A Fine Romance - Gippsland Regional Gallery

 
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I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of this new museum exhibition. Quality conceptual realism has been something of a phenomenon in Australia, remarkable for a number of reasons: firstly the quality of the paintings by all the artists have been extraordinary, and the fact that thought-provoking painting has re-emerged again after years of being “unfashionable” with curators.

While recognised by the commercial galleries, this is the first museum show what moves towards recognising this phenomenon. A Fine Romance' is an exhibition about beauty and deceit. Featuring hyper-real paintings and sculptures by a range of contemporary artists, it is as seductive as it is awe-inspiring.

Drawing on the Gallery’s collection, together with dazzling artworks sourced from behind the closed doors of private collectors, A Fine Romance is an experience not to be missed!

The line-up represents a who’s-who of Australian realism, including Natasha Bieniek, Robin Eley, Louise Feneley, Juan Ford, Sam Jinks, Sam Leach, Matt Martin, Shannon Smiley, Heidi Yardley, and Michael Zavros.

Exhibition is on st the Gippsland Art Gallery, 70 Foster Street, Sale 2850
And it opens 8 December 2018 and ends 17 February 2019

 

Fisher's Ghost Art Prize

 
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The painting The Rules Of Engagement has been selected as a finalist for Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize.

Past winners include some of Australia’s most respected Contemporary artists including Elisabeth Cummings, Khaled Sabsabi, Justene Williams, David Bromley, Marion Borgelt, Raquel Ormella and Philip Wolfhagen.

Its on at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, 1 Art Gallery Rd, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
And is showing daily Saturday 3 November – Thursday 13 December 2018

 

EMSLA

 
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The painting The Bare Necessities has been selected as a finalist for this year’s Eutick memorial Still Life Award.
EMSLA celebrates excellence in still life painting and welcomes the influences of impressionism, abstraction, realism and hyperrealism (indeed all the isms) in all their permutations

Exhibition is on at Project Contemporary Art Space, 255 Keira St, Wollongong NSW 2500 and runs from Friday 9th November to December 1st 2018 at

 

Mosman Art Prize

 
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The painting Utmost Respect has been selected as a finalist for this year’s Mosman Art Prize.
It will be on display at the Mosman Art gallery From the 26 September to 18 November.

 

The Kennedy Art Prize

 
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The painting Acceptance and Hope has been selected by the jurors as a finalist submitted work has been selected as a finalist for the 2018 Kennedy Prize.

The exhibition is at the Royal South Australian Society of Arts
Level One, corner North Terrace & Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA
and it runs from Friday, 7 September to Saturday, 23 September

 

Stanthorpe Art Prize

 
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Happy to announce my painting Performance Review is a finalist in this year's Stanthorpe Art Prize. 

Here's a little about the picture:
When you strip away the pomp and palaces, being a King is just a job. A kind of CEO if you like. Albeit one awarded at conception. And like all jobs, periodically a performance reviews is required. (different however, is that historically many of these involved violence, revolution, severed heads).

Louis XIV had this job. And he made some questionable business decisions. Like moving the entire Court from the Louvre to Versailles, thereby severing any semblance of connection to the actual people of France. Reckless and indulgent to the end, his successors bore the responsibilty of mopping up his mess.

Maybe it was because he got the job by birth rather than talent, but needless to say it didn’t go well. And when the time came for his performance review, the report concluded with his beheading.

They didn’t really go for the whole three warnings shtick back then.

 

Vincent Art Prize

 
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Thrilled to have one of my most important paintings, Utmost Respect, selected for the inaugural Vincent Art Prize alongside fellow Nanda/Hobbs artists James Drinkwater and Paul Ryan. 

Run by Artvango and judged by painter Alan Jones, the prize opened earlier this evening at duckrabbit, 138 Little Eveleigh Street, Chippendale Sydney. 

Image: Matthew Quick \ Utmost Respect \ 2016 \ Oil on Italian linen \ 120x100cm

 

Shifting Space Exhibition

 
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One of my all time favourite paintings is showing as part of 222 Rosslyn – a new creative space launching in West Melbourne. 

Opening tonight from 6, the inaugural exhibition “Shifting Space” is a multidisciplinary show curated by Kane Alexander. 

Exhibiting artists and creators:
Kane Alexander, Tom Adair, @joseph_flynnski, @jeremyblincoe , Amie Anderson, Brendan Coghlan, Jan Berg, Toby Pola, @kimkimkimxx , Isabelle de Kleine, Sarah Berners, Tré Koch, and XXFLOS. 

Join us this evening with celebratory drinks kindly supported by Leconfield Wines and Four Pillars Gin with a one of a kind DJ set by Shanti Lane!