Matthew Butterworth
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 BSG Works on Paper, finalist, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Art Is 12 X 12 painting prize, Art Is Gallery, Geelong
2009 James Farrell self portrait prize, Castlemaine Art Gallery
2006 James Farrell self portrait prize, Castlemaine Art Gallery
2004 Fletcher Jones Painting Prize* finalist, Geelong Art Gallery
2002 Fleming Muntz Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury
2002 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Prize, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill
2001 14 GO, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Bendigo
2001 Woollahra Sculpture Prize, finalist, Woollahra, Sydney
2001 Art Erotique, Boilerhouse Community Arts Centre, Jackson’s Hill, Sunbury
2000 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2000 Williamstown Arts Festival, Williamstown
2000 Castlemaine Self Portrait Prize, Castlemaine Fine Art Gallery, Castlemaine
2000 Directors Choice, Band Hall Galleries, Kyneton
2000 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Prize, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill
1999 Dilkara Arts Festival, Boilerhouse Community Arts Centre, Sunbury Melbourne
1999 Bendigo Works On Paper, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Bendigo
1998 Dilkara Arts Festival, Boiler house Community Arts Centre, Sunbury Melbourne
Selected Solo Exhibitions/Actions
2010 A Brief History of Australian Art (ongoing), Street art drawing project, Melbourne
2009 What’s my name? Stencil graffiti project, Melbourne
2009 The birds, Over 50 sculptures installed throughout Melbourne
2008 Get your hand off it, Street art projects, Melbourne, London
2008 Am I God? (Street Art Project) 23 churches throughout the world, Europe, Australia, Israel, Africa
2007 Postcards, Ongoing interventionist art project: National Gallery Victoria
2006 Waiting for God (Sticker campaign, Melbourne)
2005 We are in Love * Span Galleries Melbourne
2005 I am a Lighthouse* Children’s Book
2004 The People’s Project, Stencil graffiti project, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Yeah Yeah, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2002 You Want a Piece of Me, Bendigo Art Gallery
2002 Sibling Rivalry, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2001 Flogging a Dead Horse, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Awards/Scholarships
2009 Highly Commended, Art Is 12 X 12 painting prize
2006 Highly Commended, James Farrell self portrait prize
2000 Winner, National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
1999 Permanent Acquisition (Permanent Collection), Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
1999 Best Contemporary Painting, Dilkara Arts Festival, Melbourne
1998 Best Traditional Painting, Dilkara Arts Festival, Melbourne
1996 Ten Victoria Travelling Scholarship, La Trobe University Bendigo
Collections
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Ten Victoria
Swan Hill Regional Gallery
National Australia Bank
Macedon Ranges Shire Council
LaTrobe University
Private collections throughout Australia, New York, Singapore and United Kingdom
Publications
2006 Street Art Uncut, Matthew Lunn, Craftsman House
2000 Art Monthly (Winner of National Works on Paper MPRG)
