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Tiger Translate Event - Sydney
December 2011
After winning the 2011 Australian Tiger Translate award Matt painted live at the Sydney Tiger Translate event. The 6m x 3m canvas (shown above) housed a collaboration artwork that Matt worked on with Mongolian Artist, Lhagvaa Enkhbat. While in Sydney, Matt also painted the front external fascia of ‘Name That Bar’ with Korean artist, Junkhouse.
The next part of this journey sees Matt head to Mongolia in May to paint at the Tiger Translate Global Showcase.
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Kingloaf Article
December 2011
New York based online Art and Culture magazine ‘Kingloaf’ recently ran
a full article on Matt and his recent solo exhibition.
It’s a Girl! ...and another Girl!
November 2011
Matt painted this nursery mural for a private client, ready for the arrival of their twin girls.
A Slice of New York
November 2011
Matt painted this piece for Australian Pizza Store chain, New York Slice. The physical artwork itself will take pride of place in the Directors’ office and will be used as the main image on the landing page of their website.
Indesign Live Feature
October 2011
Indesign Live, one of Australia’s most respected Architecture & Design sites featured an article on Matts’ win in the Tiger Translate competition.
Matt WINS Tiger Translate Art Prize
October 2011
Matt has been crowned winner of the Australian arm of the Tiger Translate art competition.
He was up against a fold of exceptional submissions, all with the theme of ‘Growth’ and containing some elements of the Tiger Beer branding in the artwork. Matts’ ‘BUTTERFLIGER’ painting as it was dubbed by those at Tiger HQ, will be packed up and transported to Sydney to be shown at the Australian Tiger Translate party in November. Here, Matt will spend 3 days painting and collaborating with a handful of artists from various parts of Asia, working on their concepts of East meets West.
As part of his prize, Matt will be sent to Asia in early-mid 2012 to represent Australia and compete in the Global Showcase, where he will paint live over several days in front of international art critics and art purveyors.
Matt named Charity Ambassador
October 2011
After supporting this great children’s charity for years by donating artwork for auctions, Matt has now been asked to become an Ambassador for this foundation. Standing alongside accomplished businessmen and sports stars, Matt is looking forward to helping this foundation much more in
the future.
Global Party!
September 2011
Matt highlighted Brisbane’s own Global Party at Alloneword Bar in Fortitude Valley with a live artwork. Balancing high abvoe bar patrons, Matt brought to life a life size image from wine label and artwork sponsor, Vinaceous.
Wish you were here!
September 2011
Check your local coffee shop, deli or anywhere you normally find your stash of creative postcard goodnss. Matt’s artwork was recently printed onto 15,000 cards and distributed across Australia.
Matt StewArt Exhibition Launch
September 2011
With a launch night that was dubbed as “one of the best functions this year in Brisbane” by all media that attended, Matts’ solo exhibition was a complete success with all 25 pieces sold during the 3 day opening.
$2000 to Charity
August 2011
The sale of Matts’ 2010 Archibald Prize entry recently raised $2,000 through a silent auction at the inaugural Food Spectrum Winter Charity Ball.
This money goes directly to the Cerebral Palsy League to help them purchase much needed equipment.
Matt StewArt studio a cool backdrop
for a Courier Mail fashion photoshoot.
August 2011
A big thanks to Laura Stead, fashion editor from The Courier Mail for shooting her latest style sets in Matts’ studio. This shoot featured on their online fashion blog as well as in hard copy form on August 5.
Matts’ partner, Anna Patterson from White Gold Boutique created the beautiful makeup for the shoot.
Up Close in Brisbane News
July 2011
Matt appeared in the famed ‘up close’ section of Brisbane News recently.
A big thanks goes to Francene Ridley (journalist) and Justine Walpole (photographer) for their efforts. They were both a pleasure to work with.
Matt StewArt artwork at Alloneword Bar
May 2011
Matt has just finished a large scale artwork project at this cool Fortitude Valley bar. Consisting of a misture of painted murals, stencil work and pastes-ups (including a 12m long design), this is certain to be a talking point among patrons at this venue.
