Abigail Lane

Lane was born in Penzance, Cornwall. She studied at Bristol Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Lanes work attempts to address an absence of an artist or "missing person". Abigail Lane's work presents a disturbing subject matter which creates an alluring effect, Lane exhibited in the Damien Hirst curated Freeze in 1988, with others including Gary Hume RA, Sarah Lucas and Fiona Rae RA. Karsten Schubert gave her the first solo show in 1992. One of her most well known shows was 'Skin of Teeth' from her London based studio called "Showroom Dummies" . "Showroom Dummies" included a collection of cushions, tiles, fabrics, blankets, uniforms and wall coverings which Lane described as 'things I would want in my own house" == Exhibitions ==

• Freeze, Surrey Docks, London, 1988 • New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1989 • Modern Medicine, Building One, London, 1990 • Show Hide Show, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, 1991 • Mat Collishaw, Angus Fairhurst, Abigail Lane, Via Farini, Milan, Italy, 1992 • Abigail Lane: Making History Karsten Schubert, 1992 • Group show, Barbara Gladstone Gallery and Stein Gladstone Gallery, New York, 1992 • 20 Fragile Pieces. Galerie Barbara et Luigi Polla, Geneva, Switzerland, 1992 • Skin of Teeth, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1995 • Privacy, Documentario, Milan, Italy, 1993 ==See also==