FotoFreo 2006 Photographer Matthew Sleeth

Matthew Sleeth is a Melbourne based photographer. His work has been exhibited throughout Australia and in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Cologne and Berlin. Matthew’s work is widely collected and is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, the National Library of Australia, State Libraries of NSW and Victoria, Monash Gallery of Art, the National Portrait Gallery and various private collections including the Corrigan Collection, Gadens and Deutsche Bank.

Matthew's exhibition for FotoFreo 2006, Rosebud, (a seaside town on the Mornington peninsula southeast of Melbourne) is concerned with the memories of childhood revisited.

He is represented by M.33 (Melbourne), Josef Lebovic Gallery (Sydney) and Gallery Lichtblick (Cologne).

1991-1995 Diploma of Illustrative Photography Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Victoria.
1991-1993 Bachelor of Arts (Cinema Studies major) La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria.

Tour Of Duty
September 2004 – GALERIE LICHTBLICK (Cologne)
March 2002 - CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY (Melbourne)
February 2001 - BOCCALERO GALLERY (Los Angeles)

Roaring Days
May 2005 - HORSHAM ART GALLERY (Victoria)
July 2004 – NATIONAL TRUST (Melbourne)
April 2001 - LEICA GALLERY (Tokyo)
June 2000 - SABA GALLERY (New York)
November 1998 - PHOTOGRAPHERS’ GALLERY (Melbourne)
November 1998 - STILLS GALLERY (Sydney)

Boys
March 1997 - WARRNAMBOOL ART GALLERY (Victoria)
January 1997 - PROSTITUTES COLLECTIVE OF VICTORIA (Melbourne)

Short Stories
April 1997 - ARARAT GALLERY (Victoria)
November 1996 - STILLS GALLERY (Sydney)
September 1996 - HORSHAM ART GALLERY (Victoria)
July 1996 - CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY (Melbourne)

February 2005 - NINE TO FIVE: Images Of Work
Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Victoria.

November 2004 - CITY OF PERTH PHOTOMEDIA PRIZE
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA).

October 2004 - WRITTEN WITH DARKNESS (from The Corrigan Collection)
UTS Gallery, Sydney.

November 2003 - M.33 PROJECTED
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne.

June 2003 - LEICA/CCP DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne. (Touring until 2005)

May 2003 - NEW PORTRAITURE
Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne. (CCP satellite exhibition)

March 2003 - IMAGES AGAINST WAR
Gallery Licktblick, Koln. (Touring Europe/USA)

May 2002 - IMAGES OF AUSTRALIAN MEN
Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria. (Touring until 2004)

August 2001 - LEICA/CCP DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne. (Touring until 2003)

July 1997 - LEICA/CCP DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne. (Touring until 1999)

February 1994-2002 - SUMMER SALON
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.

November 1993 - FELIX H. MAN MEMORIAL PRIZE
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Age
Another Mag
Arena
Artlink
Australian Creative
Australian Magazine
Australians’ Review Of Books
Big Issue
Black + White
Black & White (USA)
Brandeins (Germany)
British Journal of Photography
Boerse Magazine (Germany)
Bulletin
Cream
Desktop
Financial Review Magazine
Good Weekend
GQ
HQ
I.D (USA)

Leica Fotografie International (Germany)
Marie Claire (Australia/USA/South America)
Monthly
Oxygen
Oyster
Panorama
PDN (U.S.A)
Photofile
Photonet (Korea)
Rolling Stone
Poster
Postwest
+Rosebud (Austria)
Source (UK)
Stern (Germany)
Stu
Sydney Morning Herald
Vogue
Yen
Zoo (UK)

Opfikon (M.33, Melbourne, 2004)
home + away (M.33, Melbourne, 2003)
Tour Of Duty (Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2002)
Roaring Days (M.33, Melbourne, 1998)

