Matt Stokes


Biography

1973    Born in Penzance, Cornwall, England
1997    Graduated BA hons Fine Art, Newcastle University, England

Lives in and works in Newcastle/Gateshead, England

Forthcoming Exhibitions

2010
Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany  (Solo)
VIVID, Birmingham, England  (Commission)
Art on the Underground, Jubilee Line, Stratford Station, London, England  (Commission)

Solo Exhibitions

2009
Matt Stokes: these are the days, ZieherSmith, New York, USA
The Gainsborough Packet &c.  176, London, England
The Gainsborough Packet  Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
these are the days  Arthouse, Austin, USA
2008   
Real Arcadia  Lüttgenmeijer, Berlin, Germany
2007   
Now is Early  VOID Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Long After Tonight  Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, USA
[un]promised Land  attitudes espace d'arts contemporains, Geneva, Switzerland
Matt Stokes  Ziehersmith, New York, USA
Lost in the Rhythm  Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006   
Solo Project  NADA Art Fair, Miami, USA
Pills to Purge Melancholy  Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK


Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings

2009
Northern Art Prize, Leeds City Gallery, Leeds England
Running Time, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia
States of Independence, Frome, England
See This Sound, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
MARZ Live, MARZ Galeria, Lisbon Portugal
Desiring Necessities
  John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, England
Staged Events  Screening, Artprojx, Prince Charles Cinema, London, England
2008   
Single Screen  Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
Deptford X  London, England
Crossing  Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
I desired what you were, I need what you are  MAZE, Turin, Italy
King Fisher's Tales  UNION, London, UK
2007   
Balance  Galleria 1/9 Unosunove, Rome, Italy
Palinsesti  San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
The Weasel: Pop Music and Contemporary Art  South London Gallery, London, UK
Projection Project II  Mücsarnok-Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungry    
Screenings  Ocho Y Medio, Quito and Maac Cine, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2006   
The Projection Project  MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Street: behind the cliché  Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
EAST International 06  Norwich Gallery and NSAD, Norwich, UK
Formal Dining  Hales Gallery, London, UK
Beck's Futures  ICA, London, England and off-site venues in Glasgow and Bristol, UK
Blue Star, Red Wedge  WASPS, Glasgow International, Glasgow, UK  
You Shall Know Our Velocity  Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
2005   
Our Surroundings  Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK
Gatsobyter  Plan 9 Artists Space, Bristol, UK
Coniston Water Festival  Grizedale Arts, Cumbria, UK
Everything Must Go  Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
2004   
Romantic Detachment  PS1 MOMA, New York, USA and Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, UK
Spark Video International, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
QSL  FM radio station, MIMA (off-site), Middlesbrough, UK
S1 Salon 'Cabaret'  S1 Art Space, Sheffield, UK
2003   
Space Between Us  Friar House, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Lets Get Married Today!  Grizedale Arts, Cumbria, UK
Vacant  Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, UK
Spark Video International  Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, USA
LUX Open  Royal College of Art, London, UK
2002   
Living Proof  Bewick Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Memento  Underground stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro system, UK
VideoROM  Gian Carla Zanutti Gallery, Milan, Museo Arte Contemporanea, Rome and Gallery of Modern Art, Bergamo, Italy
Mostyn 12 Open  Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, UK   
2002   
Visions in the Nunnery  Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London, UK
2001   
VideoROM  Valencia Biennial, Spain
2000   
Small Battles  Mackey Mayor Building, Manchester, UK
ROOT  Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, UK
VANE '00 - off-site venue, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
NOW Festival - off-site venue, Nottingham, UK
1999   
VANE Export - Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Field  Hallington, Northumberland, UK
Tongue 'n' Groove  Pine Factory Warehouse, Gateshead, UK
Inside Out  Adhoc Gallery, Wallsend, UK
1998   
VANE '98 Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK


