vivonne thwaites
curator
matthew hunt
Death Drive 2009 scraperboard 15 x 41 cm
Coral Sea 2009 scraperboard 15 x 41 cm
matthew hunt
| Born 1967, Fremantle, Western Australia. Lives and works in Perth, Western Australia | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2009 | Sunshine, Cocktails, Chicken Wings & Trampolines, Turner Galleries, Perth, Australia |
| Pure Gut Feeling, Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2008 | Falling From Earth, Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2007 | End of the Earth, Conical Inc, Melbourne, Australia |
| Cause I See the Light Surrounding You So Don’t Be Afraid, Turner Galleries, Perth, Australia | |
| 2006 | Backwater, Holmes à Court Gallery, East Perth, Australia |
| 2004 | Scattered Order, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel, Switzerlan |
| Matthew Hunt & Kate McMillan, Frontstore, Basel, Switzerland | |
| 2001 | Perch, Imperial Slacks Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| Blank, The Verge Gallery, Northbridge, Perth, Australia | |
| Civil Savages, West Space, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2000 | CORE, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia |
| Supply & Demand, The Verge Gallery, Northbridge, Perth, Australia | |
| Hedge, (with Kate McMillan), Rubyayre Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| 1999 | AXIOM, (with Paul Hunt), Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, Australia |
| 1998 | Art For Us, The Verge Gallery, Northbridge, Perth, Australia |
| Grey Matter(s), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia | |
| SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2010 | Melbourne Art Fair, Feature Artist, Turner Galleries stand, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
| PICA Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia | |
| Take Five Screen Project, Northbridge Piazza, Perth International Arts Festival (Acquittal Report with Robert Cook) | |
| White Hot, Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2009 | Making It New: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, Curated by Glenn Barkley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia |
| Persuasion Equation, Curated by Reuben Keehan, Melissa Keys and Peter McKay, Linden Centre for Contemporary | |
| 2008 | Linden 1968, Curated by Hannah Matthews & Ben Riding, Linden Contemporary Arts Centre, Melbourne |
| SILVER –Artrage 25, Curated by Marcus Canning & Andrew Gaynor, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia | |
| PEEP, Curated by John Stringer (& Gary Dufour), Art Gallery of Western Australia | |
| The Bon Scott Project, Curated by Jasmin Stephens, The Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia | |
| Show Me Your World, Curated by Hannah Mathews, Gitte Weise Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
| FONT, Curated by Thelma John, Perth Central TAFE Gallery, Perth, Australia | |
| 2007 | Old Skool – (Never Lose That Feeling), Curated by Hannah Mathews & Robert Cook, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia |
| PEEP, Curated by John Stringer, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, Australia | |
| In Every Dream Home A Heartbreak, Curated by Sophie O’Brien – SCA Galleries, University of Sydney | |
| Apropos, Human Rights in Art, Curated by Romy Sedman, Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, The Bus Gallery, | |
| 2006 | We Know Who We Are, Octopus 6, Curated by Zara Stanhope, Gertrude St Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne |
| and Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria | |
| 2005 | Mix Tape, Curated By Robert Cook & Jenepher Duncan, The Art Gallery of Western Australia |
| Space To Place, Curated by Marco Marcon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (touring Australian venues) | |
| 2004 | Portes Ouvertes, IAAB Studios, Basel, Switzerland |
| Regionale 5, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland | |
| Drift, Curated by Bec Dean, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts Australia | |
| Cordello, Healy, Hunt, Pluta, Curated by Marco Marcon, International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia | |
