Ben Terakes
benterakes@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2008-2013 Masters of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts
2002-2005 BVA (Honours Class 1), Sydney College of the Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 OLYMPUS, Our Neon Foe, Sydney
2016 A Table for Zeus, 55 Sydenham Rd, Sydney
2012 The Bright End of the World, Alaska Projects, Sydney
2009 DUMDUM, Locksmith Project Space, Sydney
2008 Lamefest at Oxford Art Factory, Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
2007 LOUIS XVI, Mori Gallery, Sydney
2007 Paint-eating (black), Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2006 Unpetite, Mori Gallery, Sydney
2004 Smack, Newspace, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Home Ground Advantage, Tillman Park, Sydney
2017 David Harold Tribe Sculpture Sculpture Award, SCA, Sydney
2017 Nice One Picasso, Laneway Festival, Sydney
2016 Awkward Objects, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2016 Sunday Punch, St Jerome's Laneway Festival at SCA, Sydney
2015 Untitled, 55 Sydenham Rd, Sydney
2015 Performance Month, Artspace Studios, Sydney
2014 MILKSOP, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Do Your Thing, Farr St Studios, Sydney
2014 Bergie Seltzer, Firstdraft, Sydney
2013 Never Eat Soggy Weet-Bix, TCB, Melbourne
2013 MILKSOP, Ilam Campus Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2013 Sharp Hot Stink, Constance Gallery, Hobart
2012 Performance Month, Peleton, Sydney
2011 Erotographomania, CAST Gallery, Hobart
2011 Double Effect, Griffin Theatre, Sydney
2011 The Stain, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2010 Ooga Booga, The Papermill, Sydney
2010 Performance Survey, SCA Gallery, Sydney
2010 Lover Carer, Auburn Regional Gallery
2010 Survey, 231 Wilson St, Eveleigh, Sydney
2008 Desperately Trying to Tell You Something, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2007 The Final Show, Spielraum, Berlin, Germany
2007 No One’s Killed Anyone Yet, Spielraum, Berlin, Germany
2007 Serious Play, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2006 Cabaret Voltaire, The Cellar Theatre, Sydney
2006 Untitled (Bathroom Series), Mori Gallery, Sydney
2006 Idols and Idiots, The Butcher Shop, Sydney
2005 Sedition, Casula Powerhouse
2005 Despoilers, Mori Gallery, Sydney
2005 Ben Terakes & Janis Ferberg or Vice Versa, Newspace, Sydney
2005 You Promised Me Poems, Space 3, Sydney
2004 Fatigue, Knot Gallery, Sydney
RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
2017 Finalist, David Harold Tribe Sculpture Sculpture Award, SCA, Sydney
2009 University of Sydney Postgraduate Award
2007 Residency, Spielraum, Berlin, Germany
CATALOGUES/PUBLICATIONS
October 2015, Runway Australian Experimental Art, Issue #29 (PORN)
November 2010, Lover Carer Catalogue by Auburn Regional Gallery
September 2009, Locksmith Publication #2 by Locksmith Gallery
June 2006, Kernel Project Catalogue by Mori Gallery
January 2005, Placard Project Catalogue by Mori Gallery