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Jan Dunning
Born 1975 Stockton-on Tees, UK. Lives and works in London, UK

Education
2000: Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, London, Postgraduate Certificate in Photography.
1996: Exeter University. BA Hons Fine Art and English Literature

Solo Exhibitions
2009
New York, Black and White Gallery, Chelsea Terminal Warehouse, 636 West 28th Street, New York, USA

2006
Secrets, Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
All The Wild Ones, Standpoint Gallery, London

2004
Natural Histories, Firstsite at the Minories Gallery, Colchester, UK.
The Watcher in the Woods, Exeter Phoenix Gallery, Exeter, UK
31 Grand Gallery, Williamsburg, New York, USA.

2003
Magically Real: Fantasies of the Commonplace (with Kathryn Faulkner) Gallery IOTA, Ramsgate, Kent

2002
31 Grand Gallery, Williamsburg, New York, NY, USA.

Group Exhibitions
2009
The Space Between, curated by Kate MccGwire and Marilene Oliver, St. Pancras Crypt, London.
Millennium Images, Crane Kalman Gallery, Brighton, UK.

2008
ArtSway 2008. Selected by Camilla Brown, The Photographer's Gallery, ArtSway, Hampshire, UK. 6 December 2008 - 8 February 2009
Fantastic, Found, Fake: Conjunction 2008 Contemporary Arts Festival (Commissioned Artist), Airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent, UK
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, 31 Grand, 143 Ludlow street, New York, USA
Renaissance, Salvatore Ferragamo Gallery, New York, USA

2007
Chasing Tales, Project 4 Gallery, Washington DC, USA

2006
Forest Dreaming, (Curated by Clive Adams) The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, UK.
Love Will Tear Us Apart; Contemporary Art and Romanticism (Curated by Heather Stephens) National Arts Club, NYC

2005
Dead Kids Do Nothing, (Curated by Adam Stennett) 31 Grand Gallery, Williamsburg, NY.
Time of Light (Curated by Fiona Haser) Ale and Porter Arts, Bradford on Avon, UK
Creekside Open (Selected by David Tremlett and Eileen Cooper) Art in Perpetuity Gallery, London.

2004
Trace (Curated by Sian Bonnell) Hirschl Contemporary Fine Art, 5 Cork Street, London.
Transmogrifications, Danielle Arnaud Gallery (Curated by Danielle Arnaud, Maria Walsh and Mo Throp) 123 Kennington Road, London.

2002
Deep Red, (Curated by Claire Sancroft) St. Agnes, London, UK. December 1st- 22nd 2002

Selected Bibliography
Maman! Invoking the m/Other in the web of the Spider, Griselda Pollock, Louise Bourgeois: Maman, Wanas Foundation, Sweden 2007

Jan Dunning: Malice in Wonderland, Booklet, Issue 7, Germany September 2007

Robert Capa, Jason Royce, Jan Dunning, Bill Troop, Focus: Fine Art Photography, NYC, Issue 11, January 2007

Art Review: Jan Dunning and Heike Cavallo – All The Wild Ones, Fisun Guner, Metro, November 2006

Jan Dunning, Mariko Enoki, Rosalba (Japan), Autumn 2006, vol. 4

Hidden, 125 Magazine, Issue 1, April 2003

Death and Transformation: Natural Histories by Jan Dunning, Mark Bolland, Source, Issue 41, Winter, 2004

Snapshot, Charles Howgego, The Big Issue, 2004

Jan Dunning at 31 Grand, Lily Faust, M: The New York Art World, March
Essay on line in archives of www.thenewyorkartworld.com

Je suis une creature/L' homme est un accident, Isabelle Sorente and Danielle Gerkens-Harvard, Blast, (France) Issue 12

Zeitgenossen: Contemporary Experimental Photography, edited by Fabian Monheim, Thames and Hudson. Projected publication date 2006

The Second Independent and American Express Young Photographer of the Year Competition. The Independent on Saturday Magazine. February 14th 2004 (Highly Commended)

The First Independent and American Express Young Photographer of the Year Competition. The Independent on Saturday Magazine. March 22nd 2003 (Highly Commended)

Two Stile Magazine, Italy, June 2003 Hidden, 125 Magazine Issue 1, April 2003 Back To The Future, Angela Buttolph, British Vogue, January 2002
Photography Choice, The New Yorker, March 4th 2002 A Lonely Planet Tank Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 2, March/April 2001

Grants and Awards
Commissioned Artist for Conjunction 2008 Contemporary Arts Festival: Fantastic, Found and Fake. November 7th – December 13th 2008, Airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent, in partnership with Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent City Council and the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery

International Photography Awards 2007: Shortlisted for the UK Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year

International Photography Awards 2007: Highly Commended in the Category: Fine Art Photography: Landscapes

The Pocket Precious (16 mm film, 10 min. Writer/director), shortlisted for Best Student Film, Kinofilm Short Film Festival, Manchester 2002. Selected for Raindance East Festival

Recipient of Arts Council of England Professional Development Grant for 2004-5.