Matthew Newkirk Artist CV
PhD Fine Art - Queensland College of Art 2023
BA. Fine Art - Queensland College of Art (Honours 1st Class) 2018
Maj. Sculpture
Maj. Printmaking
Collections
HongTi Art Center, South Korea 2023
Institut Seni Surakarta, Indonesia 2023
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Thailand 2023
National Art School, Sydney 2023
16 Albermarle Gallery, Sydney 2023
Centre for Fine Print Research, UK 2019
National Gallery of Australia 2018
National Library of Australia 2018
Artspace Mackay 2018, 2020
Megalo Print Studio, Canberra 2018
State Library of Queensland 2017,2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Griffith University Art Collection 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery 2016
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Art Prizes and Awards
President of the Griffith University Printmakers Club
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University 2017, 2021
Vice-President of the Griffith University Printmakers Club
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University 2020
Libris Art Book Award Finalist
Artspace Mackay 2018, 2020
Iain Turnbull Memorial Award
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University 2018
Griffith Award for Academic Excellence in the Bachelor of Fine Art
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award Finalist
Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia 2017
Brisbane Art Prize Finalist
Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane 2017
Lethbridge 10 000 Small Scale Art Award Finalist
Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane 2017
Recipient of The Bush Family Award for works on Paper
The Rio Tinto 41st Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards – Gladstone Regional Art Gallery 2016
Stencil Art Prize Finalist
aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney 2014, 2015
Australian Stencil Art Prize Finalist
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney 2013
Solo Exhibitions
Sleepless Nights - HongTi Art Center, Busan, South Korea 2023
90 Seconds to Midnight - Pop Gallery, Brisbane 2023
Total Sellout! - Grey Street Gallery, Brisbane 2021
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Selected Group Exhibitions
DISRUPTION - Discourses and Exchange - 16albermarle Project Space, Sydney 2023
SUPERCUT - Project 2 - Outer Space, Brisbane 2022
Melbourne Art Book Fair Showcase - National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2022
Gertrude St Projection Festival - Melbourne 2021
Awagami International Print Exhibition - Inbe Art Space, Tokushima, Japan 2021
DEPART - Onespace Gallery, Brisbane 2020
Status Unknown - Pop Gallery, Brisbane 2019
Pivot - Onespace Gallery, Brisbane 2019
Social Conscience - Articulate Artspace, Sydney 2019
Plate Tone - Print Council of Australia, Melbourne 2018
Libris Art Book Award - Artspace Mackay, Mackay 2018, 2020
Liminal Print - Queensland Academies of Creative Industries 2017
Brisbane Art Prize – Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane 2017
The Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards – Gladstone Regional Art Gallery 2016, 2017, 2021
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award - Fremantle, Western Australia 2017
Salvage - Brisbane City Council Sculpture Exhibition - Judith Wright Centre 2017
Undergrowth – QCA Undergraduate Invitational Exhibition - Webb Gallery, Brisbane 2017
Sculpture 16 – Queenland College of Art, Brisbane 2016
Digital Horizons – The White Box, Brisbane 2016
Dirty Fingers – LoveLove Studio, Brisbane 2015
Pastemodernism3 – Outpost Art Festival, Sydney 2011
Pastemoderism2 – LO-FI Collective, Sydney 2010
Ecology – Lotte Gallery, GwangJu, South Korea 2009
New Eyes Open – aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney 2009
Trailblazers – Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney 2009
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Speaking Engagements
HongTi Art Center - Resident Artist Conceptual/Theoretical Presentation - Busan, South Korea 2023
HongTi Art Center - Sleepless Nights Artist Lecture - Busan, South Korea 2023
IMPACT 12 International Printmaking Conference - Panel Presentation - Printmaking and the Spectacle 2.0 - University of the West of England, Bristol, UK 2022
IMPACT 12 International Printmaking Conference - Panel Presentation - Digital/ Dark side of Printmaking - University of the West of England, Bristol, UK 2022
Cobalt Editions Undercurrent Conversations Lecture - Multiplicity in Print - Griffith University 2022
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Funding
Creative Arts Research Institute (CARI) Travel Grant 2023
Completion Assistance Postgraduate Research Scholarship (CAPRS) 2022
Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship (RTP) 2019
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Commissioned Projects
Dept. Health QLD – Commissioned Mural Project Mentor
Jacaranda Place, Queensland 2020
Lendlease / Sunshine Plaza – Commissioned Mural Project Manager
Sunshine Coast, Queensland 2018
Redland City Council - Community Arts Mural Project
Cleveland, Queensland 2017
Redland City Council - Community Arts Mural Project
Wellington Point, Queensland 2016
Rural Health Tasmania - Community Arts Mural Project
Smithton, Tasmania 2016
Big hART – Community Arts Mural Project
Roebourne, Western Australia 2015
Walls and Colours – Brisbane City Council Mural Project
Wynnum, Northgate, Inala. Brisbane 2013
Conrad Jupiter’s Casino – Commissioned Mural
Gold Coast 2007
Conrad Treasury Casino – Commissioned Mural
Brisbane 2007
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