Günther Herbst

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Born 1963, South Africa Lives and works in London


Education

2005 - 06 PGCE, Art and Design, Institute of Education, University of London
2000 - 02 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1998 - 99 BA Fine Art, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design (not completed)
1989 - 91 National Higher Diploma Fine Art, Witwatersrand Technikon, South Africa
1985 - 87 National Diploma Fine Art, Witwatersrand Technikon, South Africa
1982 - 84 National Diploma Graphic Design, Pretoria Technikon, South Africa

Solo Exhibitions
2007 One in the Other, London

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London (touring)
New British Landscapes, Takecourage Gallery, London
2007 ARTfutures 2007, Bloomberg SPACE, London
Contemporary Art Projects, Winter Exhibition, London
2006 John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Celeste Art prize (finalist) The Well, London
2005 Caution Uneven Surfaces, Temporarycontemporary, London
2004 Revolution, Trailer, London
Gewalt, Loushy Art and Editions, Tel Aviv
2003 Godzilla, Trailer London
Prospect-Pizza Express Drawing Competition, London
Royal Academy of Arts summer Exhibition, London
2002 AT Kearney Four Colleges Show, London
DLA Art Award, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
Maleorder, Durban National Gallery, South Africa
1999 Windows Gallery, Charing Cross, London
1998 Günther Herbst and Jake Clark, Conductor’s Hallway, London
1996 Hänel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
1994 Un Art Contemperain d’Afriqu de Sud, Gallerie de l’Esplenade, Paris
1993 IGI Life, Vita Art Now Annual Award Show, Johannesburg, South Africa

Bibliography
2008 Future Greats, Ones to Watch, Art Review, March, Issue 20, p106-7
2006 John Moores 24 Catalogue
Celeste Art Prize Catalogue
2004 Gewalt Exhibition Catalogue
2003 Royal Academy Illustrated Catalogue
The RA Magazine no.79 Summer
2006 Observer Magazine 8 September

Awards
2008 Prizewinner, Jerwood Contemporary Painters
2002 Observer New British Artists Award
1993 IGI Life, Vita Art Now Award, Johannesburg

Collections
Cambridge University
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Anglo American, South Africa
Gencor, South Africa
National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Durban Art Gallery, South Africa
Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa