The Time of Cruel Wonder Was Not Yet Over, 2021
Oil
on Italian linen
120 x 100 cm
AUD $12,500
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Matthew Quick
Matthew’s always painted but managed to distract himself with a few alternative careers – he’s worked variously as a university lecturer, copywriter, art-director, photographer & writer. His first novel was short-listed for the Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award. A cancer epiphany in his 30’s prompted his return to painting.
In the last few years he has either won, or been selected as a finalist in, more than 70 major national art awards, including the Sulman Prize, the Arthur Guy, the Doug Moran, the Mosman, the Shirley Hannan, the Glover, the Paddington, the Albany, the Blake Prize Director’s Cut, the Black Swan, the Townsville, the Duke and the John Leslie. He’s had 14 solo and more than 70 group shows. Matthew was featured in BRW as one of Australia’s top 50 artists.
Matthew has resided in the UK, Portugal & Malaysia and once camped out for several months underneath a grand piano. He has spent nights under stars in India, under ground in Bolivia, under surveillance in Burma and under nourished in London. His scariest moment was having machine-gun shoved in his face during Nepalese anti-monarchy riots, although crashing a para-glider into a forest was also something of a highlight.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2019
This Used To be The Future, Nanda Hobbs Contemporary, Chippendale, Sydney NSW
The Rules of Engagement, The Barn Contemporary Art Space, Shenzhen, China
2017
Bling, Nanda Hobbs Contemporary, Chippendale, Sydney NSW
2016
Those Early Days Of Hope, Metro Gallery, High Street, Armadale, Melbourne Vic
2015
Based On Actual Events, Nanda Hobbs Contemporary, King Street, Sydney NSW
2014
Monumental Nobodies, Art Equity, King Street, Sydney NSW
2013
Accidental Empires,Hill Smith Gallery, Pirie Street, Adelaide SA
2012
Pure Freedom, Art Equity, Barrack Street, Sydney NSW
2012
Pure Hope, The Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Melbourne Vic 2011
IntroducedSpecies,ArtIndex,KentStreet,SydneyNSW
2010
Pure Obsession, Art Index, Kent Street, Sydney NSW
2009
Art Sydney, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW
The Studio @ Art Melbourne, Exhibition Building, Melbourne Vic
2008
PureEscapism, Delshan Gallery,High Street, Armadale Vic
2008
Pure Truth, Frankston Arts Centre, Davey Street, Frankston Vic
2007
Lost Souls, Delshan Gallery,HighStreet,Armadale Vic
2006
Side EffectsI nclude, Jiotto Gallery, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy Vic
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Fantastical Beasts, Cory Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Storytellers, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
Antipodes, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2019
A Fine Romance, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale Vic
Summer Show, Nanda/Hobbs, Chippendale, Sydney NSW
EMSL Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour 2018
A Fine Romance, Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Sale, Vic
Summer Collection, Metro Gallery, High Street, Armadale, Melbourne Vic
Flow, Beinart Gallery, Sparta Place, Brunswick, Vic
EMSL Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour and touring throughout NSW
Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney NSW
Sydney Contemporary, Carrigeworks, Sydney NSW
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman NSW Kennedy Art Prize, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, SA
Stanthorpe Art Prize, Weeroona Park, Stanthorpe Qld Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, Hilton South Wharf, Vic
Focal Point, Hill Smith Gallery, Pirie Street, Adelaide SA Vincent Art Prize, Duckrabbit, Sydney NSW Shifting Space, 222 Roslyn, Melbourne
Making Marks, Memphis Gardens, Melbourne Vic
2017
Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney NSW
Calleen Art Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra NSW Nillumbik Art Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham, Vic Bluethumb Art Prize, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne Vic
North Sydney Art Prize, The Coal Loader Centre, Waverton NSW 2016 Summer Group Show, Metro Gallery, High Street, Armadale, Melbourne Vic
Virtual Connections GPO Martin Place, Sydney NSW Menagerie Group Exhibition, Hill Smith Gallery, Pirie Street, Adelaide SA
City of Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA Equus, Olsen Irwin Gallery, 63 Jersey Road, Woollahra NSW Inaugural Group Exhibition, beinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Vic Stanthorpe Art Prize, Weeroona Park, Stanthorpe Qld
2015
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman NSW
Kilgour Prize; Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour & touring throughout NSW
The Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Arts Centre, Whyalla, SA Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld Calleen Art Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra NSW Nillumbik Art Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham, Vic
2014
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Art Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Cambelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Kilgour Prize; Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour & touring throughout NSW
Kennedy Art Prize, Stomping Ground Studios, Stepney, SA City of Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville Qld
Calleen Art Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra NSW
2013
Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise Qld
Gallery Artists, Art Equity, Barrack Street, Sydney NSW Artists Salon, Hill Smith Gallery, Pirie Street, Adelaide SA Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Cambelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Doug Moran National Portrait Award, Juniper Hall, Paddington NSW
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour & touring throughout NSW
The Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Perth Town Hall, Perth WA
Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
Nillumbik Art Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham, Vic Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, Hilton South Wharf, Melb Vic
2012
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Art Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Qld Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Cambelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Mortimore Art Prize, Sydney, Canberra & regional NSW Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman NSW
Glover Prize, Falls Park Hall, Evendale, Tasmania Calleen Art Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra NSW
