Matthew Johnson
Matthew Johnson was born in 1963 in London and now lives and works in Melbourne. From 1982 -84 he completed Higher Art Certificate, National Art School, Sydney.
Johnson's pigmented surfaces demonstrate a delight in the application and layering of paint. His studio is full of precious pigments that recall the work of Japanese nihonga - style painters who are trained in traditional methods of mixing rare pigments. Often made from natural materials such as shell, nihongo-style painters mix pigments that glisten with different textures Johnson uses the iridescent pigment iriodin which is made from sand to imbue the canvases with an effervescent glow.
Solo Exhibitions
2017
'Illume', NKN Gallery, Melbourne
2016
'Selected Works', Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2015
'Spectral Light', NKN Gallery, Melbourne
2014
'Resonance', Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
'Selected Works', Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2013
'The Memory Well', Block Projects, Melbourne
'Firebrand III', In Focus David Paulson and Matthew Johnson, Brisbane
2012
'Coalescence' Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
2011
'Intricacies', Block Projects, Melbourne
2010
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
'Resonance' Fireworks Gallery, Queensland
2009
'New Paintings', Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Block Projects, Melbourne
2008
Fireworks Gallery, Queensland
2007
Greenhill Gallery, Perth
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
George Petelin Gallery, Gold Coast
2006
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2005
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Greenhill Gallery, Perth
Meriton Project Space, Singapore
2004
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Greenhill Gallery, Perth
2003
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2002
Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
Greenhill Gallery, Perth
Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2001
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2000
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
1999
Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1998
Arts D'Australie, Paris, France
Moments in Civilisation, The Vault Contemporary Artspace,
Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
Mappings, James Allen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1996
'Of One, Of Many', Olsen Carr, Art Dealers, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1995
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1994
Room Exhibition, Imperial Hotel, New Delhi
Room 32, Regents Court Hotel, Sydney
1993
Studio Exhibition, Sydney
1992
Chrisitine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1991
Studio Exhibition, Sydney
1990
Studio Exhibition, Sydney
1989
Studio Exhibition, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
'Convergence', Matthew Johnson and Magda Cebokli, Hill Smith Gallery
2017
'Spring. 1883', NKN Gallery, The Establishment Hotel, Sydney
'Weather patterns II', Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
'Coney Island', Counihan Gallery, Victoria
2015
Imago Mundi, Italy
Weather Patterns, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2014
'Melbourne Art Fair', Hill Smith Gallery
'Intermission', Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
'Asia Contemporary Art Show', Conrad, Hong Kong
2013
‘Collective Identity (les)’, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
‘A Private View’, Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield
2012
‘Heat’, Tim Olsen Gallery, Adelaide
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2011
Blue August, Fireworks Galkery, Brisbane
Eclectica Exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
‘Summer Solstice II’, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize, Finalist
2010
‘Miscellanea’, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Eclectica Exhibition Series (I and III) FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2009
The Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum, touring Regional Gallery of Victoria and New South Wales
Sculpture and Works on Paper, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2008
Block Projects, Melbourne
2 x 2 Group Exhibition, Tim Olsen Gallery Annex, Sydney
Contemporaneous: Australian Contemporary Painting 1,
Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Victoria
2007
Points of Departure, Tobey Fine Arts, New York
‘Views of Abstraction’ Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
‘Tactile Imagination’, Ivan Doughety Gallery, Sydney
‘Utopian Visions & The Slump of Paradise’, Block Projects, Melbourne
2006
10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Salon, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
2005
10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong, in association with Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Stanley Art Prize, Tasmania
2004
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings
Lines III, Fireworks Gallery, QLD
2003
Art Paris, Carousel de Louvre, Paris
2002
Depth of Field, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC
Good Vibrations, Heide Museum of Art, Heidelberg VIC
Exposition collective, Conseil General de Loire Atlantique, Nantes, France
2001
Love Colour,Studio 91B, Adelaide
Abstraction: Spirit, Light, Pure Form, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Voyages dans le matiere, Atelier Claude Cerf, Paris
ART PARIS, Carrousel de Louvre, Paris
2001-2003
Hermanns Art Award, National Travelling Exhibition
2000
Accents Australien,Espace Adamski Designs, Paris
1999
Exposition Australie, Bastille, Paris
On Any Given Day, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
1998
Propositions Australiennes, Gallerie Luc Queyrel, Paris
1997
Espace Beziers, Beziers, France
Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
Devoured by Paint, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
1996
Aer Phoste, Dublin, Ireland
Flagging the Republic, Sherman Goodhope, Sydney
Abstraction Now, Geelong Regional Gallery, Victoria
3 x 3 Sites: Exhibition, Sydney, Christchurch, Berlin
1995
Icon of our Times, Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
Group Show, Olsen Carr Art Dealers
Hidden Treasures, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition
House, Canberra
1994
Bet Your Life II, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
Re-placing Australian Painting, Rosinis, Auckland; Test Tube Gallery,
1993
Australian Perspecta 93, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Moet & Chandon Exhibition touring State Galleries of Australia
Contemporary Australian Painting: Works from the Allen, Allen & Hemsley
Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre
1992
Future City - Art & Architecture, Bond Store, Sydney
1991
Over East, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth
Microsm, Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney
10 x 10, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1989
Fresh Art, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1988
Nine Young Artists, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Ariennale, EMR Gallery, Sydney
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
Faber Castell Prize for Drawing, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1987
Group Exhibition, Mori Gallery, Sydney
1985
NSW Travelling Art Scholarship, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
Awards, Residencies & Grants
2009
Victoria Commercial Architecture award,in association with MGS Architects, ML Design,Geelong
2008
Australia Council Barcelona Residency, Spain
2002
Cite des Artes International artist residency, Paris
2001
Artist in Residence, Bundanoon, New South Wales
2000
Arts Victoria, Travel Research Grant, Gabo Island, Victoria
1999-2000
Parks Victoria Artist in residence program, Petty's Orchard,
1989-1999
Artist in residence, Bundaberg Arts Centre, QLD
1995
Travel Research Grant Australia Council (V.A.C.B.)
1993
Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown City Gallery, NSW
1988
Faber Castell Prize for Drawing
Commissions
1997- 1998
Babylonian Frieze, Crown Street Project, in association with Alex
2002-2003
'Yellow House Project', Macleay St Kings Cross, in association with
Collections
KPMG, Sydney; Allen Allen & Hemsley, Sydney; Artbank, Sydney; Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW; Faber Castell Collection, Sydney; Freehill, Hollingdale & Page, Melbourne; Hyatt Hotel, Perth; Mallesons Stephen Jacques, Melbourne; Macquarie Bank; Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Perth; Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland; Smorgan Collection, Melbourne; State Bank, Victoria; BHP Collection, Victoria; Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu;Moorilla Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmania; RACV; State Bank, Victoria; Monash Museum of Art; News Corporation, and private collections in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Cologne, Munich, Madrid, New York, Vancouver, Toronto & Canada.
Matthew Johnson
Hybrid 1
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
150 x 140 cm
$14,500
Matthew Johnson
Hybrid II
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
150 x 140 cm
$14,500
Matthew Johnson
Hybrid III
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
150 x 140 cm
$14,500
Matthew Johnson
Illume Field
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
150 x 170cm
$16,500
Matthew Johnson
Ara III
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
150 x 130 cm
$13,000
Matthew Johnson
Sylph
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
150 x 130 cm
$13,000
Matthew Johnson
Purlieu Illume I (Geomancy)
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
180 x 150cm
$16,500
Matthew Johnson
Purlieu Illume II (Aqua Ode)
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
180 x 150cm