Mathieu Gallois graduated from the Institute of the Arts, Australian National University in 1996. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally, participating in over 45 exhibitions. Gallois has received major Grants from the Australia Council in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2009. Gallois has been selected for numerous national art awards, receiving high commendations and popular choice awards for his entries. In 2002 he exhibited at the Australian Embassy Paris, France and received a Samstag Scholarship which enabled him to complete a Masters Degree at Goldsmiths College in London UK in 2003. In 2004 Gallois’ work was reviewed in Monument magazine by Jeff Gibson. In 2005 Gallois had a survey exhibition of his work at UTS gallery and exhibited at Shermans Gallery. Gallois completed a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at the University Technology Sydney in 2007, and launched the art / architecture project the Reincarnted McMansion Project on ABC Radio National’s by Design program in 2008.
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| CURRICULUM VITAE: MATHIEU GALLOIS | |
| Education | |
| 2007 | Bachelor Arts in Architecture, UTS Sydney |
| 2003 | MA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK |
| 1996 | Honours, Institute of the Arts, Canberra |
| 1995 | Bachelor of Arts, Institute of the Arts, Canberra |
| 1991 | Furniture Design, Hobart School of Art |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2009 | 1 house = 1000 homes. Performance Space, Sydney – http://www.1house1000homes.com |
| 2008 | Reincarnated McMansion Project Launch - http://www.reincarnatedmcmansion.com |
| 2007 | Support Doubt Series – Prince Alfred Park, Surry Hills, Sydney |
| 2005 | The Art, Design and Architectural Concepts of Mathieu Gallois. UTS Gallery. NSW |
| 2004 | Social Body. Mop Projects, Sydney, NSW Social Body, Shermans Gallery, Sydney, NSW Native Born, Museum of Sydney, NSW |
| 2002 | Flight 934-B, Australian Embassy Paris, France |
| 2001 | Flesh, Experimental Arts Foundation, Adelaide, SA |
| 2000 | Flight 934 B, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1999 | The Aesthetics of Disappearance, Artspace, Sydney, NSW |
| 1998 | Frontier, Blair Athol Neighbourhood Development, Campbelltown, NSW Game Show, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, VIC |
| 1997 | Alien-Nation, First Draft Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 1996 | Number 1, Marcus Clark Galleries, Canberra, ACT |
| 1995 | Manuka, Christmas special, Contemporary Arts Space, Canberra, ACT |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2007 | National Small Sculpture Prize. Woollahra Council, Sydney. |
| 2006 | The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne, VIC |
| 2005 | Flight 934-B, Shermans Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2005 | Bloc – Bowie Art. County Hall Gallery, Riverside Building, London, UK College of Santa Fe Art Gallery, New Mexico, Glad Wrap Up, Shermans Gallery, Sydney. National Small Sculpture Prize. Woollahra Council, Sydney, NSW |
| 2004 | Portobello Film Institute, Westbourne Studios, London, UK. The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne, VIC |
| 2003 | Goldsmiths MA Fine Art Graduation Exhibition. London, UK Made in the UK, Arch Gallery. London, UK The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne, VIC |
| 2001 | National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, ACT The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne, VIC Peel Heritage Complex 'Suburbia'. Toronto, Canada. Jam Factory Adelaide, Inner Space 'New Curators project'. Adelaide, SA Centre for Contemporary Photography. 'Stellar Fund Raiser'. Melbourne, VIC The NSW Helen Lempriere Travelling Arts Scholarship. Sydney. NSW Canberra Contemporary Arts Space. 'Art and Public'. ACT |
| 2000 | Australia Council Grant recipient exhibition, Australia Council, NSW |
| 1999 | Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney, NSW Darebin La Trobe Art Prize. VIC Nillumbik Art Award. Eltham Community Centre, VIC |
| 1996 | Graduate exhibition, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, ACT |
| 1996 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Canberra, Contemporary Arts Space, ACT |
