Writing
Erin Mathews has been writing curatorial essays, as well as personal essays, blogs, copy and social media for the last fifteen years.
She enjoys researching new topics and crafting the perfect title.
WRITING
Selected Essays and Articles
ART GUIDE PREVIEW, SEP/OCT 2023
Mare Amoris | Sea of Love, UQ Art Museum, Art Guide Australia, Sep/Oct 2023 Issue.
ART GUIDE PREVIEW, SEP/OCT 2023
Vincent Namatjira: Australia in Colour, Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Guide Australia, Sep/Oct 2023 Issue.
ART GUIDE PREVIEW, MAY/JUNE 2023
Preview, National Gallery of Victoria Winter Masterpiece Exhibition — Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi
CRESSIDA CAMPBELL AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
Personal essay about the exhibition ‘Cressida Campbell’ at the National Gallery of Australia.
STARS, SCIENCE FICTION AND SPACEMEN
Curatorial essay written for the Space: 50 Years Since Man First Stepped On The Moon exhibition at Gippsland Art Gallery.
THE CONSTABLE CONNECTION
Curatorial essay written for the exhibition Lesley Duxbury, Echo: A Survey at Gippsland Art Gallery.
MONSTERS AND MELANCHOLY
Curatorial essay written for the The Enchanted: Odilon Redon, Master Prints exhibition at Gippsland Art Gallery.
A LEGACY OF BOTH ART AND SCIENCE
Curatorial essay written for the Celia Rosser: Banksia Lady exhibition at Gippsland Art Gallery.
ALONE, TOGETHER
Curatorial essay written for the online exhibition Alone, Together at Gippsland Art Gallery.
FEMINISM AND REPRESENTATION
This essay was written as a personal response to the research undertaken for the Middle Ground exhibition, curated by Erin Mathews at Gippsland Art Gallery.