APESEVEN
Year born : 1974
live and works : Sydney , Australia
Apeseven’s play on life and death is recognisable with his works having a comprehensive visual presence. Often challenging in nature, asking the observer to question relationships between form, time and space.
Over Apeseven’s 15 year long career he has exhibited in Australia, USA and Europe. His work found both on the street, in galleries and in numerous publications. Freehand aerosol and traditional brush techniques are evident with works primarily incorporating mixed media (acrylics, aerosol, inks, found paper and objects). Apeseven’s current works focus on complex bio-feedback driven loops involving a tapestry of pattern, animals and skeletal structures.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
SOLO SHOWS
2019 - GARGANTUA, coGalleries, Berlin, Germany
2018 - LAZARUS RISING, Future Artefacts Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 - BROKEN EMPIRE, M2 Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014 - DEIFIK, Tate Gallery, Sydney. Just Another Project Space, Melbourne, Australia
2012 - FORMER GLORY, Damp Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 - KLAN, The National Grid Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 - HOUSE OF THE WINDBLOWN CLOUDS, The National Grid: Sydney , Famous When
Dead Gallery : Melbourne, Australia
2007 - AMATIC, Gallery 44, Sydney, Australia
2006 - PULP, China Heights Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005 - COLLUSIONS, KNOT Gallery, Sydney , Australia
GROUP SHOWS
2022 - Dealers Choice, Just Another Agency, Melbourne
2021 - Stroke Artfair, Munich, Germany
2019 - 12 x 12, Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne
2019 - Cabinet of Curiosities, Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne
2019 - I Cant Believe Its Not gutter!, VS Gallery, Melbourne
2018 - 12 x 12, The Stockroom, Melbourne
2018 - Unofficial Collaboration, The Stockroom, Melbourne
2018 - The Other Art Fair, Bristol, UK
2018 - VK !5 Alumni, Beer Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
2018 - Mortar, Gallery 448, Sydney, Australia
2017 - 20/20, Vandal gallery, Sydney, Australia
2017 - Ready Made, The Stockroom, Melbourne, Australia
2017 - Ninetyfivepercent, B Side Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2017 - Headstart, M2 Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 - Brick It Up, Warringah Regional Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016 - Broken Dreams, Wild Things Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 - 12 x 12, The Stockroom, Melbourne, Australia
2015 - Project 5, Volume 7, Darling Quarter, Sydney, Australia
2015 - Power, Allpress Studio, Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
2015 - NinetyfivePercent, District 01, Surry Hills, Sydney, A ustralia
2015 - Paste Modernism 4, Ambush Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 - In The Shadows, Secret Location, Sydney, Australia
2015 - Stupid Krap " SHOWCASE", Blank Space Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 - Cranium, M2 Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014 - Hit The Bricks, Newcastle, Australia
2014 - Indentity, Curve Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
2014 - Oferenda, Just Another Project Space, Melbourne, Australia
2014 - In Wall We Trust, Airola(BN), Italy
2014 - TWO, Just Another Project Space, Melbourne, Australia
2014 - 360, Just Another Project Space, Melbourne, Australia
2014 - INSTINCT, 6YL, Melbourne, Australia
2013 - One, Just Another Project Space, Melbourne, Australia
2013 - Just Another Group Show, 1000 Pound Bend Gallery, Melbourne
2013 - Rat Race, Sydney Australia
2013 - Washed Up, LOFI Gallery, SYdney, Australia
2013 - Altered States, He made she Made Gallery, Syndey, Australia
2013 - Mario Kart, Nookstore And Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
2012 - Invincible Fathers, China Heights Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012 - Dirty Laundry, Tate Gallery,Sydney, Australia
2012 - Battle Royale, Ambush Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012 - Looking Into The Glasshouse, Ambush Gallery, Sydney
2012 - Just Another group Show, 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne, Australia
2012 - Surface, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2012 - Sidewayz 2012, Global Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 - Board, NGV Studios, Melbourne, Australia
