Matthew Dowman | Bio
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION
2003 to 2004, MFA, Elam School of Fine Arts (Hons)
1999 to 2002, BFA, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
WORK HISTORY
2009 to present, Part-time CADI Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
2003 to present, Fine Arts Lecturer, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
2004 to 2007, Short Course Night Manager, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
2003, Part-time Painting Lecturer Year One, Elam School of Fine Arts
AWARDS
2011, Merit Award Molly Morpeth Canady Painting Award
2010, Finalist NATCON Art Awards
2010, Finalist Molly Morpeth Canady Painting Award
2008, New Zealand Painting & Printmaking Award – Runners up Merit Award
2007, Finalist Trust Waikato Awards
2004, Roy Watling Mitchell Prestigious Professions Scholarship
Auckland University
2003, Mazda Emerging Artist Award – third place
2003, Greg Whitecliffe Memorial Scholarship
2000, Top Student Whitecliffe College of Art and Design 2nd Year
1999, Top Student Whitecliffe College of Art and Design 1st Year
1999 to 2002, Maniapoto Trust Scholarship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Camouflage, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
2015 #turnup, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
- DECORATE, Antionette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
2008, New Work, Redbull, Auckland
2007, IN FLUX, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
2006, TVNZ Maori Language Week, Foyer TVNZ, Auckland
2005, Beautiful Decay, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
2004, MFA Graduation Exhibition, Elam, Auckland
2002, BFA Graduation Exhibition, Amber House, Auckland
2001 to 2002, It’s A Small World, IHUG Billboard, Upper Queen Street, Auckland
2000, New Work, Cite Gallery, Auckland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 … a little diversion, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
2011
Molly Morpeth Canady Painting Award, Rotorua Museum, Rotorua
Molly Morpeth Canady Painting Award, Whakatane Memorial Hall, Whakatane
Group Show, Antionette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Union, Waiheke Community Gallery, Waiheke
Core, St Georges Bay rd Gallery, Auckland
2010
Skin, Manthiel Van Reijn Studio, Auckland
Summer Group show, Antionette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Paper Jam, Wormwood, Sydney
Group Show, Antionette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
2009
Sustainable art exhibtion, Massey University, Auckland
Britomart Art Project Stage 2
Seen this century exhibition, Judith Anderson Gallery, Hastings
DC Skateboard exhibition, Auckland
Print, St Georges Bay rd Gallery, Auckland
Mesh, Antionette Godkin Gallery & City Art Rooms, Auckland
New Zealand Painting & Print Making Award Finalist, Arts Post Hamilton
Te Hurunga/Turning Points Pakeha Colonisation and Maori
Empowerment, Dunedin City Art Gallery (www.fletchertrust.co.nz)
Britomart Art Project Barerocks and Backbones
2008
Group Show, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Britomart Art Project Barerocks and Backbones
Air New Zealand Fashion Week, Emirates Building Viaduct, Auckland
Stepping out of the Shadow, Te Karanga Gallery, Auckland
Group Show, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Te Hurunga/Turning Points Pakeha Colonisation and Maori Empowerment, Tauranga City Art Gallery (www.fletchertrust.co.nz)
Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design Faculty Show, Randolph St Gallery
New Zealand Painting & Print Making Award Finalist, Hamilton City Gardens Expo Centre
New Zealand Painting & Print Making Award Finalist, Arts Post Hamilton
Te Puawaitanga Art Auction, Newton Primary School
New Work Saw Hair Salon, Auckland
Te Hurunga/Turning Points Pakeha Colonisation and Maori Empowerment, Rotorua Art Gallery
2007
Te Hurunga/Turning Points Pakeha Colonisation and Maori Empowerment, Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington
I am what I think you think I am, Up There Art Gallery, Auckland
Finalist Trust Waikato Art Awards, Hamilton
Transmissions from a Metallic Heart, Khuja Lounge, Auckland
Whitecliffe College of Art and Design Faculty Show, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
