Oliver Herbert

I enjoy making work that presents itself as an artefact or souvenir from an imaginary world.
My interests are in global economies and how this impacts the language of cultural identity and value.

My work aims to create artificial histories and narratives in order to question our reality and how this can so easily be fabricated or designed.

Goldsmiths University of London, 2014

Edinburgh College of Art BA (hons) Fine Art Sculpture 2007

2019

Prince Hair Styles,
Margate Festival


2014
Tall Tales, Bath
What is Art and Design Pedagogy?, London

2013
PLAZA Milton Keynes
The Luxury Artist Club, Venice Biennial

2012
Deptford X, Wavelengths, London
Westworld, Hackney Rd, London
Grandma Ludski, Dalston Rio, London

2011
‘PLAZA’ The Shipton Street Gallery, London
DEPTFORD X, Number 82, London

2010
‘SNEAKPEAK’ Re-Make, Edinburgh
‘System art services’ Wee Red, Edinburgh

2009
‘Grandmother Waits For You’ The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
‘If it’s hot it’s here!’ Temporary Gallery Space, Edinburgh, UK
‘The Place Project’ Goodstead, Edinburgh, UK
‘The Boneless Box’ The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
‘Don’t Need’ Saul Judd, Frankfurt, Germany
‘CZKD – Centar za Kulturnu Dekontaminaciju’ Belgrade, Serbia

2008
‘The Commissioned Christmas’ The Secret Arcade, Edinburgh, UK
‘Standby Solutions’ The Collective, Edinburgh, UK
‘The Great Embassy Bus Tour’ Edinburgh, UK
‘Priceless’ Temporary Space, Edinburgh, UK
‘Urban Jealousie’ Iran International Biennial, Tehran, Iran (Touring Iran, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia)
‘Iran Roaming Biennial’, Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
‘Iran Roaming Biennial’,Dogzstar Galatasaray, Istanbu...