Mathew Allen (born 1981, Auckland, New Zealand, lives and works Sydney, Australia) has studied at the Sydney College of the Arts. He has held international studio residencies at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris and at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils, Latvia. He has had solo exhibitions at: Fox/Jensen/McCroy, Auckland, New Zealand (solo, 2018); CINNNAMON, Rotterdam (solo, 2017); Sullivan-Strumpg, Singapore(solo, 2016); PS Project space, Amsterdam (solo, 2016).