Matthew Fitch is an Artist and Curator based in Melbourne. Australia.
Director Fitch Art Alliance
Melbourne,
Australia.
Born Melbourne, Australia.
2018-19: Represented by PAKS Gallery, Vienna. EU
2017-20: Artist in residence at Blender Studios, Docklands Melbourne,
Australia.
Blender Studios Dudley Street West Melbourne
2016: Director/ Curator of Fitch Art Alliance
2014: Co-Editor & Arts Editor of The Boomerang Chronicle: A Hard-copy
African-Australian Newspaper for Melbourne, Australia.
2009-2013 Master of Art Curatorship. University of Melbourne,
Australia. minor thesis: Public art
2004: Bachelor Fine Art Degree awarded Sculpture with distinction,
R.M.I.T. University, Melbourne, Australia.
1999: Position of Gallery Director at The Melbourne Arts Club Inc.
1996-2000: Committee Member, The Melbourne Arts Club Inc.
2005 -2008: Specializing in Hand priming of Belgium Linen; Canvas &
Hand Priming. other duties include aluminum bracing of Aboriginal bark
paintings, many Arnhem Land barks, some assisting with conservator
duties.
2020: The Moment and the Artwork 8 January – 23 March 2020 PAKS
Gallery in Munich, Putzbrunner Straße 71, 81739 Munich /
Germany
2019: Blender Studios 28 artists Art Xmas Exhibition
2019: La Galerie du Marché Prestige in Montreux Switzerland.
2019: Art on Screen non profit organisation ‘Official Sponsor’ of The
Florence Biennale. October
2019: Contemporary Art Palette in Munich 18 September – 20
December 2019
PAKS Gallery in Munich, Putzbrunner Straße 71, 81739 Munich /
Germany
2019: Naracoorte National Art Exhibition & Prize. Naracoorte
Regional Art Gallery, South Australia.
2019: Paris “Sans Titre”. LE MARAIS 13 Rue d’Ormesson75004
Paris, France.
2019: Amsterdam International Art Fair, solo artist booth.
Amsterdam
2019 Blender Studios Launch May 33-35 Dudley Street, West
Melbourne
2019: Contemporary Art in Castle Hubertendorf 20 April – 10
September 2019 PAKS Gallery in castle Hubertendorf, Schloss
Hubertendorf 1, 3372 Blindenmarkt, Austria
2019: Contemporary Art in Vienna, 8 January – 18 April PAKS Gallery
in Vienna, Linzer Straße 342, 1140 Vienna, Austria.
2019: Titled ‘Matthew Fitch’, Ochre, Galeria de Arte, L’atelier Pilar
Guell, Carrer de Les Penidides, 8 80001, Barcelona.
2018: Contemporary Art Innovations, PAKS GALLERY, Vienna. EU.
Linzer Strabe 342, 1140 Vienna. 24th November to 29 December,
2018. Terminverebarung, unter. Vienna. EU.
2018: “Contemporary Art in Munich”
10 September – 9 November 2018
Visit Contemporary Art Gallery Paks Gallery in Munich / Germany
Plaster Street 71, 81739 München
2018: Group exhibit, L’Atelier De Pilar, Barcelona. Carrer de les
Penedides, 8, 08001 Barcelona.
2018: Kunst 2018 Prenzualer Winstrasse, Berlin Art Week, Berlin.
2018: PAKS Gallery in castle Hubertendorf: April 2018, Einladung,
Schloss Hubertendorf 1 3372 Blindenmarkt, Vienna
2018: Contemporary Art Kunst ist Grenzenlos, PAKS GALLERY,
VIENNA, EU.
2018: ‘Object/Subject’, Blender pop up Space, Melbourne Australia.
2017: ACCP, Australian Centre for Contemporary Photography Salon
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2017: Fitch 11, The Blackcat Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne, AU.
http://blackcatgallery.com.au/june-22-july-11/
2017: Blender Studio’s Official Opening party.
30 Open Art Studios to the public. Launch of Blender Studio’s. August 5th
2017: Talented Art Fair, @ The Old Truman Brewery, London, UK.
2016: MOSS DECK ART SHOW, The Moss Foundation, @ The
Ministry of Art, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Au.
2015: Art in Science- Science in Art. The Aikenhead Centre for
Medical Discovery Research Week. St Vincent Art Gallery, Melbourne,
2014: 2014 Winter Salon, Collingwood Gallery, Melbourne, Au.
