1973 Born, London
Lives and works in France
EDUCATION
2000–2002, Slade School of Fine Art, MFA Sculpture, University College, London1993–1996
Goldsmiths College Fine Arts & Critical Theory BA, University of London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
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Elizabeth McApine solo show - (RITA URSO artopia gallery), ART BRUSSELS
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Light Reading, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2016
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cinematic sediments, RITA URSO, Milan (catalogue with a text by Denis Viva)
2015
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With Time on My Hands, Laurel Gitlen, New York
2014
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Tip Toe, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2012
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A Portrait, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
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Elizabeth McAlpine, Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland, AV Festival, curated by Rebecca Shatwell
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The Map of Exactitude, Laurel Gitlen, New York
2010
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Works on Paper, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
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Elizabeth McAlpine, Square Describing A Circle, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
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Elizabeth McAlpine, Square Describing A Circle, Art Statements, Art Basel
2009
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Flatland, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2007
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Imaginary Solution, SPACEX, Exeter, UK
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Sedimentary Sight, Ballina Arts Centre, Ireland
2006
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White Elephant, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2005
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Time Spent Doing Things Backwards, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
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Davide Allieri, Erika Hock, Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Elizabeth McAlpine, Art Dusseldorf, Rita Urso | Cosar HMT, DE
2017
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MIART, Elizabeth McAlpine|Mika Taanila|ZAPRUDERfilmmakersgroup - (RITA URSO artopia gallery), Milan
2016
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Jean-Baptiste Maitre|Elizabeth McAlpine|ZAPRUDERfilmmakersgroup - (RITA URSO artopia gallery), ART BRUSSEL
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The Lasting. L'intervallo e la durata curated by Saretto Cincinelli, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
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Ordinary Pictures, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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On Exactitude in Science, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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The Secret Life of Images, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg
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Double Vision, Silver Projects, New York
2015
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5600K, New Media Gallery, Vancouver
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Eraser, Laurel Gitlen, New York
2014
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The Postcard is a Public Work of Art, X Marks The Bökship, London
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Beyond the Process, Werke Aus Der Sammlung Lenikus, Kunstraum Innsbruck
2013
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Everyday Epiphanies, Photography and Daily Life Since 1969, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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PICA Salon 2013, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Western Australia
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Mind Rhymes, curated by Tom Benson, Hidde Van Seggelen Gallery, London
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Misdirect Movies, curated by Andrew Bracey and John Rimmer, Royal Standard, Liverpool
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Misdirect Movies, curated by Andrew Bracey and John Rimmer, Standpoint Gallery, London
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In The Air Tonight, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, DresdenA Nonspatial Continuum in which Events Occur in Apparently Irreversible Succession From the Past Through the Present Through the Future, Schleicher/Lange, Berlin
2012
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In The Air Tonight, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin
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Vis Loci, Griffin Gallery, London
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First Amongst Equals (Part I), Gertrude Contemporary, Fitzroy, Australia
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Terrain shift, Lumber Rooms, Portland, USA
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First Amongst Equals (Part II), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Perth Cultural Centre, Australia
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Second Nature: Abstract Photography Then and Now, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln
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Du monde clos à l’univers infini, curated by Marc Bembekoff, Le Quartier, centre d’art contemporain de QuimperCinema, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
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The Artists’ Postcard Show, Spike Island, London
2011
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The Map of Exactitude Camera, Photomonth in Krakow, Poland
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Group exhibition of the collection, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna
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Roofless Motifs, Laurel Gitlen, New York
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To Pay Respect To The Generosity Of The Three-Minute Punk Rock Song, Crate Studio and Project Space, Marget
2010
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Words, Performance programme part of Surreal House at Barbican, London
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UnSpooling – Artist & Cinema, Cornerhouse, Manchester
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If You Can Hold Your Breath, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
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Unpacking My Library, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Aotearoa, New Zealand
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Kill Your Timid Notion Festival, Screening at Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland
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Morning News, Be-Part, Ghent, Belgium
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Being There, Curated by Chris Sharp, Meet Factory, Prague
2009
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EAST International, Norwich School of Art, EAST video programme: Transmission, Glasgow
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Picture This, at Spike Island, Bristol / Eastside Projects, Birmingham / S1 Artspace, Sheffield / Focal Point Gallery, Southend / MOOT, Nottingham / Royal Standard, Liverpool
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Double Object, Thomas Dane, London
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Exhibition of The Collection, Kadist Foundation, Paris, curated by Jeremy Lewison
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Second Hand, curated by Jasper Sharp, Engholm Engelhorn Gallery, Vienna
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Desaturated: Contemporary Interdisciplinary British Art, The Art Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Goodbye 20th Century, Image Festival, Harbour Front Centre, Toronto
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Cui Prodest?, New Galerie de France, Paris, curated by Francesco Stocchi
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Back and Forth. And All Over Again, James Taylor Gallery, London
2008
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Aurora 2008, Film Festival, Norwich
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If Looks Could Kill: Fashion and Film Festival, Institute of Contemporary Art, BFI Southbank, London
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Tate Modern, Cine Lumiere, London
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Museum of the Moving Image, New York
