Sumer is delighted to announce its representation of Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based artist Matthew Galloway.
Situated both within and beyond of the confines of the gallery, Galloway's cross-disciplinary practice—documentarian and historiographic—engages real issues presented within contemporary culture and our recent past. Informed by a background in design and publishing, his works deploy similar such editorial methodologies and tools. Past works include sculpture, installation, film, wall drawings, image and text, artist books, and other forms of publishing. He considers his art as a means by which to activate, challenge orthodoxies, and present alternate paths.
Presently there are solo exhibitions of his work on view in both Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellingon and Ōtautahi Christchurch: Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, until 30 June; and Empty Vessels, at Ilam Campus Gallery, until 21 June. His work has also been shown this year at Hastings Art Gallery, Heretaunga, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau, and Paludal, Ōtautahi.
Matthew Galloway's first solo exhibition at Sumer is scheduled for early 2025.
