b. 1982_ Rochford, Essex UK
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY_
_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_
_2022
• GEN LOSS (CUK) - Transport Artspace (Landbouwbelang), Maastricht NL
_2020
• Club UK (Prologue) - Annual Open Studios 2020 - Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht NL
∞ 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), DKUK (London, UK)
∞ Curated by Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk
• Care Bare (MAMA presents: Care Bare; a concept for DKUK by Mat Do) - MAMA, Rotterdam NL
∞ Curated by Marloes de Vries
_2016
• POOR DUST - Galerie De Kromme Elleboog, Rotterdam NL
∞ A two-person exhibition w. 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
∞ w. Nicholas Riis, Evita Vasilįjeva, Artun Alaska Arasli
_2016
• Studio Welcome - Yellow Brick, Athens GR
∞ Curated by Vasiliki Sifostratoudaki
• Peach @ W139 - W139, Amsterdam NL
∞ Curated 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
∞ 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
∞ 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 - The 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_
_2019
• Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht NL
∞ Residency participant - April '19 - May '20
_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 - Whitstable, 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
∞ Paint-making demo by the ‘Florence Paintmakers’ - Coniston Institute - 20th June 2012
• 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_
_2020
• Video Chrumky - Transport Artspace, Maastricht NL
- Open call video programme - Feat. in ‘Once Upon A Town’ annual cultural weekend event
∞ Programmed by Mike Moonen
• UNPLUGGED #4 - Helicopter, The Hague NL
- Collaborative performance
∞ Invitation by Anna Moreno
• Management - Jan van Eyck Academie Open Studios 2020, Maastricht NL
- Performance with Ross Jardine & Erica Petrillo
∞ Feat. ‘Something Terrible Should Happen’ performance programme
• 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 Kent Chan, Anna Moreno
_2016 - 2018
• Bye Bye Doi Doi - MAMA, Rotterdam NL
∞ Finnisage event (Care Bare) - 'I'm Legend Dummies' live modelling performance
• RAAR (Rotterdam Art and Radio / Joshua Thies) - W139, Amsterdam NL
∞ Live radio broadcast - Featuring 'The Taxi Accident and the Shop' (2016) - Curated by Josh Thies
• 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 w. Daniel Fogarty
_2013
• DKUK - Ancient & Modern, London UK
∞ Finissage presentation - Feat. '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 - Feat. "I Defy Thee" (2012)
• 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 & paint-making workshop w. 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
• Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2019 / The Great Dutch Art Calendar 2019
∞ Published by trichis (content en creatie) - (Rotterdam NL)
_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
- Feat. ’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_
_2022
• Pictoright (NL) - Steunfonds 2022
∞ Support Fund Bursary
• a-n (UK) - Time Space Money
∞ Development Bursary
• Amarte Fonds (NL)
∞ Development Grant - 'GEN LOSS (CUK)'
_2021
• Brand Cultuurfonds Limburg (NL)
∞ Production contribution - 'GEN LOSS (CUK)'
• Mondriaan Fonds (NL) – Projectinvestering Kunstenaar (Bijdrage in Coronatijd) / Project Investment for Artists (during coronavirus pandemic)
_2020
• Arts Council England (UK) - Emergency Response Fund
∞ Support grant
_2018 - 2019
• MIASTO BABEL - The Łódź of Four Cultures Festival, Łódź PL
- CHCEMY ŻEBYŚ ZOSTAŁ (WE WANT YOU TO STAY) – Billboard commission
∞ Curated by Kasia Stańczak & Joanna Szumacher
_2018
• Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Award 2018 (UK)
∞ Firstsite, Colchester, Essex UK
• 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 (NL)
∞ Grant - ‘Care Bare’, MAMA, Rotterdam NL
• a-n (UK) - 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 (NL) - Volkskracht, Rotterdam NL
∞ Subsidy award
_2014
• ONSITE - TAP - Southend-on-Sea, Essex UK
∞ 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 (UK)
∞ Grants for the Arts award - ‘The Hammer or the Nail’
_2010
• Arts Council England (UK) - 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)
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_PROFESSIONAL
_2018
• Fashion: Minerva Project Week - Lead artist
∞ Fine Art (BA) 2nd-3rd Year - Academie Minerva, Groningen NL
_2012 - 2016
• Technician / Fabrication
∞ Freelance - Saatchi Gallery, Campoli Presti, Massimo De Carlo, Vital Arts (NHS/Royal London Hospital), Yinka Shonibare, Richards Woods, Anna Barriball, Toby Ziegler
• Internship - Grizedale Arts (Lawson Park Farm), Coniston, Cumbria UK
∞ Spring-Summer 2009
• Artist assistant - Mark Titchner - Hackney, London UK
∞ 2004 - 2009
∞∞∞ M&R ∞∞∞ "Matt & Ross" – artist-collaboration with; Ross Jardine
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