Warrnambool resident and 2021 Archibald Prize finalist Matthew Clarke's Wallabies Gambit Club, based on his love of chess and wallabies, features large murals and a series of sculptural art works painted in his vibrant, heavy mark-making style.

Clarke, who has played chess since he was 11 years old and admired the furry marsupials for eight, was inspired after recently watching the netflix series The Queen's Gambit.

"It's about my take on chess and wallabies. It also includes chess clocks and has a reference to speed chess," he said.

The exhibition, located in the building's Family Learning Centre, is open until mid-November and admission is free.

FLC manager Megan Nicolson described the exhibition as "interactive and engaging."

"Matthew's work is very intuitive - he obviously has a plan when he's working on it but it's very free and doesn't follow rules," Ms Nicolson said.

"But at the same time with chess, you obviously have various rules you have to follow and it's a game of patience so there's an interesting contrast."

Ms Nicolson said she particularly enjoyed watching Clarke get to work on large murals without a plan.

"The walls are just big and white and there's no planning or sketching done - he has an idea of what he wants to do, but he just starts painting on the white wall and goes for the big murals," she said.

Describing his artistic style as one consisting of "firey brush stokes", Clarke said he wanted people to think deeply about the strategic game.

"(But) I want people to feel joy and take away what they will - I'm used to people interpreting my work in different ways."

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