Matt Stokes

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Born: Penzance, Cornwall, 1973
Lives: and works in Gateshead, England

Education
1997
BA with honors, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
1993
Foundation Course. Brighton College of Art, East Sussex, UK

Solo Exhibitions
2009
VIVID, Birmingham, England (off-site commission)
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
Project Space 176, London, England
these are the days, Arthouse, Austin, Texas
2008
Project Space 176, London, England
2007
Now is Early, Void, Derry, Ireland
Long After Tonight, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
Attitudes espace d'arts contemporains, Geneva, Switzerland
Matt Stokes, ZieherSmith, New York
Lost in the Rhythm, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Solo Booth and Special Project, Workplace Gallery, NADA Art Fair, Miami
Pills to Purge Melancholy, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland


Group Exhibitions
2008
Crossing, Centro per l�Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Deptford X, London, England
Single Channel, curated by Christopher Eamon, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
I desired what you were, I need what you are, MAZE, Turin, Italy
King Fisher's Tales, Union, London
2007
Palinsesti, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
The Weasel: Pop Music and Contemporary Art, South London Gallery, London
Ocho Y Medio, Quito and Maac Cine, Ecuador, curated by Tate Modern
Projection Project II, Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
2006
The Projection Project, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Belgium
Street: behind the clich�, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
EAST International 06, Norwich Gallery, East Anglia, UK
Formal Dining, curated by Workplace Gallery, Hales Gallery, London
Beck�s Futures, Simultaneous exhibitions at the ICA, London and venues in Glasgow and Bristol
Blue Star, Red Wedge, WASPS, Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland
You Shall Know Our Velocity, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
2005
Our Surroundings, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
Gatsobyter, Plan 9 Artists Space, Bristol, UK
Sacred Selections, performance with Grizedale Arts, Coniston Festival, UK
Everything Must Go, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK
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 broadcast, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), Middlesbrough, UK
S1 Salon �Cabaret�, S1 Art Space, Sheffield, UK
2003
Space Between Us, Friar House, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Lets Get Married, Grizedale Arts, Cumbria, UK
Vacant, Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, UK
Spark Video Programme, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, USA
LUX Open, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2002
Living Proof, Live FM radio broadcast from Bewick Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Memento, Underground stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro system, UK
VideoROM, Museo Arte Contemporanea, Rome and Gallery of Modern Art, Bergamo, Italy
Land and the Samling, Kielder Water and Forest, Northumberland, UK
The Big M, mobile projection space. Venues around the UK and Europe
Mostyn 12 Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London, UK
2001
VideoROM, Projection programme,Valencia Biennial, Spain
Retail Therapy, City Art Weekender, Sunderland, UK
Allotment, Adhoc Gallery, Wallsend, North Tyneside, UK
2000
Small Battles, Mackey Mayor Building, Manchester, UK
ROOT, Organized by Hull Time Based Arts. Timebase, Hull, UK
VANE, Disused shop unit, Highbridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
NOW Festival, Disused shop, Queens Street, Nottingham, UK
1999
VANE Export, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden


Bibliography
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (2006-07)
Dominikus M�ller, �Wer bin ich am Morgen danach?�Artnet.de, February 1, 2008
Samuel Schellenberg, "Retours sur catharsis," Le Courrier, May 25, 2007
David Velasco, "Review: Matt Stokes at ZieherSmith," Artforum, May 2007
Joshua Mack, "Reviews: Matt Stokes," Time Out New York, March 22-28, 2007
"The View," John Kelly/Panel Review, RTE Television. January 02, 2007
"An Alternative Perspective," Irish Times, January 2007
"Radio Review," Phantom FM, January 2007
Neil Mulholland, "Ouverture," Flash Art, November 2006
Sally O�Reilly, "Edinburgh Round Up," Art Monthly, October 2006
Susan Mansfield, "Rave Reviews of Bygone Youth," The Scotsman, August 29, 2006
Susan Mansfield, "Nothings Sacred," The Scotsman, August 08, 2006
Louise Cohen, "The Young Soul Rebel," The Times, August 02, 2006
Alexander Kennedy, "The Accidental Tourist," List Magazine, July 20, 2006
Paul Delgarno, "Church Tunes into the Soul," The Sunday Herald, July 9, 2006
Danny Robins, "Sacred Selections: Happy Hardcore," Radio One, May 2006
Charlotte Higgins, "Beck�s Futures 2006," The Guardian, May 3, 2006
"Artists project," Untitled (Contemporary Art), Spring 2006
Dorian Lynskey, "Art and the Soul (music)," The Guardian, May 02, 2006
Serena Davies, "Beck�s Find it�s Fizz," The Telegraph, April 4, 2006
Laura Cumming, "Sip it and See," The Observer, April 2, 2006


Grants/Awards
2008
Residency, Project Space 176, London, England
2006
Beck�s Futures 2006, awarded by the ICA and Beck�s
2003
RSA Art for Architecture, grant supporting a design and lead artist role for new PFI buildings

Publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Lost in the Rhythm, Edinburgh: Collective Gallery, 2007
Palinsesti 2007, Udine: Forum, 2007
Beck�s Futures 2006, London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2006
EASTinternational 2006, Norwich: Norwich Gallery, 2006
Workplace, Sunderland: Art Editions North, 2004
From Me To You, Becky Shaw, Middlesbrough: QSL FM/Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, 2004
QSL FM, Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, 2004