Born: 1963 London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Selected Works 2018-2024, Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2022 Purlieu, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2020 Sanctum, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018 Effusio, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2017 Illume, NKN Gallery, VIC
2016 Candescere, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2016 ART CENTRAL, represented by Hill Smith Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2016 Selected Works, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2015 Spectral Light, NKN Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2014 Resonance II, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2013 The Memory Well, Block projects, Melbourne, VIC
2012 Coalescence, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2012 Greenhill Gallery, Perth, WA
2011 Intricacies, Block Projects, Melbourne, VIC
2010 Greenhill Gallery, Perth, WA
2010 Resonance, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2009 New Paintings, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2009 Block Projects, Melbourne, VIC
2008 Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2007 George Petelin Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
2007 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
2007 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2006 Two Fields, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2006 Recent works, Tim Olsen Galllery, Sydney, NSW
2005 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2005 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
2005 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2004 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2004 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
2003 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2003 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2002 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
2002 Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2001 Tim Olsen Art Dealers, Sydney, NSW
2001 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2000 Tim Olsen Art Dealers, Sydney, NSW
1999 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1999 Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney, NSW
1998 Moments in Civilisation, Vault Contemporary Art Space, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Bundaberg, QLD
1998 Mappings, James Allen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1996 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1996 Of One, Of Many, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney, NSW
1995 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1994 Room Exhibition, Imperial Hotel, New Delhi
1994 Room 32, Regents Court Hotel, Sydney, NSW
1993 Studio Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
1992 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1991 Studio Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
1990 Studio Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
1989 Studio Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
1989 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Weather Patterns III, FireWorks Gallery, QLD
2024 The Ilsley Collection: A Quarter Century of Visionary Collecting, Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
2024 Maiden Voyage, Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
2020 Beneficence, Bega Regional Gallery, NSW
2020 Twelve Ways, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2019 Matches 6: Three clusters, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2019 Nirdaky with Ian Waldron, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2018 Wonga - Conversation with Daniel Walbidi, Short St. Gallery, Broome, WA
2017 Weather patterns II, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2017 Coney Island, Counihan Gallery, Victoria
2015 Weather patterns, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2015 Imago Mundi, Italy
2015 Becker Salon, Greenwich, C.T. , USA
2014 Rogue Gallery, New York
2014 Selected Works, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2013 Collective Identity [Ies], Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
2013 a private view, Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield
2011 Blue August, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2011 Eclectica Exhibition Series (I and III), FireWorks, Brisbane, QLD
2011 Summer Solstice II, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2010 Miscellanea, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2009 The Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum, touring Regional Gallery of Vic and NSW
2008 Block Projects, Melbourne, VIC
2008 Contemporaneous, Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta, VIC
2007 Views on Abstraction, Hill Smith Gallery, South Australia
2007 Tactile Imagination, Design Research Processes, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, NSW
2007 Utopian Visions & The slump of Paradise, Block Projects, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Points of Departure, Tobey Fine Arts, New york
2006 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2006 Salon, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2005 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
2005 Stanley Art Prize, Stanley, TAS
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Lines III, Fire-Works gallery, Brisbane QLD
2003 ART PARIS 2003, Carrousel de Louvre, Paris
2003 Fresh Paint, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
2003 Cube + Nodrum + Abrahams, Cube Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2003 Depth of Field, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC & MUMA, Melbourne, VIC
2002 Good Vibrations, Heide Museum of Art, Heidelberg, VIC
2002 Exposition collective, Conseil General de Loire Atlantique, Nantes, France
2002 Towards Colour, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, VIC
2002 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2002 Greenhill Galleries, Perth WA
