EDUCATION
2012 Master of Arts (Research), Queensland University of Technology
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons.) (2nd Class Division A), Queensland University of Technology
2001 Certificate III in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft (Photography), Wide Bay TAFE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Three Conceits, Foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam
The Shape of the Joke, Institut für Alles Mögliche: Hauptstadt Studio, Berlin
2017
No Joke/End Times: A listening party, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2016
Eight Embarrassed Males, Metro Arts, Brisbane (collaboration with Timothy Kerr)
The Absolutely Calculated Risk That Something Can Go Wrong, Studio 3.7, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Terror and Hubris in the House of Charles Bongdelaire 2: 172 Honest Ways to Acquire Other People’s Property, Studio 3.7, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Under the Surface, Studio 3.7, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Bigfoot is Blurry, Studio 3.7, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2015
Joke Trading, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2014
Intellectual Disasters, Oral, Brisbane
Summer is also a Season that is Coming, Rasey Park, Brisbane
Moments of Idleness, Harrisville Town Hall, Harrisville
2013
Brown Stagemaker, Bus Projects, Melbourne
V and B; or; B and B, Boxcopy, Brisbane (collaboration with Timothy Kerr)
2012
Come Back Alone, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Night of Terror: 3 Hours of Heavy Metal and Demonic Ales, 3 Projects, Scratch Bar, Brisbane
2011
Moments of Idleness, Skagaströnd, Iceland
Qaphqa, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
Regards, the Pit, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2010
Acoustic and Luminous Effects, DB Projects, Sydney (curated by Amanda Rowell)
2009
Terror and Hubris in the House of Charles Bongdelaire, No Frills*, Brisbane
2007
Leatherneck, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2006
Thick As Thieves: Never Let The Truth Stand In The Way Of A Good Story, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
LOL, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2020
Melbourne Fringe Festival: Night Works, The Wandering Room, Melbourne (as Ryan Bloate)
2019
Victoria St, Victoria, The Wandering Room, Melbourne
Tiny World Reunion, The Wandering Room, Melbourne
2017
Brave New World, Jacob’s Ladder, Brisbane
An Act of Showing: Rethinking Artist Run Initiatives through Place, Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2015
Life, Death, Miscellaneous, A-CH Gallery, Brisbane
Goma Q: Contemporary Queensland Art, QAGOMA, Brisbane (contributing artist for David M. Thomas)
2014
An Occasion, White Lady Funerals, Brisbane
2013
Fresh Cut 2013: Part 1, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Mess Between, Blindside, Melbourne
2012
Supporter, The Wandering Room, Brisbane
A Ship Called She, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2011
Whatever Works, DB Projects, Sydney
Invisible Structures: Australian Artist Collectives in Tokyo, Singapore and Yogyakarta, Post Museum, Singapore
2010
NextWave: Structural Integrity, Arts House, Melbourne
NextWave: The Ultimate Time Lapse Megamix, Federation Square, Melbourne
Some Absolute Beauties, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne (collaboration with Boxcopy)
Not Apt to Disclose Secrets, RawSpace Gallery, Brisbane (collaboration with Boxcopy)
2009
Versus, Kings ARI, Melbourne
Recessional Art and Other Strategies, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Sweet Lip, Accidentally Annie Street Space, Brisbane
Sketch Pad, QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane
This is what the edge of your seat was made for, Boxcopy, Brisbane (as Bart Weiss)
2008
The Art Resort, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Great Expectations, Federation Square, Melbourne
Perfection: Human Action as Performance as Human Behaviour, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2007
I Want to Believe, TC Burns Retail Centre, Brisbane
The Christmas Special, Boxcopy, Brisbane
Home Improvement, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2006
2006, The Block, QUT, Brisbane
Exercises in Freedom, Queensland State Library, Brisbane
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2018
Arts Queensland Individuals Fund Recipient
Foundation B.a.d. Residency, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Institut für Alles Mögliche Residency, Berlin, Germany
2017
InSide Zone Research Residency, Borsec, Romania
Project for Future Alternatives Residency, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2016
Metro Arts Artist in Residence Program, Brisbane
2015
Arts Queensland Individuals Fund Recipient
Production Residency (with David M. Thomas), MAAP Space, Brisbane
2014
Moments of Idleness Residency, Harrisville Town Hall, Harrisville
2013
Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Contemporary Art Award: Queensland Recipient
Boxcopy Artist Residency, Boxcopy, Brisbane (with Timothy Kerr)
2011
Arts Queensland Career Development Grant Recipient
Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
Invisible Structures Residency, Post Museum, Singapore
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2009
Super Vanitas: Stephen Russell, Boxcopy, Brisbane
This is what the edge of your seat was made for, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2008
The Art Resort, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane (co-curator)
Great Expectations, Federation Square, Melbourne (co-curator)
2007
I Want to Believe, TC Burns Retail Centre, Brisbane (co-curator)
The Christmas Special, Boxcopy: contemporary art space, Brisbane (co-curator)
Home Improvement, Boxcopy: contemporary art space, Brisbane (co-curator)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
‘May, 1968’, catalogue essay for ‘Benjamin Crowley: Location Solutions for General Anxieties’, Stable Artspace, Brisbane
2017
‘Home Grown Phantom Lim (sic)’, catalogue essay for ‘Ben Landers: Vacationer’, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2016
‘Five Ways: Number Three’, October 2016, Brooke Ferguson (editor), Boxcopy online publication
2015
‘Art Escape from Work: Baysider Exhibits at GOMA’, Wynnum Herald, August 19, p. 35
2013
‘Brisbane Artist Joseph Breikers Unveils Three-Level Outdoor Dunny’, Courier Mail Online, August 2
‘Interview with Joseph Breikers’, No Brow, 4ZZZ Radio, aired April 21
2012
‘Wes Hill in Conversation with Joseph Breikers’, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts Magazine, number 75, pp. 19-22
2011
‘Why So Serious?’, Sunday Mail, U on Sunday, March 20, p. 32
Artist Page, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts Magazine, number 67, p. 17
2009
‘Martin Smith: I am Fortunate and Bored’, catalogue essay for Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2008
‘Review – Perfection: Human Action as Performance as Human Behaviour’, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts Magazine, number 63, p. 66
2007
Artist Page, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts Magazine, number 62, p. 18