2011 - Just Another Group Show, 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne, Australia
2011 - Petit Traveaux, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
2011 - Board, NGV Studios, Melbourne, Australia
2011 - One x One X One, National Tour , Australia
2011 - Sidewayz II, The National Grid, Sydney, Australia
2011 - Urban Art, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2010 - Sydney Art Fair, RHI, Sydney, Australia
2010 - Local Produce, Artfocus Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 - Vinyl Killers 8, Goodfoot, Portland, USA
2010 - Sweet Streets, 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne, Australia
2010 - Paste Modernism 2, Lofi Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 - Creatures, The NAtional Grid Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 - Just Another Group Show, 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne, Australia
2010 - The Places In-Between, HSBC Foyer, Sydney, Australia
2010 - Hard Rubbish, BSG, Melbourne, Australia
2010 - Revolution Of Art, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, Australia
2010 - Urban Art 10A , Brunswick St Gallery , Melbourne , Australia
2009 - Hard Cover no Jacket , Oh really Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2009 - Local Produce , Artfocus Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2009 - WInter Set , Marker Gallery , Melbourne , Australia
2009 - Stick It Hard 2 , Musma Gallery , Belgium , Brussels
2008 - Vinyl Killers 6 , The Goodfoot , Portland , USA
2008 - Extra Cheese 2 , Medium Rare Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2008 - Sleep is the Cousin of Death , per square metre Gallery , Melbourne , Australia
2008 - Oh really , Oh really Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2008 - Sidewayz , MTV galleries , Sydney , Australia
2008 - 12 x 12 , No Vacancy Gallery , Melbourne , Australia
2008 - 12 x 12 , Ambush Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2008 - Another Red Balloon , Famous When Dead Gallery , Melbourne, Australia
2008 - International Skull Drawing Comp , Rise And Fall , Melbourne , Australia
2008 - Cause We Can , Somedays Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2008 - Stations Of the Cross , Artsanctuary , Sydney , Australia
2008 - Stencil Festival 08 , Yarra Sculpture Gallery , Melbourne , Australia
2007 - Local Produce , Artfocus Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2007 - Across The Board , Wall Space Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2007 - Process Invisible 2 , Street Level , Portland , USA
2007 - SubURBAn 2 , The BUN shop , Cambridge , UK
2007 - Extra Cheese , Gallery 44 , Sydney , Australia
2007 - Stencil Festival 07 Australia
2006 - Peelzine VII ZIne LAUNCH , Brooklyn , USA
2006 - Vinyl Killers 4 , Zeitgeist Gallery , Portland , USA
2006 - We Love Sounds , Hordern Pavillion , Sydney , Australia
2006 - Surry Hills Festival , Sydney, Australia
2006 - Melbourne Stencil Festival 06
2005 - Vinyl Killers 3 , Zeitgeist Gallery , Portland , USA
2005 - Urban Expressions , Upstairs Gallery , Sydney , Australia
2005 - Vinyl Killers , Hotel Des Arts , San Francisco , USA
2004 - Vinyl Killers 2 , Zeitgeist Gallery , Portland , USA
2003 - God Bless Graffiti , Museum Of Contemporary Art (MOCA) , Chicago , USA
PUBLICATIONS
2017 - Burn City, Hardie Grant Publishing PTY LTD, ISBN- 9781741175394
2016 : Street Art International, Hardie Grant Publishing PTY LTD, ISBN- 13 9781741174854
2015 : Street Art Australia, Hardie Grant Publishing PTY LTD , ISBN- 13 9781741174847
2015 : 6YL, Power, Issue 4, 6YL, Melbourne, Australia
2014 : 6YL, Instinct, Issue 3, 6YL, Melbourne, Australia
2012 : 6YL, Surface, Issue 2, 6YL, Melbourne, Australia
2012 : Just ANother Book Vol 2, JAA, Melbourne, Australia
2011 : Just Another Book, JAA, Melbourne, Australia
2011 : Rah Collective,Book 1, Rah Collective PTY LTD Sydney, Australia
2011 : Semi Permanent 2011, Design Is Kinky PTY LTD Sydney, Australia
2011 : Aesthetics Now Magazine , Vol 6 Australia
2010 : KLAN, Blurb Publishers,Sydney, Australia
2010 : Cream Magazine Jul-Oct Issue, Future Perfect Publications PTY LTD Sydney, Australia
2004 : Stencil Pirates, Josh Macphee, Soft Skull Press, Brooklyn, USA
RESIDENCIES
2019 - GARGANTUA, August - October, coGalleries Herzberg Strasse 40 - 43 BERLIN 10365
ART PRIZES
2021 - Stanthorpe Art prize, Finalist , Stanthorpe, QLD, Australia