Hugo Mathias is an artist and teacher from Aotearoa New Zealand and currently living in Melbourne, Australia. As a multi-disciplinary artist, Hugo’s work explores everyday objects and our subjective associations with them.
Hugo has exhibited his work in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan, with two of his pieces residing in the James Wallace Arts Trust collection in New Zealand, and one piece in the Haengchon Art Museum collection in South Korea. He received a Bachelor of Design in 2011 from Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand.
Hugo currently teaches secondary school visual art, design & woodworking in Melbourne.
Solo Exhibitions
“Reverb”
Sol Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, November 2023
“Circles”
Offbeat Box Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19)
“Ways Of Seeing”
Off The Kerb Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, May 2019
“Imagined Communities”
Off The Kerb Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, March 2018
“Lone White Cloud”
Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, October 2017
Art Fairs
Affordable Art Fair Melbourne 2024, with Sol Gallery
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2024, with Sol Gallery
Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2024, with Sol Gallery
Affordable Art Fair Sydney 2024, with The Toowoomba Gallery
Affordable Art Fair Brisbane 2024, with The Toowoomba Gallery
Affordable Art Fair Melbourne 2023, with Sol Gallery
Affordable Art Fair Sydney 2023, with Sol Gallery
Affordable Art Fair Melbourne 2022, with Sol Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
“13th International Visual Artists Association Exhibition”
The Queen’s Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, October 2020
“Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award” (Finalist)
Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, June 2020
“Exploration 2020”
Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, May 2020
“2019 International Sumuk Exhibition”
Haenam Culture & Arts Centre, Haenam City, South Korea, July 2019
“Gong-jae & The Artists’ Self Portrait”
Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam City, South Korea, July 2019
“2018 Jeonnam International Sumuk Biennale”
Korea Traditional Culture Centre, Jeonju, South Korea, January 2019
“Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award” (Finalist)
Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, June 2019
“2018 Jeonnam International Sumuk Biennale”
Mokpo Culture & Arts Centre, Mokpo, South Korea, September 2018
“The Other Art Fair”
The Facility, Melbourne, Australia, August 2018
“No Nukes”
Sapporo, Japan, May 2012
Residencies
International Sumuk Biennale, Mokpo, South Korea, August 2023
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Bangkok, Thailand, February-March 2020
Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2020
Haenam Culture & Arts Centre, Haenam City, South Korea, July 2019
Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 2019
Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, February 2019
Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2019
International Sumuk Biennale, Mokpo, South Korea, August-September 2018
Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok, Thailand, February 2018
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 2018
Prizes
“Flinders Lane Gallery Exploration 2020 People’s Choice Award”
Winner
“2020 Lethbridge Small Work Award”
Finalist
“2019 Lethbridge Small Work Award”
Finalist
Collections
James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand
Haenam Culture & Arts Centre, Haenam City, South Korea
Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam City, South Korea
Sooyun Art Space, Haenam City, South Korea
Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Bangkok, Thailand
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thanyaburi, Thailand
Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Partial Client List
Ministry of Sound Australia/TMRW Music
Red Bull
Zomato
Recycle Boutique
Studio Cassells Hong Kong
Earthend Ltd.
Six Barrell Soda Co., New Zealand