| 1995 | Group Show, Canberra Contemporary Arts Space, ACT |
| Bibliography | |
| 2009 | Ray Egar. Artichoke review Reincarnated McMansion . |
| 2008 | Radio National By Design interview with Alan Saunders. Reincarnated McMansion Project |
| 2008 | Veronica Tello, Monument to Memory: Woomera in Australian contemporary art. Art Monthly Australia, Issue 208 |
| Melissa Laing, 'Exploring the Transit Zone: its physical and conceptual parameters, passenger impact and artistic expression', (PhD diss. University of Sydney) | |
| Support Doubt Series. Artspace journal 'Column.' Art page project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship. Edited by Reuben Keehan. | |
| 'Nationalism in Australian Visual Culture' a book by Traudi Allen. Published by Macmillan. |
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| 2006 | Anthony Gardner. Rapt in Rhetoric. Broad Sheet. Volume 35. No 3 Judith Ball, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. Artichoke 15 Robert Nelson. The Age Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. May 23. |
| 2005 | A Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Gertrude Contempoarary ArtSpaces 1985 - 2005. Edited by Charlotte Day. Published by Gertrude Contempoarary Art Spaces |
| Zane Fischer. "September Surprise" Santa Fe Reporter. Santa Fe, USA C. Davis. "Mass (RE)Production" THE Magazine. Sept. Santa Fe, USA R. Benzinger. "The More, the Scarier" The Pasatiempo Santa Fe, USA Genevieve Swart. Sydney Morning Herald. Domain. 10 March Tracey Clement. Sydney Morning Herald. Critics Pick. 1 April. |
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| 2004 | Jeff Gibson. Feature review, Monument Architectural Journal. Issue 60 |
| 2003 | Maria Bilski, 'Homefront: The home in Australian art', COFA website Robert Nelson, 'Moving perception with space', The Age, 14 March Neil Newitt, 'Great Ideas, Great Shapes', The Age, 5 March Susan McCulloch, ‘The Divine Essentials', The Australian, 29-30 March |
| 2002 | Anthony Gardner, Virtualization: The convergence of Virtuality and Digitality in Contemporary Australian Art and Architectural Representation, Unpublished M.A. Thesis, School of Fine Art, University of Melbourne, 2001. |
| 2001 | Ben Genocchio, 'Native Born', The Australian, 8 December Maria Bilski, 'Drive Thru', review, Sculpture Mag. Sept. 2001, vol. 20, no. 7 Maria Bilski, 'Flesh', review, C-International Contemporary Art Magazine Kate Rhodes, 'Flight 934-B', review, Photo File, no. 62 Benjamin Genocchio, 'Drive Thru', The Australian, 23 March Robert Nelson, 'Drive Thru', The Age, 28 March Sarah Tutton, 'Flight 943-B', review, Broad Sheet, vol. 30, no. 1, Mar-April John Neylon, Flesh, The Adelaide Review, March Chris Chapman & Stephen O'Connell, catalogue essay, Flesh |
| 2000 | Robert Nelson, 'Flight 934-B', The Age, 13 Dec R Brown, Radio National Arts Today, 29 Nov RRR Radio Flight 934-B. Ben Curnow & Blair French. catalogue essays, Flight 934-B |
| 1999 | Frontier (image), Art Monthly, September Frontier, NAVA 1998 Annual Report M. Richards, 'Frontier', Monument, Architecture / Design, no. 29 |
| 1998 | Bruce James, 'Frontier', Sydney Morning Herald, 21 November Bruce James, 'Home Thoughts', Radio National ABC Arts Today, 1 October Amanda King, 'Game /Show', Mesh, no. 12 Judy Heywood, 'Game Show', The Age Entertainment Guide, 6 May |
| Awards, Acquisitions, Grants, Scholarships and Residencies | |
| 2009 | Australia Council Connections Residences Grant |
| 2007 | Australia Council New Work Grant-emerged artist category |
| 2005 | Simon and Catriona Mordant Collection |
| 2003 | Acquisition, Native Born, Museum of Sydney Popular Choice Award: Caravan. Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Special commendation: Caravan. The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award |
| 2002 | Samstag Scholarship. Special commendation: Flight 934-B: The NSW Helen Lempriere Travelling Arts Scholarship.Sydney. NSW |
| 2001 | Drive-Thru, Highly recommended : Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Patronage for Drive Thru. Peter Fay |
| 2000 | National Association of the Visual Arts marketing grant. |
| 1999 | Australia Council New Work Grant - emerging artist category. |
| 1998 | New South Wales Pat Corrington Artist Grant Scheme |
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