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 Sir John Sulman prize
Exhibition dates: 10 May – 17 August
At Art Gallery Of New South Wales 2025 Entries: 732 (30 selected)
At Art Gallery Of New South Wales
Entries for the Sulman Prize reach a record high
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2025 Finalist 47th year, the Walyalup | Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award
Exhibition Dates Saturday 16th Aug 2025 — Sunday 21th Sep 2025
The 47th Walyalup I Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award returns in 2025 – Australia’s premier acquisitive exhibition of work using any printing process. The Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award is Australia’s most prestigious, longest running print prize.
The award and exhibition, which has been running for more than 40 years, boasts a national judging panel and $30,000 in prize money.
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 160 group exhibitions. Some of the highlights include
2025 Postcards From the edge, Outsiders and Others, Vancouver, Canada
2025 9x5 Exhibition Fundraiser, Cannery Arts Centre Esperance, WA
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,ACT
2024 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries Booth, NSW
2024 Firstdraft Auction, Firstdraft, Sydney, 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 30,Mossenson Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
2024 Print It !, Aire Place Studios & Gallery, Leeds, UK
2023 More, More, More: Works from the Artbank Collection, Artbank, Melbourne, Vic
2023 Hope and Light, Council House Foyer Gallery, City of Perth, WA
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 Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
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 The Two of Us, Matthew & Andrew Clarke, Mossenson Galleries, Perth WA
2022 Finalist National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic (Acquired
2022 The Story So Far Part 2, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Vic
2022 Move it Move it, Metro Tunnel Creative Program, Franklin St, Melbourne, Vic
2022 Mentors & Makers, Butter factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, QLD
2022 City Moreland Activation and Placement, Schoolhouse Studios, Coburg, Vic
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 Home/Work, Metro Tunnels Creative Program, Franklin St Melbourne, Vic
2021 PRE, NEW, NOW, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Vic
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
2020 Finalist Swan Hill Drawing Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Vic
2019 Finalist Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne, Vic
2019 Splendacious’ Curated by Rona Green, Neospace, Collingwood, Vic
2019 Finalist Tatiara Art Prize, Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, SA
2019 The Saatchi Screen, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
2019 The Saatchi Screen, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
2019 Inland to Outland, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Vic
2019 Finalist Dobell Drawing Prize, National Art School Sydney, NSW
2019 The Saatchi Screen, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
2019 HWD, Mossenson Galleries, Perth, WA
2019 Finalist Pro Heart Outback Prize, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
2018 Finalist Pro Heart Outback Prize, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
2018 Beyond Reason, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD
2018 Finalist Collie Art Prize, Collie Art Gallery, Western Australia
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: Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Arts Centre QLD
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
2016 Finalist The Korean-Australia Arts Foundation Prize, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney, NSW
2016 Finalist Moreton Bay Art Award, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery, QLD
2016 Finalist Scope Galleries Art Award, Art Concerning Environment ,Warrnambool, Vic '
2016 M Mixer - Matthew Clarke & Martin Edge, Mossenson Galleries, Perth, WA
2015 Outsider Art Fair, Coo-ee Art Gallery booth Paris, France
2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Mossenson Galleries booth, NSW
2015 Finalist Banyule Award for works on paper, Hatch Contemporary Arts space ,Ivanhoe, Vic
2015 invited Artist, Cossack Art Awards, Western Australia
2015 Finalist Flangan Art Prize, St Patrick's College, Ballarat
2015 Finalist Moreton Bay Art Award, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery, QLD
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
2014 Finalist Moreton Bay Art Award, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery, QLD
2014 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2013 Finalist Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
2012 Eclectic Imagining from Warrnambool: Quarry Art Studio; 69 Smith Street Gallery, Vic
2012 Finalist Belle Arti Prize, Chapman Baily Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Finalist For We are Young and Free, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2012 Finalist Belle Arti Prize, Chapman Baily Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Finalist For We are Young and Free, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2011 Quarry Art Studio does Warrnambool; Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic
2010 Quarry Art Studio Exhibition, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic
2010 End of Year South West TAFE Student Exhibition, Sherwood Park, Vic
2010 Finalist Karival, Geelong, Vic
2010 Finalist Connected, Melbourne Arts Centre, Melbourne, Vic
2009 End of Year South West TAFE Exhibition ,Sherwood Park, Vic
2008 End of Year Exhibition, Quarry Studio, Vic
2008 End of Year South West TAFE Student Exhibition ,Sherwood Park, Vic
2009 Finalist Connected , Melbourne Arts Centre, Vic
2008 Finalist Connected , Melbourne Arts Centre, Vic
2008 Grand opening of Vetro Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Vic
2008 Finalist Karival Geelong, Vic
2007 End of Year South West TAFE Student Exhibition, Sherwood Park, Vic
2007 Grand Opening Art Options, Warrnambool, Vic
2007 Finalist Karival, Geelong, Vic
2007 Grand Opening of Quarry Art Studio, Warrnambool, Vic
2006 South West TAFE End of Year Student Exhibition, Fletcher Jones, Warrnambool, Vic
2005 First Year End of year Exhibition South West TAFE Student Exhibition, Fletcher Jones, Vic
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
2025 Tiny Art Exchange & Zine, Currier Museum of Art, & Creative Guts Podcast, New Hampshire, United States of America
2025 Print It !,Book, Aire place Studio & Gallery Leeds, Uk
2024 Print It !,Book, Aire place Studio & Gallery Leeds, Uk
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