1963 Born London, UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
From the air, fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Blue: a group show, fireworks gallery, Brisbane
2007
George Petelin Gallery, Gold Coast
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Two Fields, fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2005
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Greenhill Gallery, Perth
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
200
4 Lines III, fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Greenhill Gallery, Perth, WA
2003
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2002
Unforseen, fireworks gallery, Brisbane
Greenhill Gallery, Perth, WA
Ben Grady Gallery ACT, Canberra
2001
Tim Olsen Art Dealers, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
2000
Tim Olsen Art Dealers, Sydney
1999
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
1998
Moments in Civilisation, The Vault Contemporary Art Space
Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
Mappings, James Allen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1996
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Of One, Of Many, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
1995
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1994
Room Exhibition, Imperial Hotel, New Delhi
Room 32, Regents Court Hotel, Sydney
1993
Studio Exhibition, Sydney
1992
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
1991
Studio Exhibition, Sydney
1990
Studio Exhibition, Sydney
1989
Studio Exhibition, Sydney
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Contemporaneous, Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta,Victoria
2007 Views on Abstraction, Hill Smith Gallery, South Australia
Tactile Imagination, Design Research Processes, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Utopian Visions & The slump of Paradise, Block Projects, Melbourne
2007 Points of Departure, Tobey Fine Arts, New York
2006 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Salon, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
2005 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, ¬¬Hong Kong
Stanley Art Prize, Stanley, Tasmania
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton, Melbourne
Lines III, fireworks gallery, Brisbane
2003 ART PARIS, Carrousel de Louvre, Paris
Fresh Paint, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Cube + Nodrum + Abrahams, Cube Gallery, Adelaide
Depth of Field, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC & MUMA, Melbourne
2002 Good Vibrations, Heide Museum of Art, Heidelberg
Exposition collective, Conseil General de Loire Atlantique, Nantes, France
Towards Colour, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin VIC
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Lines II, fireworks gallery, Brisbane
2001 ART PARIS, Carrousel de Louvre, Paris
Australie, Visages d’un continent, Galerie Visage de l’Art, Marly-le-Roi
Voyages dens la matiere, Atelier Claude Cerf, Paris
Love Colour, Studio 91B, Adelaide
Whitish Christmas, Ben Grady Gallery, ACT
2001-03 Hermanns Art Award, national travelling exhibition
Abstraction: Spirit, Light, Pure Form Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2000 Accents Australiens, Espace Adamski Designs, Paris
Melbourne Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
The Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Regional Gallery
1999 Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris
on any given day, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
Exposition Australie, Bastille, Paris, France
1998 Propositions Australiennes, Gallerie Luc Queyrel, Paris
Le Temps du Reve, Bioliotheque municipale, Le Perreux-sur-Marne
1997 Espace Beziers, Beziers, France
Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
Devoured by Paint, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney
1996 Abstraction Now, Geelong Regional Gallery, Victoria
Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Aer Phoste, Dublin, Ireland
1995 Icon of our Times, Salon Natasha, Hanoi, Vietnam
3x3, Touring Residencies/Sites, Sydney, Christchurch, Auckland, Berlin, Canberra & Beijing
Works on Paper - A Selection, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Moet And Chandon Touring Exhibition, State Galleries of Australia
Hidden Treasures S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1994 Bet Your Life II, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
House, Canberra, curated and co-ordinated by the artist
Re-placing Australian Painting, Rosinis & Test Tube Gallery, Auckland NZ
1993 Moet And Chandon Touring Exhibition, State Galleries of Australia
Contemporary Australian Painting; Works From The Allen, Allen & Hemsley Collection, Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre
Australian Perspecta 93, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1992 Future City - Art & Architecture, Bond Store, Sydney
Alphabet/Haemorrhage, Performances from the Black Box - assistant to Mike Parr, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1991 Over East, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia
Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
1989 Fresh Art, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
William Dobell Foundation Art Prize, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown City Art Gallery
1988 Seven New Artists, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Ariennale, EMR Gallery, Sydney
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 1 (ACAF), Melbourne
Faber Castell Drawing Prize, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1987 Mori Gallery, Sydney
1985 New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition
Faber Castell Prize For Drawing, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney

COLLECTIONS
AIS Insurance Collection
Holmes à Court Collection, Perth
Allen, Allen & Hemsley, Sydney Hyatt Hotel, Perth
Artbank, Sydney Macquarie Bank Macquarie Bank
Australian Wheat Board, Melbourne Mallesons Stephen Jacques, Melbourne
BHP Collection, Melbourne Moorilla Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmania
Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland News Corporation
Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu State Bank, Victoria
Gandel Group, Chadstone, Melbourne Victor and Loti Smorgon Collection, Melbourne
Faber Castell Collection, Sydney Visy Industrial Packaging, Melbourne
Freehill, Hollingdale & Page, Melbourne

Corporate collections throughout Australia and private collections in Australia, Cologne, Munich, New York, Madrid, Seoul and Vancouver, Canada