Intersections, by Helen Ennis (National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2004) – 5 images/text
An Eye For Photography, by Alan Davies (Miegunyah Press, 2004) – 1 image/text
Dress and Globalisation, by Margaret Maynard (Manchester University Press, 2004) – 1 image/text
The Bank Book, (M.33, Melbourne, 2001) - design/cover/19 images
15-21* The Stuff That Surrounds Us, (City Of Boroondara, Melbourne, 2001) - design/editor
Wildlight 2001, (Wildlight, Sydney, 2000) - 3 images
Under The Hook, by Wendy Lowenstein (Bookworkers Press, Melbourne, 1998) - 2 images
Life On The Waterfront, by Tas Bull (Harper Collins, Sydney, 1998) - cover
Beyond Black and White (Portside Editions, Melbourne, 1995) - 4 images

Ulrick + Schubert Photography Award (Gold Coast Arts Centre, 2005)
The Great Leap Forward (Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2005)
City Of Perth Photomedia Award (PICA, Perth, 2004)
Written With Darkness (UTS, Sydney, 2004)
17^th Internationale Photoszene Cologne (Stadt Cologne, 2004)
Survey (Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 2004)
Australian Photography 1928-2004 (Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 2004)
The Bottom Line (M.33, Melbourne, 2004)
M.33 Projected (M.33/ACMI, Melbourne, 2003)
Sothebys Auction: Sydney 25/8/2003 (Sothebys, Sydney, 2003)
National Purchase Award (Albury City Art Gallery, 2003)
Leica/CCP Documentary Award (Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2003)
Images of Australian Men (Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, 2002)
Phicton (Horsham Art Gallery, 2001)
Family (State Library of NSW, Sydney, 2001)
Leica/CCP Documentary Award (Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2001)
Tour Of Duty (Boccalero Gallery, Los Angeles, 2001)
Leica/CCP Documentary Award (Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 1997)
Boys (M.33, Melbourne, 1997)
Short Stories (M.33, Melbourne, 1996)
Circus Capers (Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne, 1995)
Felix H. Man Memorial Prize (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993)

Great Leap Forward – The Age / Preview magazine – 8^th May 2005
Survey – Sydney Morning Herald – 27^th July 2004
home+away – Photofile – Winter 2004
home+away – Artlink – Vol 24 No 1
Feet – The Age – 21^st August 2003
Tour of Duty – Source – No 32 - Autumn 2002
Tour of Duty – Postwest – No 20 - July 2002
Tour of Duty – The Sunday Age – 5^th May 2002
Tour of Duty – The Age – 30^th March 2002
The Bank Book – Real Time – February 2002
CCP/Leica Prize – Sydney Morning Herald – 20^th December 2001
CCP/Leica Prize – The Age – 18^th August 2001
Roaring Days – Artlink – September 1999
Roaring Days - The Bulletin - 8^th December 1998
Roaring Days - Better Photography - Winter 1999
Roaring Days - The Sydney Morning Herald - 2^nd December 1998
Short Stories - Sydney Morning Herald - 9^th December 1996
Short Stories - Herald Sun - 14^th August 1996
Short Stories - The Age - 31^st July 1996
Felix H. Man Memorial Prize - The Age - 15^th December 1999

Bartlett, G. Show Not Tell – Matthew Sleeth – Desktop – June 2005
Frost, A. Fine Frame – The Age / Sunday Life magazine – 8^th May 2005
McDonald, Alex. Snap Happy – State of the Arts – April-June 2005
Eastway, P. Matthew Sleeth – Street Photographer – Better Photography – Autumn 2004
Backhouse, M. Matthew Sleeth Censored – The Age – 31^st March 2004
Foster, A. Matthew Sleeth – Tour Of Duty – Photofile – Summer 2004
Fabijanic, T. There and Back Again – Black + White – November 2003
Gower, R. Matthew Sleeth - Australian Creative – October/November 2003
Bainbridge, S. The Way It Is – British Journal of Photography – 28^th August 2002
Palmer, D. Icons and Other Pictures – Australian Art Collector – July/September 2002
Coslovich, G. Focus On Propaganda and Nationalism - The Age – 27^th March 2002
Bartlett, G. Tour Of Duty – Desktop – May 2002
Holland, A. Views From Down Under – Black & White – October 2001
Mundell, M. Lost Empire – Big Issue – 9^th July 2001
Sykes, C. 30 under 30 - Photo District News (PDN) - March 2001
LaSala, A. Rising Star - Photo District News (PDN) - October 1999
Milne, P. Marginalia – Artlink – September 1999
Fuller, K. Roar Material - The Australian Magazine - 7^th November 1998
Ullman, M. Innercity Living - Fashion Journal - Spring 1997
Rawlings, S. Matthew Sleeth - Panorama - June 1997
Bunn, A. Average Boys - Warrnambool Standard - 6^th March 1997
Galliot, K. Hot Shots - Who Weekly - 16^th December 1996
Smee, S. Wrought Images - Sydney Morning Herald - 6^th December 1996
Burrows, P. Short Stories - Professional Photography - January 1996
Edlich, S. Artist Hits Out At Censorship - Mail Times - 14^th October 1996
Parsons, B. Stories Of the Street - The Age - 23^rd July 1996
Sullivan, J. History As It Happens - The Age - 15^th April 1995

