lived and worked in Berlin, Germany
1975–2022

Education

2007 MFA, Chelsea School of Art and Design, London
2004 MVA, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia

Exhibitions

2022
A Portrait Of Spirits, Verena Kerfin Gallery

2021
Hey, Jupiter, Verena Kerfin Gallery
Positions Art Fair, Verena Kerfin Gallery, Berlin Tempelhof Airport
The Outside of the Inside, Verena Kerfin Gallery
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss, Verena Kerfin Gallery
Artificial Natures, Verena Kerfin Gallery

2019
Andy Best, German Australian Art Foundation


2018
Zebradorf, Akademie Schloss Solitude
Kunstraum Zumhof, Germany

2017
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg
QUERSCHNITT, Bund Bildender Künstlerinnen, Germany

2016
Manifestina, Manifesta 11, Zurich

2015
Andy Best, Greenaway Art Gallery

2014
No Werk, Trocadero Art Space

2012
Formal Intensity: Australian Art Today, Tsagaandarium Museum, Mongolia

2011
Yonder, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

2010
The New New, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia

2009
Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Oom, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Roadmovie, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia

2007
Perfect for Every Occasion: Photography Today, Heide Museum of Modern
How We May Be, Late at the Tate, Tate Britain
Rite of Passage, Michael West Gallery, UK

2006
New Acquisitions, Art Gallery of South Australia
The Fall Series, Stills Gallery, Sydney
Snapshot: Survey of Contemporary South Australian Art, Experimental Art Foundation
Low, MOP Projects, Sydney
Taking the Cure, Downtown Art Space

2005
You Must Have Been in Strange Places, Gertrude CAS, Melbourne
Aldo Iacobelli/Andy Best, The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
New Painting Heroes, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
Art Year Zero, South Australian School of Art Gallery

2004
Australian Culture Now, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia and ACMI, Melbourne
Flesh Eaters, University of South Australia Gallery
Project for a Revolution, West Space, Melbourne
The Containers Project, Federation Square, Melbourne
Crimes Against Wisdom, 24HR Art, Darwin

2003
I’ve Been Busy, Artspace, Adelaide
Mirage, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Paradise, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide

2002
Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Money Shot, Hindley Street, Adelaide
Plans and Disasters, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide

2000
3 x 0, 220 Hindley Street, Adelaide
Gallery Spain, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia

Awards and Grants

2018 Department of Cultural Affairs New Work Grant
2015 South Australia New Work Grant
2007 Australia Council New Work Grant
2005 nne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
2005 Absolut Vodka Artist Promotion
2005 Australia Council/Arts SA Emerging Curator Initiative, Venice Biennale
2005 Arts SA New Work Grant
2005 National Association for Visual Artists Visual and Craft Artists’ Grant
2005 Independent Arts Foundation Studio Grant
2004 Adelaide Critics’ Circle Visual Artist of the Year
2004 Australia Council New Work Grant
2004 Arts SA New Work Grant
2004 Helpmann Academy New Work Grant
2003 Arts SA New Work Grant
2003 Australia Council ARI Grant
2003 Helpmann Academy New Work Grant
2002 Helpmann Academy New Work Grant
2001 SAYAB Experimental Art Foundation Studio
2003 Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship


Collections

Art Gallery of South Australia
Brett Whiteley Studio Museum
Absolut Vodka Sweden
Private collections in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates

Professional Activities

2006-2008 Visual Arts Advisory Panel, Adelaide International Festival of Arts
2006 Peer Assessor, Grants and Fellowship Program, Australia Council
2004-2006 Lecturer, South Australian School of Art
2002-2006 Co-founder, Director, Downtown Artist Run Space
2002-2005 Artist’s Assistant for Tatsuo Miyajima (Japan), Denise Kum (UK)
2002-2004 Council member, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia