Finalist in the Calleen Art Prize

The work Status Update has been selected from the hundreds of entries a finalist in the 20150 Calleen Art Award. The 2015 Awards judge is Dr Andrew Frost, art critic, writer and broadcaster. The winning work will join the Calleen Collection at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery. 

he exhibition is on at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery, 77 Darling Sreet, Cowra, NSW from 03 May - 14 Jun 2015. 

This is national painting prize was  established in 1977 by Mrs Patricia Fagan OAM and since its early beginnings the award has developed into a significant art prize worth $19,000 in 2015. 

Magazine Cover

The painting Pure Rationalism has been featured on the front cover of US magazine Nonprofit Quarterly. As a metaphor for teetering fragility brought about by the imbalance between debt and usustainable consumption - a fact Laurence Kotlikoff, Boston University Professor of Economics, has likened to a six decade Ponzi Scheme - there could be no more appropriate place for this painting to appear. 

Finalist in the Kilgour Art Prize

The annual Kilgour Art Prize for figurative and portrait painting awards $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art, as judged by a selection panel.

The judges are John Cheeseman, Manager Cultural Services/ Gallery Director Mosman Art Gallery; Andrew Frost, Art writer and critic and Sarah Johnson, Curator Newcastle Art Gallery. 

The exhibition is on at Newcastle Art Gallery, 1 Laman Street, Newcastle NSW 2300 from
08 November - 25 January 2015.

Finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art prize

This year marks the 52nd year of the award, with prize money in excess of $40,000.

The major prize is the open award and the winning artist is awarded $20,000, with the work becoming part of the Centre’s permanent collection. 

Entries will be exhibited from 25 October to 14 December at the Cambeltown Arts Centre.

Finalist in the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award

Hosted by the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery and now in its eight year, the prestigious Eutick Memorial Still Life Award is judged by John McDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald art critic. This is the sixth consecutive year Matthew has been selected for this prize.

Opening night and announcement of winner is on Friday 21 November 2014, and the exhibition runs from 22 November 2014 until 10 January 2015.

Finalist in the Sulman Art Prize

Part of the holy trinity of Australian Painting prizes, the Archibald, Wynne & Sulman prizes run concurrently at the Art Gallery of NSW, and then tours NSW and Victoria. 

The Archibald is for portraiture, the Wynne is for landscape and the Sulman Prize is awarded for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project by an Australian artist.

Finalist & Highly Commended, the Albany Art Prize, Western Australia

A national, acquisitive prize for painting, the City of Albany Art Prize is open to living Artists working in Australia, and features a $25,000 major acquisitive prize as well as a range of non-acquisitive awards.

Judged by Ms Susan Jenkins, Senior Curator at the Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia; Ms Clotilde Bullen, Curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Western Australia; and Mr. Ric Spencer, Curator at Fremantle Arts Centre in Western Australia, selected just 15 non Western Auastralian artists (out of a total of 30 finalists).

Shirley Hannan Art Prize & Percival Portrait Prize

This portrait of Hamish Blake has made the finalists of the prestigious Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, in Bega NSW and also the Percival Portrait Painting Prize. To give the award its full name, the Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize is a $40,000 acquisitive prize, and is on at the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, located in one of Townsville's finest heritage buildings, on the corner of Denham and Flinders Streets, in the city centre.

 

Calleen Art Prize

Also made the finalists for The Calleen Art Award. This is an acquisitive national art award for painting in any subject, and was established in 1977 by Patricia Fagan OAM and is made possible by the support of the Calleen Trust.

The winner will be selected by the awards judge and announced at the exhibition opening on Saturday 3 May 2014.

Exhibition dates are Sunday 4 May to Sunday 15 June 2014
Cowra Regional Art Gallery, 77 Darling Street Cowra 2794 NSW
Tue – Sat: 10am – 4pm  Sun: 2pm – 4pm

Solo Exhibition at Art Equity, Sydney starts Thursday 27 Feb 2014

To be opened by the REAL RAKE ( the man on whom the TV character Rake is based) Charles Waterstreet, Australian author, barrister and filmmaker. Opening Thursday 27th February 6-8pm. Exhibition showing until 14 March 2014

Art Equity, Level 1, 66 King Street, Sydney, Tel | +61 2 9262 6660  www.artequity.com.au

Works featured in respected online art magazine Hi Fructose

The Accidental Empires series by painter Matthew Quick investigates the power behind monuments and effectively undermines their seriousness.  Well known monuments from around the world are altered with mundane objects such as cell phone tower antennas or clotheslines.  However, the simple contrast between the commonplace and monumental is jarring.  It undermines the grand stories behind the memorials and questions their purpose.  In his statement, Quick says: “The ebb and flow of Empires can be determined by the monuments they leave. Periods of optimism are punctuated by statues that mythologise the success of the enterprise. Times of tragedy are marked by similarly mythologised affirmations of resilience, bravery and triumph over the odds. In time, these myths come to define the events themselves.”

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performs Introduced Species by Dr Katy Abbott

Join Melbourne-based composer Katy Abbott as she presents her new work – Introduced Species – in a live performance workshop across metropolitan Melbourne. Inspired by the paintings of the same title by Australian artist, Matthew Quick, Katy’s composition explores the impact that human interference can have on music in the same way that Matthew’s art explores the impact that human interference can have on our environment.

Works featured in the online art magazine Juxtapoz

“When the US seized Baghdad, the soldiers celebrated by destroying art. Removing contemporary politics, this destruction illustrates how little has changed psychologically in the 1500 years since the barbarian sack of Rome. With one notable difference. Rome was destroyed by uneducated warriors. In Baghdad, the event was stage-managed for TV.”

Paintings featured in the online art magazine Boooooooom

This is how they describe themselves: Booooooom was launched in 2008 by Vancouver-based artist Jeff Hamada. It is now Canada’s highest traffic art blog, and one of the largest on the Internet. The site has become an authoritative voice in the new contemporary arts scene, highlighting emerging talents, and launching the careers of many young artists internationally.