ARTIST BIO

Curriculum vitae

Name: Rick Matear
Location: Lives in Melbourne and works at The Abbotsford Convent
Education: Graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1981. Was awarded the Sara Levi Scholarship in 1982
Exhibitions: Von Bibra Gallery, Armadale, Melbourne Chapman Gallery, Canberra Libby Edwards, Armadale, Melbourne Collins Street Gallery, Melbourne Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide Catanachs, Melbourne C3 Aboutsford Convent Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza Kinross House, Toorak St Heliers Street Gallery Sorrento Gallery Metropolis Gallery, Geelong Manyung Gallery Group Australian Galleries
Individual exhibitions: One to two oneman exhibtions per year for the last 25 years at the above galleries.
Selected group exhibitions: Many group exhibitions at selected galleries. Affordable Art Fair
Awards: Sara Levi Scholarship in 1982. Max & Ruth Barry Art Prize Albury 2006.
Public Collections: Maribyrnong City Council
Commissions: Many Commissions for the past 30 years
Artist-in-Residencies: Turtle Island, Fiji. in 2000
Artist Talks: C3 Gallery Abbotsford Convent
Speaking Engagements: St Catherine’s School Toorak Glamorgan Toorak