Matthew F Cheyne News.

06/05/2011

Galerie Schortgen in Luxembourg is currently exhibiting a suite of MFC's new work. It was a nice excuse to visit the region in full spring flourish.

Rue Beaumont in Luxembourg City, home to Galerie Schortgen.


29/04/2011

MFC is currently putting the final touches on several new works for Schortgen Gallery in Luxembourg.

Autoportrait/The Dunce (detail)


30/09/2010

Matthew's painting Unbekannte Burger 4 (Unknown Citizen 4) has been shortlisted for the Redland Art Award. Opening night is the 6th of November at Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland. Scroll down to 26/02/2010 to see a photograph of the painting in progress in the Berlin studio.


25/09/2010

Matthew is a finalist in the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. The exhibition opens on Friday the 12th of November and runs until January 2011.


25/06/2010

Matthew's work Kriegsverluste 1 is a finalist in the 2010 Metro Art Award. The exhibition will run from July 25th until August 15th at Metro Gallery, Melbourne.

Kriegsverluste 1 (detail)


16/04/2010

The show Drawing Room Luminaries, opened last night at the Libby Edwards Gallery in Melbourne. The exhibition will be up until the 2nd of May.


08/04/2010

Matthew is back in Australia putting the final touches on his exhibition Drawing Room Luminaries, a series of paintings inspired by time spent in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

The delightfully surreal working conditions at Jeff Cheyne's Studio in Bardon.


26/02/2010

Matthew is currently preparing work for a solo exhibition at Libby Edwards Galleries in Melbourne scheduled for the 15th of April. Matthew is travelling back to Australia to be present at the opening.


27/11/2010

Penny Bradfield took some photographs of the opening of Sleep, Rumour and Vice at Galerie Kollaborativ in Prenzlauerberg, Berlin. Many thanks to curator Jon Adrie Hoekstra and the rest of the team at Kollaborativ. The show will be up until the new year.


26/11/2009 / The Berlin exhibition is up.

Sleep Rumour and Vice has been installed at Galerie Kollaborativ in Prenzlauerberg, Berlin. The opening drinks start at 7pm, Friday. Thanks to everyone who helped organise and install.

Transporting the works to Kollaborativ.

Photography / Penny Bradfield


14/11/2009 / New Berlin Works

On the 27th of November a show of MFC’s Berlin works entitled, Sleep Rumour and Vice will be opening at Galerie Kollaborativ in Prenzlauerberg, Berlin. The paintings, which are derived from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, will be accompanied by a series of electronic musical works created by Caroline Cheyne. The evolving compositions reflect the sleep cycle and the chaotic paths of rumour and vice.

Photo / Jon Adrie Hoekstra


18/09/2009 / New Site

Welcome to the new website. Thanks to The Letter D.


04/04/2009 / Nam Bang!

MFC's work Penelope has been included in Nam Bang! a public exhibition at Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, dealing with the aftermath of the Viet Nam war. Penelope was chosen as a fitting symbol of the domestic impact of the war.