COMMISSIONS
2005 Glenroy Learning Centre, in association with McGauran Gianni Soon Architects, Melbourne
Hue, in association with Clement Jackson Burrows & SC Land Developments, Melbourne
2004-05 Moment, Multiplex, Architects Wood Marsh, Consultants Turpin Crawford Studio, Sydney
2004 Emanation Still Life, Book Cover design, for “The Cooks Companion”, Stephanie Alexander, in association with Penguin Group.
2002 Sunfield, Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, Australian Wheat Board, Melbourne
2002-03 Yellow House Screens, in association with The Yellow House & Philip Bartlett Projects, Sydney
2001 Seasons, 4 Panels, Chadstone Shopping Centre, Melbourne
1997–98 Babylonian Frieze, MG Garage, in association with PJ Developments and Alex Tzannes Architects, Sydney

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2008 Australia Council Barcelona Residency,Spain
2002 Cite des Artes International Artist Residency, Paris
2001 Artist in Residence, Bundanon, New South Wales
2000 Arts Victoria, Travel Research Grant, Gabo Island, Victoria
1999-00 Parks Victoria Artist in Residence Program, Pettys Orchard,Templestowe, Victoria
1998-99 Artist in Residence, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
1995 Travel Research Grant Australia Council (V.A.C.B.)
1993 Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown City Gallery, New South Wales
1988 Faber Castell Prize for Drawing

PUBLICATIONS
Ingrid Perez Matthew Johnson’s Circles of Light, Australian Art Collector, Issue 34 Oct – Dec 2005
Ashley Crawford Matthew Johnson: Peregrination, The Age Review, Saturday Oct 16, 2005
Martin Shub Art Right Now, Exhibition News, www.gallery.discoverymedia.com.au
Annabel Dean Swatch this Space, SMH July 21, 2005
Peter King Catalogue Essay, Greenhill Galleries, 2005
Betsy Brennan Vogue Living Apartments, 2004
Ashley Crawford Catalogue Essay, Christine Abrahams Gallery, 2003
Karen Hall Catalogue Essay, Depth of Field, Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, 2003
Geraldine O’Brien News and Features (Yellow House Project), Sydney Morning Herald, 22 March 2003
Karen Hall Catalogue Essay, Tim Olsen Gallery, 2003
Robert Nelson Photography and Painting in Cahoots, The Age, Jan 25 2003
Sandra McLean Take Your Sunnies. Article, The Courier Mail, Mon. 28 October 2002
Zara Stanhope Catalogue Essay, Good Vibrations, Heide Museum of Art, 2002
Harry Kampianne A lA Decouverte del’Art Australien, Arts Actual, 2000
John Peter Brakewood Review, Art Actual, 1998
Neville Western Review, West Australian, June 2002
Michael Eather Lines II, Catalogue essay, 2002
Carol Marando Amateurs Dominate Drawing Prize, Review Faber Castell Prize, Eastern Herald, 1/9/88
Elwyn Lynn Review of Faber Castell Prize, Weekend Australian, 3/9/88
Ronald Millar Review of solo exhibition at Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne Herald, 5/7/89
Australian Elle Young at Art, May 1990
Sandra Murray Over East, Catalogue, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth 1991
Betsy Brennan Vogue Living, April 1992
Judy Annear Moet & Chandon Touring Catalogue, 1993
Felicity Fenner Looking for Life Support, Sydney Morning Herald, July 1994
Felicity Fenner Review of Moet & Chandon, Sydney Morning Herald Sept 1993
Davina Jackson Future City, Art & Architecture, Exhibition Catalogue 1992
Bruce James Review of Australian Perspecta, The Australian 9 Oct 1993
John Kavanagh Youthful Vigour in Perspecta, Business Review Weekly 22/10/93
Natalie King Australian Perspecta '93, Exhibition Catalogue, AGNSW
Victoria Lynn Australian Perspecta 93, Exhibition Catalogue, AGNSW
Ewen McDonald Contemporary Aust’n Painting: Works from Allen, Allen & Hemsley Collection, 1993
Paul McGillick An Elegant Perspecta, Australian Financial Review, 22 Oct 1993
John Neylon The Discreet Charm of the Moet Award, Art & Australia, Vol1, No31 Spring 1993
Nicholas Baume Room 32, Art & Text 1995
Rita Carlos Replacing Australian Painting, Planet Magazine, Jan95
Elwyn Lynn Review of Moet & Chandon Prize, The Australian, 24/2/95
John McDonald Review of Moet & Chandon Prize, SMH, 15 Feb 1995
Paul McGillick Review of Moet & Chandon Prize, Financial Review, 26 Feb 1995
Harford, Sonia Matthew Johnson, The Age, 25 April, 1995
John McDonald Review of One of Many S.M.H., May 1996
Bernard McAll Catalogue essay for Christine Abrahams Gallery 1995
Sabastian Smee Review of exhibition at Olsen Carr, S.M.H. 1999
Simeon Kronenberg Catalogue essay, Christine Abrahams Gallery, March 2001
Andrew Frost Review of exhibition at Christine Abrahams Gallery, Australian Art Collector, March 2001
Terry Ingram Christies Contemporary Auction, Financial Review May 5 2001