Real Dinosaurs eat Meat and Giraffes like Bubble baths, Up There Art Gallery, Auckland
Up There Arts Gallery Official Opening Exhibition, Up There Art Gallery, Auckland
Auckland Arts Fair 07, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Te Hurunga/Turning Points Pakeha Colonisation and Maori
Empowerment, Gisbourne
In Limbo, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Urban Pacific AK 07, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
Vienna Group Show, Vienna, Austria
2006
A4 Drawing Artspace, Physics Room, Christchurch
A4 Drawing Artspace, Artspace, Auckland
Te Hurunga/Turning Points Pakeha Colonisation and Maori
Empowerment, Palmerston North
Te Hurunga/ Turning Points Pakeha Colonisation and Maori
Empowerment, New Plymouth City Council, New Plymouth
Local, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
Spiewak Jacket Charity Auckland, St Matthews Church, Auckland
Paint, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Te Hurunga/Turning Points Pakeha Colonisation and Maori
Empowerment, Sarjeant Gallery, Te Whare O Rehu, Whanganui
Whitecliffe College of Art and Design Fashion Event, Newmarket, Auckland
Revealing, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Norsewear Art Awards, Finalist, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings
Works on Paper, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
2005
Team McMillan BMW Art Awards, Finalist Team McMillan BMW, Newmarket, Auckland
Waiheke Art Awards, Finalist Waiheke Gallery, Waiheke Island
Sliced, Exhibition of New Zealands premier stencil artists, Creation Gallery, Christchurch
Smak! Spiral Gallery, Auckland
Photography, Film and Video Faculty and Guests, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
Strictly Stencilised, Exhibition of New Zealands premier stencil artists, Disrupt Gallery, Akl
Strictly Stencilised, Exhibition of New Zealands premier stencil artists, C1 Expresso, Chc
My Guernica, Stanbeth Gallery, Auckland
Drawing Conclusions, Whare Toi Tangata Gallery, Morewa
Group Show, Whare Toi Tangata Gallery, Morewa
Coming Out, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Group Exhibition, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
2004
Pavement Magazine Tiger Beer Exhibition, 4:20, Auckland
Full House, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Group Show, MAW Clothing Boutique, Auckland
Canary Art Awards, Finalist, Canary Gallery, Auckland
Untitled, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland
Wallace Art Awards, Finalist, Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland
National Drawing Award, Physics Room, Christchurch
National Drawing Award, Physics Room, Artspace, Auckland
8 Propositions, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
NZ Fashion Week, Herald VIP Room, Auckland
Group Show, LOW, Auckland
55 DSL Fashion Show, Auckland Zoo, Auckland
Trust Waikato National Contemporary Award, Finalist, Waikato Museum of Art and History,
Hamilton
Recorder Rules, Opening Show, Disrupt Gallery, Auckland
Adidas Every Trefoil has a Story, Urban Art Haus Auckland
2003
Wallace Art Awards, Finalist, Massey East Gallery, Wellington
Project Unity, Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland
What Maw could you ask for? MAW Clothing, Auckland
Wallace Art Awards, Finalist, Auckland Museum, Auckland
Mazda Art Awards, Hilton Hotel, Auckland
Five Propositions, Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
Waterworks Show, Rm 103, Auckland
Post Grad A4, Weinsensee Art School, Berlin
Out of Control, 4:20, Auckland
ARTCUTOUT, Victoria Harwood Gallery, New Plymouth
Forging Alliances, P.2, New Plymouth
Group Show, Urban Art Haus, Auckland
2002
Forging Alliances, Zeal Youth Space, New Plymouth
Group Show, Austins @ Viaduct, Auckland
Desirable Misconceptions, Victoria Henwood Gallery, New Plymouth
Undermind, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland
Group Show, Victoria Harwood Gallery, New Plymouth
In Process II, Morgan Street Gallery, Auckland
Trust Waikato National Contemporary Award, Finalist, Waikato Museum of Art And History, Hamilton
Rise, Rise and Shine, Auckland
Group Show, McCathy Moon, Auckland
Twisted Eh! ASA Gallery, Auckland
Synthesis, Cite Gallery, Auckland
2001
Kanohi Te Kanohi – The New Expression, Te Taumata Gallery, Auckland
Politics of Display, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland
