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Andy Best 

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Andy Best

lived and worked in Berlin, Germany
1975–2022

Education and Professional Development

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

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2022 A Portrait Of Spirits, Verena Kerfin Gallery 2021 Hey, Jupiter, Verena Kerfin Gallery 2021 Positions Art Fair, Verena Kerfin Gallery, Berlin Tempelhof Airport 2021 The Outside of the Inside, Verena Kerfin Gallery 2021 A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss, Verena Kerfin Gallery 2021 Artificial Natures, Verena Kerfin Gallery 2019 Andy Best, German Australian Art Foundation 2018 Zebradorf, Akademie Schloss Solitude 2018 Kunstraum Zumhof, Germany 2017 Kunstverein Ludwigsburg 2017 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 2009 Oom, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide 2009 Roadmovie, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia 2007 Perfect for Every Occasion: Photography Today, Heide Museum of Modern 2007 How We May Be, Late at the Tate, Tate Britain 2007 Rite of Passage, Michael West Gallery, UK 2006 New Acquisitions, Art Gallery of South Australia 2006 The Fall Series, Stills Gallery, Sydney 2006 Snapshot: Survey of Contemporary South Australian Art, Experimental Art Foundation 2006 Low, MOP Projects, Sydney 2006 Taking the Cure, Downtown Art Space 2005 You Must Have Been in Strange Places, Gertrude CAS, Melbourne 2005 Aldo Iacobelli/Andy Best, The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia 2005 New Painting Heroes, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide 2005 Art Year Zero, South Australian School of Art Gallery 2004 Australian Culture Now, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia and ACMI, Melbourne 2004 Flesh Eaters, University of South Australia Gallery 2004 Project for a Revolution, West Space, Melbourne 2004 The Containers Project, Federation Square, Melbourne 2004 Crimes Against Wisdom, 24HR Art, Darwin 2003 I’ve Been Busy, Artspace, Adelaide 2003 Mirage, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 2003 Paradise, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide 2002 Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 2002 Money Shot, Hindley Street, Adelaide 2002 Plans and Disasters, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide 2000 3 x 0, 220 Hindley Street, Adelaide 2000 Gallery Spain, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia

Selected Awards

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

Selected 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
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