Matt Stokes
BiographyBorn 1973 Penzance, Cornwall, UK
1997 - Graduated BA (hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University, UK
Lives in and works in Newcastle/Gateshead, England
Forthcoming Exhibitions
2010
Art on the Underground, Jubilee Line, Stratford Station, London, England (Commission)
From Ritual to Theatre, Ancient &Modern. London (curated by Ben Judd)
Among the Nightingales, Tatton Park Biennial, Manchester
Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany (Solo)
VIVID, Birmingham, England (Commission)
Solo Exhibitions
2010
These Are The Days, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam
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
Pills to Purge Melancholy, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Right Right Now Now, Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Germany
Decalogue: films you can count on two hands, Winkleman Gallery, New York (curated by Eve Sussman)
Live Weekend, ICA, London (curated by David Gryn)
2009
Northern Art Prize, Leeds City Art 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
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, England
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, England
Projection Project II, Mücsarnok-Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
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, England
Beck's Futures, ICA, London, England and off-site venues in Glasgow, Scotland and Bristol, England
Blue Star, Red Wedge, WASPS, Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland
You Shall Know Our Velocity, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
2005
Our Surroundings, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
Gatsobyter, Plan 9 Artists Space, Bristol, England
Coniston Water Festival, Grizedale Arts, Cumbria, England
Everything Must Go, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, England
2004
Romantic Detachment, PS1 MOMA, New York, USA and Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
Spark Video International, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
QSL, FM radio station, MIMA (off-site), Middlesbrough, England
S1 Salon 'Cabaret', S1 Art Space, Sheffield, England
2003
Space Between Us, Friar House, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Lets Get Married Today! Grizedale Arts, Cumbria, England
2003
Vacant, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, England
Spark Video International, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, USA
LUX Open, Royal College of Art, London, England
2002
Living Proof, Bewick Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Memento, Underground stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro system, England
VideoROM, Gian Carla Zanutti Gallery, Milan and Gallery of Modern Art, Bergamo, Italy
Mostyn 12 Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London, England
2001
VideoROM, Valencia Biennial, Spain
2000
Small Battles, Mackey Mayor Building, Manchester, England
ROOT, Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, England
VANE, '00 off-site venue, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
NOW Festival, off-site venue, Nottingham, England
1999
VANE Export, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Field, Hallington, Northumberland, England
Tongue 'n' Groove, Pine Factory Warehouse, Gateshead, England
Inside Out, Adhoc Gallery, Wallsend, England
1998
VANE '98, Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Selected Commissions and Residencies
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
Gallery Representation
Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, England
ZieherSmith, New York, USA
Selected Bibliography
2008
These are the days, (monograph) published by Arthouse. ISBN: 0-9770627-2-4
The Gainsborough Packet &c., (monograph) published by 176. ISBN: 978-0-9556629-5-9
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
2007
Review: Matt Stokes, ZieherSmith. David Velasco. Artforum. 05.07
Review: Matt Stokes. Joshua Mack. Time Out New York. 22.03.07
2006
Ouverture. Neil Mulholland. Flash Art. 11.06