Matthews exhibitions
Matthew loves to exhibit his work and hopes it brings more happiness and connection with others.
Upcoming events
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2024 Wynne Prize Regional Tour
The annual Wynne Prize was first awarded in 1897 in honour of the official opening of the Art Gallery of New South Wales at its present site.
Judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery, the prize is awarded to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or for the best example of figure sculpture by an Australian artist.
The Wynne Prize reflects the diversity of figurative sculptural practice, while the paintings are a dynamic reflection of Australian artists’ response to the land, reflecting contemporary aesthetics, environmental and stewardship concerns, and conceptions of Country.
This touring exhibition is an opportunity to see the finalists in the Wynne Prize 2024.
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2024 Lester Prize Regional Tour
The Lester Prize, one of Australia’s leading portraiture awards, is set to tour regional Western Australia, exhibiting at the Cannery Arts Centre in Esperance this June.
Cannery Arts Centre
Friday 6 June 2025
Sunday 20 July 2025 -
2025 Finalist BAYSIDE PAINTING PRIZE
First established in 2015 as the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, the prize was relaunched in 2024 as the Bayside Painting Prize with an increase in prize money for the Major Prize to $25,000, making it one of the most generous non-acquisitive painting prizes in the country.
The $10,000 acquisitive Beckett Local Prize, named in honour of remarkable local modernist artist Clarice Beckett, is open to artists who demonstrate a connection to the municipality of Bayside or the work entered is of local subject matter. There is also a $1,000 People’s Choice Prize, announced at the conclusion of the exhibition.
The Bayside Painting Prize is the only annual painting prize held in Melbourne. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists from across Australia, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.
A celebration of contemporary Australian painting, the prize is an important opportunity for Bayside City Council to add exceptional works of art with a local connection to its collection and to promote art and artists as a valuable part of the Australian community.
Finalist Exhibition: Friday 9 May – Sunday 22 June 2025 at Bayside Gallery
matthew clarke
Social Media Handle:
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Education:
2005-2011 Diploma of Visual Arts, Craft and Design, South West TAFE, VIC
Curated Artists Registries:
White Columns ~ New York ~ 2022 - 2025
SOLO EXHIBITIONS; Selected for over 30 Solo exhibitions. Some of the highlights Include
2024 Lost Together, Mossenson Galleries, Perth, WA
2024 Wallabies Pop-up Exhibition Bunbury Regional Art Gallery WA,
2023 Birds of Paradise, Mossenson Galleries, Perth, WA
2023 Wallabies, Presented by RISING/Melbourne Commissioned by RISING/Melbourne, Vic
2022 Windy Wobbly Windfarms, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
2022 Born to Draw, Firstdraft, Sydney, NSW
2022 Return of Wallabies to Maribyrnong, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds, Vic
2021 Wallabies Gambit Club, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic
2020 Little Cloudy Wallaby, West Space, Collingwood, Vic
2019 Wine and Wallabies, Fisher & Jefferies, Adelaide Fringe, SA
2017 Wallabies Republic, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic
2015 Wallabies Garden Party, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic
2015 Travelgander, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Vic
2014 Matthew Clarke: Solo Exhibition, Mossenson Galleries, WA
2014 Birds of Paradise, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic
2012 Turtle Time, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, Vic \
2010 Matthew Dose Art, Melbourne City Library, Flinders Lane Melbourne, Vic
2007 Paintings And Works on Paper ,Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic
GROUP EXHIBITIONS Selected for over 152 group exhibitions. Some of the highlights include
2025 Finalist Bayside Painting Prize, Bayside Gallery, Brighton, VIC
2025 Print It ! The Mill Gallery, Leeds, Uk
2024 Finalist Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic
2024 Finalist Lester Prize, The Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip, Perth, WA
2024 Finalist The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
2024 Finalist The Darling Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Canberra,ACT
2024 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries Booth, NSW
2024 Finalist National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic
2024 Big Names Small Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento California, USA
2024 Whereabouts: Artists Respond, Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2024 Finalist Rick Amor Drawing Award, McClelland Gallery, Vic
2024 Finalist Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, NT
2024 Finalist Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney, NSW
2024 Print It !, Aire Place Studios & Gallery, Leeds, UK
2023 More, More, More: Works from the Artbank Collection, Artbank, Melbourne, Vic
2023 Whereabouts: Printmakers Respond, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic
2023 Finalist Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhusrt Arts Centre, NSW
2023 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries booth, NSW
2023 Firstdraft Auction, Firstdraft, Sydney, NSW
2023 Finalist The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
2023 Finalist The Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
2023 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
2022 Firstdraft Auction, Firstdraft, Sydney, NSW
2022 Finalist National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic (Acquired
2021 Finalist Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, Vic
2021 Finalist The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
2021 Portraits of Resilience, Online Exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
2020 Finalist Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic
2019 The Saatchi Screen, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
2019 The Saatchi Screen, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
2019 Finalist Dobell Drawing Prize, National Art School Sydney, NSW
2019 The Saatchi Screen, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
2018 Art Naif Festiwal, Wilson Shaft Gallery, Katowice, Poland
2017 ArtExpo, New York City, USA
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries booth, NSW
2015 Outsider Art Fair, Coo-ee Art Gallery booth Paris, France
2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries booth, NSW
Trams
2019 Adelaide Fringe Tram
2017-2018 Melbourne Art Tram
AWARDS & COMMISSIONS/ RESIDENCY
2024 Winner of Paul Guest Drawing Prize, People’s Choice Award, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic
2024 Winner of The Bundanon Fellowship for an Artist with Disability, NSW
2024 Bundanon Residency, NSW
2021 Commission Vinyl Mural, Vic Health, Melbourne, Vic
2020 Weekly Favourites in Saatchi Takeover, Paper Creation, Saatchi Gallery Social Media, UK
2020 Commission Royal Children’s Hospital, Me and Uoouoo project, Melbourne, Vic
2019 Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre, Residences, QLD
2019 Winner Adelaide Fringe Festival Poster competition, SA
2018 Commission Street Art Explosion Adelaide Fringe, SA
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
Artbank
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Bendigo Art Gallery
City of Melbourne
Macquarie Group Collection
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Royal Perth Hospital
St John of God Hospital Murdoch
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Warrnambool Art Gallery
Rochester Secondary College
Private Collections in London, Berlin, United States of America, Canada
Text & Documentaries
2023 The Sunday Age where the wild things are: spot the wallabies along Birrarung Marr
2023 Creative Profile Matthew Clarke News, Creative Victoria
2023 (May/June issue #40) NGV Magazine, National Gallery of Victoria
2023 Melbourne Now Exhibition Catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria
2021 Archibald Prize Catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2018 (Sep) Channel Ten News Adelaide
2018 (Sep) ABC TV News Adelaide
2018 (6th Sep ) ABC Radio National
2018 (Sep) Channel Seven News Adelaide
2018 (Sep)9 News Adelaide
2018 Adelaide Fringe Poster Competition Winner, Adelaide Advertiser
2018 Adelaide Fringe Mural https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK9CoQHt4Lc
2017 Melbourne Art Trams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1WgxzvqOBs
2015 Travelgander documentary https://vimeo.com/127004285