b. 1982 – Rochford, Essex UK
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY:
2019 – 2020
• Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht NL
∞ Residency participant (April '19 - May '20)
2014 - 2016
• Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam NL
∞ Fine Art - MFA
2000 - 2003
• The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Farnham, Surrey UK
∞ BA (Hon.) Arts & Media - Majoring in Fine Art
SOLO QUALITY:
2020
• Club UK (Prologue)
Open Studios 2020 – Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht NL
Solo presentation
∞ Curated by Huib Haye van der Werf
2018
• I'm f'n Pro Forma (fka. Care Bare)
Poppositions Off-Fair – Ateliers Coppens, Brussels BE
Solo presentation; with MAMA (Rotterdam NL)
∞ Curated by Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk
• Care Bare - MAMA, Rotterdam NL
MAMA presents: Care Bare; a concept for DKUK (London) by Mat Do
∞ Curated by Marloes de Vries
2016
• POOR DUST - Galerie De Kromme Elleboog, Rotterdam NL
∞ A two-person exhibition with Nicholas Riis - Organised by Artists
2010
• The Ties That Bind Us Are Stronger than Ever - ANDOR, London UK
∞ Curated by George Unsworth
2008
• Incommunicado FM - Site Gallery, Sheffield UK
∞ Curated by Jeanine Griffin (M&R)
• Hopetown - Greenwich Court, London UK
∞ Curated by Matt & Ross
2004
• Temporary Tattoo - Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London UK
∞ Curated by Kev Rice & Dave Smith (M&R)
GROUP QUALITY:
2019
• It boils down - PUREPROPAGANDA, Rotterdam NL
∞ Curated C/O "PUREPROPAGANDA"
• Off-White Close Out - PUREPROPAGANDA, Rotterdam NL
∞ Curated C/O "PUREPROPAGANDA" (Alexandra Philips, Jan Henderikse, Tom Lowe)
2017
• Nose to Flees - Rib, Rotterdam NL
∞ Organised by artists; with Nicholas Riis, Evita Vasilįjeva, Artun Alaska Arasli
2016
• Studio Welcome - Yellow Brick, Athens GR
∞ Organised by Vasiliki Sifostratoudaki
• Peach @ W139 - W139, Amsterdam NL
∞ Organised by Ghislain Amar, Sabrina Chou, Hunter Longe, Anna Maria Łuczak
• Assemble Relatives - Piet Zwart Institute; Fine Art MA Graduate Exhibition
Venues; MAMA, ramfoundation, TENT, Rotterdam NL
∞ Curated by Maaike Gouwenberg
• Me Here Now (Burning Too) - Lokaal01, Antwerp BE
∞ Curated by Jeremiah Day & Mark Titchner
• CoBK16 - Wolfart Project space, Rotterdam NL
∞ Organised by Angharad Williams
• Open House - Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam NL
∞ Annual open studios presentation
• Here - Glasgow International, Skypark, Glasgow SCT
∞ Curated by Deuce Deuce
2015
• Graphics Interchange Format - Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea UK
∞ Curated by Fraser Muggeridge
• Cutting Leaves for the Dogs - A Tale of A Tub, Rotterdam NL
∞ Curated by Katarina Zdjelar
• Studios Open & THIS ISN'T A SENTENCE - Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam NL
∞ Annual open studio presentation & performance programme
2014
• ONSITE - TAP, Southend-on-Sea UK
∞ Curated by Mike Nelson & Andrew Hunt
2013
• DKUK - Ancient & Modern, London UK
∞ Curated by Daniel Kelly
• In the Making - Site Gallery, Sheffield UK
∞ Curated by Laura Sillers
2012
• Dawdle - BB#8 - SPACE, London UK
