THOMAS JEPPE

Jeppe graduated from a BA in Cultural Studies, Curtin University, 2004; a BA in Cultural Studies (Honours), The University of Melbourne, 2005; a Graduate Certificate in Visual Art from the Victorian College of the Arts, 2009 and a Master of Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts, 2011. Solo and joint exhibitions include ASIATISCHE ADLERNASE, Conradi, Hamburg, 2012; Boon at the Hand of Circumstance, DB Project, Sydney, 2012; Nature of Submission, Museum of Natural Mystery, Perth, 2012; ACAPONETA 1891, Curro Y Poncho, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2012; Exercise in Sophistication, with Caleb Shea, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, 2011; Idiot's Promenade, VCA Master Exhibition, Melbourne, 2011; Heinous Armani, with Gian Manik, TCB Art Inc, Melbourne, 2011; Cirrhosis By The Sea, Family Gallery, Los Angeles, 2011; The People's Poet, with Thomas Baldischwyler, Galerie Conradi, Hamburg, 2010; Take The Edge Off, Black and Blue Gallery, Sydney, 2009; and The Height of Elegance, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, 2009. Selected group exhibitions include NADA Art Fair, Curro Y Poncho, Miami, 2011; REMIX, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2011; Explaining Colours to the Blind, Tristian Koenig, Melbourne, 2011; INDEX, Hamburg Kunsthaus, Hamburg, 2010; Applied Phlebotinum, curated by Andrew Tetzlaff and Julian White, Upstairs at the Napier, Melbourne, 2010 and The Corridor to Success, The Composing Rooms, London, 2010. Forthcoming exhibition [To be titled], Galerie Conradi, Hamburg.

Jeppe was recipient of the VCA Masters Nellie Castan Award in 2011. His work is held in the Art Gallery of Western Australia and Artbank collections, as well as private collections in Australia and overseas.