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Matthew Allen (Auckland, New Zealand, 1981)
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia
Education
2006 Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney, AU
2004 Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, AU
2003 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, AU
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Black Sea, Fox/Jensen/McCrory, Auckland, NZ
2018 I used to be darker, then I got lighter, CINNNAMON, Rotterdam, NL
2017 As a Surface Becomes a Space, Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore, SG
2016 Colour Acting, STACKS projects, Sydney, AU
2016 Spectral Variations, PS project space, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Continue/Repeat?, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, AU
2014 Drifts, Witte Arena, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Where you go I go too, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, AU
2012 Meetings Along the Edge, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, AU
2011 Field Paintings, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, AU
2011 Four Paintings, TIGHT Space, Sydney, AU
2008 Five Paintings, Factory49, Sydney, AU
2007 Matthew Allen, Factory49, Sydney, AU
2003 Matthew Allen, Project Room MOP, Sydney, AU
Group Exhibitions
2019 PS20, PS project space, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Scenarios of Desire II, Emergent, Veurne, BE
2019 Evenfall, Fox/Jensen/McCrory, Auckland, NZ
2019 KLAAR #2, De Vishal, Haarlem, NL
2018 Portrait Without A Face, Fox/Jensen, Sydney, AU
2018 Mirror Drawing, Neon Heater, Ohio, US
2018 Uit Zicht, CBK Emmen, Emmen, NL
2018 Field Work, Alaska, Sydney, AU
2018 CARBON, Fox/Jensen/McCrory, Auckland, NZ
2017 Lo sguardo di Narciso, 2017 The Flat, Milan, IT
2017 Summer Show, The Flat, Milan, IT
2016 The Future Will Be Different, Mini Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Amsterdam Drawing, NDSM-Werf, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Group Show, PS project space, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Residency Exhibition, Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, LV
2014 De Colori..., William Wright Artist Projects, Sydney, AU
2013 Wilson Visual Art Award, Sydney, AU
2012 Painting as Presence, MOP Gallery, Sydney, AU
2012 Contemporary Visions III, Beer Lambert Contemporary, London, UK
2012 Ruminations on the End, SNO Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney, AU
2012 SSFA12, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, AU
2011 SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, AU
2011 A damn good painting show!, General Store for Contemporary Art, Sydney, AU
2011 Welcome Back, TIGHT Space, Sydney, AU
2011 Origins, William Wright Artist Projects, Sydney, AU
2010 Beyond the Field, Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney, AU
2007 James Dorahy 1 Year Anniversary Show, James Dorahy Project Space,
Sydney, AU
2006 MVA Mid Year Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, AU
2004 Honours Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, AU
2003 MOP LOG, MOP Gallery, Sydney, AU
2003 What the World Needs Now II, Phatspace, Sydney, AU
2003 MOP Opening Show, MOP Gallery, Sydney, AU
Awards and residencies
2015 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, finalist
2014 Mark Rothko Centre, LV
2014 Nieuw en Meer, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Wilson Visual Art Award, Sydney, AU, finalist
2013 Kogarah Art Prize, Kogarah City Council, Sydney, AU, finalist
2012 The Moya Dyring Studio, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Cité International des Arts, Paris, FR
2011 Sydney Non Objective, Sydney, AU
2008 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, AU, finalist
2004-2006 Australian Post Graduate Award, Australian Government, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, AU
Collections
Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, LV
Artbank, AU
Sir James Wallace Collection, NZ
Steensen Varming Collection, Sydney, AU
Ipswich Art Gallery Collection, Queensland, AU
Private collections throughout America, AU and EU
Bibliography
Art Radar Journal, June 2017
Art is...Vol 1, SCANDALE project, 2017
Floorr Magazine, Interview, 2016
Walton, Natalie. 'Matthew Allen', Daily Imprint, 20 August 2015
Sharne Wolff, 'Where you go I go too', Art Life, http://theartlife.com.au/2013/where-you-go-i-go-too/
Vogue Living, Art & Events, January/February 2013, p.66
Joel, Shareen, ‘Meetings Along The Edge’, Share Design, www.sharedesign.com, December 10 2012
Shift Magazine, ‘Contemporary Visions’, Japan, September 2012
The White Review, No.3, October 2011, edition of 1000
Newman, Cassie. ‘Artist Interview: Matthew Allen’, Australian Art Collector,
www.artcollector.net.au/artistinterviematthewallen, 5 September 2011