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A collection of artist’s books, comics, posters and ephemera
Neither Strivers Nor Skivers, They Will Not Define Us
artist’s book, published by The Bower, London, 2021
Olivia Plender: Rise Early, Be Industrious
exhibition catalogue/artist’s book, published by Sternberg Press, 2016
The Inside Out Lion
game with cards and dice, commissioned by Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 2023
The History of Animal Kingdom
comic book series, 2015–ongoing
Easton Fables
children’s book, commissioned by Foreground and Bristol City Council, 2016
Green Lines
artist’s book, published by Pork Salad Press and Point, 2013
A Stellar Key to the Summerland
graphic novel, published by Book Works, 2007
Nelly Thüring, Bertha Wellin, Agda Östlund, Kerstin Hesselgren, Elisabeth Tamm
a series of illustrations for the Swedish Embassy, Moscow, 2021
Progress
artist’s project for the catalogue of Manifesta 8 – The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, published by Silvana Editoriale, 2010
A Prior #19
issue of A Prior magazine edited by Olivia Plender, with Anna Colin and Kim Einarsson, 2009
Urania
series of printed posters, 2015
Directions for a Play (after Jean Genet)
event score published in The Believer magazine, 2013
Boom
illustrations published in Bang magazine, 2017
Are Dreams Hallucinations During Sleep or Hallucinations Waking Dreams?
artist’s book, published by Folkestone Triennial, 2011
Spirit Swindlers
comic, published by UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 2008
Bring Back Robin Hood: Notes on an Imagined Community
artist’s book, published by Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, 2008
The Suffragette as Militant Artist
chap book, in collaboration with Hester Reeve, 2010
Home Economies
newspaper, in collaboration with P. Staff, 2012
Aadieu Adieu Apa (Goodbye Goodbye Father)
series of printed posters, 2009
Set Sail for the Levant: A Board Game About Debt (or a Social Satire)
game with board, dice and cards, 2007
War Path
game with printed booklet, stickers and map, commissioned by Tate Britain, 2007
The World Upside Down
series of printed posters, 2006–9
Untitled
art magazine, 2001–07
The Masterpiece
comic book series, 2001–06
A Desire to Have the Best of Both Worlds
poster commissioned by Art on the Underground, 2009
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