Born 1977 in London, lives and works in London |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2017 |
Matt Bryans with Vanya Bryans, Treignac Projet, France |
2014 |
Lands, Treignac Project, Limousin, France |
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Lands, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway |
2013 |
Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2012 |
Matt Bryans, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, UK |
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Matt Bryans, TouScene, Stavanger, Norway |
2011 |
Breaking the Land, SFCamerawork San Francisco, U.S.A |
2010 |
Matt Bryans – Hibernation, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2009 |
Matt Bryans, Jack Hanley Gallery (presented by Kate Fowle), New York, U.S.A |
2008 |
Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2007 |
Matt Bryans, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2006 |
Matt Bryans, Atlanta Center of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, U.S.A |
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Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2005 |
Picture This!, MMD Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium |
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Matt Bryans, Salon 94, New York, U.S.A |
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Matt Bryans – Landscapes, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2003 |
Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2018 |
Auto fictions – Contemporary drawing, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
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Manifesta 12: If We Want Things to Stay as They Are, Things Will Have to Change, Palazzo Campofranco, Palermo, Italy |
2017 |
Fifteen, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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Contemporary Drawing Prize, Fondation d’art Contemporain Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Centre Pompidou, Galerie d’Art Graphique, Paris, France |
2014 |
About Sculpture #4, Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Germany |
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Mammouth, Treignac Project, curated by Matt Packer, Treignac, France |
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Guerlain Drawing Prize 2014, Palais de la Bourse, Paris, France |
2013 |
Guerlain Donation, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
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FlowerCastle, Sculpture Garden Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse, The Netherlands |
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The Future’s not what it used to be, The Exchange, Penzance, UK |
2012 |
Matt Bryans and Wojciech Bakowski, Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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The Future’s not what it used to be, Chapter, Cardiff, UK |
2011 |
From A to B through C, Kortars Muveszek Galeria, Budapest, Hungary |
2010 |
Contemporary Drawings, Musee des Beaux Arts de Besancon, France |
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Public House, Moot, London, UK |
2009 |
Pastiche 3, VAKs Skulpturudstilling, Jyderup, Denmark |
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Dessins, Salon du dessin, Palais de la Bourse, Paris, France |
2008 |
The Melody of Youth a project with Sam Basu Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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Stray Alchemists, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China |
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Anatomie les peau du dessin, Collection Florence and Daniel Guerlain, Frac de Picardie, Amiens, France |
2007 |
The Juddykes, The Old Art Shop at John Jones, London, UK |
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Sans Titre – Travaux sur Papier, Galerie Art Concept, Paris, France |
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System Error: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy |
2006 |
Collage Effect (with Georg Grosz, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Franz West, Fiona Banner, Pae White, Liliana Moro, Ava Seymour, Peter Madden), 1301PE, Los Angeles, U.S.A |
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Bryans, Basu, Vaule, Flaca, London, UK |
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Out of Line, drawings from the Sherry and Joel Mallin collection, Johnson Museum, Cornell University, New York, U.S.A |
2005 |
Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, U.S.A |
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Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A |
2004 |
Pin-Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing, Tate Modern, (with Dr Lakra, Sebastiaan Bremer, Amie Dicke, Godfried Donkor, Wangechi Mutu, Jocum Nordstrom & Steven Shearer & Nicole Wermers) |
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Mourning, curated by Varda Caivano, Sies & Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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Future Primitive, curated by Paul Johnson, One in the Other, London, UK |
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Happy Darkness, André Viana Gallery, Porto, Portugal |
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Britannia Works, British Council survey show, Athens, Greece |
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The Bart Wells Institute of London, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
2003 |
Groupshow, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2002 |
May It Return In Spades, Bart Wells Institute, London, UK |
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Flower Bed, Cremer Street Studios, London, UK |
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Clear as Mud, Hoxton Jubilee, London, UK |
2001 |
If the Wind Changes You’ll Stay Like That, Mafuji Gallery, London, UK |
2000 |
Hellseher, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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Music Hall, Truman Brewery, London, UK |
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EDUCATION |
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1999-01 |
MA Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art, London |
1996-99 |
BA Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, UK |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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2014 |
Curtains are Cunts/ Abridged four children, Apis Press |
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Lands, French and English, Treignac Project |
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Lands, Norwegian and English, Hordaland Kunsenter |
2013 |
Two Dogs Fucking, artist publication |
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Head-Man Chronicle, artist publication |
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Curtains are Cunts, artist publication |
2008 |
Frieze Yearbook 2008-9, Frieze Art Fair |
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Fowle, Kate (edited by), Stray Alchemists, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing |
2006 |
Rosenthal, Norman (foreword by), Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry/Veenman publishers |
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SELECTED PRESS |
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2012 |
Borgen, Trond, “Sporsikring med omsorg”, Stavanger Aftenblad, 16th March, 30 |
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Næsheim, Eli, “En Internasjonal Kunst-overraskelse fra Ålgård,” Stavanger Aftenblad, 8th March, 34 |
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Nerheim, Ole S., “Bryans i Ølhallene,” Rogalands Avis, 7th March, 25 |
2011 |
Howerton, Michael, “Worlds, lost and found,” SF Examiner, 7th July |
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Sussman, Matt, “Fake-out,” SF Bay Guardian, 28th June |
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Somner, Danielle, “It’s all about the landscape,” KQED ARTS, 23rd June |
2009 |
Tramposch, Emma, “Past is an image we form in the present,” Camerawork, Vol 35, Fall-Winter, 4-7 |
2008 |
Carey Kent, Paul, “Matt Bryans,” Art World, Aug/Sept, 72-5 |
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Brown, Eleanor, “Matt Bryans,” The Artpaper, Summer, 20, 21, 26 |
2007 |
Auslander, Philip, “Matt Bryans,” Artforum, March, 324-5 |
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McClintock, Dinah, “Matt Bryans + Demetrius Oliver,” Art Papers, Jan/Feb, 49 |
2006 |
Williams, Gilda, “Matt Bryans,” Artforum, April, 305 |
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Satz. Aura, “Matt Bryans,” Tema Celeste, March/April, n. 114, 85 |
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Tatley, Roger, “Emerging Artists: Matt Bryans. Roger Tatley meets the new Eraserhead,” Modern Painters, March, 56-58 |
2005 |
Harris, Jonathan, “Pin-Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing,” Art Monthly, January February |
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Lack, Jessica, “Pin-Up, Pick of the Week,” The Guardian, 3rd January |
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Güner, Fisun, “The Art Just Doesn’t Cut It,” Metro Life, 6th January |
2004 |
Graham-Dixon, Andrew, “All stuck and scribbled,” The Sunday Telegraph, 19th December, 112 |
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Cripps, Charlotte, “Work at the Cutting Edge,” The Independent Review, 2nd December, 18 |
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“Newsnight Review,” BBC2, 10 December |
2003 |
“Sit up and Take Notice,” Dazed and Confused, February, 38 |