BIO
Mat Vaughan is a visual artist living off grid and in the alpine village of Wandiligong in Australia. Each day he draws inspiration from the environment and people that surround him.
Mat graduated with a BA Fine Arts (Honours) from the Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne in 2015.
When he’s not in the studio or working the farm, he is lost, having adventures in the mountains of the Victorian high country.
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Education
2015 - The University of Melbourne VCA, BA Visual Arts (Honours)
2012-2014 -The University of Melbourne VCA, BA Fine Arts (Drawing)
2013 - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
2010 - RMIT, Diploma of Visual Arts
Exhibitions, Awards and Residencies
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Murray Art Museum Albury MAMA, “Rally 12”
2019 – Alternating Current, Melbourne, “Errance”
2019 – Feathertop Winery, Bright, “Horizons”
2018 – Alternating Current, Melbourne, “3181”
2017 - Kings ARI, Melbourne, “Jack’s Tent”
2017 - Rubicon ARI, Melbourne, “Urban Adventures”
2016 - Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, “Space Travel”
Group Exhibitions
2018 – Library at the Dock, Docklands, “Tramstop stories”
2017 – Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne, “From Nature”
2016 - City of Albany Town Hall, WA, “The Big Draw Exhibition”
2015 - VCA, Graduate Exhibition 2015
2015- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (City of Hobart Art Prize)
2015 - VCA Student Gallery, “ ; ”
2015 - VCA Student Gallery, “Two Fields”
2015 - City Library, Melbourne, “Halfway there”
2014 - Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA, Melbourne, “Majlis Prize 2014”
2014 - Kunsthochschule Mainz, “Rundgang 2014”
Awards
2022 - Tastes of Rutherglen Art Prize (Winner)
2019 – Federation Art Prize, Corowa (Winner)
2019 – Small Space, Trinity Anglican College Art Award (Winner)
2017 - Incinerator Art Award: Art For Social Change (Finalist)
2017 - Banyule Award For Works On Paper (Finalist)
2015 - City of Hobart Art Prize (Highly Commended)
2015 - City of Hobart Art Prize (Finalist)
2014 - Fiona Myer Award (Winner)
2014 - Majlis Travelling Scholarship (Finalist)
2013 - Stuart Black Memorial Drawing Scholarship (Winner)
Residencies and Explorations
Annapurna Circuit, Nepal, “Jack’s tent” – multiple installations - 2017
Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA, September - November 2016
Other Events
The Big Draw Festival – “Inking Kombi” – Albany, WA, October 2016
Western Australian Children’s Week – Albany Town Square, WA, October 2016
Turning Trash into Treasure – “Ink Drip Coffee” – South Melbourne Market, September 2017
Stringybark Festival – “Inking Kombi” – Melbourne, October 2017
Traveling Film Festival – “Jack’s Tent” guest speaker – Bright, February 2019
High Country Comeback – “Kangaroos” - South Melbourne, January 2020
Hut2Hut - Hut2Hut Maps - Mt Bulla and Online, February 2021
Great Southern Endurance Run - GSER Maps - Harrietville and Online, October 2021