Matthew Cowan and Jana Müller for Background of the Background. Courtesy of CIRCUIT.

Calendar

Matthew Cowan, Punctum

01 September —
01 October 2023

Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany

Calendar

Matthew Cowan, Believing the Backdrop

02 September —
23 September 2022

LABOR Projektgalerie, Cologne, Germany

Writing

HUM travels to Berlin

By Contemporary HUM

05.10.2021

From 01 - 04 October 2021, the HUM team was in Berlin to host our third panel discussion On Civicness. While there, we took the opportunity to catch up with several New Zealand artists - Sam Rountree Williams, Joshua Rutter, Matthew Cowan, and Ben Cauchi - and learn about their current projects.

Writing

Screaming Strawbears and other Strange Engagements

By Tessa Laird

05.07.2019

From Morris dancing to costume making, Berlin-based artist Matthew Cowan and arts writer Tessa Laird discuss Cowan's interest in folklore, the function of tradition in the modern world and the influence of surrealism on his practice. Cowan's exhibition The Scream of the Strawbear opens at Kunsthalle Giessen in Germany on 7 September 2019.

Calendar

Matthew Cowan, Rituale der Gegenwart (Rituals of the Present)

27 August —
05 September 2021

Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, Germany

Project

HUM travels to Berlin

Studio visits

From 01 - 04 October 2021, the HUM team was in Berlin to host our third panel discussion, On Civicness and participating in public life through art practice. While there, we took the opportunity to catch up with several New Zealand artists and learn about their latest projects.