Rehgan De Mather: C.V.

Represented by Cowwarr Art Space & Gallery 577

EDUCATION

2001 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Monash University, Gippsland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011        M N M L V M X M L, Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr2009       Movement Mashes, Linton and Kay Contemporary - Perth
2008        Chinese Whispers and Chain Reactions, Gippsland Art                 Gallery - Sale
2008        All I Wanted was a Pepsi, Groundfloor Gallery - Sydney
2008        The Last of What’s Left, Jackman Gallery - St. Kilda
2007        I’d Like to Dance With You, Cowwarr Art Space -                  Cowwarr
2007        Overload, Groundfloor Gallery - Sydney
2006        Pretty When You Lie, Artworks Gallery - Southport
2006        Graphic Exploits and Other Gratuities, blank_space -                 Sydney
2005        Contemporary Leftovers, Latrobe Regional Gallery -                 Morwell
2005        Boxing Clever, Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
2005        Words, Music and Mayhem, Jackman Gallery - St Kilda 2004        Ignite, Jackman Gallery - St Kilda
2003        Nocturnal Selections, Stella Dimadis Galleries - Melbourne
2003        Travelling without Moving, Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale 2003        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 CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2011     6th P.A.F International Drawing Biennale, Steps Gallery - Carlton, Benalla Art Gallery - Benalla
2011     Artist’s for Artist Proof, The Worker’s Club - Fitzroy
2010     Of Snowflakes & Spacetime, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery - Port Melbourne
2010     Sweet Streets, 1000 Pound Bend - Melbourne
2010     Grand Opening, For Walls Gallery - Melbourne
2010     Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition - Toorak
2008     Matryoshka Principle, Pine Street Gallery - Sydney, Bus Gallery - Melbourne
2008     Hockey Plot, West Space - Melbourne, Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale,
Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
2007     Going to Town, Blindside Gallery - Melbourne
2006     New Energies, Meeniyan Art Gallery - Meeniyan, West Gippsland Art Centre - Warragul,
Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr, ARC Gallery -Yinnar
2004     Not for the Dinner Table, Stella Dimadis Galleries - Melbourne
2002     From the Stable, Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
2001     Textual, Gippsland Art Gallery - Sale
2001     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
2000     Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, Faculty Gallery - Caulfield, Switchback Gallery - Churchill
2000     Beyond Zone 1, Cowwarr Art Space - Cowwarr
2000     It’s a Big, Big World, Faculty Gallery - Caulfield

AWARDS

2011     Finalist, Black Swan Prize for Portraiture
2011     Finalist, Agendo Art Award
2011     Finalist, Archangel Art Prize
2011     Finalist, Art Scene Today Art Prize
2011     Finalist, Archangel Art Prize
2011     Finalist, Mount Eyre Art Prize
2011   Finalist, Prometheus Visual Arts Award

2010   Recipient, Sandra Bardas Studio Grant
2010   Finalist, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2010   Finalist, Arc Yinnar Drawing Prize
2010   Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize
2010   Finalist, Limestone Coast Art Prize
2010   Finalist, Stanthorpe Arts Festival

2009   Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize
2009   Finalist, Agendo Art Award
2009   Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize

2008 Finalist, Flanagan Art Prize
2008 Finalist, Arc Yinnar Drawing Prize

2007   Finalist, City of Whyalla Art Prize
2007   Finalist, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2007   Finalist, Prometheus Visual Arts Award

2006 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize
2006 Finalist, Arc Yinnar Drawing Prize

2004 Finalist, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship

2002 Finalist, Alice Springs Art Prize
2002 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize

2000   Semi-Finalist - Arts Award, Young Australian of the Year Awards
2000   Regional Arts Development Grant, Arts Victoria
2000   Winner, Aurora Australis Award, Spiritual Art and the Imagination

Collections

Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
Comme, Melbourne
Tolarno Hotel, Melbourne
Private Collections, Australia, Singapore, Ireland, UK, USA

Publications/Media

2010   A Re-usable Canvas, Gabrielle Procter, Melbourne Times Weekly
2010   Audio Interview with John Sheridan, Midweek Arts 3MBS FM
2009   Organised Chaos in Art, The West Australian, http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/video/-/watch/15652942
2009   Art Re-source Interview & Artist Profile, http://stevegray.com.au/blog/rehgan-de-mather-artist/
2008   Chinese Whispers and Chain Reactions, Exhibition catalogue
2008   Hockey Plot, Exhibition catalogue with essay by Claire Watson
2007   The Act of Sampling, essay by Louise Teggart
2006   New Energies, Exhibition catalogue
2005   Contemporary Leftovers, Exhibition catalogue with essay by Clive Murray-White
2004   Artist Profile, JJJ Radio
2004   Not for the Dinner Table, Exhibition catalogue with essay by Melissa Loughnan
2003   Audio Interview with Vicki Kerrigan, JJJ Radio - Artery Program
2001   The Arts Accordion, Arts Victoria