2002 Lines II, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2002 Unforseen, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2001 ART PARIS, Carrousel de Louvre, Paris
2001 Australie, Visages d'un continent, Galerie Visage de l'Art, Marly-le-Roi
2001 Voyages dens la matiere, Atelier Claude Cerf, Paris
2001 Love Colour, Studio 91B, Adelaide
2001 Whitish Christmas, Ben Grady Gallery, ACT
2001-03 Hermanns Art Award, national travelling exhibition
2001 Abstraction: Spirit, Light, Pure Form Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2000 Accents Australiens, Espace Adamski Designs, Paris
2000 Melbourne Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, VIC
2000 The Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Regional Gallery
1999 Grands et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris
1999 on any given day, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
1999 Exposition Australie, Bastille, Paris, France
1998 Propositions Australiennes, Gallerie Luc Queyrel, Paris
1998 Le Temps du Reve, Bioliotheque municipale, Le Perreux-sur-Marne
1997 Espace Beziers, Beziers, France
1997 Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
1997 Devoured by Paint, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
1996 Abstraction Now, Geelong Regional Gallery, Victoria
1996 Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1996 Aer Phoste, Dublin, Ireland
1995 Icon of our Times, Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
1995 3x3, Touring Residencies/Sites, Sydney, Christchurch, Auckland, Berlin, Canberra & Beijing
1995 Works on Paper - A Selection, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Moet And Chandon Touring Exhibition, State Galleries of Australia
1995 Hidden Treasures S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1994 Bet Your Life II, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1994 "House", Canberra, curated and co-ordinated by the artist
1994 Re-placing Australian Painting, Rosinis & Test Tube Gallery, Auckland NZ
1993 Moet And Chandon Touring Exhibition, State Galleries of Australia
1993 Contemporary Australian Painting; Works From The Allen, Allen & Hemsley Collection, Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre
1993 Australian Perspecta 93, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1992 Future City - Art & Architecture, Bond Store, Sydney
1992 Alphabet/Haemorrhage, Performances from the Black Box - assistant to Mike Parr, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1991 Over East, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia
1991 Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1989 Fresh Art, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1989 William Dobell Foundation Art Prize, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1989 Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown City Art Gallery
1988 Seven New Artists, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Ariennale, EMR Gallery, Sydney
1988 Australian Contemporary Art Fair 1 (ACAF), Melbourne
1988 Faber Castell Drawing Prize, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1987 Mori Gallery, Sydney
1985 New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition
1985 Faber Castell Prize For Drawing, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
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AIS Insurance Collection |
Hyatt Hotel, Perth |
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Allen, Allen & Hemsley, Sydney |
La Trobe University Museum of Art |
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Artbank, Sydney |
Macquarie Bank |
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Australian Wheat Bord, Melbourne |
Macquarie University, NSW |
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Bega Regional Gallery |
Mallesons Stephen Jacques, Melbourne |
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Bendigo Regional Gallery |
Monash University Museum of Art |
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BHP Collection, Melbourne |
Moorilla Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmania |
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Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland |
News Corporation |
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Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW |
RACV |
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Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu |
State Bank, Victoria |
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Faber Castell Collection, Sydney |
UQ Art Museum, Queensland |
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Freehill, Hollingdale & Page, Melbourne |
Victor and Loti Smorgon Collection, Melbourne |
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Gandel Group, Chadstone, Melbourne |
Visy Industrial Packaging, Melbourne |
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Heide Museum of Art, Melbourne |
Westmead Childrens Hospital, NSW |
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Holmes à Court Collection, Perth |
Wollongong Regional Art Gallery, NSW |
Corporate collections throughout Australia and private collections in Australia, Cologne, Munich, New York, Madrid, Seoul and Vancouver, Canada
COMMISSIONS
2020-2023 Chadstone Integrated artwork façade
in association with Vicinity group, JCB Architects, VIC
2022 Parramatta Square in association with Walker Group, NSW
2019 Conceptual realisation and collaboration with Daniel Walbidi, WA Art Gallery
2018 Celestrial, in association with Anton Wongtrakun, East Melbourne, VIC
2015-17 Ode, St. Kilda, in association with Pace Developments, VIC
2015-16 181 Fitzroy St., in association with SJB Architects, Pace Developments, Melbourne
2015-16 Frieze, George Windsor Building, in association with pace Developments, Melbourne
2015-16 80 Market st Lobby,in association with Billard Leece Partnership, Firewall Pty, Ltd, Melbourne
2014 ''Flinders landing/ Arbory-Platform 13 artwork, association HQ Group, Metro Trains, Melbourne, VIC.