| 2003 | Time Lapse, Curated by Heather Web, Breadbox Gallery, Northbridge, Perth, Australia |
| FLUX, Uncertain States: new art from Western Australia, Curated by John Barrett-Lennard, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia | |
| 2002/3 | Urban Anxiety, Old ANZ Midland Bank, Perth, WA / Breadbox Gallery, Perth / 1a Space, Hong Kong |
| 2002 | Mnemotech, Curated by Bec Dean, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts; Hotel 6151(Vacancy), The Rhodes Hotel, South Perth |
| Moving Collections, Curated by Roger McDonald, AIT, Tokyo, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand | |
| 2001 | Do It, Curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Sophie O’Brien & Robert Cook, Perth International Arts Festival, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA |
| 1999 | Directors' Choice, Greenhill Galleries, Perth WA, (Alan Dodge); CONTACT - Unstable Fields Of Power, Curtin University of Technology University / Institut Teknologi Bandung Online Artists-Exchange Project, Galeri Soemardja - ITB - Indonesia, John Curtin Gallery. WA |
| Uncensored, The Moores Building, Fremantle | |
| 1998 | The Curtin Collection:1968-98, The John Curtin Gallery, Perth; |
| Old Customs House Exhibition #10, The Moores Building, | |
| 1997 | 21 Years On, Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth |
| 1996 | Punctuation, Curated by John Barrett-Lennard, Erica Underwood Gallery, Curtin University |
| 1995 | Hatched, National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art |
| AWARDS, COMMISSIONS, PROJECTS AND GRANTS | |
| 2009 | Mid-Career Fellowship, ARTSWA |
| 2007 | Art Flight, ARTSWA |
| 2006 | Backwater Monograph Published |
| 2005 | Co Founder of the Acquittal Report ‘zine’ with Dr Robert Cook |
| New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts | |
| Project Grant, ARTSWA | |
| 2004 | Basel Residency, Switzerland, ARTSWA / AFWA |
| Residency Program (Space to Place), International Art Space Kellerberrin, Australia | |
| 3x3 Urban Art Project, Forrest Place, City of Perth | |
| 2001 | Art Flight, ARTSWA |
| 2000 | Art Flight, ARTSWA |
| 1999 | New Work Grant, The Australia Council for the Arts |
| Gunnery Studio Residency, Sydney, ARTSWA / AFWA | |
| 1997 | Project Grant, ARTSWA |
| 1996 | Invitational Print Commission, The John Curtin Gallery, |
| 1995 | First Prize, The Fifth Annual W.A. Printmakers Association Competition |
| 1994 | Joint Winner, Visual Arts Foundation of WA Drawing Prize |
| RECENT SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 2010 | Something Smells Around Here, self published interview, text by Dr Robert Cook, Harry Hummerston, Matthew Hunt, Clare Lewis, Hannah Mathews, Kate McMillan, Kevin Robertson & Mark Stewart |
| Perth International Arts Festival, Visual Arts Guide, Margaret Moore | |
| 2009 | Making It New: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, exhibition catalogue pp55, Claire Lewis, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
| Persuasion Equation, exhibition catalogue, Reuben Keehan, Melissa Keys and Peter McKay Linden centre for Contemporary Arts | |
| 2007 | Peep, exhibition catalogue, John Stringer, Kerry Stokes Collection |
| Old Skool, exhibition catalogue pp26, Hannah Matthews & Robert Cook, PICA | |
| Artlink Volume 27 #4, exhibition review, Paola Anselmi | |
| Artlink Volume 27 #3, article, Hannah Matthews & Robert Cook | |
| Australian Art Collector, Issue 40, April-June 2007, pp 174-175, Undiscovered, Hannah Matthews | |
| 2006 | Backwater, hard cover book, English/German pp187, text by Dr Robert Cook & Matthew Hunt, Sabine Schaschl & John Barrett-Lennard |
| We Know Who We Are, Octopus 6 exhibition catalogue pp24, Zara Stanhope, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces | |
| Art in Australia, Spring 2006, Vol 44 # 1, Review, pp116 Art Nationwide, Gary Dufour | |
| 2005 | Mix Tape exhibition catalogue pp34, Dr Robert Cook & Jenepher Duncan, Art Gallery of Western Australia |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| Art Gallery of Western Australia, Artbank, Curtin University of Technology, Murdoch University, City of Perth, Kerry Stokes Collection | |