Adam Lester Australian, b. 1971

EDUCATION

2002

Bachelor of Visual Arts, Southern Cross University, New South Wales, Australia

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

Turn Me Loose, PIERMARQ*, Sydney, Australia

2021

Take Me to the River, PIERMARQ*, Sydney, Australia

2020 Islands, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2017 This Ole House, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2014 Summerland, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2012 Palookaville, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2011 Michael Reid Gallery at Murrurundi, NSW, Australia
2010 Gumbo, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  I Don’t Wanna Grow Up, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2009 Harbourworks, Michael Reid Gallery at Murrurundi, NSW, Australia
2008 Let’s Get Lost, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  Barely Losing, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
  New World, Michael Reid Gallery, Murrurundi, NSW, Australia
2006 Anywhere, Anywhere, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2005 Mixed Business, Arts Factory Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  Working Class Bohemia, Arts Factory Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2020 Summer Hang, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2019 Last Seen, QAGOMA and QPAC, Brisbane, Australia
2017 Dog Days, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2016 Jan Murphy Gallery, Spring 1883, Melbourne, Australia
2014 - 2015 Cars - My Autolove, Caboolture Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2012 Hill Smith Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Straddie, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  Animalia, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Works on Paper, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2008 Michael Reid at Murrurundi, NSW, Australia
  Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2007 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  Griffith Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2005 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Charles Ginn Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2004 Arts Factory Gallery, Brisbane Victoria Street Warehouse, Brisbane, Australia
2003 Arts Factory Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2002 National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia

 

AWARDS & GRANTS

2005 Queensland Art Workers Alliance Art Prize, Brisbane, Australia, finalist
2004 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Brisbane, Australia, finalist
2002 Bentley Art Prize, Bentley, Australia, winner
2001 Southern Cross Art Prize, Southern Cross Univeristy, Lismore, Australia, highly commended

 

PUBLICATIONS

2020 Phil Brown, Art a Portal to Exotic Places, Courier Mail
2019

Phil Brown, (They) Tell Stories About the Last Thing They Saw Before Their Site Started to Deteriorate, Courier Mail

2017

Wendy Hughes, Art to Lift the Heart, Brisbane Times

2014 Edwina Dittmer, Eye on the prize, The CEO Magazine
2012 Daily Imprint, Artist Adam Lester
2011 Inside Out, Adam Lester
  Phil Brown, Island ideal, Brisbane News
2010 Artnotes, Art Monthly Australia
  Suzanna Clarke, Boy’s Own Show
  Alicia Blumsom, Gumbo, Brisbane News