CALVERT, MATT CV

Born 1969.
1994 MA, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
1993 First Class Honors, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania.
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania.

AWARDS & PRIZES.

2007 Hobart City Art Prize, finalist
2007 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, finalist.
2007 Wyndham City Council Acquisitive Award, Winner, VIC
2007 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, finalist.
2006 New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts.
2006 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, finalist.
2005 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, finalist.
2005 Artists in Schools Residency, Regional Tasmania 2001 Faculty of Art &.
Design, Monash University Caulfield Campus, Melbourne. VIC
2003 Short-listed McClelland Survery and Sculpture Prize, McClelland Gallery, .
Langwarrin.
2001 Australia Council Grant.
2001 Events Grant, Arts Tasmania.
2001 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, finalist.
2001 National Sculpture Prize, finalist.
2000 Art Council’s Artist-in-Residence, Sapporo, Japan.
1999 Asialink: The Malaysian residency revisit, Sekali Lagi, Kuala Lumpur.
1999 Development Grant, Arts Tasmania.
1999 Bridging the Gap, grant Arts Tasmania .
1998 Asialink Residency: Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia.
1995 McCulloch Studio Residency, Cite International des Art, Paris.
1993 Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship.
1993 Deans Role of Honour, University of Tasmania.

COLLECTIONS .

Artbank, Sydney.
Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Melbourne.
Australian National Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery.
Contemporary Art Institute, Sapporo, Japan.
Kasturi and Associates, Malaysia.
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
Private collections Australia and overseas.
Wyndham City Council, Victoria.

COMMISSIONS .

2006 Art in Public Buildings, Forth Primary, Hobart, TAS
2005 Art in Public Buildings, Warrane Primary .
2005 Art in Public Buildings, Huon LINC.
2003 Art for Public Buildings Scheme, Campbell St. Primary School, Hobart, TAS
2002 Department of State Development (Home Hill Winery), Tasmania.
1997 Art for Public Buildings Scheme, TAFE training facility, Prince of Wales Bay, Hobart.
1992 Installation for Fletcher Construction at the ANZ Centre,Hobart, TAS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS.

2007 Matt Calvert, ...With my little eye, Sullivan + Stumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 Eye Spy, Criterion Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2006 Matt Calvert, Tableaux Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2005 Debris, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne, VIC .
2005 Generic, Criterion Gallery, Hobart, TAS.
2004 Hero, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
2004 Hero, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham .
2003 Trauma/drama, Inflight, Hobart.
2002 Criterion Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS .
2001 Too Strange, CAST Gallery, Hobart, TAS .
2000 Sapporo Artist in Residence Exhibition, Contemporary Art Institute,Sapporo, Japan.
1998 The Rimbun Dahan Residency Exhibition, Kuang, Malaysia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS.

2007 2007, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW.
2006 Register: Tasmanian Artists, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2006 Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2006 Someone Shows Something to Someone, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
2006 SSFA 06, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2005 A Beating Heart, Devonport Regional Art Gallery.
2005 Rhapsody21C, Academy Gallery, Launceston, TAS.
2005 Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW (group).
2004 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award .
2004 Dianne Tanzer Gallery – ArtFair Royal exhibition building Melbourne, VIC.
2004 Conrad Jupiter Art Award. Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD.
2003 Body Bag, curated by Malcom Bywaters, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS.
2003 The Woollahra Sculpture Prize, NSW, Sydney.
2003 McClelland Survey and Sculpture Prize, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin.
2002 Play, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS(touring.
) 2002 Gullivers Travels, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS (touring).
2002 Ten Days on the Island, curated exhibition, Hobart, TAS.
2002 No Lines Marked, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne., VIC
2002 Dianne Tanzer Gallery Melbourne Art Fair 2003, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne,VIC
2002 Dianne Tanzer Gallery, group exhibition.
2001 National Sculpture Prize, Macquarie Bank, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
2001 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Victoria.
2000 Cache, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne, VIC (touring).
1999 Sekali Lagi, Australian Artists Revisit Malaysia.
1999 Wish You Were Here, Smith + Stonely, Brisbane, QLD.
1999 Cache, CAST, gallery, Hobart, TAS(touring).
1999 Do Not Touch, University Gallery, Launceston, TAS curated by Kelly Squires.
1999 Transmission, CAST, gallery, Hobart, TAS curated by Jenny Spinks.
1997 Poets and Painters, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1996 Survivability, General Post Office, Hobart, TAS
1996 Pulp, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS.
1995 Bubble Rap, M & B Motors, New Cross, London.
1994 Selected works from the 1993 Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships, Adelaide, SA
1993 Group 16 Exhibition, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1991 National Student Exhibition, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
1990 Institute Fine Arts, University of Tasmania.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Lendis, Celia. Matt Calvert: I Spy, Australian Art Collector, issue 40 Apr-Jun 2007.
Backhouse, M. Reflections: picking up the pieces, The Age, 19 Mar 2004.
Gullivers Travels, exhibition catalogue, 2002.
Play, exhibition catalogue 2002.
The Asian Connection, The Edge, 6 Sept 1999.
Cache, Artlink, vol19 no.3, 1999.
More grants for artists please, The New Straits Times, Malaysia, 30 Aug 1999.
Reacting to cliches of Malaysian Life, The Sunday Star, Malaysia, 29 Aug 1999.
Imports and Export Push Cultural Horizon, The Mercury, 28 Aug 1999.
Weekend Review, The Star, Malaysia, 6 Sept 1998.
A Haven for Artistic Talent, The New Straits Times, Malaysia, 24 Aug 1998.
Seven Artists in Residence, Artlink, vol18 no.4 1998.
Weekend Review, The Mercury, 19 April 1997.
Art after art school, Art Monthly, June 1997.
Pulp is historic fact, The Mercury, 3 Feb 1996.
Selected Works from the 1993 Samstag Exhibition, Eyeline Magazine, Spring 1994.
Painting a picture of the Samstag Bequest, The Advertiser 1994.
Bequest goes on show, The Australian , 17 June 1994.
Samstag, The Adelaide Review, June 1994.
Art as it’s taught, Art Monthly, July 1994.
Millionaire leaves gifts for the talented, The Australian, 19 Nov 1993.
Weekend Arts, The Mercury, 20 Nov 1993.
Ventures of the chosen few, The Bulletin, 30 Nov 1993.