Abbie Matthews is an artist and educator at The Art Gallery of Ballarat & Oxygen College. Working across drawing, painting, mixed media and printmaking, she creates portraits, landscapes and abstracts along with creating work within the design field. Over her 20 years as a practicing artist, Abbie has been involved in exhibitions and residencies both nationally and internationally. Highlights include a month-long residency in Indonesia and working alongside the artistic director for a Serendipity Point Films production starring Minnie Driver. Abbie has created numerous commissioned works for both private collections and public display, recently being chosen to create a work for the Art Trail through the City of Ballarat.
Her experience in teaching art is vast, having taught in Ontario and Bangkok, along with locally at Heide Museum of Modern Art, The Australian Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades and high school and primary school settings across Victoria. With a true passion for art, she paints daily in her beautiful home studio and is continually exploring new techniques and creative possibilities.
Her experience in teaching art is vast, having taught in Ontario and Bangkok, along with locally at Heide Museum of Modern Art, The Australian Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades and high school and primary school settings across Victoria. With a true passion for art, she paints daily in her beautiful home studio and is continually exploring new techniques and creative possibilities.
2025 Ballarat Wall Art Trail
This work was commissioned by The City of Ballarat to create an artwork that will become a large pasteup mural on Unicorn Lane, just off Sturt Street.
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This work titled Between the Lines was recently exhibited in The Rutherglen Tastes of Art Prize
This work titled The Shape of a Glance was recently shortlisted for The Flanagan Art Prize
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