Curatorial Practice
Erin Mathews has over ten years experience working in galleries, the majority as a curator.
Her focus is on equality curating, and she works to celebrate the diversity of artists and arts workers. As part of her curatorial work, Erin enjoys running tours, facilitating panels and making podcasts.
GALLERIES
Selected Exhibitions
Young Blood Exhibition Artists and Curator
Space: 50 Years Since Man First Stepped On The Moon, Gippsland Art Gallery - 20 July to 8 September 2019
The Archibald Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery - 8 October - 21 November 2021
Heather Shimmen: The Ladies of the Pleiades, Gippsland Art Gallery - 1 June to 14 July 2019
Middle Ground, Gippsland Art Gallery - 12 June to 1 August 2021
Lee Darroch: We are the Land, the Land is us, Gippsland Art Gallery - 14 August to 19 September 2021
Freestone Press: Young Blood Exhibition, Curated by Gillian Kline and Erin Mathews, Briagolong Art Gallery - 6 August to 11 September 2022
John Leslie Art Prize 2018, Gippsland Art Gallery - 22 September to 25 November 2018
Joanne Scicluna: Where the Land Lies, Gippsland Art Gallery - 6 April to 26 May 2019
Allan Fox: Good Vibrations, Gippsland Art Gallery - 18 May to 28 July 2019
Crystal Stubbs: Wonderland, Gippsland Art Gallery - 13 July to 7 October 2019
Artist Proof: The Collective Spirit of Freestone Press, Gippsland Art Gallery - 22 August to 28 February 2020
Entrancing Others, Gippsland Art Gallery - 20 March to 23 May 2021
Rodney Forbes: In My Life, Gippsland Art Gallery - 13 March to 16 May 2021
Celia Rosser: Banksia Lady, Gippsland Art Gallery - 8 August to 28 February 2020
Rene Magritte: The Revealing Image, Photos and Films, Latrobe Regional Art Gallery - 19 August 2017 to 19 November 2017
MINE – The Film Will Always Be With You, Curated by Abrie Fourie and Erin Mathews, Latrobe Regional Gallery - 30 September to 3 December 2017
PROGRAMS
Selected Public and Education Programs
Curator Talk, Middle Ground - 2021
Hosting First Fridays Talks, Gippsland Art Gallery – 2019 and 2020
VCE Video, Gippsland Art Gallery - 2020
Hosting First Fridays Talks – 2020 (Gippsland Women’s Health)
Hosting First Fridays Talks, Gippsland Art Gallery – Gippsland Women’s Health 2020
Participating in the Panel Discussion at the Gippsland Women's Health AGM - "We Are Rural Woman, We Are Diverse"
Hosting Panel Discussion, “Art Vs Science”, for Climarte Festival, Gippsland Art Gallery – 27 April 2019
EVENTS
Selected Special Events
Gippsland Art Gallery At Home Podcast – Four Seasons
Interviewed on the ‘Inside the Gallery' Podcast about Space: 50 Years Since Man First Stepped On The Moon – released 18 June 2019
Judge for East Gippsland Art Gallery WRAP Competition – Friday 7 December 2018
Ask a Curator Day 2020 – 16 September 2020
Article on the Print Council of Australia website
Presented at the PGAV Collections Management Event, Gippsland Art Gallery – Wednesday 7 November 2018
Radio Interviews, ABC Gippsland
Panel Member for the Avon Ridge Mural, Regional Rail Revival, Rail Projects Victoria - 2021