2014 -15 580 George St. in association with FJMT Architects, Sydney City Council, Steensen Varmig, NSW
2013 Alignment, Design collaborations with Gary Bigeni, multiple sites
2013 Light and Form, computer programmed LED system M.LC Centre in association GPT Group, NSW
2011-14 Design /facade development No. 2 St. Kilda rd. in association with JCB Architects, VIC
2011 17 Garland Row Screen design in association with Collins and Turner Architects, NSW
2011 South Morang Station artwork Project in association with Cox Architects, Dept. of Transport Victoria
2010 Coolaroo Station Public Artwork in association with he Department of Transport, VIC Berlin Design and students of Coolaroo South Primary School, Victoria
2010 CBD Metro Tender Stage artistic consultation in association with Merren Morrison and Grimshaw Architects, Victoria
2009-2010 Artist Consultant ST. Barts Lime ST. Accommodation, East Perth in association with Formworks, WA
2009-2010 Garland Row, Sydney, Screen Design for Alex Popov Architects and PJ Developments, Sydney, NSW
2009-2010 CBD Metro Project in association with New South Wales Government, Phillip Cox Architects, Phi Design Sydney and Hassle Group, N.S.W
2006-08 TAC Building, Geelong, in association with McGauran Gianni Soon Architects, Melbourne, VIC
2006 Book cover for Mark Grabe's "INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY FOR MEANINGFUL LEARNING"
2005 Glenroy Learning Centre, in association with McGauran Gianni Soon Architects, Melbourne, VIC
2005 Hue, in association with Clement Jackson Burrows & SC Land Developments, Melbourne, VIC
2004 - 2005 Moment, Multiplex, Architects Wood Marsh, Consultants Turpin Crawford Studio, Sydney, NSW
2004 Emanation Still Life, Book Cover design, for "The Cooks Companion", Stephanie Alexander, in association with Penguin Group.
2002 Sunfield, Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, Australian Wheat Board, Melbourne
2002 - 2003 Yellow House Screens, in association with The Yellow House & Philip Bartlett Projects, Sydney
2001 Seasons, 4 Panels, Chadstone Shopping Centre, Melbourne
1997 - 98 Babylonian Frieze, MG Garage, in association with PJ Developments and Alex Tzannes Architects, Sydney
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2021 Finalist Mosman Art Prize, NSW
2020 Finalist Mosman Art Prize, NSW
2009 Victoria Commercial Architecture award, in association with MGS Architects, ML Design, Geelong
2008 Australia Council Barcelona Residency, Spain
2002 Cite des Artes International Artist Residency, Paris
2001 Artist in Residence, Bundanon, New South Wales
2000 Arts Victoria, Travel Research Grant, Gabo Island, Victoria
1999-2000 Parks Victoria Artist in Residence Program, Pettys Orchard, Templestowe, Victoria
1998-99 Artist in Residence, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
