Shadows becoming Stone , Alpha60, Melbourne, Australia
Take a Deep Breath, Murray Art Museum Albury, Australia
The Static of Nature, Sculpture at Bathers, Perth WA, Australia
2.0 – Ear Mouse, DeMonstrable, Perth WA, Australia
Time Bids Be Gone, Heathcote, Perth WA, Australia
Silent Distortions, Venn Gallery Gallery, Perth WA, Australia
[Re-Formation], Venn Gallery, Perth WA, Australia
Tané Andrews (b. 1986) is an artist based in Sydney, Australia.
His practice explores transience, transformations, and hybridizations within the natural world.Working with perishable organic materials including; flowers, living cocoons, wood, and water, as well as more durable products such as pearls, marble and bronze. Andrews’ artwork involve repetition, process, and a demand for meaningful contemplation.
In 2007 he completed a Bachelor of Arts (Art) with First Class Honours at Curtin University, Perth.
Andrews has exhibited nationally and internationally since 2011. Solo exhibitions include: Lying in Wait, Wellington St Projects Sydney (2016), The Collector, Venn Gallery Perth (2015) and Silent Distortions, Venn Gallery Perth (2014).
Notable group exhibitions include: Perspectives, Ginza Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (2004) Sculpture at Bathers, Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle (2017) and DeMonstrable, curated by SymbioticA Director Oron Catts, Lawrence Wilson Gallery Perth (2015).
In 2015 he was awarded a residency at Artspace, Sydney and in 2017 he was the recipient of the 4A Beijing Studio Program.
| 2005–07 | Bachelor of Arts (Art) with Distinction, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2004–05 | Graphic Design, Central TAFE, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 1998–03 | Special Art Program, Applecross Senior High School, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2024 | Angels in Exile, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 2023 | Shadows Becoming Stone, Alpha60 Chapter House, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 2022 | Radical Slowness, THE LOCK-UP, Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
| 2021 | 20:20, MAMA, Albury, NSW, Australia |
| 2020 | Fluidity, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 2020 | Lust for Lustre, Ellenbrook Arts, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2019 | Pearlescent Verse, Blindside, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2019 | Though flowers fall, I have never forgotten you, Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts Studio, Auburn, NSW, Australia |
| 2018 | Utopian Tongues, SEVENTH Gallery, VIC, Australia |
| 2018 | Botanica Art Exhibition: Symbiosis, China Heights Gallery, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia |
| 2018 | Sensual Nature, Fremantle Arts Center, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2018 | Papershrine 2018, Lamington Drive, Collingwood, VIC Australia |
| 2017 | Sculpture at Bathers, Fremantle, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2016 | SOLO EXHIBITION: Adapting Impermanence, Squiggle Space, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2016 | SOLO EXHIBITION: Lying in Wait, Wellington St Projects, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2015 | DeMonstrable, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2015 | Memories in Motion, M. Contemporary, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2015 | Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2014 | SOLO EXHIBITION: The Collector, Venn Gallery, Perth |
| 2014 | Melbourne Art Fair Platform Pop-up, Cutler & Co, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 2014 | Apate, Moana Project Space, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2014 | Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2013 | SOLO EXHIBITION: Time Bids Be Gone, Heathcoate Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2013 | Summer Show, Venn Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2012 | SOLO EXHIBITION: Silent Distortion, Venn Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2012 | NOT FAIR 2012, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 2011 | SOLO EXHIBITION:{RE-FORMATION} adapting Impermanence, Venn Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2011 | INFEST, Central Institute of Technology Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2010 | SOLO EXHIBITION: Stimulus: Response, Alda’s Art Space, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2010 | Summer, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2009 | SOLO EXHIBITION: Repetitive by Nature, Kurb Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| Hard cover, Oh Really Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |
| Celebration, Last chance Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia | |
| Make Friend, Norfolk Galley, Fremantle, WA, Australia | |
| Hidden World, Perth Art Space, Perth, WA, Australia | |
| 2008 | Design Now, Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2007 | 30 x 30, RMIT, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 2006 | Skin, Breadbox Gallery, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2004 | Perspectives, Art Gallery of WA, Perth, WA, Australia |
| 2017 | 4A Beijing Studio Program, Beijing, China |
| 2014 | Artsource Residency, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2008 | Finalist for Design Now Object Awards in the Design for the Body category, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2004 | Recipient of the Chairman’s Travel Grant. Awarded by Haruhisa Handa and the International Foundation for Arts and Culture, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 | Winner of the Quest For Excellence, Art Awards, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2002 | Winner of the City of Melville Art Awards, Youth Category, Perth, WA, Australia |
SymbiotcA, Perth, WA, Australia
City of Perth Collection, Perth, WA, Australia
Curtin University Art Collection, Perth, WA, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia Collection, Perth, WA, Australia
Haruhisa Handa Foundation Tokyo Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Art Collector, Jan–March 2018 – 50 Things Collectors Need to Know. Artists, Curators, Directors and Trends that will shape the Australian and New Zealand art worlds in 2018 – Tané Andrews, pg 76–77
Centre for Contemporary Asian art – 2017 4A Beijing Studio Program Recipients Announced
Art Monthly Australasia – The Static of Nature by Tané Andrews
Sculpture at Bathers – Tané Andrews
Habitus Living, The Design Hunt Continues – This artist draws the intricacies of the natural world
DeMonstrable – DeMonstrable exhibition marks 20 years since the earmouse
Art Collector – Tané Andrews: The Collector
ABC Arts – Can art adequately represent fragility in nature?
SCOOP Magazine – Fresh Perspectives
The West Australian – Andrews' art is for the birds
The Sydney Morning Herald – Local artist Tané Andrews at Venn