Matthew's artwork expresses a range of themes with drawing, printmaking and painting.

His response to nature and light are drawn from plein air, botanical and figurative studies.

After training in Art and Design at TAFE, Geelong (1993), he lived between country Victoria and Melbourne where he was involved with community theater, set and costume design for dance, pantomime and music with The Wolfgang theater co and Chandrabhanu - Academy of Indian arts (assistant to Geoffrey Goldie. 1998-2000). During this time he produced a collection of paintings, drawings and ceramics for the Brunswick collective Gallery and group exhibitions. 

After 4 years living in the UK and Europe he returned to Australia (2004) to further his creative portfolio.

Currently located in the Northern Rivers of NSW, working from his studio, on location, around the shire, and further afield.

Matthew has had four solo exhibitions locally and abroad.

His artworks can be viewed at his showroom - Galleon Bangalow - where he curates both retrospective and new works. 

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Australian born 1974.

Ballarat, Victoria Grew up in Geelong, Victoria.

Currently lives in Byron Bay, NSW.

 

Solo Exhibitions

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'ULYSSUS GARDEN'

La Ventana, Adliya, Kingdom of Bahrain,

12th March, 2016

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NUAGES

Byron Bay, Australia

March 2018

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CLOSE TO HOME

Gallery 3

Byron Bay, Australia

2021

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WINTER LIGHT

The Lobby

Byron Bay

2021

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Group Exhibitions

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2022 Birds Gallery 3 Byron Bay. Kitchen Blue bird.

2021 D'Arcy Doyle awards, Mudgeeraba QLD. Looking back at Broken heads.

2021 Birds, Gallery 3. The Raven, Spotted peafowl, Plover on Teal.

2020 Hurford Hardwood portrait prize, Lismore Regional Gallery. 'Fashioned from Clay'

2020 Border Art Prize, Tweed Heads National Gallery, 'Resilience'

2019 Gallery 7 prize. Byron Bay. 'Woebegone Raven'

2018 Boarder Art Prize, Tweed River National Gallery. Reclining Shoreline.

2017 Lethbridge 10 000, Brisbane.  'Tallow  Wood' 

2016 Border Art Prize . Tweed Regional Gallery, Qld. Woompoo Fruit Dove

2016 Ocean Shores art Expo. ‘Banksia Branch’ and ‘Honeysuckle hill’

2016 Byron Bay Art Expo, Byron Community center. ‘Olive Oriole’

2014 Caldera art Expo, Tweed River National Gallery. ‘Coucal Pheasant at sunrise’

2013 Northern Rivers Portrait Awards. Lismore Regional Gallery. Portrait of George C Weir.

2009 Caldera Art Expo. The Center Beaudesert. ‘Closed Forest of the Caldera’

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Awards and Prizes

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2019 Second place, Ocean Shores Art Expo, Grass trees at Dawn.

2018 Second place, Ocean Shores Art Expo, Bridge over Tallow creek.

2017 Third place, Fruits gallery, Lismore. 'Reclining shoreline"

2017 Third place (acrylics and oils) Ocean Shores Art Expo, "Tallow Wood".

2016 First prize (Acrylic and oils) Ocean Shores art Expo. ‘Banksia Branch’

2012 Second place (Acrylics and oils) 'A Moonlit Summers Night'. Ocean Shores Art Expo

2011 First place 'The Zodiac Series'. Tropical Fruits Art Exhibition with Lismore Serpentine Gallery.

2009 First place, Caldera Art Expo 'Closed Forests of the Caldera’.  Beaudesert Regional Gallery.

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Bibliography

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2013 Nature series published by Blue Island Press, in gift cards.

2015 Artworks and artists statement featured in editorial 'Acrylic Sachet Mixte Themes' France.

2017 The Zoc publishing house. Images and artist statement. Indiana USA.