Surburbia, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee Victoria The Salon, The Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Melbourne Vic Percival Portrait Award, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville Qld Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, Hilton South Wharf, Vic
The Outback Art Prize, Outback Regional Gallery, Winton Qld
2011
Duke Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise Qld Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
The Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Arts Centre, Whyalla, SA Best of the Salon des Refusés, Media House Gallery, Vic
Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, Hilton South Wharf, Vic
2010
Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Qld Mortimore Art Prize, Sydney, Canberra & regional NSW Paddington Art Prize, Menzies Art Brands Gallery, Kensington NSW
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
The Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Perth Town Hall, Perth WA
Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, Hilton South Wharf, Vic
Best of the Salon des Refusés, Media House Gallery, Vic
City of Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA
2009
The Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, SA
The Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Perth Town Hall, Perth WA Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, SMART ArtZ Gallery, Melb Vic Mortimore Art Prize, Sydney, Canberra & regional NSW Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW Churchie National Art Award, Morris Hall, Brisbane Qld Prometheus Art Award, All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac Qld
2008
Townsville Open Art Award, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville Qld Norvill Art Prize, RSL Gallery, Murrurundi NSW John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale Vic Mortimore Art Prize, Sydney, Canberra & regional NSW Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman NSW Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, SH Erwin Gallery, Sydney NSW Stanthorpe Art Prize, Weeroona Park, Stanthorpe Qld 35th Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
2007
Duke Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre, Surfers Paradise Qld Mortimore Art Prize, Sydney, Canberra & regional NSW Sydney Art Fair, Sydney NSW Macarthur Cook Art Award, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne Vic Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, Crown Towers Vic Art Melbourne, The Exhibition Building, Melbourne Vic 2x22, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick Vic
2006
ANL Maritime Art Prize, Seafarers Mission, Melbourne Vic Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, Crown Towers Vic
1992
Roar II, Fitzroy Vic
1989
Art Gallery of South Australian Touring Exhibition
1988
Illustration Now, Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Awards and Prizes
2019
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Finalist
2018
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Finalist
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Finalist
Mosman Art Prize, Finalist
Kennedy Art Prize, Finalist
Stanthorpe Art Prize, Finalist
Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés (Vic)
Vincent Art Prize, Finalist
2017
Manning Art Prize, Finalist The Savvy Painter, Finalist Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Finalist Calleen Art Prize; Finalist Nillumbik Art Prize; Finalist North Sydney Art Prize; Finalist
North Sydney Art Prize; Finalist
2016
City of Albany Art Prize; Finalist
Fisher's Ghost Open Art Prize, Finalist
Bluethumb Art prize, Finalist
Stanthorpe Art Prize; Finalist
2015
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize;Finalist
Mosman Art Prize; Finalist
Kilgour Prize; Finalist
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award; Finalist Whyalla Art Prize; Finalist
Sunshine Coast Art Prize; Finalist Calleen Art Prize; Finalist
Nillumbuk Art Prize; Finalist
2014
The Sulman Prize;Finalist
Kilgour Prize; Finalist
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award; Finalist
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize; Finalist
Kennedy Art Prize; Finalist
City of Albany Art Prize; Finalist & Commended
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize; Finalist
Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize; Finalist
Calleen Art Prize; Finalist & Highly Commended
2013
Doug Moran National Portrait Award;Semi-finalist
Gold Coast Art Prize; Finalist
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize; Finalist
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award; Winner, Sponsor’s Prize
Outback Art Prize; Finalist
Black Swan Prize for Portraiture Salon des Refusés; Finalist
Nillumbuk Art Prize; Finalist
Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés (Vic)
2012
The Sulman Prize;Finalist
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize; Finalist Redland Art Award; Finalist
Mortimore Art Prize; Finalist
Mosman Art Prize; Finalist
The Glover Prize; Finalist
Calleen Art Prize; Finalist & Highly Commended
Wilson Visual Arts Award; Finalist
Gainsborough Greens Art Awards; Finalist
Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés (Vic) Percival Portrait Award; Finalist
Outback Art Prize; Winner, Celebrity Prize,
2011
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award;Winner,People’s Choice
Duke Art Prize; Finalist
Whyalla Art Prize; Finalist
Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés (Vic)
2010
Redland Art Award;Finalist
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award; Finalist
Paddington Art Prize; Finalist
The Norvill Art Prize; Finalist
Mortimore Art Prize; Finalist
The Blake Prize Director’s Cut
Black Swan Prize for Portraiture; Finalist
City of Albany Art Prize; Finalist
Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés (Vic)
2009
The Whyalla Art Prize;Finalist
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award; Finalist
The Blake Prize Director’s Cut
Mortimore Art Prize; Finalist
Black Swan Prize for Portraiture; Finalist Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés (Vic)
Churchie National Emerging Art Award; Finalist
Prometheus Visual Art Award; Finalist
2008
Townsville Open Art Award;Winner
Mortimore Art Prize; Finalist
The Norvill Art Prize; Finalist
The John Leslie Art Prize; Finalist
Mosman Art Prize; Finalist Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés Stanthorpe Art Prize; Finalist
The 35th Alice Prize; Finalist
2007
DukeArtPrize;Finalist Mortimore Art Prize; Finalist Macarthur Cook Art Award; Winner, People’s Choice Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés (Vic)
2006
Archibald Prize Salondes Refusés(Vic)
ANL Maritime Art Prize; Finalist
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