Selected Commissions and Residencies

2009   
Transport For London (TFL), commission for the Jubilee Line, Stratford Station, London, England
2006   
socialspaces
  commissioned by the BBC and Arts Council England
Limited edition CD of Sacred Selections, commissioned by Locus , Newcastle upon Tyne, England
2002   
Grizedale Arts R&D grant, followed by a residency in Cumbria, England
Land and the Samling  residency at Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland, England
2001   
Stretch  video installation commissioned by Sunderland Arts, England   
Allotment  residency with pigeon fanciers at allotments in Wallsend, England
2000   
Roll-in' Along  video intervention commissioned by Work & Leisure International, Manchester, England



Selected Awards

2006    Beck's Futures, awarded by the ICA and Beck's
2003    RSA Art for Architecture, awarded by the Royal Society of Arts


Collections

National Collecting Scheme for Scotland. McManus Galleries, Dundee, UK
Cherrybrisk Collection, London, UK
Private Collections


Selected Bibliography

2009
these are the days 
(monograph) published by Arthouse. Due mid 2009. ISBN: TBC
The Gainsborough Packet &c.  (monograph) published by 176. ISBN:978-0-9556629-5-9
2008   
Hijack Reality  published by Deptford X. ISBN 978-0-9547071-2-5
2007   
Lost in the Rhythm  (monograph) published by AEN and Collective Gallery. ISBN 978-1-873757-56-7
2006   
Beck's Futures 2006  published by the ICA. ISBN 1-900300-50-8
EAST International 2006  published by Norwich Gallery. ISBN 1-872482-80-5
2004   
QSL FM  published by MIMA. ISBN 0-860830-63-2
Workplace  published by AEN and Workplace Gallery. ISBN 1-873757-15-8


Selected Press and Media

2009   
The Gainsborough Packet. Emily Portman. fRoots (Folk Roots Magazine). 05.09
Playing To The Gallery. Laura Cumming. Observer Music Monthly. 20.04.09
Matt Stokes. Paul Usherwood. Art Monthly. 04.09
Time Traveller. Francesca Gavin. Dazed and Confused. 03.09
Such Stuff as Screams Are Made On. Robert Faires. Austin Chronicle. 20.03.09
Gainsborough Packet, Matt Stokes's 19th-century pop video. Erlend Clouston. Guardian Online. 05.03.09
Exhibition of the Week: Matt Stokes. Martin Herbert. Time Out London. 31.04.09
2008   
Die Fröhliche Ethnografie. Christop Braun. Groove, Electronic Music and Club-culture. 07.08
British artist mines Austin's punk history. Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. Austin American Stateman. 24.07.08
Wer bin ich am Morgen danach? Dominikus Müller. Artnet.de. 01.02.08
2007   
Retours sur catharsis. Samuel Schellenberg. Le Courrier. 25.05.2007
Review: Matt Stokes, Ziehersmith. David Velasco. Artforum. 05.2007
Review: Matt Stokes. Joshua Mack. Time Out New York. 22.03.2007
The View. John Kelly/panel discussion. RTE Television. 01.02.2007
An Alternative Perspective. Irish Times. 01.2007        
2006   
Ouverture. Neil Mulholland. Flash Art. 11.2006
Edinburgh Round Up. Sally O'Reilly. Art Monthly. 10.06
Rave Reviews of Bygone Youth. Susan Mansfield. The Scotsman. 29.08.2006
Nothings Sacred as Club Culture Enters Cathedral: Susan Mansfield. The Scotsman. 08.08.06
The Young Soul Rebel: Louise Cohen. The Times. 02.08.2006
The Accidental Tourist: Alexander Kennedy. List Magazine. 20.07.06
Matt Stokes: Beck's Futures 2006: Evening Chronicle. 04.05.2006
Sacred Selections: Happy Hardcore. Danny Robins. Radio One. 05.2006
Matt Stokes: Beck's Futures 2006: More4 TV Channel. 05.2006
Beck's Futures 2006: Arifa Akbar. The Independent. 03.05.2006
Beck's Futures 2006: Charlotte Higgins. The Guardian. 03.05.2006
Artists project. Untitled (Contemporary Art). Spring, 2006
Art and the Soul (music): Dorian Lynskey. The Guardian. 02.05.2006

Gallery Representation

Workplace, Gateshead, England
Ziehersmith, New York, USA