Solo Exhibitions
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2013
Angelica, Antonio Pasqualino Museum, Palermo, (curated by Rosario Perricone and Paola Nicita), catalogue – text by Paola Nicita, Rosario Perricone, Emily Labarge
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2012
The Stuff of Dreams, Canary Wharf group: Sculpture in the Workplace, (curated by Ann Elliott), catalogue – text by Ann Elliott
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2009
Finnegan’s Teeth, Public Project in Kings Cross, London, sites: Fish and Coal Building, Maiden Lane Canal Bridge, Goodsway (curated by Gill Hedley)
Finnegan’s Teeth, Project Launch, Book Launch and Film Screening, German Gymnasium, London (curated by Gill Hedley)
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2006
Myself as other things, Erica Fiorentini Gallery, Rome (curated by Erica Fiorentini), catalogue – text by Erica Fiorentini
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2005
from life, Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome (curated by Professor Simonetta Lux and Stella Santacatterina), book and texts by Professor Simonetta Lux, Domenico Scudero and Stella Santacatterina
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1998
present.....passing, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, touring to Newlyn Art Gallery (curated by Victoria Pomery and Beatrice Mayfield), catalogue – text by Jean Fisher
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1996
Passages & Incidents, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (curated by Michael Harrison), catalogue – text by Jean Fisher
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1995
Sex, Birth, Sex, Death, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, catalogue – text by Barbara Tosi and Stella Santacatterina
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1993
Water Rises, Camden Arts Centre, London, catalogue – text by Andrew Wilson
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1992
a line of blue and a pool of red, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, catalogue – text by Michael Archer
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1989
Judith Cowan: New Sculpture, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno touring to Oriel Gallery, Cardiff; Waterman’s Arts Centre, London; catalogue – text by Frances Morris
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1985
Judith Cowan, Bernard Jacobson, London
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1983
Ian Birkstead Gallery, London
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1982
Spectro, Newcastle
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1982
Judith Cowan: Sculpture, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, catalogue – text by Tom Bendhem
Group Exhibitions
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​2022
Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection, Housatonic Museum of Art, 2022, Bridgeport, USA
2021
ATLAS. The mobile Herbarium, Festival Filosofia Modena, Orto Botanico, Modena, 2021, (curated by Claudia Zanfi)
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2018
XLIII Festival of Morgana, Pupi Videodrome, Antonio Pasqualino Museum, Palermo, (curated by Rosario Perricone)
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2015
Many a Slip, Marsden Woo Gallery, London, (curated by Alison Britton)
Green Island - Urban Hives, aMAZElab, Milan, (curated by Claudia Zanfi)
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2014
/seconds. Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, (curated by Peter Lewis, Hoor Al-Qasimi)
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2012
new foragers, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, (curated by Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman)
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2010
Tina B Festival, Czech Centre, Prague, Czech Republic (curated by Monika Burian)
The Collection, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby (curated by Jessica Morgan)
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2009
The Rise of Women Artists, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, (curated by Dr. Laura MacCulloch)
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2008
Golden Rain, Eigeroya lighthouse, Egersund, Norway (curated by Michael Petry), catalogue – text by Michael Petry
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2004
Marks in Space, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, catalogue – texts by Judith Mottram and Alain Ayers
Tom Bendhem: collector, Contemporary Art Society, touring (curated by Ann Elliott), catalogue – text by Ann Elliott
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2000
Anableps, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome (curated by Mario de Candia), catalogue – text by Mario de Candia
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1999
FURNITURE, Richard Salmon Gallery, London, touring to John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Bluecoat Galleries, Liverpool (curated by Paul Heber-Percy and Joan Key), catalogue – texts by Paul Heber-Percy and Joan Key
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1991
Persistence of Memory, Photography Biennale, Mishkan Leomanut Museum of Art,
Ein Harod, Israel (curated by John Stathatos), catalogue – text by John Stathatos
An English Summer, Palazzo Ruini, Reggio Emilia, Italy (curated by Kay Roberts)
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1990
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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1989
Ways of Telling, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, catalogue – text by Susan Beardmore
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1988
Monumental Works, The Crypt, London (curated by Sharon Kivland and Ian Walker)
Fragments of False Houses, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London (curated by Sharon Kivland and Julia Little)
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1987
On a Plate, Serpentine Gallery, London
Amanda Faulkner / Judith Cowan, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
A System of Support, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Operazione Libretti, Dopolavoro, Bologna, Italy, catalogue – text by Dario Trento
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1986
Coloured Sculpture, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Human Zoo, Nottingham Castle Museum, catalogue – text by Neil Walker
Objects as Art, Plymouth Arts Centre, catalogue – text by Susan Butler
No Place Like Home, Cornerhouse, Manchester, catalogue – text by Susan Butler
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1985
Animals, Edward Totah Gallery, London
Beyond Appearances, Nottingham Castle Museum, touring England and Wales
Nature Morte, Edward Totah Gallery, London
Craft Matters, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, touring
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1984
Attitudes ‘84, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, catalogue – text by Waldemar Januszczak
Home and Abroad, Serpentine Gallery, London
What’s New in the Arts Council Collection?, Arts Council of Great Britain, touring
Sculpture: New Directions, Cleveland Gallery, catalogue text by Peter Davies
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1983
The Sculpture Show, Hayward Gallery, London, Arts Council of Great Britain, catalogue – text by Fenella Crighton
Sculpture Drawings, Air Gallery, London
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1980
The British School at Rome, Faculty of Sculpture, South London Art Gallery, catalogue – text by Penelope Curtis
The South Bank Show, South London Art Gallery
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1979
Rassegna Internazionale di Scultura Contemporanea, San Marino, Italy, prize-winner (selected by Filiberto Menna)
ILEA Drawing Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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1977
Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, prize-winner
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1975
Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
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Public Collections
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Arts Council of Great Britain
Hechinger Collection, USA
Government Art Collection
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Leicestershire Education Authority
Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Rugby Museum & Art Gallery
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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Awards, Commissions and Bursaries
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1998
Henry Moore Foundation, Angel Row
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1996
Henry Moore Foundation, Kettle’s Yard
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1995
British Council, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome
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1993
Elephant Trust / Henry Moore Foundation, Camden Arts Centre
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1992
Henry Moore Foundation Bursary, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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1991
Oxford Sculpture Project Bursary, Cowleaze Wood, Oxford
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1985
Artist in Residence, Wingfield Primary School
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1984
Fountain, West Ham Town Hall, Newham
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1982
Greater London Arts Association Award
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1980
Greater London Arts Association Award
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1979
Rassegna Internationale di Scultura Contemporanea, San Marino, prize-winner
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1978
Gulbenkian Rome Scholarship, British School at Rome
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1977
Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, prize-winner