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