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BIO/C.V.
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With numerous solo and group exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane,
Rehgan De Mather has quickly established himself as a young artist to watch.
Since completing his BVA at Monash University Gippsland in 2001 De Mather has been a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Araluen Art Prize, John Leslie Art Prize and Prometheus Art Award. He was a semi-finalist in the Young Australian of the Year Awards - Art Category, and was a recipient of the Regional Arts Development Grant through Arts Victoria.
“Rehgan De Mather's paintings replicate the traces of industry, and the cryptograms of graffiti, on walls of contemporary spaces. They flash with comic book exclamations, bleed with paint scrawled behind alleyways, and are seared by an essence of New York grit.
Rehgan's prolific output of work, for such a young artist, seems to be riding on a distinctly serious but fun attitude. His work is exciting because it is raw and has a genuine interest in the noises and signs that clutter urban spaces.”
David O'Halloran, Curator, Glen Eira City Gallery
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Travel
2009 Canada, West Coast USA, Mexico and Central America
2007 UK and Europe
2006 Artist in Residence - Nurses Quarters, Syndey
2003/2004 London, Dublin, New York, Western and Central Europe
Education
2001 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Monash University, Gippsland
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Chinese Whispers and Chain Reactions Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale
The Last of What's Left Jackman Gallery - St Kilda
2007 I'd Like to Dance With You Cowwarr Arts Space - Cowwarr
Overload Groundfloor Gallery - Sydney
2006 Pretty When You Lie Artworks Gallery - Southport
Graphic Exploits and Other Gratuities blank_space - Sydney
2005 Contemporary Leftovers Latrobe Regional Gallery - Morwell
Boxing Clever Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
Words, Music and Mayhem Jackman Gallery - St Kilda
2004 Ignite Jackman Gallery - St Kilda
2003 Nocturnal Selections Stella Dimadis Galleries - Melbourne
Travelling without Moving Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale
Art Boy vs. Bar Boy Switchback Gallery - Churchill
2002 Moderns Gods Glen Eira City Gallery - Caulfield
2001 Fine Focus: Recent Work Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 The Matryoshka Principle Pine Street Gallery - Sydney
Bus Gallery - Melbourne
Hockey Plot West Space - Melbourne
Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale
Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
2007 Going to Town Blindside Gallery - Melbourne
Teasers Groundfloor Gallery - Sydney
2006 New Energies Menniyan Art Gallery - Meeniyan
West Gippsland Art Centre - Warragul
Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
ARC Gallery - Yinnar
2005 Summer Takeaway Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
2004 Works on Paper Jackman Gallery - St. Kilda
Not For the Dinner Table Stella Dimadis Galleries - Melbourne
2003 Blue Jackman Gallery - St. Kilda
Urban Life Jackman Gallery - St. Kilda
2002 From the Stable Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
2001 Textual Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale
Work: Cut, Paste, Paint, Create, Burn Faculty Gallery - Caulfield
2000 exploring the self Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale
Nicholson St. Gallery - Bairnsdale
First Site Gallery - Melbourne
G.C.A.D Faculty Gallery - Caulfield
Switchback Gallery - Gippsland
Beyond Zone 1 Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
It's a Big, Big World Faculty Gallery - Caulfield
Awards
2008 Finalist, Arc Yinnar Drawing Prize
2007 Finalist, Whyalla Art Prize
Finalist, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
Finalist, Prometheus Art Award
2006 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize
Finalist, Arc Yinnar Drawing Prize
2004 Finalist, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2002 Finalist, 32nd Alice Springs Art Prize
Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize
2000 Semi - Finalist - Arts Award, Young Australian of the Year Award
Regional Arts Development Grant, Arts Victoia
Aurora Australis Award, Spiritual Art and the Imagination
Invitation and Membership, Golden Key National Honours Society
Collections
Sale College, Sale
Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
Private Collections, Australia
Private Collections, Singapore
Publications/Media
2008 Chinese Whispers and Chain Reactions, Exhibition Catalogue with essay by Louise Teggart
Hockey Plot, Exhibition Catalogue with essay by Claire Watson
2006 New Energies, Exhibition Catalogue
2005 Contemporary Leftovers, Exhibition Catalogue with essay by Clive Murray-White
2004 Artist Profile, JJJ Radio
Not For the Dinner Table, Exhibition Catalogue
2003 Audio Interview with Vicki Kerrigan, JJJ Radio - Artery Program
"2 lives come together to create unusual images"
Karen Stichtenoth - Monash News
2002 "Ancient Gods Inspire Artist"
Emma Storey - Caulfield Leader
2001 Textual, Exhibition Catalogue
The Arts Accordion, Arts Victoria
Artist Profile (web) + Audio Interview, JJJ/ABC - Noise Festival
2000 exploring the self, Exhibition Catalogue
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