∞ Curated by Gareth Bell-Jones
• Solid on our Source Planet - Wysing Arts Contemporary, Cambridgeshire UK
∞ Curated by Lotte Juul Petersen & Gareth Bell-Jones
• Thames Delta - Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea UK
∞ Curated by David Elvin, Andrew Hunt & Barry Sinclair
• Blue Skies, Nothing but Blue Skies - New Art Gallery Walsall UK
∞ Selections from the permanent collection (M&R)
2009
• Together, At the Junction - The Elephant Rooms, Elephant & Castle, London UK
∞ Curated by Ellie Greig (M&R with Grizedale Arts)
• 195 Miles - PSL, Leeds & Whitechapel Gallery, London UK
∞ Curated by PSL & Beth Chaplin (M&R)
• Fresh out of the Box - The New Art Gallery Walsall UK
∞ Interventions in the Garman Ryan collection (M&R)
2008
• ARTfutures 2008 - Bloomberg Space, London UK
Organised by The Contemporary Art Society
∞ Curated by Jeni Walwin & Nicky Hirst (M&R)
• Art4 Collection - Channel 4 Television Corporation, London UK
∞ Curated by Art4 & Mark Titchner (M&R)
2007
• Objects of Art - Matthew Bown Gallery, London UK
∞ Curated by Matthew Bown (M&R)
• ARTfutures 2007 - Bloomberg Space, London UK
∞ Curated by The Contemporary Art Society & Jeni Walwin (M&R)
• EURO5SERIE(1) - 6A Scawfell St, London UK
∞ Curated by EURO5SERIE (M&R)
2005
• Art Sheffield 05 - SpectatorT - Millennium Galleries, Sheffield UK
∞ Curated by SCAF & Gavin Wade (M&R)
• Start My Art - Nolias Gallery, London UK
∞ Organised by Daniel Kelly (M&R)
• Slimvolume 4 - Outpost, Norwich UK
∞ Curated by Andrew Hunt (M&R)
2004
• Slimvolume 4 - Redux Gallery, London UK
∞ Curated by Andrew Hunt (M&R)
• Tealeaf - Cell Project Space, London UK
∞ Curated by Richard Priestley (M&R)
2003
• Baglady - Cell Project Space, London UK
∞ Curated by Richard Priestley (M&R)
RESIDENTIAL QUALITY:
2017
• Summer Lab: Nose to Flees - Rib, Rotterdam NL
∞ In-gallery residency with; Nicholas Riis, Evita Vasilįjeva, Artun Alaska Arasli
2016
• Uproot Rotterdam - Museumpark, Rotterdam NL
∞ Commissioned by Makkink & Bey, CBK, BKOR - Curated by Jules van den Langenberg
2015
• SENDER SUMPF - Künstlerhäuser Worpswede DE
∞ Coordinated by Bernd Krauss & Piet Zwart Institute (NL)
2013
• Citadel Screenings - Lead artist/programmer; film programme
∞ ACAVA - Hadleigh Old Fire Station Studios, Hadleigh, Essex UK
2012
• 57a - AIR - Whistable, Kent UK
∞ Commissioned by "The Expansionists" (Katie Gordon & Lucy Rose Bayley)
• LEAD/LIGHT - Hadleigh in Place - AIR - Hadleigh, Essex UK
∞ Commissioned by ACAVA & Ben Eastop
• And if it was, it can’t be is - Wysing Arts, Bourne, Cambridgeshire UK
∞ Artist Retreat - Curated by Mark Titchner & Gareth Bell-Jones
2011
• Hadleigh Old Fire Station Studios - Hadleigh, Essex UK
∞ Studio fellow - Coordinated by ACAVA
• Grizedale Arts - AIR - Lawson Park Farm, Coniston, Cumbria UK
∞ Paintmaking demo by the Florence Paintmakers - Coniston Institute - 20/06/12
• Florence Mine - AIR - Florence Mine, Cumbria UK
∞ Coordinated by Alistair Hudson (Grizedale Arts) & Simon Walker (Copeland Borough Council)
2010
• Kästər-mə-ng-gәr - Market AIR - Deptford X, London UK
∞ Curated by Matthew Couper & Mark Titchner
2008
