ANNABEL ELGAR

EDUCATION

• 1999-2001

  Royal College of Art, MA Photography

• 1990-94

  Central London Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster), BA (Hons) Film, Video & Photographic Arts- 1st Class

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

• 2021

  La sicurezza degli oggetti, Nonostante Marras, Milan, Italy

• 2019

  Noon in the Desert, Jugg Art Foundation, Ipswich

• The Window, 1909 7th Avenue, Los Angeles, USA

• 2018

  Noon in the Desert, Atlas House, Ipswich

  The dust in my pocket, Metronom, Modena, Italy

• 2012

  MIA, Milan (solo presentation)

• 2011

  Interludio, Metronom, Modena, Italy

• 2010

  Wapping Project Bankside, London

• 2008

  Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit, USA

• 2007

  Nepente Gallery, Milan, Italy

  Gallery F7, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia

• 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

• 2004

  Black Flag (1), The Wapping Project, London (The Jerwood Commissions)

  Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (Annabel Elgar & Cristian Andersen)

• 2000

  Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton

  South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell

• 1997

  Zone Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

• 1996

  Islington Arts Factory, London

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2024

  Thread Count, The Art Station, Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK

• 2023

  The Magic Unknown, Donggang International Photo Festival, South Korea

• 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)

• 2021

  Utopia, Malmo Fotobiennal, Sweden

  Del Resto I Costumi Cambieranno Molto, Metronom, Modena (3 person show)

• 2020

  False Memory, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby, UK

  Head with Many Thoughts, Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

• 2019

  Shortlisted books, Arles Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award 2019, Arles Photo Festival, France

  This is not an Oak Tree, Jugg Art Foundation, Ipswich

• 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

• 2017

  NUCLEUS, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands

  Antologia, Metronom, Modena, Italy

• 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

• 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

• 2014

  Belfast Photo Festival (touring), Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland

• 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)

• 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

• 2011

  The Wapping Project Bankside, London

  Please drive slowly through our village, FOLD Gallery, London

  Photomedia Salon, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 2006

  Here Today, Jersey Galleries, Osterley Park, London

  Plug, County Hall Gallery, London

• 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

• 2004

  Adolescenz, Fotogalerie Vienna, Austria

• 2003

  Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  Twenty White Chairs, The Wapping Project, London (The Jerwood Commissions), touring to: Jerwood Space, London and Design Centre, Leeds

• 2002

  Urban Raw, Millais Gallery, Southampton

  Inside Space, London

• 2001

  14 x 14, Mafuji Gallery, London

  Miniature Madness, Winkley Street Studios, London

• 2000

  Assembly, Jubilee Street, Whitechapel, London

• 1997

  Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Cambridge

• 1995

  The Fabergé Photography Awards (in association with the Guardian), Victoria & Albert Museum, London

• 1994

  Agfa Bursary Winners′ Exhibition, London

SELECTED AWARDS

• 2024

  Shortlisted for the Bristol Photo Festival & Hapax Magazine Open Call, Bristol Photo Festival, UK

• 2019

  Shortlisted for the Arles Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award 2019, Arles Photo Festival, France

  Shortlisted for the Istanbul Photo Dummy Book Award 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

• 2017

  Juror′s Pick, The Daylight Photo Awards (Roy Flukinger, Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas)

• 2014

  Nominated for the Prix Elysée, Musée de L′Elysée, Switzerland

• 2013

  Shortlisted for Creekside Open 13 (selector Ceri Hand)

• 2009

  Shortlisted for Creekside Open 09 (selector Jenni Lomax)

• 2007

  Shortlisted for ArtSway Open 07

  Shortlisted for Creekside Open 07 (selector Victoria Miro)

• 2006

  Winner, 8th Portfolio Review, Month of Photography, Bratislava

• 2004

  Arts Council Funding Award

  Jerwood Commissions 2004

• 2002

  London Arts Council Funding Award

• 2000

  Winner, National Magazine Award- fine art photography (in association with the Royal College of Art)

• 1999

  Southern Arts Funding Award

• 1995

  3rd Prize, Fabergé Photography Awards, the Victoria & Albert Museum (in association with the Guardian)

