Matthew Benjamin lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.


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:


2022 - MEGA-BINGO (performance), Testing Grounds, Melbourne.

2022 - Pageantry, Panic Room Gallery, Melbourne.



Group Exhibitions:

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)