21^st March 2002 - Channel 31 (Aust) – Public Hangings – Review of CCP Tour of Duty exhibition.
12^th February 2001 - Channel 10 (Aust) – Eyewitness News - News segment / interview at the opening of Tour of Duty exhibition at Boccalero Gallery, LA.
10^thJanuary 2001 - ADC (USA Cable) - Mo Potok talking to Alison Holland about the 'Tour Of Duty' exhibition in Los Angeles, Jan 2001.
10^th May 1995 - NBN (NSW) - News - Interview discussing photographers' copyright protection.

6^th September 2002 – ABC Radio National - Interview on Nightclub with Libby Gorr.
21^st May 2002 – ABC Regional Radio - Interview on The Afternoon Show with Chris Coleman.
19^th May 2002 – ABC Radio National - Interview on The Morning Show with Julie Copeland.
9^th May 2002 – 3JJJ - Interview on Morning Show.
8^th May 2002 - 3RRR - Interview on High and Low with Roger Taylor.
24^th March 2002 – 3JJJ - Interview on Artery with
12^th March 2002 – 3PBS - Interview on Art Rave with Jane Scott.
20^th March 2001 - 3RRR - Interview on Road To Nowhere with Andrew Harvey.
11^th November 1998 - 3RRR - Interview on High and Low with Roger Taylor.
6^th March 1997 - ABC Radio National– Interview.

National Gallery of Victoria
National Portrait Gallery
National Library of Australia
State Library of Victoria
State Library of N.S.W
Monash Gallery of Art
Performing Arts Museum
Horsham Art Gallery
City Of Boroondara Collection
Patrick Corrigan Collection
Gadens Collection
Deutsche Bank Collection

November 2005 - Australia Council, Studio Residency, Tokyo.
November 2004 - Finalist, City Of Perth Photomedia Award, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA).
September 2004 - Shortlist, Book Design Award (home+away) Australian Publisher’s Association.
July 2004 - Shortlist, Prix du Livre, Rencontres International Photographie, Arles, France.
March 2004 - Finalist, Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Art Photography Award Gold Coast Arts Centre.
March 2004 - Finalist, Citibank Portrait Prize Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
June 2003 - Finalist, Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
October 2002 - Best Color Photography (Editorial) Folio Awards, New York.
July 2002 - Finalist, Prix du Festival Off Rencontres International Photographie, Arles, France.
August 2001 - Finalist, Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
February 2001 - Documentary Award Summer Salon, CCP, Melbourne.
March 2000 - 30 under 30, Photo District News (PDN) Magazine, New York.
March 1999 - Australian National Print Awards. (For Roaring Days).
July 1997 - Finalist, Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
February 1996 - Documentary Award Summer Salon, CCP, Melbourne.
November 1995 - Ernst Haas Awards - Student Category New York.
November 1993 - Finalist, Felix H. Man Memorial Prize. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Exhibition showing at the Fremantle Prison, March 25 - April 25
Open daily, 10am-5pm

2006 Festival Photographer: Matthew Sleeth