1995 Travel Research Grant Australia Council (V.A.C.B.)
1993 Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown City Gallery, NSW
1988 Faber Castell Prize for Drawing
PUBLICATIONS
Amber Bell Book, Australian Abstract, 2023
Carly Laden "Artist's cultural exchange on show", Broome advertiser, WA
Patrick McDonald Softness lies between lines, Advertiser, Adelaide
Christina Zhou/Emily Power The building blocks of architecture meet art, Domain.com.au, 2015
Tone Wheeler 17 Gadigal Ave., review ArchitectureAU,2013
Lucy Feagins Intricacies, The Design files,Block Projects,2011
Annemarie Kelly Field of Colour, Vogue living, Jul/Aug.edition 2013
Dan Rule Aroral review, The Age, Block Projects, Melbourne, 2009
Andrew Frost SMH review solo exhibition ,Tim Olsen Gallery ,August 3, 2012
Ingrid Perez Matthew Johnson's Circles of Light, Australian Art Collector, Issue 34 Oct - Dec 2005
Ashley Crawford Matthew Johnson: Peregrination, The Age Review, Saturday Oct 16, 2005
Martin Shub Art Right Now, Exhibition News, www.gallery.discoverymedia.com.au
Annabel Dean Swatch this Space, SMH July 21, 2005
Peter King Catalogue Essay, Greenhill Galleries, 2005
Betsy Brennan Vogue Living Apartments, 2004
Ashley Crawford Catalogue Essay, Christine Abrahams Gallery, 2003
Karen Hall Catalogue Essay, Depth of Field, Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, 2003
Geraldine O'Brien News and Features (Yellow House Project), Sydney Morning Herald, 22 March 2003
Karen Hall Catalogue Essay, Tim Olsen Gallery, 2003
Robert Nelson Photography and Painting in Cahoots, The Age, Jan 25 2003
Sandra McLean Take Your Sunnies. Article, The Courier Mail, Mon. 28 October 2002
Zara Stanhope Catalogue Essay, Good Vibrations, Heide Museum of Art, 2002
Harry Kampianne A lA Decouverte del'Art Australien, Arts Actual, 2000
John Peter Brakewood Review, Art Actual, 1998
Neville Western Review, West Australian, June 2002
Michael Eather Lines II, Catalogue essay, 2002
Carol Marando Amateurs Dominate Drawing Prize, Review Faber Castell Prize, Eastern Herald, 1/9/88
Elwyn Lynn Review of Faber Castell Prize, Weekend Australian, 3/9/88
Ronald Millar Review of solo exhibition at Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Herald, 5/7/89
Australian Elle Young at Art, May 1990
Sandra Murray Over East, Catalogue, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth 1991
Betsy Brennan Vogue Living, April 1992
Judy Annear Moet & Chandon Touring Catalogue, 1993
Felicity Fenner Looking for Life Support, Sydney Morning Herald, July 1994
Felicity Fenner Review of Moet & Chandon, Sydney Morning Herald Sept 1993
Davina Jackson Future City, Art & Architecture, Exhibition Catalogue 1992
Bruce James Review of Australian Perspecta, The Australian 9 Oct 1993
John Kavanagh Youthful Vigour in Perspecta, Business Review Weekly 22/10/93
Natalie King Australian Perspecta '93, Exhibition Catalogue, AGNSW
Victoria Lynn Australian Perspecta 93, Exhibition Catalogue, AGNSW
Ewen McDonald Contemporary Aust'n Painting: Works from Allen, Allen & Hemsley Collection, 1993
Paul McGillick An Elegant Perspecta, Australian Financial Review, 22 Oct 1993
John Neylon The Discreet Charm of the Moet Award, Art & Australia, Vol1, No31 Spring 1993
Nicholas Baume Room 32, Art & Text 1995
Rita Carlos Replacing Australian Painting, Planet Magazine, Jan95
Elwyn Lynn Review of Moet & Chandon Prize, The Australian, 24/2/95
John McDonald Review of Moet & Chandon Prize, SMH, 15 Feb 1995
Paul McGillick Review of Moet & Chandon Prize, Financial Review, 26 Feb 1995
Harford, Sonia Matthew Johnson, The Age, 25 April 1995
John McDonald Review of "One of Many" S.M.H., May 1996
Bernard McAll Catalogue essay for Christine Abrahams Gallery 1995
Sabastian Smee Review of exhibition at Olsen Carr, S.M.H. 1999
Simeon Kronenberg Catalogue essay, Christine Abrahams Gallery, March 2001
Andrew Frost Review of exhibition at Christine Abrahams Gallery, Australian Art Collector, March 2001
Terry Ingram Christies Contemporary Auction, Financial Review May 5 2001