TERRY MATASSONI

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b. 1959

Painter Terry Matassoni completed a Diploma of Fine Art in 1980 and a postgraduate diploma in art in 1982 at the Victorian College of the Arts, and later a Master of Fine Art at Deakin University in 2001. He has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. In 1992 he painted a tram for the Victorian Ministry of the Arts and was artist in residence at St John Baptiste College in New York in 1993. He has lectured at the institute of Koorie Education in Melbourne since 2000. In 2003 a retrospective of his work was held at the Deakin University Stonington Stables. Matassoni was awarded the Sir Russell Drysdale Memorial Prize for Drawing in 1981 and the Broadford Prize in 1987. He received a Victorian Arts Board grant in 1982 and an artist development grant from the Victorian Ministry of the Arts in 1985. His work is held by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Heide Museum of Modern Art, VIC; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Artbank, Sydney; the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne and several regional and university galleries.