2014: 2014 Summer Salon, Collingwood Gallery, Melbourne, Au.
2013: ‘Fifteen’ Salon group exhibit at The 69 Smith Street Gallery,
Collingwood, Melbourne, Au.
2012: Permanent and Ephemeral Dichotomies, solo at The Paton
Gallery, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.
2011: White Canvas Select A Group Show, White Canvas Gallery,
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia
2011: ACT for Kids 21
Annual Art Exhibition & Auction,
White Canvas Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia.
2010: “Fitch Matthew”, solo at The Collingwood Gallery, Collingwood,
Melbourne, Australia.
2008: “Sandwich Art Exhibition”. The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi,
India. 2 Australian Artists + Two Indian Artists = Sandwich.
Launched in 2007 by Ms.Deepika Jindal, The Stainless Gallery has
showcased works of eminent designers, architects, artists & sculptors
through our previous exhibitions like Saptarishis, Ashtanayika & Ekant to
name a few. It endeavors to host such cutting edge exhibitions every year.
Spread over 5500 Sq ft, technologically endowed, this is a state of the art
gallery in India.
2007: Y.E.A.H. ‘The World We Live In’ Art Exhibition and Auction
2007 ‘The Blue Diamond Club.’ 123 Queens Street, Melbourne,
Australia.
Y.E.A.H. Youth EmpowermentAgainst H.I.V.
2005: Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.
2004: Sculpture Exhibition R.M.I.T Sculpture, Melbourne.
2001: Triptych at Polly Courtin Gallery, The Fringe Festival, Swanston
Street, Melbourne.
1999: Six Artist’s exhibition at The Melbourne Arts Club Inc. North
Melbourne, Ted May Art Studio/Gallery.
1999: The Melbourne Arts Club Annual Exhibition at The Goya
Galleries, Brunswick, Melbourne.
1998: Inaugural Exhibition at The Melbourne Arts Club Inc. Windsor,
Australia.
Conference
2014: ARTS//MATTER: Symposium 2014, University of New South
Wales, Sydney.
Matthew Fitch: Museums: Revaluations of the arts as a ‘public
good’
2011: Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual
Matthew Fitche: Tangible and Ephemeral Correlations.
Wellington, New Zealand. Keynote Speaker: Okwui Enwezor.
2011: Ambassador, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne Au
2013: Oration, Matthew Fitch presents research on Ian Bow
The Attitudes and Passions of Man and Objects of
Compassion.
The Ian Potter Museum of Art. Swanston Street Melbourne.
Award:
2010: The 2010 Vice-Chancellor’s Engagement Award, University of
Melbourne.
2013: Graduate Internship Scholarship, University of Melbourne.
2018: Oxfam Trail walker volunteer > Team up against poverty.
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Curatorial:
2015: The Art Enclave, Fitch Art Alliance, Gallery Director in Art Fair,
Mumbai, India.
2013: The Outdoor Public Art Exhibition @ The Festival of Ideas, The
Art and Science of Wellbeing, The Festival of Ideas, Melbourne.
Initiated by Matthew Fitch with Director Fiona Stanley AC.
(Australian of the year)
2012: Permanent and Ephemeral Dichotomies, Paton Gallery,
Melbourne.
The George Paton Gallery (GPG) has been running as an alternative
art space since 1975, exhibiting many experimental artists from the
70s and 80s. The list of eminent artists, writers and curators who began
their careers at the Ewing and George Paton is very long. In a unique
position at the beginning of the 1970s as Australia’s only avant-garde
gallery with institutional support, the Ewing and George Paton benefited
from the investment of energy made by a large group of young
experimental artists and associated students and academics.
See http://scanlines.net/group/ewing-and-george-paton-galleries
2001 Triptych at Polly Courtin Gallery, The Melbourne Fringe Festival,
Swanston Street, Melbourne.
1999 The Melbourne Arts Club Annual Exhibition at The Goya
Galleries, Brunswick, Melbourne.
Reviews
2019: Review for Be Melbourne. mystify-michael-hutchence
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through daytime activities or night life, in our Underground
Melbourne, we work across multiple social platforms, to show you the
undiscovered real city around us
2018 Review for Be Melbourne: theatre review by Matthew Fitch