Matthew Smith

Born 1976, Wakefield, UK
1997-99 MFA, Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London
1994-97 BA (Hons), Fine Art, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lives in London, UK

 

Works

Solo Exhibitions

2019
‘Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2016
‘rocks/water/trees/clouds’, (AV17) gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2014
‘Erratic Landscapes’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2011
‘Postcards from the edge of the M1’, a Derbyshire Arts Development Group re:place commission, Tibshelf Services, M1, Derbyshire

2010
‘The making of the landscape’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2008
‘Cultivated landscapes’, Bloc Space, Sheffield

2002
‘Matthew Smith’, Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany
‘Project Space’, fa projects, London

2000
‘Ectopia’, fa1 contemporary art, London

1996
‘Installation’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018
‘Bloc Projects Members Show 2018’, Bloc Projects, Sheffield

2017
‘Vicennial’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2016
‘Off the Map’, ArtHelix, Brooklyn, USA

2015
‘Ten’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘MOSTYN Open 19’, Llandudno

2014
‘Scene’, The Studio, PM Gallery, London

2013
‘Luminous Language’, Launch F18, New York, USA

2012
‘Day In, Day Out’, Aid & Abet, Cambridge

2011
‘Into the Wild’, Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds

2010
‘Second Nature’ (with Vicki Kerr), Camberwell Space, Camberwell College of Arts, London

2009
‘Rotate’, Contemporary Art Society, London
‘Uncommon ground’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2008
‘Kunswerk Bazaar’, Outpost, Norwich

2007
‘Vane Shorts 3’, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne

2006
‘Open Show 2006’, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
‘Off’, Outpost Gallery at Eastern Electricity building, Norwich
‘Jerwood Drawing Prize’, Charles Rennie Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow and Bayart, Cardiff

2005
‘Jerwood Drawing Prize’, Jerwood Space, London and Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham
‘Installation and 3D open show’, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Fundacion cultura y Deporte, Toledo, Spain

2004
‘Commonground’, ArtSway, Sway, Hampshire
‘Worn Out Wash Monkeys’, 2a Powell Road, London

2003
‘Very British?’, Die Drostei, Pinneberg, Germany
‘Chockerfuckingblocked’, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London

2002
‘No Sleep Till Hammersmith’, Central Space, London

2001
‘Mixed Ability’, Corsica Studios, London
‘Cultural Advancement’, Century Gallery, London
‘A History of the Future’, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

2000
‘A Square Ground’, Jerwood Gallery, London
‘DIY’, 19 Glengall Road, London
‘Camden Open’, Camden Lock, London

1999
‘FLASH’, Arte et Industria Space, The Hague, The Netherlands

1998
‘Proyecto Tenerif’, Project Tenerife North East of England, Sala de Arte Caja Canarias, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, toured to The Gallery, Central Library, Gateshead
‘Doing Time’, Crobar, London
‘Show’, Woburn Square Gallery, London

1997
‘Connected’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
Degree Show, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne and Cubbit Gallery, London
‘Pavlov’s God’, St. Andrews Church, Newcastle upon Tyne
‘11 + 11’, Globe Gallery, North Shields

1996
‘That’s not the way to do it’, Project Space, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne

Awards and Residencies

2009
re:place, site-specific commission, Derbyshire Arts Development Group

2006
Studio Residency, Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness

2002
Residency, Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany

2000
First Base Studio Award, ACAVA, London

1997-99
Professional and Vocational Award, British Academy

Bibliography

2016
‘Human Reconstruction of Nature’, review of ‘rocks/water/trees/clouds’ (in Lithuanian), Deima Žuklytė-Gasperaitienė, 7md.lt (online art magazine) (Vilnius), 18 November

2014
‘Erratic Landscapes’, essay, Michaela Hall, Vane
‘Erratic Landscapes’, preview, Robert Meddes, The Crack (Newcastle upon Tyne), November

2010
‘The making of the landscape’, essay, Alan Smith, Vane

2009
‘Uncommon ground’, review, Christopher Collett, Metro (London), 11 February

2000
‘A Square of Ground’, Jerwood Space, London

1999
‘Slade Journal Vol.3’, Slade School of Art, London

1998
‘Proyecto Tenerif’, Sala de Arte Caja Canarias, Santa Cruz, Tenerife

1997
‘Connected’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland