Solo Exhibition: Confetti In A Storm

Confetti In A Storm is my first solo Melbourne show in five years. Featuring 19 new paintings, this is significant as it will the final Australian exhibition of the 3 major painting series that have dominated my work for the past 15 years; the Pure series; the Monumental Nobodies series, and the Mirror Electric series.
 
Sadly, these themes that have so captivated me for these past few years must inevitably come to a conclusion. I can’t say that I will never revisit these series again if inspiration strikes, but certainly for the time being this will be my last showing. 
 

When: From 16 August to 10 September, 2022
Where: Metro Gallery, 1214 High Street Armadale VIC 3143

It would be great to see you, so I hope you can make it to the show.

Solo Exhibition, Sydney ”This Used To be The Future”

Exhibition at Nanda Hobbs, Sydney
October 17 to November 1

Solo exhibition and book launch "Based on a True Story"

Opening 6pm Thursday November 12 at Nanda/Hobbs Contemporary, 
Level 1, 66 King Street Sydney

Accidental Empires, solo show at Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide

Matthew Quick’s paintings layer meanings to convey insights into contemporary culture. Within
his amalgamation of the landscape, realist and surrealist traditions, Quick creates visual metaphors and contradictions that exude a unique imaginative realm. In ‘Accidental Empires,’ statues commemorating past victories by colonial powers, are refigured as props for the artist’s take on history’s unfolding narrative of power and corruption.

Quick explains; “Accidental Empires was inspired by footage of US soldiers celebrating their taking of Baghdad by destroying some art. Removing contemporary politics and looking from an artistic and historical context, this destruction illustrates how little has changed psychologically in the 1500 years since the sacking of Rome.”