeover- September 2018
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2016
Gazzetta di Modena, ′Le foto di carica simbolica′, Michele Fuoco, 13th March 2016
The Mammoth's Reflex, ′Tre artiste, tre modi di vedere la realta e una mostra a Modena′, 12th March, 2016
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2015
The Guardian (online: art and design: photography) ′The people who stole the moon′, 28th October 2015
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2015
Photomonitor (online), (August 2015)
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2014
Le Temps, Switzerland (1st July 2014)
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2011
Source, Photographic Review, Winter 2011, Issue 69 (Interview John Mathews)
Art Review, ′Please Drive Slowly Through Our Village,′ Rebecca Geldard, p. 134, October
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2010
′Top 10 London Photographers′, Spoonfed (online) 4th August 2010
Time Out, ′In the Studio′, Helen Sumpter (April 29-May 5 2010) p.43
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2009
EXTRA, FotoMuseum Antwerp, (Summer 2009 p. 34-37)
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2009
.Cent, Spring/Summer 2009 (p.39)
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2009
Conscientious (online), Joerg Colberg (1 July 2009)
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2008
Time Out, Rebecca Geldard (3-9 July 2008 p 62)
Exibart, Emanuele Beluffi (25 January 2008)
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2007
Highlights, # 29, p.200-205, D.Art, Greece
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2006
Portalkunstgeschichte.de, 'Finstre Idyllen' (8 June 2006)
Die Rheinpfalz,′Theater der Dinge′, Kai Scharffenberger, ′Secrets and Mysteries′ (1 June 2006)
Zoom, ′Vision Germany′, Cristina Franzoni (p.16, 07-08/06)
Mannheimer Morgen, ′Geheimnisvolle Spuren′ (30 May 2006)
Le Monde Diplomatique, ′British Photography′, Steffen Moestrupp (March 2006, no.3. p.13)
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2005
′De Tijd′, Belgium, Marc Ruyters, (28 October 2005)
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2004
'Broken Boiler' Helen Sumpter, The Big Issue (22-28 November p30-31)
Blueprint (September 2004)
NextLevel (edition 1, volume 3)
Bilder no.192 (in association with Fotogalerie Vienna)
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2003
Camera Austria, Forum, (June 2003, no. 82)
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2002
Art Review (December/January 2003 volume L1V)
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2000
Art Review (February 2000)
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1999
The Independent (The Review, 4-9 October 1999)
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1995
Women′s Art Magazine (September/October 1995 No 66)
British Journal of Photography (30 August 1995 No 7040)
The Guardian (14 April 1995)
COLLECTIONS
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Fondazione Fotografia Modena
Musée de L′Elysée
The Jugg Art Foundation, UK
Private collections worldwide