CV

Victoria Mathison (She/Her)
b. 1998

Emerging arts writer focused primarily on Australian and First Nations art and its discourses, combining critical and experimental approaches to writing. My practice is informed by curatorial experience and sustained, collaborative engagement with artist-run initiatives, grounded in a commitment to rigorous and responsive interpretation.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Art History and English, minor in Creative Writing), University of Melbourne
2023–2026

KINGS x un Projects Emerging Writers' Program 2026
Present

Auslan 2, Expression Australia
2025

Auslan 1, Expression Australia
2025

Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
2020-2022

Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing, Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
2019

Writing Employment and Relevant Experience

Founding Co-Director and Gallery Coordinator
138 Gallery (ARI)
2021 – Present

Arts Intern and Volunteer
Bus Projects
2025

Head Communications Officer
Hot House Community Projects
2019 – 2023

Published Work

Intimacy as System Error, WET Collective publication, for Pistol at KINGS Artist-Run
2026

Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Monash Art, Design
and Architecture, review for Mass Memo, Memo Magazine, Naarm/Melbourne
2025

GORYGLORY, review of Glory Hole, WET Collective, Newport Substation, Naarm (Melbourne)
2025

Scultpures of Birds, fiction for issue 4, literary journal
Aniko Press, Gadigal (Sydney)
2023

Awards

Deans Honours List – Second Year, The University of Melbourne
awarded 2025

Melbourne Global Scholars Award, The University of Melbourne
awarded 2024