Matthew Perkins

Position title

Qualifications

• BFA Univ. of Tasmania
• MFA Monash

Statement

Matthew Perkins' main area of research is an exploration of physiologically affecting environments utilizing electronic media such video, audio, and digital prints.

These works are predominantly concerned with performance, the body and how particular medias such as video, sound and print can mediate such private events or actions. As an extension to this research he has undertaken various curatorial activities that explore these concerns.

Since graduating over ten years ago Matthew has been a practicing artist and working within various educational contexts. As the coordinator of the Photomedia Studio he encourages an investigation of a broad range of media such as photography, video, sound, digital print and interactivity.

Research/Professional activities

Curatorships

• 2007 
  

  • Liquid
    Beijing Film Academy, China and The Block, Brisbane, Australia. Part of           curatorial team as an ongoing involvement in International Digital Arts which organises international curatorial projects. In development for 2007. 

  • Looking Through Glass
    Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania.

• 2006
  • A nxious Bodies
    Linden Gallery, Melbourne & Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart. Tasmania.

  • Unsharp/Unconscious
    Queensland Centre for Photography & Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania. 

• 2004
  • Pixel This!
    Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania.
    
• 2003
  • Brilliant Refraction!
    A series of solo shows and a compilation DVD. Cube 37,
    Frankston Art Centre, Victoria.

Exhibitions

Recent Solo Exhibitions:

• 2007  
  • Skin-Alive
    Photospace, Canberra (Opens August) 
• 2005
  • Fracture
    Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
• 2003
  • Brilliant Refraction!
    Cube 37, Frankston Art Centre, Victoria.
  • Eye Speak v2
    Kings Artist Run Space, Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Body Audio
    Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania.
• 2002
  • Thump
    Cube 37, Frankston Art Centre, Victoria.
  • From Darkness
    Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania.

Recent Group Exhibitions

• 2007  
  • Figuratively Speaking
    The Block - Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane (Opens May)
• 2006
  • Anxious Bodies
    Linden Gallery, Melbourne & Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
  • Unsharp/Unconscious
    Queensland Centre for Photography & Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
  • IDA Beijing
    Beijing Film Academy, China.
• 2005
  • Design-X
    Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Victoria
• 2004
• • Four Pacific Nations Exchange Exhibition
    Osaka, Japan.
  • Design Festa
    Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Flux
    Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, Tasmania.
  • Sky Lounge: Future Projections
    National Museum of Australia, Canberra.
  • Desire
    Cube 37, Frankston Art Centre, Victoria.
• 2003
  • Poimena Art Prize
    Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania.
  • Emergence
    Cube 37, Frankston Art Centre, Victoria.
• 2002  
  • The Synthetic Image
    Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Victoria.
  • Central Goldfields Sculpture Prize and Exhibition
    Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria.
• 2001
  • Work: cut, paste, paint, create, burn
    Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne.
  • L'Ambiente
    CAST Gallery. Hobart.

Grants

• 2007  
  •  Collier Charitable Fund, Australia
• 2006
  • National Interior Design, Excellence & Innovation Award (as part of the Spatial Research Group at the Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University).
  • Monash Small Grant, Faculty of Art & Design, for Australian Video Art Archive.
  • Australia Council, Grant for Artist Educator to attend Venice Biennale.
• 2005

  • Monash University Unit Innovation Grant.

  • C ollier Charitable Fund, Australia.
    

• 2003

  • Monash University Research Publications Grant towards solo exhibition Eye Speak v2.

• 2002
  • Monash University Postgraduate Travel Grant to attend International Symposium of Art, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Monash University Research Publications Grant towards solo exhibition Thump.

Research Projects

Australian Video Art Archive

The Australian Video Art Archive (AVAA) was established in 2006 to counter what Australian academic Daniel Palmer termed ‘cultural amnesia’ in relation to video art in Australia – a lack of knowledge of its own history predominantly due to the scarcity of documentation.

The aims of the Australian Video Art Archive are to:

• c ontinue building an on-line video archive and a research collection of new and historical Australian video and performance art works
• t o allow researchers to borrow the material for educational, research and exhibition purposes &
• t o transfer old video or film artworks to a digital format to conserve the work and thus assist in the conservation of a significant genre of Australian art history

Currently, the collection contains some seminal works by prominent Australian artists. This collection will continue to expand and we are accepting submissions to consider for inclusion.

The archive has been established with generous assistance from the Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University with the involvement of Dr Anne Marsh, Matthew Perkins and Elena Galimberti.

website: http://www.videoartchive.org.au/
email: info@videoarchive.org.au