Matthew Clarke

Matthew Clarke is proud of his achievements as an artist. In 2017 Matthew’s work covered a whole Melbourne art tram. Seeing it running down Swanston street in Melbourne CBD was a joy.

In 2019 Matthew was selected as a winner for Adelaide Fringe Poster Competition. The poster was turned to graphics and covered an Adelaide Fringe tram. Matthew was fortunate enough to be asked to paint a mural in Adelaide CBD leading up to the Adelaide Fringe Festival for 2019. In addition in 2019 Matthew Clarke was a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize at the National Art School in Sydney

In 2020 Matthew was a finalist in the Paul Guest Drawing Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery. Matthew is always excited to see his works in public.

2020 was a difficult year for most people in the arts. Lockdown in Victoria was confining. Matthew worked from home during this period and posted on Instagram  most days, sometimes they were major works and other times they were 3-minute drawings. Matthew’s Instagram page is matthewclarke86_art. In 2020 Matthew made a cardboard cut out sculpture of a wallaby. It was featured on the London Saatchi social media takeover for when their gallery was closed as a favourite as submission.

In 2021 Matthew painted a hippopotamus sculpture for the Royal Children’s hospital in Melbourne. Matthew was a finalist in the Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards at Geelong Gallery. Last year(2021) Matthew was a finalist in the Archibald portrait prize painting Kathryn Del Barton.

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