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Artist Statement and Curriculum Vitae

Artist Statement

Matthew Armstrong

www.armkeitstudio.com

https://www.stevensstreetgallery.com.au/artists


matt.armstrong@alumni.griffithuni.edu.au 

Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast Queensland 

Commissions, Exhibitions, Inspirations:

  • 2024 March,  4 x Commissioned Paintings for Icon Place foyer refurbishment, Adelaide Street Brisbane. 
  • 2023, 2024 Group Exhibitions, Side Gallery, Red Hill, Queensland
  • 2023 August, The Re-story of Place and Belonging, Land Street Gallery, Toowong QLD
  • 2023 September, Abstraction Group Exhibition, Steven Street Gallery, Yaninda QLD
  • 2023 October, Pocket Pieces Group Exhibition, Steven Street Gallery, Yandina QLD
  • 2023, 2026 October, Daniel Butterworth:  A Focus on Portraits, Landscapes or Still Life, 2 day Workshop, Brisbane. 
  • 2022  Marking Time and Place - an exploration of natural inks and mark making tools, Ann Harris, Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Caloundra QLD
  • 2022 Colour Theory Workshop with Todd Whisson, Ron Bryant Fine Art Studio, Tamborine Mountain QLD 
  • 2021 August,  September, Landscape Feature Artist, Stevens Street Gallery Yandina Queensland.
  • 2019 Palette Knife Painting Workshop, Sydney Community College 
  • 2019 The Landscape of Brett Whitely, two-day professional masterclass, Noosa Queensland, National Art School with Noel Thurgate.  2019 Palette Knife Painting Workshop, one day Jacqueline Molina, Sydney Community College, Rozelle NSW
  • 2018 The Landscape Painting of Brett Whitely, two-day professional Masterclass, National Art School, Moreton Bay Queensland 
  • 2018 The Essentials of Graphic Facilitation, one day workshop, Michelle Walker, Curious Minds, Melbourne Victoria 
  • 2018  Thomas Merton : prophecy and renewal, Rome, Italy 

Published Research

Panning for Gold: The journey of mental health wellness and its relationship with  Planning Alternatives Tomorrows with Hope (PATH) 2015

Journal of Social Inclusion (JoSI) Griffith University, Brisbane Australia

https://josi.org.au/articles/abstract/10.36251/josi.83/


Arts Practitioner Membership:

Flying Arts Incorporated Queensland

Accredited Member

Exp 1st October 2026

Public Liability $20,000,000 any one occurrence

Art Competition Entries:

  • Earth Unframed, Belconnen Arts Centre ACT 2023
  • Ipswich Art Awards, QLD, 2023
  • Nature: Created by Nature, Captured by Artists, Richard Randall Art Studio Brisbane 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Arts Unlimited Exhibition Dunnedoo NSW 2021, 2022, 2025
  • Tower Art Exhibition Marist College Ashgrove Queensland 2021
  • Tower Art Exhibition Marist College Ashgrove Queensland 2020
  • Art Unlimited Exhibition Dunedoo NSW 2021
  • Caloundra Arts Market Queensland 2021

Selected Finalist for the following Awards:

  • 31 Chambers Art Prize Brisbane 2024
  • The Doyles Art Award QLD 2022, 2023, 2025
  • Kangaroo Valley Arts Award  NSW 2020
  • Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards QLD 2019
  • Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards QLD  2018
  • Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award QLD  2017 
  • Moreton Bay Regional Arts Awards QLD 2017 
  • Moreton Bay Regional Arts Awards QLD 2016 
  • Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards QLD 2015

Arts Based Projects:

  • 2025 - June/July Artist in Residence, Beelarong Community Farm, Brisbane
  • 2025 - Graphic Facilitation (PATH) Project - Alice Springs and Darwin, Inclusion Northern Territory, Parent to Parent Association
  • 2024 - Recording Visual Stories, We recover better together Project, Community Praxis Coop Sunshine Coast Queensland
  • 2023 - Graphic Recording Stories, Lived Experience Network (LEN) Griffith University Queensland 
  • 2022 - Art Healing Workshops, Compassionate Friends Queensland 
  • 2021, 2022, 2023  - Mark-making workshop, Loud and Clear Conference Queensland
  • 2015 – Resident Artist, Your Story Matters Project, Griffith University.·
  • 2012 – Present, Community Arts, Graphic Facilitator, and Workshop Facilitator – working alongside people with disability and their family members. 
  • 2014 – Present, Graphic Facilitation Trainer (Parent to Parent Association Queensland)
  • 2016, Ipswich Arts Facilitator, West Moreton Mental Health Collaborative Planning Day 
  • 2016, Workshop Facilitator, building connection and belonging in art making, A Place to Belong, Brisbane Queensland. 

Conference Presentations:

  • Reimagining Support for Young People Panel - Visual Stories, Queensland Alliance for Mental Health Conference, Brisbane, 2025
  • Graphic Facilitation and Future Planning, University of Sunshine Coast, 2020
  • PATH and recording visual stories, 2th Biennial Asia Pacific International Mental Health Conference, Brisbane, 2016 
  • The North Star Abstract Presentation (Recording Visual Stories), Grounding the Sacred in Literature and The Arts, the Australian Catholic University, Sydney 2015
  • The North Star Abstract Presentation (Recording Visual stories),  Arts and Health Conference, Melbourne 2014.

Armkeit Studio

Matthew L Armstrong

Copyright © 2021 Armkeitstudio - All Rights Reserved.  My artwork and comments expressed are my own personal views. 



I acknowledge our First Peoples, the traditional owners of the land on which I live and work, and honour the elders past, present and emerging.


 

BA, MHServ, CertVisArts, CertIVTAE