Born in Wangen, Germany in 1956, digital media and film artist Magda Matwiejew arrived in Australia in 1958. From 1969-73, she undertook studies in Fine Art at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and in 2008 was still living and working in Melbourne.
Since her first solo show at Pinacotheca, Melbourne in 1979, Madga has exhibited at Realities Gallery, Melbourne; Luba Bilu, Gallery, Melbourne; and Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne. Notable among the solo exhibitions showcasing her more recent digital art practice are Arabesque (2006) and Vavara: Beyond Memory (2004), both held at Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne.
Her current work has also featured in many prominent digital art festivals and awards, both locally and abroad, including After Urban , University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (2007); Melbourne Underground Film Festival , Melbourne (2006); New Media-Film-Video-Photomedia , Today Art Museum, Beijing (2006); Indiana International Video Art and Architecture Festival , Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana (2006) and Temporary Identities, The Third Novosibirsk International Festival of Digital Imaging , Animation and Video Art , Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia (2006).
Magda is represented in several major public and corporate collections.
- Writers:
- Woodbury, Karen
- Date written:
- 2008
- Last updated:
- 2011
