ANNA BARHAM
b. 1974, United KingdomAnna Barham (1974) lives and works in London. She studied Maths and Philosophy at Cambridge University before going on to study art at the Slade. Her work is represented in prestigious collections including Tate, London, V&A, London and CGAC, Santiago de Compostela. In 2015 she performed her live production reading group project I feel love at the Rotterdam Film Festival and at Birmingham’s Eastside Projects, and in the same year the project Les Amours de la Pieuvre (The Love Life of The Octopus) at Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Recent solo exhibitions, performances and commissions include those at Hayward Gallery Project Space, London (2014) Site Gallery, Sheffield, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes (2013), Art on the Underground, London, 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London (2012) CCA, Glasgow (2011). Group exhibitions and screenings include venues such as STUK, Leuven (2014), South London Gallery, London, Turner Contemporary, Margate (2013) FRAC Lorraine, Metz, Matt’s Gallery, London, The Drawing Room, London (2012), MHKA, Antwerp (2011) Le Plateau / Frac Ile de France, Paris (2010), Tate Modern, London (2009). In 2010 she published a book Return to Leptis Magna, written entirely from anagrams of the title.
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