Matt Carney is a young
sculptor with a huge talent and his work is becoming greatly sought after here
in Australia.
Matt specialises in mild steel works as well as lost wax bronze. In his early
training Matt completed a Bachelor of Fine Artat the University
of Tasmania majoring in
both sculpture and painting. He then apprenticed himself to the well known
Australian sculptor Stephen Walker as an assistant in bronze casting. During
this time Matt also completed several major public works and maintained his own
studio. The nineties found Matt in London
where the theatricality of his sculpture background was recognised by Richard
Branson and he was hired as a creative consultant to design and fit out the
interiors of Branson's Voyager Club empire. Matt returned to Tasmania in 1996 and established a working
studio.
He has been selling
nationally at galleries such as, Handmark Gallery and Red Chapel Gallery in Hobart. Code Red Gallery
in Perth, Soho Galleries in Sydney
and Delshan Gallery and Artefact in Melbourne.
Due to his commercial
success this has been the first opportunity for Matthew to create a coherent
body of work as a show and as he has built his own foundry this year, has
incorporated lost wax bronzes into his repertoire.
Collections include:
Arts Tasmania, Leonard Bernstein Collection
NYC, Richard Branson Collection, London and
private collections in America,
Japan, England and Singapore.
