CURRICULAM VITAE
Pat Foster born 1981 Launceston, Australia
Lives and works in London
Jen Berean born 1981 Calgary, Canada
Lives and works in Melbourne
Education
Pat Foster
2002-2005 Bachelor Fine Art, Honors, Victorian College of the Arts
Jen Berean
1999-2001 Bachelor of Fine Art, RMIT
2002-2007 Bachelor of Architecture, RMIT
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Fatigue, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
2017
Loss Adjustment, TCB, Melbourne
2016
Evelyn Yard booth, NADA NY, Basketball City, New York
2015
Shadow of a Doubt, Evelyn Yard, London
2014
Nuove Tendenze, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2013
Ian Potter Sculpture Garden commission, MUMA, Melbourne
2011
Double Negatives, Centre For Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Double Negatives, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2010
Can’t Stand Up, For Falling Down, Murray White Room, Melbourne
There is No Alternative, db gallery, Sydney
The Problem with Stability, Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin
2009
On Public, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2008
Low Expectations, Murray White Room, Melbourne
The Public are the Police; The Police are the Public, Studio 12, GCAS
The Library Project, White Street Projects, Frankston City Library
2007
One Thing After Another, Firstdraft, Sydney
2006
New Solutions, TCB Art Inc. Melbourne
Incident in the Museum 3, Monash Museum of Art, Melbourne
2005
The Office Project, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
An Ideal for Living, TCB Art Inc. Melbourne
2004
No-nonsense Return Policy, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
2003
Elsewhere, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
In Prato, MADA gallery, Melbourne
2017
Enterprise House, London
2016
Negative Approach, Gertrude Glasshouse, Melbourne
Support Material, Soft Furnishings, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
2015
Yesterday Night, Rowhill Mansions, London
2014
The White Hotel, Gimpel Fils, London
June Snow, Evelyn Yard, London
Sequester, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC
2013
Daniel Lipp, Charles Veyron, Pat Foster & Jen Berean, Rowhill Mansions, London
2012
Parallel Collisions, Adelaide Biennial of Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2010
ART1, ACCA Regional Tour, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton
Dorm, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
Oonagh Young Gallery, The Dublin Art Fair, Dublin
Cluster and Connect, Sutton Project Space, Melbourne
Group 03, Murray White Room, Melbourne
2009
NEW 09, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Don’t Trust the Artist, Ivan Dogherty Gallery, Sydney
Problem Solving: Espress Yourself, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
Too Much of Everything, Y3k Gallery, Melbourne
2008
Gertrude Studio Artists Exhibition, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space
Y2k, TCB Art Inc. Melbourne
SCAPE Christchurch Biennial, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
Group 01, Murray White Room, Melbourne
Structural Decline, Melbourne Art Fair Project Rooms, 2008
Neo Goth, University of Queensland Art Museum, Queensland
Preview ‘08, Murray White Room, Melbourne
Revolving Doors, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
The Group Group Show, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA, Melbourne
2007
Gertrude Street Studio Artists Exhibition, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
Relentless Optimism, Curated by Mark Feary, The Carlton Hotel & Studios, Melbourne
2006
Use More Durable Coffee Mugs, Melbourne Arts Festival
2005
Drawing Symposium, Monash Gallery, Melbourne
Selekta, Westspace Gallery, Melbourne
Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collections, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
AsIs, with Kain Picken, Clubs Project Space, Melbourne
2004
The Common Vernacular, Conical Gallery, Melbourne
Residencies & Awards
2015
Australia Council ISCP studio residency
2014
Monash University Prato Visual Arts Residency
2013
Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship
2011
The Jane Scally Artist Award, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Mentorship with artist Martin Boyce, Glasgow
2010
The Fire Station Artists Studio’s, Dublin
Artspace, Sydney
2007-2009
Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne