Matthew considers ‘not-making’ as a post-conceptual practice that explores immateriality through an understanding of a post-Marxist aesthetics and the commercialisation of ‘non-productive labour’. The research invokes critical ideologies as a deconstruction of art and the everyday, presented through installation, performance and text.
Matthew has participated in These Economies, a performance with Bus Projects for Sydney Contemporary in 2015, Stonevilla Wearable Art Prize in 2017 & 2019, and most recently for 'Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2019).
Publications:
Flash Art Magazine, 2019
https://flash---art.com/2019/04/non-conventional-modes-of-curating-1/
Exhibitions and Projects:
Our Neon Foe, solo show: “Alpha hotel foxtrot oscar romeo foxtrot uniform charlie kilo sierra alpha kilo echo.”, 2019
Emerson, Art Month Sydney, 2019
Annual Stonevilla Fundraiser, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, 2018
Electrofringe, 107 Projects, 2018
Felt Space, solo show: “The state of being natural”, 2017
Sydney College of the Arts, Honours Graduate Degree Show, 2017
Sydney College of the Arts, Undergraduate Degree Show, 2016
Interlude Gallery, Ideally Yes, 2016
Shepherd Street, Tiles Exhibition, 2015
Articulate Project Space, Fklty of Chaos, 2015
Mint Artist Studios, Four x Four, 2015
Funding:
Zelda Stedman Young Student Scholarship, 2017
Arts SA, Contemporary Music Artist Development Grant, 2011
Helpmann Academy, Regular Grant, 2009
Qualifications:
Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy, 2019
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), Sydney College of the Arts, 2017
Diploma Graphic Design, CATC Design School, 2015
Live Theatre and Events, Technical Production (Cert IV), Adelaide College of the Arts, 2011
Volunteer:
Performance Space, Liveworks, 2018-19
Sydney Contemporary and Trailblazers, 2015
