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Artist - FRANCESCA MATARAGA Artist
Statement
Francesca Mataraga is a
Sydney based artist. Her work is conceptual and installation based incorporating
painting, sculpture and drawing.
Francesca’s work raises certain
questions about the physical presence of objects. Drawing on minimalist
ideas and materials Francesca’s work explores how materials alter the perception
of an artwork. The juxtaposition of certain materials affect the viewer’s
spatial perception of the artwork in the gallery environment and in the
landscape questioning the material presence of the object.
Francesca’s work has been
exhibited in Sydney and Melbourne at the Ivan Dougherty Gallery – College
of Fine Arts UNSW, the Tin Sheds Gallery Faculty of Architecture – University
of Sydney, Factory 49, Peloton and Sydney Non Objective Contemporary Art
Projects. She had been a finalist in various prizes such as the Woollahra
Small Sculpture Prize, the Blake Prize and the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing
Award.
MATARAGA
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Untitled EmptySpace1
2005
60x40x50cm Perpsex Oil on
MDF
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Untitled Empty Space
Large Mirror 2 2006
Mirrored Perspex Steel Acrylic
on MDF 140x120x100cm
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Untitled Empty Space
II 2005
30x30x20cm Mirror Perspex
Acrylic on MDF
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Untitled Empty Space
Large Mirror 2006
Mirrored Perspex Steel Acrylic
on MDF 140x120x100cm
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Untitled EmptySpace 2 2005
60x40x50cm Perpsex Oil on
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Untitled Empty
Space I 2005
30x30x20cm Mirror Perspex
Acrylic on MDF
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FRANCESCA MATARAGA – CV
EXHIBITION HISTORY
FRANCESCA MATARAGA
www.francescamataraga.net
2007 Master of Fine Arts
(Painting), College of Fine Arts University of NSW
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts
(Painting), National Art School
1999 Certificate IV
in Fine Arts, Southern Sydney Institute
1994 Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
- Art History & Theory, University of Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2008 The Empty Space – Ivan
Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts UNSW
2007 Art is art and life
is life - Factory 49, Sydney
Art is art and life
is life - 69 Smith St, Melbourne
2006 The Empty Space - Tin
Sheds Gallery, Faculty of Architecture University of Sydney
2005 The PM Project - Peloton
2004 Passing - The 4th Floor
Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2007 Wall Work #5 – Factory
49
Factory 49 Group Show
S.N.O. 25 - Sydney
Non Objective Contemporary Art Centre, Sydney
2006 Shelf Life - Delmar
Gallery, Sydney
Sydney Art 06 - Hordern
Pavillion, Sydney
Three foot square
- College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney
2005 Artists Against Sedition
- Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
Woollahra Small Sculpture
Prize - Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney
S.N.O. 12 - Sydney
Non Objective, Sydney
Placard Project -
Mori Gallery, Sydney
By Invitation Only
- Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
Out Loud - TAP Gallery,
Sydney
2004 The Year in Art - S.H.
Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Mountains and Molehills
– Firstdraft, Sydney
On Neon - The Cross
Art Projects, Sydney
Idee Fixee – Firstdraft,
Sydney
Out Loud - TAP Gallery,
Sydney
2003 52nd Blake Prize -
Sir Hermann Black Gallery University of Sydney, Sydney
Woollahra Small Sculpture
Prize - Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney
Pulse @ Space 3, Sydney
JADA Touring Exhibition
- Albury Regional Art Gallery, Ken Done Gallery, Redland Art
Gallery, Gold Coast
Regional Gallery
Inaugural Postcard
Show - Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton
2002 JADA - Grafton Regional
Gallery, Grafton
The Degree Show, Stairwell
Gallery National Art School, Sydney
Organics - Stairwell
Gallery National Art School, Sydney
Oil and coil - Cell
Block Exhibition Space National Art School, Sydney
drawn out - Stairwell
Gallery National Art School, Sydney
Drawing to Painting
- Stairwell Gallery National Art School, Sydney
Colorworks - Stairwell
Gallery National Art School, Sydney
Drawing Week Exhibition
2002 - Cellblock Exhibition Space National Art School, Sydney
2000 Painting - National
Art School, Sydney
2001 Exhibition Space -
National Art School, Sydney
1999 Painting & Printmaking
Show - Southern Sydney Institute, Sydney
Waverley Woolahra
Art Prize, Sydney
1998 Waverley Woollahra
Art Prizes, Sydney
1997 North Sydney Art Prize,
Sydney
Sydney Community College,
Sydney
1993 Posthumia Art Exhibition
- Cellar Exhibition Space University of Sydney, Sydney
Residencies
2006 Artist in Residence,
Bronte Public School
Awards and Grants
2006 Finalist, Off the Wall,
Art Sydney 06
Recipient, GAS Scheme
Grant, College of Fine Arts Students’ Association, UNSW
2005 Finalist, Woollahra
National Small Sculpture Prize
Recipient, GAS Scheme
Grant, College of Fine Arts Students’ Association UNSW
2004 Finalist, The 52nd
Blake Prize for Religious Art
Finalist, Woollahra
National Small Sculpture Prize
2003 Finalist, Jacaranda
Acquisitive Drawing Award
Collections
Private collections in Australia
Bibliography
'A subject dear to their
art' - Inner Western Courier, May 2006
‘Sydney 06’ Catalogue
‘Profiles’ - The Art Almanac,
June 2006
‘2005 Woollahra Small Sculpture
Prize’ - The Program, October 2005
‘Space with its own beauty’,
The Torch 11 October 2005
‘Seeking Space in Sculpture’,
Cooks River Valley Times, 13 October 2005
‘PM Project’ - The Program,
May 2005
‘See - The PM Project’ The
Planner - Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, May 14-15 2005
‘Profiles’ - The Art Almanac,
July 2004
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