Dr Matt Huppatz

Matt Huppatz is an Adelaide-based artist and thinker. Over the past decade, his practice has been inspired by sites that range from the domestic to the underground. Huppatz applies a queer eye to experience, often throwing light on to areas of dark or colourful transgression. He is especially curious about the stories that we tell ourselves and each other to create meaning in a changing world. This betrays an interest in the borders of language, and the sites and states where it begins to break down. Themes of contradiction, community, freedom, chaos and dissolution recur throughout his work.

Huppatz has shown in group and solo shows in Australia and abroad, including: High Society, GAGPROJECTS, Adelaide, 2019 (solo); Threads, GAGPROJECTS, Adelaide, 2018; Into My Arms, ACE Open, Adelaide 2018; FELTcult at Hobiennale, Hobart, 2017; Soft Spot/Hard Feelings, Holy Rollers, Adelaide, 2017; Queer Passages, SASA Gallery, University of South Australia, 2017 (solo); Dug and Digging With, Australian Experimental Art Foundation (AEAF), 2016; Work! AEAF, 2015 (solo); Sydney Contemporary 13; Mildura Palimpsest 9, 2013; The Utopia Project: LA, Concord Art Space, Los Angeles, 2013; Instinct, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, 2012; Supermarket Art Fair 2012, Stockholm; and Hatched09 National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2009.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia

• Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) University of South Australia