MATHEW HOOKER
Born 1974, New Zealand. Currently lives and works between Sydney, Australia, France and Indonesia.
EDUCATION
2024 Expressive drawing course. With Jody Graham.
2023 Hosted and participated in a four week artist residency in the South-West of France..
2023 Richard Claremont Shell Harbour Workshop. Composition, colour, expressive mark making.
2023 Worked as intern for NAS Margaret Olley Drawing Week
2022 BFA National Art School. Sydney.
2020 Contemporary landscape and colour course with Nicole Kelly. Artest.
Pre 2020. Self-taught.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2026 Hooker is currently working on a series of landscape works for a group show ‘Different Views’ at the Garden Gallery, Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney. Opening 02/03
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Wilsons Cafe and Art space, Sydney, Australia.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS and PRIZES
2026 Out Of The Blue, Shop Gallery, Glebe, Sydney, Australia.
2026 Second Serve Art Exhibition, Revolve Gallery, Redfern, Sydney, Australia.
2025 Shape-shifter. Book launch and art exhibition. Feast studios, Torquay, Victoria
2025 Participated in the ‘Woman for Change’ fundraiser. My painting ‘woman walks through storm’ was donated and sold, contributing to the ‘Woman for change’ cause.
2024. The Gang Eclectic, The Raglan Gallery, Cooma
2024 ‘nine’ Australian artists in France. Ambush Gallery.
2024 Finalist in Clyde & Co. Art Award.
2024 Finalist in Waverly 9 x 5 landscape award. (Two paintings accepted)
2023 NEXUS Group exhibition, Sheffer Gallery.
2023. Recipient of the Clyde & Co Staff Choice Award for Sydney 2023.
2023 Finalist in Clyde & Co. Art Award.
2023 Margaret Olley Drawing Week, Raymor Hoff Project Space, National Art School, Sydney
2021 Margaret Olley Drawing Week, Raymor Hoff Project Space, National Art School, Sydney
2020 Coopernook, Taree, Australia.
2019 La Cantina, Contis Plage, France.
2018-2019. La Trattoria, La Lette, France.
2018 La Boutique, St. Julien, France.
2018. Finalist in ‘Reflections’ Lennox Art Collective Gallery
COMMISSIONS
2022 Portrait for private collection. Australia.
2020 Seascape for private collection. Australia.
2018 & 2019. Site specific Murals in several private collections, France.