• Incommunicado FM - Site Platform - AIR - Site Gallery, Sheffield UK
∞ Curated by Jeanine Griffin (M&R)
PERFORMED QUALITY:
2019
• Bait & Switch: 'In-lab' programme - Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht NL (Nov '19 > Jan '20)
∞ Public programme of guest lectures, workshops, screenings; surrounding the topic of 'fiction'
∞ Co-organiser, with fellow artist-participants'; Kent Chan, Anna Moreno
2018
• Bye Bye Doi Doi - MAMA, Rotterdam NL
∞ Finnisage event (Care Bare) - 'I'm Legend Dummies' live modelling performance
2016
• RAAR (Rotterdam Art and Radio / Joshua Thies) - W139, Amsterdam NL
∞ Live radio broadcast - Featuring 'The Taxi Accident and the Shop' (2016)
• November Zomer @ Qarantaine Beach - Qarantainestrandje, Rotterdam NL
∞ Organised by November Complex & Peach
• Two Yeahs (Tor Johnsson, Ash Kilmartin) - Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam NL
∞ Live radio broadcast - Featuring 'The Taxi Accident and the Shop' (2016)
2015
• Die 7 Faulen
SENDER SUMPF - International Workers Day Market, Worpswede DE
∞ Artwork-performance collaboration with; Daniel Fogarty
2013
• DKUK - Ancient & Modern, London UK
∞ Finissage presentation - Featuring 'Medusa' (2013)
2012
• Solid on our Source Planet - Wysing Arts, Cambridgeshire UK
∞ A Space of Attention - A series of group activities
• Annual Open Weekend - 14-15 July - Wysing Arts, Cambridgeshire UK
∞ Performance programme - Featuring; "I Defy Thee" (2012) - metal detecting performance
• SAAL/HALLA - The Kursaal, Southend-on-Sea, Essex UK
∞ Co-curated with Focal Point Gallery & Saim Demircan
2011
• Colour from the Earth, Rocks, Minerals, Plants & Animals - Florence Mine, Cumbria UK
∞ Pigment/paintmaking workshop with Pip Seymour, Rebecca Wallace-Jones
2010
• Late At Tate Britain - 'Adding Complexity to Confusion' (Tate Britain, London UK)
∞ DJ-set reenactment - Curated by Grizedale Arts (M&R)
2009
• The Known Unknowns - Whitechapel Gallery, London UK
∞ Volatile Dispersal (Festival of Art Writing) - Organised by Francesco Pedraglio (M&R)
• That’s Untertainment! - Coniston Institute, Cumbria UK
∞ DJ set performance - Organised by Grizedale Arts (M&R)
• Antifreeze - CHIPS Building, Manchester UK
∞ Curated by Black Dogs (M&R)
• In From The Cold - Clore Ballroom, South Bank Centre, London UK
∞ Curated by Isobel Harbison (M&R)
2008
• Without You It’s Nothing - Deptford X - Cockpit Arts, London UK
∞ Collecting Live Art - Curated by Laura Eldret, PaulMart (M&R)
2007
• ARTfuturesLive - Bloomberg Space, London UK
∞ Organised by Laura Eldret (M&R)
BUMPF QUALITY:
2019
• SZUM – "Kick in empathy and multi-cult" - 27 September
∞ 'Festival of Four Cultures' (Łòdź, PL) review
∞ By Karolina Plinta
2018
• Sex Magazine – Sex Life (Art/Online) - 10 March
∞ “Care Bare” (MAMA, Rotterdam NL)
2016
• Art & Education – 'Assemble Relatives': PZI MFA exhibition - July
∞ New Artists - Yearbook Portfolio
• Metropolis M - 'Assemble Relatives' (Rotterdam NL) exhibition review - 10 July
∞ By Lorelinde Verhees
2015
• SENDER SUMPF - Magazine publication
∞ Published by Piet Zwart Institute & Publication Studio, Rotterdam NL
