Ben Frost CV
EDUCATION
1996 Bachelor of Visual Art in Fine Art, Queensland College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Art of Noise, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Confessions of a Model
Citizen, Gorker Gallery, Melbourne
Tales of Terror, Wasteland, Perth
2009
Lost In The Supermmarket, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Plague Landscapes, Brooklynite Gallery, New York
2008 Crapitalism, No Walls Gallery, Truman Brewery, London, UK
Poor Paintings for Rich People, Opus Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2007 Spoon Full of Sugar, Wasteland Gallery, Perth
At Your Convenience, Stussy Walls, San Francisco
Cash From Chaos, Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Dawn of the Dead, Autopsy Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Don't Try This At Home, The Arm Gallery, New York
New Gods, Blank Space, Sydney
Kmart After Dark, Black Lab Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Rainbows End, Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne
As Seen on TV, Blank Space, Surry Hills, Sydney
2003 Rules of Engagement, Savage, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Gentlemen Take Polaroids, Croft Institute, Chinatown, Melbourne
Stumble Then Rise on Some Awkward Morning, Farmspace, George St,
Brisbane
2002 Westworld, Gamma Space, Flinders Lane, Melbourne
2001 Degenerate, Revolver, Chapel St, Prahran
New Work, Mansour Galleries, Latrobe St, Melbourne
2000 Ben Frost is Dead, Modus Studios, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Backburners, Lo-Fi Gallery, Sydney
2010
Pastemodernism 2, Lo-Fi Gallery, Sydney
Get Your Shine Box On,
Brooklynite Gallery, New York
Kicks N Canvas, Zero Cool, London
Project
5, Cockle Bay Wharf, Sydney
Pop Rocks, Urban Uprising, Sydney
Mixed
Business, Ambush Gallery, Sydney
Don't Give a Trunk, Monster Children,
Sydney
40 Thieves, Gorker Gallery, Melbourne
2009
Pictoplasma Exhibition, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Identity Crisis, Shiv Gallery, London, UK
Devil Dog Art Show, Showroom Gallery, New York, USA
Only The Brave Art Battle, Worlds End Studios, Sydney
Free Radicals, Greenwood Gallery, Melbourne
Go Font Yourself, Peer Gallery, Sydney
New Eyes Open, Ambush Gallery, Sydney
2008 London Art Fair, Business Design Center, London, UK
Kounter Kulture Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London, UK
Utterly Urban Art, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London, UK
Kids Today, MTV Gallery, Sydney (curated)
Trailblazers, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
Somedayz, Michael Koro Gallery, Melbourne
Where Mighty Giants Dwell, Retrospect Gallery, Byron Bay
Sidewayz, MTV Gallery, Sydney
40 Thieves, Gorker Gallery, Melbourne
Small Goods, Palmer Project Space, Sydney
2007 Let's Play Until We Break Something, Studio Apart, Amsterdam
That's All Folks!, Cosh Gallery, London, UK
Tiger Translate, 798 Space, Beijing, China
All Star Hustlaz II, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Finders Keepers, Monster Children Gallery, Sydney
12 x 12, Ambush Gallery, Sydney
Indefinable Cities, Airspace Gallery, Stoke On Trent, UK
GAS 07, Global Gallery, Sydney
2006 All Star Hustlaz, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Duck Fever, Mercadodelborne, Barcelona, Spain
Cross Sections, Rex Livingston Smith Gallery, Sydney
Swap Meat, Brightspace, Melbourne
Sold Out, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Blank Generation, Blank Space, Sydney
2005 The Art on Canvas Show, Monster Children, Sydney
Chart Topping Machine, Blank Space, Surry Hills, Sydney
Pearl, Dantes Gallery, Gertrude St, Melbourne
Missing Things Tomorrow, Swanston St, Melbourne
Basefield, Chapel on Chapel, Melbourne
2004 Role Models, Forest One Gallery, Adelaide
International Underground, Haight Ashbury, San Francisco
Trash Dandy, Ef Gallery, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Use Again Exhibition, Belgium
Thoughtcrimez, Antenna Gallery, Toronto Canada
2003 Ugly Faux, Citylights, Melbourne
White Lies Beneath, Helen Gory Gallerie, Melbourne
Antipoda, Artillery Space, Melbourne
Birds of a Feather, Gallery Wren, Sydney
Basefield - The Great Divide, Chapel on Chapel, Melbourne
Geurilla Gorilla, George Gallery, Melbourne
The Empty Show, Williamstown, Melbourne
2002 When I Was Young: Impressions of Childhood in Australian Art, Global Arts
Link, Ipswich
Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Product, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Money Shot, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide
2001 Gene Pool, Modus Studios, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane (curated)
171 (ii), Mansour Galleries, Latrobe St, Melbourne
Get it On, Modus Studios, Modus Studios, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Strictly Commercial, Modus Studios, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
2000 Colossus, Institute of Modern Art, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
The Stars Shine Bright, Logan City Art Gallery, Logan
Great Australian Painters of the 21st Century, Modus Studios, Fortitude
Valley, Brisbane
1999 The End of the World, Satellite Art Space, Cameron House, Fortitude Valley,
Brisbane (curated)
Poison, Metro Arts Gallery, Brisbane
Brisbane Art Director's Charity Auction, Riverside Centre Building Foyer,
Brisbane
VIP/Backstage Exhibition, 1999 Livid Festival, RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Word, Lovett Regional Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
1998 Big/Small Gallery, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Fake Plastic Trees, Smith and Stoneley, Newstead, Brisbane
Chemical Marriage, Process Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Piss Christmas, Process Gallery, Brisbane
Gold/Frankincense/Myrrh, Smith and Stoneley, Newstead, Brisbane
Boy's Own, Process Gallery, Brisbane
Conrad Jupiter's Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
End of Year Clearance, Institute of Modern Art, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Solitary Confinement, Boggo Road Gaol, Dutton Park, Brisbane
Attention Deficit Disorder, Van Gogh's Earlobe, Brisbane
COLLECTIONS
Kerry Stokes Collection , Perth, WA
Art Bank, NSW
Universal Records, NSW
- Griffith University, Qld
Private collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan and
the United States
AWARDS
1998 Winner Painting Category, Churchie Exhibition of Emerging Art
1997 Winner Painting Category, Churchie Exhibition of Emerging Art
Highly Commended, Artistcare Drawing Prize
1996 Karl & Gertrude Langer Memorial Award for Highest Overall Score, Qld
College of Art