• 1994

  Agfa Bursary Award

SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES

• 2025

  Hapax Magazine; Issue 7, Summer 2025 (forthcoming)

• 2015

  ′Contemporary Photography from North-Western Europe′, SKIRA (ISBN:978-88-572-2988-1)

  ′Prix Elysée, The Nominees′ Book ′,Musée de L′Elysée

• 2014

  The Wapping Project on Paper (Black Dog Publishing)

• 2011

  ′Interludio′ (Metronom catalogue)

• 2011

  ′Please Drive Slowly Through Our Village′ (FOLD catalogue)

• 2009

  ′Theatres of the Real′ FotoMuseum Antwerp/Photoworks (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- FOTOFO), p 58-59

  ′Photomonth in Krakow 2007′ (catalogue) p 164

• 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)

• 2005

  ′The Madness of Paradise′ (Sweet Briar College publications)

• 2001

  Still moving still (RCA Photography MA Publication)

• 2000

  Assembly (catalogue)

• 1996

  Words & Pictures (Issue 4, Glass Shelf Show, ICA, London)

SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES

• 2024

  ′Thread Count′ Whitehot Magazine, Josh McLoughlin, 20th September 2024

• 2023

  ′De comfortzone in tijden van rusteloosheid′ HART Magazine, Roland Patteeuw, p. 66-67, Nr 231, February 2023

• 2022

  La Provincia di Como, ′ Annabel Elgar e le storie di bottega, ′ Federica Porro, p.39, 7th January 2022

• ′La sicurezza degli oggetti nelle fotografie di Annabel Elgar in mostra a Milano′, Artribune,Emilia Jacobacci, 17th March 2022

• 2021

  Vogue Italia, Annabel Elgar, ′La sicurezza degli oggetti′, 9 November 20211

• Tique, Artist Features- Annabel Elgar- October 2021

• Vogue Italia, ′5 Exhibitions to see in July′, 22 July, 2021

• Artribune, ′Fotografia, video e digitale. Tre modi di fare arte e Modena′, Santa Nastro, 20th August, 2021

• 212 magazine, Artist Feature, ′Constant Chaos′ Issue 11, Spring / Summer 2021

• 2019

  Viens Voir (online), ′Le petit théâtre de la photographie′, Oleñka Carrasco, 30th October 2019

• 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

• 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

• 2015

  The Guardian (online: art and design: photography) ′The people who stole the moon′, 28th October 2015

• 2015

  Photomonitor (online), (August 2015)

• 2014

  Le Temps, Switzerland (1st July 2014)

• 2011

  Source, Photographic Review, Winter 2011, Issue 69 (Interview John Mathews)

  Art Review, ′Please Drive Slowly Through Our Village,′ Rebecca Geldard, p. 134, October

• 2010

  ′Top 10 London Photographers′, Spoonfed (online) 4th August 2010

  Time Out, ′In the Studio′, Helen Sumpter (April 29-May 5 2010) p.43

• 2009

  EXTRA, FotoMuseum Antwerp, (Summer 2009 p. 34-37)

• 2009

  .Cent, Spring/Summer 2009 (p.39)

• 2009

  Conscientious (online), Joerg Colberg (1 July 2009)

• 2008

  Time Out, Rebecca Geldard (3-9 July 2008 p 62)

  Exibart, Emanuele Beluffi (25 January 2008)

• 2007

  Highlights, # 29, p.200-205, D.Art, Greece

• 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)

• 2005

  ′De Tijd′, Belgium, Marc Ruyters, (28 October 2005)

• 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)

• 2003

  Camera Austria, Forum, (June 2003, no. 82)

• 2002

  Art Review (December/January 2003 volume L1V)

• 2000

  Art Review (February 2000)

• 1999

  The Independent (The Review, 4-9 October 1999)

• 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

• Museum of Fine Arts Houston

  Fondazione Fotografia Modena

  Musée de L′Elysée

  The Jugg Art Foundation, UK

  Private collections worldwide