Matthew Benjamin works across text,
sculpture and video to consider technologies of emanation. Drawing on a background
in winemaking, Benjamin’s practice is informed by an interest in alchemical
processes where sensory information is abstracted by its own means of
containment.
Matthew.m.benjamin@gmail.com
︎ @Matt_m_benjamin
Education:
2024 - BFA Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), University of Melbourne
2021 - Advanced diploma of Visual Art, Latrobe College, Melbourne
2019 - Certificate of Bio-chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Awards:
2024 - Majlis Art Award
2024 - Majlis Traveling Scholarship finalist
2024 - John Vickery Scholarship recipient
2023 - Kate Daw Scholarship finalist
Solo/duo Exhibitions:
2025 - PAW CASSIAN w Martina Copley, Sutton Project Space, Melbourne.
2025 - GREEN CORONET w Martina Copley, Propane, Melbourne.
2022 - MEGA-BINGO (performance), Testing Grounds, Melbourne.
2022 - Pageantry, Panic Room Gallery, Melbourne.
Group Exhibitions:
2025 - LCAD30 30th Anniversary Staff Show, Latrobe College of Art and Design, Melbourne.
2025 - Kite (2) curated by Christopher LG Hill, Elwood Point, Melbourne.
2024 - VCA Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.
2024 - Canossian Mothers, VCA Artspace, Melbourne.
2024 - Majilis Traveling scholarship Exhibition, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Melbourne.
2024 - 11236, Joseph Beuys Cafe, Melbourne.
2024 - The Block, Parasite projects, Melbourne.
2023 - Shimmer(ing), George Paton gallery, Melbourne.
2022 - Grimace, Temporalities Gallery, Melbourne.
2021 - Shifting Realities, Brunswick Street Gallery,
Melbourne.
Residencies:
2023 - Caravan air, Testing Grounds, Melbourne.
2023 - Nabe Studios, Kensington, Melbourne.
2022 - Touching Faith, Testing Grounds, Melbourne.
Publications:
2024 - MASS MEMO by Hugh Magnus, Memo Review.
2021 - Vines Bear Fruit, We Bear Ourselves by Matthew Benjamin, Veraizon IV. (print)