Waiting by Terry Matassoni
Terry is interested in portraying the alienation experienced in the larger cities, the loss of identity, the loneliness, the stresses on relationships and the power of images. He finds his inspiration from his immediate surroundings by looking at the people he meets, magazines and TV. He undertook undergraduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts and completed his Master of Fine Art at Deakin University. He has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle, Italy and Auckland, New Zealand and group shows in Toronto, Denmark, Berlin and Chicago. In 2003 a retrospective of his work was held at Deakin University Stonington Stables and in 2012 he had a major curated exhibition spanning 23 years of work at The Maroondah Art Gallery. His work is held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, The Museum of New Zealand, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Artbank, Sydney; the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, and several regional and university galleries.
Terry is interested in portraying the alienation experienced in the larger cities, the loss of identity, the loneliness, the stresses on relationships and the power of images. He finds his inspiration from his immediate surroundings by looking at the people he meets, magazines and TV. He undertook undergraduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts and completed his Master of Fine Art at Deakin University. He has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle, Italy and Auckland, New Zealand and group shows in Toronto, Denmark, Berlin and Chicago. In 2003 a retrospective of his work was held at Deakin University Stonington Stables and in 2012 he had a major curated exhibition spanning 23 years of work at The Maroondah Art Gallery. His work is held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, The Museum of New Zealand, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Artbank, Sydney; the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, and several regional and university galleries.
Terry is interested in portraying the alienation experienced in the larger cities, the loss of identity, the loneliness, the stresses on relationships and the power of images. He finds his inspiration from his immediate surroundings by looking at the people he meets, magazines and TV. He undertook undergraduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts and completed his Master of Fine Art at Deakin University. He has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle, Italy and Auckland, New Zealand and group shows in Toronto, Denmark, Berlin and Chicago. In 2003 a retrospective of his work was held at Deakin University Stonington Stables and in 2012 he had a major curated exhibition spanning 23 years of work at The Maroondah Art Gallery. His work is held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, The Museum of New Zealand, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Artbank, Sydney; the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, and several regional and university galleries.