- Featuring "Die 7 Faulen" - Designed by Daniel Fogarty
2013
• Ways of Working: A Rate of Exchange
∞ Wysing Arts (Cambridge UK), Published & Be Damned, Unrealised Projects
• Guardian (Online) - Heritage (Northern Edition) - 22 May
∞ "Paint it Red" - Featuring Egremont Red/Florence Paintmakers - By Alan Cleaver
2008
• (All we need is) Radio GA GA’
∞ Commissioned text - ‘Incommunicado FM’ (Site Gallery, Sheffield UK)
∞ By Rachel Lois Clapham (M&R)
2007
• Time Out London - Issue 41- August 22-28
∞ Review - Objects of Art (Matthew Bown, London) - By Martin Herbert (M&R)
2006
• The Interruptors (A Non-Simultaneous Novel)
∞ Featuring; Pt. 2/3 - By Gavin Wade / Published by Article Press (M&R)
2005
• Art Monthly - Issue 292 (Dec 05 - Jan 06)
∞ Review - Art Sheffield 05; Spectator T (Sheffield, UK) - By Michelle Atherton (M&R)
2004
• Time Out London – October
∞ Review - Temporary Tattoo (Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London) - By Sally O’Reilly (M&R)
• a-n Magazine – October
∞ Review - Temporary Tattoo (Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London) - By Len Horsey (M&R)
• Slimvolume 4 - Artist poster publication - A collaboration with artist-curator; Gavin Wade
∞ Curated and published by Andrew Hunt (M&R)
• Guardian Guide - August 14-20
∞ Review - Temporary Tattoo (Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London) - By Jessica Lack (M&R)
CASH MONEY QUALITY:
2019
• MIASTO BABEL - The Łódź of Four Cultures Festival, Łódź PL
∞ Billboard triptych commission
∞ Curated by Kasia Stańczak & Joanna Szumacher
2018
• Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Award 2018
∞ Firstsite, Colchester, Essex UK
• Fashion: Minerva Project Week - Lead artist
∞ 2nd/3rd Year Fine Art BA - Academie Minerva, Groningen NL
• "Lightboxes on Wolphaertstraat"
∞ Lightbox commission - Oud-Charlois, Rotterdam NL
∞ Organised by ONONO & Stichting NAC (Nieuwe Ateliers Charlois)
2017
• Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie, deelregeling Vormgeving - Grant
∞ Solo Exhibition; Care Bare, MAMA, Rotterdam NL
• a-n - Travel bursary award
∞ Documenta 14, Kassel DE
2016
• Vote Art - EU referendum billboard commission - Bristol, Leicester, Norwich UK
∞ Coordinated by Matthew Couper
2015
• Stichting Bekker-La Bastide-Fonds - Volkskracht, Rotterdam NL
∞ Studying in Holland - Financial subsidy award
2014
• ONSITE - TAP - Southend-on-Sea, Essex UK
∞ Open call - Shortlisted artist
2012
• His portable Anvil Still Survives - Hadleigh Old Fire Station Studios, Essex UK
∞ Training tower banner commission - Coordinated by ACAVA & Essex County Council
• Arts Council England - Grants for the Arts award
∞ The Hammer or the Nail - Film production
2010
• Arts Council England - Escalator travel bursary award (Wysing Arts, UK)
∞ Manifesta 8 Research Trip - Murcia/Cartagena, Spain
2008
• Channel 4 - Art4 collection
∞ Acquired for collection (M&R)
• New Art Gallery Walsall collection
∞ Acquired for collection (M&R)
2007
• Hiscox collection
∞ Acquired for collection (M&R)
∞∞∞ M&R ∞∞∞ "Matt & Ross" – artist-collaboration with; Ross Jardine
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