Annabel Elgar
CV Annabel Elgar
Education:
1999-01 Royal College of Art, MA Photography
1990-94 Central London Polytechnic, BA (Hons) Film, Video & Photographic Arts- 1st class
Selected Solo & 2Person Exhibitions:
2008 The Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit, USA
2007 Nepente Gallery, Milan
2007 Month of Photography, Bratislava
2006 Secrets and Mysteries, Zephyr, Mannheim, Germany (with Anne Kathrin Greiner)
2006 Black Flag (2), The Wapping Project, London
2006 We Were Until We Weren’t, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
2004 Black Flag (1), The Wapping Project, London, The Jerwood Commissions
2004 Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (with Cristian Andersen)
2000 Southampton City Art Galley, Southampton
2000 South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
1996 Islington Arts Factory, London
1996 Zone Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 Theatres of the Real, FotoMuseum, Antwerp
2009 Creekside Open 2009, London(selector Jenni Lomax)
2009 The Fairy Tale Art Collection, The East Room, London
2009 No End in Sight, Vegas Gallery, London
2008 Error One, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
2008 Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore
2008 Refuge, The Wapping Project, London (Elina Brotherus, Annabel Elgar & Ailbhe ni Bhriain)
2008 No End in Sight, Galerie Polaris, Paris
2008 In Our World: New Photography in Britain, Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy (curator: Filippo Maggia)
2007 ArtSway Open 07, Sway, UK
2007 The Joy, Nettie Horn Gallery, London
2007 Creekside Open, London (selector Victoria Miro)
2007 The Power of Language, Academy of Arts, Berlin
2007 Off Programme, Month of Photography, Krakow, Poland
2007 Lodz Art Centre, Poland
2006 Here and Now, Jersey Galleries, Osterley Park, London
2006 Plug, County Hall Gallery, London
2005 Narratives of the Presumed Invisible, Kunsthalle Lophem, Belgium (with Anthony Goicolea & Kristof
Vrancken)
2005 The Madness of Paradise, Anne Gary Pannell Art Gallery, Sweet Briar College, Virginia, USA (with
Gregory Crewdson & Justine Kurland)
2005 Fashion, Film and Fiction, The Wapping Project, London
2005 Locus Loppem, Kunsthalle Lophem, Belgium
2004 Adolescenz, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
2003 Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2003 Twenty White Chairs, The Wapping Project, London & The Jerwood Space, London
2003 Urban Raw, Millais Gallery, Southampton
2002 Inside Space, London
2001 14 x 14, Mafuji Gallery, London
2001 Miniature Madness, Winkley Street Studios, London
2000 Assembly, Whitechapel, London
1997 Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Cambridge
1995 The Fabergé Photography Awards, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1994 Agfa Bursary Winners’ Exhibition, London
Selected awards:
2007 Shortlisted for ArtSway Open 2007
2007 Shortlisted for Creekside Open
2006 Winner, 8th Portfolio Review, Month of Photography, Bratislava
2004 Arts Council Funding Award
2004 Jerwood Commissions Award
2002 London Arts Council Funding Award
2000 Winner, National Magazine Award- Fine Art Photography (in assoc. with the Royal College ofArt)
1999 Southern Arts Funding Award
1995 3rd Prize, Fabergé Photography Awards, Victoria & Albert Museum
1994 Agra Bursary Award
SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2009 Theatres of the Real, Photoworks/FotoMuseum Antwerp ISBN: 978-1-903796-26-9
2008 In Our World: New Photography in Britain (Skira, ISBN: 978-88-6130-781-0)
2007 ‘Month of Photography, Bratislava’ (catalogue- Spolocnost’ FOTOFO), p 58-59
2007 ‘Photomonth in Krakow 2007′ (catalogue) p 164
2006 ‘Twlight: Photography in the Magic Hour’ Martin Barnes & Kate Best (V&A: Merrell, London/ New York)
2006 ‘We Were Until We Weren’t’ (Galleri Image)
2001 Still moving still (RCA Photography MA Publication)
1996 Words & Pictures (Issue 4, Glass Shelf Show, ICA, London)
Selected reviews and publications:
2009 EXTRA, FotoMuseum Antwerp, Summer 2009, p. 34-37
2009 .Cent, p.39, Spring/Summer 2009
2008 Exibart, Emanuele Beluffi (25 January 2008)
2007 Highlights, # 29, p. 200-205, D.Art, Greece
2006 Portalkunstgeschichte.de, ‘Finstre Idyllen’ (8 June 2006)
2006 Die Rheinpfalz,’Theater der Dinge’, Kai Scharffenberger, ‘Secrets and Mysteries’ (1 June 2006)
2006 Zoom, ‘Vision Germany’, Cristina Franzoni (p.16, 07-08/06)
2006 Mannheimer Morgen, ‘Geheimnisvolle Spuren’ (30 May 2006)
2006 ‘Le Monde Diplomatique’, ‘British Photography’, Steffen Moestrupp (March 2006, no.3. p.13)
2005 ‘De Tijd’, Belgium, Marc Ruyters (28 October 2005)
2004 ‘Broken Boiler’ Helen Sumpter, The Big Issue (November 22-28 p30-31)
2004 Blueprint (September 2004)
2004 NextLevel (edition 1, volume 3)
2004 Bilder no.192 (in association with Fotogalerie Wien)
2003 Camera Austria, Forum (June 2003, no. 82)
2002 Art Review (December/January 2003 volume L1V)
1999 The Independent (The Review, 4-9 October 1999)
1995 Women’s Art Magazine (September/October 1995 no 66)
1995 British Journal of Photography (30 August 1995 No 7040)
1995 The Guardian (14 April 1995)