OUTSIDE PROJECTS
2009
48 Hour Film Competition
2008
48 Hour Film Competition
2007
Ricochet Clothing, Designs
48 hour Film Competition, Audience Award, Best Costumes Award
2006
48 hour Film Competition
2005
Illustrations for surf/skate wear ‘Few’ America
PUBLICATIONS
2011 Whakatane Beacon
Molly Morpeth Canady Painting Award
2010
Appliance Mag, Creative NZ, September Issue, Interview
2009
http://www.baybuzz.co.nz, Arts & Lifestyle, Seen this Century Exhibtion
http://www.nzherald.co.nz, City lights give an intriguing twist, The New Zealand Herald, 17th October
Prodesign, Design Eductaion 2010, Interview page 72, Issue 102 http://www.agm.co.nz/images/pdfs/PD_DesignEd%202010.pdf
Seen this Century, Interview page 22 – 23, Warwick Brown
Britomart Scene Magazine, Cover Image and associated images
Barerocks and Backbones Exhibtion
HYPERLINK “http://www.robgarrettcfa.com/barerockandbackbone.htm” http://www.robgarrettcfa.com/barerockandbackbone.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/britomartnz/3213238167/
2008
Gutterboard, Issue 1, Interview
The Darling, September, Interview page 53
Trends Outdoor Living and Holiday Home, work featured page 11
2007
Up There Arts opening show, work featured on ALT TV
Maori TV, Interview Re Urban Pacific
http://www.urbanpacific.co.nz, Urban Pacific, Catalogue
TV One, Front Seat interview re Urban Pacific, 17th March
Vienna Group show, Catalogue
2006
Groove Guide, Issue 131, 26 July – 1 August, page 2
Norsewear Art Awards, Catalogue, page 25
Te Huringa/Turning Points, Catalogue, cover image
Inspirations, Interview, Autumn 06, page 24
How to Look at a Painting, Justin Paton, page 84
Habitat, Winter 06, page 46
2005
http://www.artscalender.co.nz, in relation to S.M.A.K Group Show Artzone,
No 7 and No 10
http://www.nzherald.co.nz, Young Artists have a penchant to shock, The
New Zealand Herald, 31st August
http://www.disruptiv.com, in relation to Strictly Stencilised
http://www.thread.co.nz, in relation to Strictly Stencilised
http://www.artbash.co.nz, in relation to Strictly Stencilised
TV One, Late Nights News, re Strictly Stencilised
C4, Music Channel, Re Strictly Stencilised
TV 3, Nightline, re Solo Exhibition Beautiful Decay
2004
Threaded, Issue # 2, Spring, page 7
Refill magazine, Issue 3, Work featured – page 78
Maori TV, Maori Arts Programme, Interview
The New Zealand Herald, 9th December Seen and Heard
The Ink Room in print, in relation to the New Zealand Herald, 19th October
Daily News NZ Fashion Week, 19th October
Timeout Weekend Herald, 9th July, in relation to Recorder Rules
TV3, Nightline, re Recorder Rules
C4, Music Channel, re Recorder Rules
TV One Headliners, Interview Re Pavement Tiger Beer Show
Pavement Magazine, Winter Issue, Interview – page 84
TV One Headliners, Interview Re Adidas Show
Flipside TV, Channel One, March 18, Interview Re Adidas Show
Pavement Magazine, Spring Issue
TV3, Nightline, Re NZ Fashion Week
http://www.justart.co.nz, In relation to Mazda Art Awards
http://www.ncaa.co.nz, In relation to Trust Waikato National Art Award
http://www.canarygallery.com, In relation to Canary Art Awards
Whitecliffe Prospectus
2003
http://www.justart.co.nz, In relation to Forging Alliances P 2
TV 3, Nightline, Re Project Unity
ProDesign, February/March 2003, page 78
Home and Entertainment, Dec/Jan 2003, page 130
http://www.artscalender.co.nz, In relation to What Maw could you ask for?
Whitecliffe Prospectus, Cover, page 1, Images used for bus advertising
2002
http://www.interion.co.nz, Bestwood Melamine New Colours Competition
http://www.scoop.co.nz, High Rise Art To Brighten Auckland Rush Hour
http://www.npdc.govt.nz, In relation to Desirable Misconceptions
Neochroma, November, page 6,7,8
2001
TV 3, Nightline, Re Kanohi Te Kanohi – The New Expression North Shore Times, Factory becomes art spot with ambience, 22nd February, Cover
2000
TV One, Prime Time News interview, Re Its a Small World Ihug Billboard
The New Zealand Herald, Monster Mural Displays Talent, 15th November, page A11
The New Zealand Herald, Art Student meet Big Challenge, 7th November, page E15
http://www.ihug.co.nz, In relation to Its a Small World Ihug Billboard
COLLECTIONS
Private Collections New Zealand, Australia, Vienna
Private Collection Craig Parker
Fletcher Trust
James Wallace Trust