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‘Out of Darkness’, Kulturzentrum K4, Nurnberg, Germany
2007
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Berwick Film Festival, Berwick upon Tweed
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Cambridge Film Festival, Cambridge
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The Air is Wet with Sound, Rekord, OsloIt’s Just Bread, Curated by Ali McGlip, Alma Enterprises, London
2006
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Smoke and Mirrors, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
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Bad Moon Rising, K3 Gallery, Zurich
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Trivial Pursuit, Edge Zones, Art Basel, Miami
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Het Wilde Weten Gallery, Rotterdam KX gallery, Hamburg
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All For Show, Touring Group Show, Nexus Philadelphia, Philadelphia
2005
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A Certain Tendency in Representation, curated by Francesco ManacordaI, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
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Love Cinema and Cinema Loves Me, Camden Art Centre, London
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All For show, touring group show Galerie Verticale, Quebec, Canada
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Blind Spot, Tank.tv,
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Galerie Nomadenoase, Andre Butzer & Thilo Heinzmann, Fortescue Avenue / Jonathan Viner, LondonYoung Masters, 148a St Johns St, London
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All For Show, Touring Group Show: EDGE ZONES World ArtsBuilding Miami, USA / Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA / FahrenheitGallery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA / The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand / LUMP Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Stella Artois After Dark Cinema, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and London
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Itchy Park – Park – Prague & Pestilence, Limehouse Town Hall, London
2004
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Pilot: 01, Limehouse Town Hall, London
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YAH Festival, Nottingham
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Tank TV, ICA, London
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Itchy Park, Limehouse Town hall, London
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Mementoes and Other Curiosities (In association with the Architectural Biennial and Art Fortnight, London)
2003
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Reduced, Century Gallery, London
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Flinch, Seven Seven Gallery
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Hubbub, Globe Gallery, Newcastle
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It Ain’t What You Do, 291 Gallery, London
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Perspective 2003, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
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Artsheffield 03, Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
CATALOGUES
2014
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The Postcard Is A Public Work of Art, ‘X Marks the Bokship’. Curated and catalogued by Jeremy Cooper
2010
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Unspooling- Artist & Cinema, Edited by Andrew Bracey and Dave Griffiths, Published by Cornerhouse.
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Townsend, Chris and Sharp, Chris. Square Describing a Circle, Published by Laura Bartlett Gallery
2008
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If Looks Could Kill: Cinema’s Images of Fashion, Crime and Violence, Edited by Marketa Uhlirova, Catalogue published by Koenig Books
2007
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Film on Film, Berwick upon Tweed, Film and Arts Festival, Catalogue
PRESS
2015
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Anne Doran, "Critics’ Pick", Time Out, 23 April
2014
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"Mark Prince, Elizabeth McAlpine", Art in America, December
2013
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Christopher Townsend, "Misdirect Movies", Art Monthly, Issue 369, September
2012
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Randy Gragg, "Review: Lumber Room’s Terrain Shift", Portland Monthly, 12 Nov
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Jillian Grant, "First Amongst Equals: Part II", , 7 Nov
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Darren Jorgensen, "Kinetic art proves it never got the flick", The West Australian, 1 Dec, p. 77
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Sean Ashton, "Elizabeth McAlpine, A Portrait at Laura Bartlett Gallery", ArtReview, Issue 62, October
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Paul Hobson, "Elizabeth McAlpine, A Portrait at Laura Bartlett Gallery", , 6 Jul
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Will Heinrich, "Underworlds: Elizabeth McAlpine at Laurel Gitlen", New York Observer, 15th Apr
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Martin Herbert, "Elizabeth McAlpine: A Portrait", Time Out, July-August
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"Elizabeth McAlpine at Laura Bartlett Gallery", Mousse Online, 31 July
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"Elizabeth McAlpine", Modern Painters, October
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Elizabeth McAlpine, Frieze Art Fair Yearbook, Dec-Jan
2011
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Alias, Elizabeth McAlpine, Photomonth in Krakow, 2011, Fondation for Visual Arts
2010
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David Trigg, "Elizabeth McAlpine", MAP magazine, Issue 24, Winter 2010
2009
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Chris Townsend, "Artist Profile: Elizabeth McAlpine", Art Monthly, April
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Lillian Davies, "Critics Pick", artforum.com, April
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Coline Milliard, "Elizabeth McAlpine", Art in America, May
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Colin Perry, "Reel to Real", Art Monthly, No. 328, July/August
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Martin Herbert, "EASTinternational", Art Monthly, 329, September
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Frances Guerin, "Capturing Time", Artslant, 10 May
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Sarah McNulty, "Round 2", Artslant, September
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Adrian Searle, "Where there’s smoke", The Guardian, 21 July
2008
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Sarah Jane Downing, "Imagine All The People", The Big Scene, March
2007
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Jessica Lack, "Elizabeth McAlpine", The Guardian Guide
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Aidan Dunne, "Elizabeth McAlpine", The Irish Times
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Sarah Wood, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang? Elizabeth McAlpine’s Adventures in Cinema", Vertigo Magazine
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"Elizabeth McAlpine: Imaginary Solution at SPACEX", Art Vehicle, 26 July
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"Liste 07", Magazin, p.14
2006
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Jessica Lack, White Elephant, Laura Bartlett Gallery, October
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Judith Palmer, Don’t Blink Now, Miriad
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Amy Bell, "Smoke And Mirrors", Birmingham Metro, March 30
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"Secrets of Early Cinema Revealed", March 28, Birmingham Mail
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"Smoke And Mirrors", March 25 , Whats On
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"Artists: Archive : Film", Tate Modern, May
2005
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Jessica Lack, "Elizabeth McAlpine", The Guide, April 30
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Martin Herbert, "Elizabeth McAlpine, Laura Bartlett: Elsewhere", (review), Time Out London, June
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"Elizabeth McAlpine", The Guardian Guide, 30 April
2004
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Martin Herbert, "Elizabeth McAlpine", Time Out, June 8–15
2003
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"Art Sheffield", April 28, The Guide