matthew clarke
Social Media Handle:
https://www.instagram.com/matthewclarke86_art/
Education:
2005-2011 Diploma of Visual Arts, Craft and Design, South West TAFE, VIC
Curated Artists Registries:
White Columns ~ New York ~ 2022 - 2026
https://www.floorrmagazine.com/directory#!biz/id/698db3d2e70bd919e20baf75 UK,2026
SOLO EXHIBITIONS; Selected for over 31 Solo exhibitions. Some of the highlights Include
2025 Looking Through My Window, Mossenson Galleries, Perth, WA
2024 Lost Together, Mossenson Galleries, Perth, WA
2023 Birds of Paradise, Mossenson Galleries, Perth, WA
2023 Wallabies Sculpture exhibition, Presented 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
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
Special Projects/Art Exchanges Programs
2025 Tiny Art Exchange & Zine ,Creative Guts Podcast, Currier Museum of Art, New Hampshire, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS Selected for over 165 group exhibitions. Some of the highlights include
2026 Finalist National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
2026 Finalist The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
2026 Punchlines, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Vic
2025 Postcards From the edge, Outsiders and Others, Vancouver, Canada
2025 Finalist The Castlemaine Experimental Print Prize, Castlemaine Museum, Vic
2025 Finalist 47th Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
2025 Firstdraft Auction, Firstdraft, Sydney, NSW
2025 Big Names Small Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, USA
2025 Finalist The Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
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,
2024 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries Booth, NSW
2024 Firstdraft Auction, Firstdraft, Sydney, NSW
2024 Finalist National Works on Paper, Mornington PeninsulaRegional 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 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)
2022 City Moreland Activation and Placement, Schoolhouse Studios, Coburg, Vic
2021 Finalist Hazlehurst Art on Paper Award, Hazlehurst Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW
2021 Finalist Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, Vic
2021 Finalist The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
2021 Semi-Finalist Global Eye Award, Online , UK
2021 Portraits of Resilience, Online Exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
2021 Me and UooUoo: The RCH150 Anniversary Art Trail, Melbourne, Vic
2020 Semi-Finalist Global Eye Award, Online, UK
2020 Finalist The Hero’s Journey Art Prize, aMbUSH Gallery, ACT
2020 Finalist Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic
2019 Finalist Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne, 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 Beyond Reason, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD
2018 Art Naif Festiwal, Wilson Shaft Gallery, Katowice, Poland
2018 Finalist Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, NT
2017 Finalist: Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize, Montsalvat, Vic
2017 Finalist Emerging Artist Award ,fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Vic
2017 ArtExpo, New York City, USA
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries booth, NSW
2016 Finalist Emerging Artist Award ,fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Vic '
2015 Paris Outsider Art Fair, Coo-ee Art Gallery booth, France
2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries booth, NSW
2015 Finalist Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW
2014 ART-Town – Chapel Street Precinct Art Project & Exhibition, Chapel of Chapel Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2013 Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
Trams
2019 Adelaide Fringe Festival Festival 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
2020 Winner Weekly Favourites in #SaatchiTakeover, 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 Hosptial
St John of God Hospital
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Warrnambool Art Gallery
Rochester Secondary College
Text & Documentaries/Media
2025 (October-December) Art Collector Magazine, On the Road Matthew Clarke is driven by a passion to bring joy to people everywhere and anywhere. Michael Bianco writes.
2025 Print It !,Book, Aire Place Studio & Gallery Leeds, Uk
2024 Print It !,Book, Aire Place Studio & Gallery Leeds, Uk
2023 (June 3rd) The Sunday Age
https://www.theage.com.au/culture/art-and-design/where-the-wild-things-are-spot-the-wallabies-along-birrarung-marr-20230602-p5ddd4.html
2023 ( July 6th) Matthew Clarke talks about his Wynne and Sulman works with Maria Stoljar, Talking with painter
2023 (June 4th Creative Profile Matthew Clarke, Creative Victoria
2023 (May/June issue #40) NGV Magazine, National Gallery of Victoria
2023 Melbourne Now Exhibition Catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria
2022 (10th of May) The Best Art Shows to See This May, Monster Children
2022 (5th of Aug ) Q&A with 2019 Fringe Poster Comp Winner, Matthew Clarke, Adelaide Fringe
2021 Archibald Prize Catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2021 (13th of July) Fringe Poster Design Winner to National Arts Prize Finalist, Adelaide Fringe
2021 (4th of June) Artist’s pick: two-time Archibald winner Del Kathryn Barton, Sydney Morning Herald
2021 Outside – Outsider Art Magazine issue 5 , California, USA
2021 Outside – Outsider Art Magazine issue 6 , California, USA
2019 Adelaide Fringe Festival 2019: The best free events not to miss, Nine Travel, channel 9
2019 (5th of Jan) Front Page of Adelaide Advertiser, Adelaide Fringe
2019 (Feb) Matthew Clarke paints his way into the Adelaide Fringe Limelight Magazine
(2018 September 6), Adelaide Advertiser
www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/poster-artist-matthew-clarke-brings-disability-in-from-the-fringe-with-his-winning-design-for-2019/news-story/db676968acb2f2fb40ed363b545fc8db
2018(6th Sep) Matthew Clarke recreates his 2019 Adelaide Fringe poster design as a mural, Geelong Advertiser. 2018 (6th Sep)Matthew Clarke recreates his 2019 Adelaide Fringe poster design as a mural, NT News
2018 (6th Sep) Matthew Clarke recreates his 2019 Adelaide Fringe poster design as a mural, Herald Sun
2018 (Sep) Australia Arts Review: on the couch with Matthew Clarke,
2018 (Sep) Five AA Radio Adelaide)
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
Matthews exhibitions
Matthew loves to exhibit his work and hopes it brings more happiness and connection with others.
Upcoming events
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2025 Finalist The Castlemaine Experimental Print Prize,
8 November 2025—1 March 2026
Castlemaine Art Museum
Celebrating innovation in Victorian printmaking