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Lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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1997
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Graduated, Newcastle University (BA hons Fine Art), England
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1973
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Born in Penzance, Cornwall, England
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Forthcoming Exhibitions
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2008
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176 Gallery, London, England
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2008
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Palinsesti, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy (Off-site project)
Now is Early, VOID Gallery, Derry, Ireland (Solo)
REC Project Space, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2007
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Long After Tonight, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, USA
[un]promised Land, Attitudes, espace d'arts contemporains, Geneva, Switzerland
Ziehersmith, New York, USA
Lost in the Rhythm, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
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2006
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Solo Project, NADA Art Fair, Miami, USA
Pills to Purge Melancholy, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2007
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The Weasel: Pop Music and Contemporary Art, South London Gallery, London, England
Projection Project II, Mücsarnok-Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungry
Screening project, Ocho Y Medio, Quito and Maac Cine, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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2006
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The Projection Project, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Street: behind the cliché, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
EAST International 06, Norwich Gallery and NSAD, Norwich, England
Formal Dining, Hales Gallery, London, 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
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2005
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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
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2004
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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, Middlesbrough, England
S1 Salon ‘Cabaret’, S1 Art Space, Sheffield, England
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2003
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Space Between Us, Friar House, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Lets Get Married Today! Grizedale Arts, Cumbria, England
Vacant, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, England
Spark International, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, USA
LUX Open, Royal College of Art, London, England
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2002
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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, Museo Arte Contemporanea, Rome 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
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2001
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VideoROM, Valencia Biennial, Spain
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2000
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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
Selected Group Exhibitions cntd
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1999
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VANE Export, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Field, Hallington, Northumberland, England
Tongue ‘n’ Groove, Pine Factory Warehouse, Gateshead, England
Inside Out, Adhoc Gallery, Wallsend, England
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1998
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VANE ‘98, Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
11+11. Globe Gallery, North Shields, England
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Selected Commissions and Residencies
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2006
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socialspaces, commissioned by BBC2 and Arts Council England (www.myspace.com/socialspaces)
Limited edition CD of Sacred Selections, commissioned by Locus+, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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2002
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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
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2001
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Stretch, video installation commissioned by Sunderland Arts, England
Allotment, residency with pigeon fanciers at allotments in Wallsend, England
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2000
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Roll-in’ Along, video intervention commissioned by Work & Leisure International, Manchester, England
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Selected Awards
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2006
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Beck’s Futures, awarded by the ICA and Beck’s
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2003
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RSA Art for Architecture, awarded by the Royal Society of Arts
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Collections
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National Collecting Scheme for Scotland. McManus Galleries, Dundee, Scotland
Cherrybrisk Collection, London, England
Private Collections
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Bibliography
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2007
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Lost in the Rhythm, (monograph) published by AEN and Collective Gallery. ISBN 978-1-873757-56-7
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2006
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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
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2004
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QSL FM, published by MIMA. ISBN 0-860830-63-2
Workplace, published by AEN and Workplace Gallery. ISBN 1-873757-15-8
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Selected Press and Publicity (Recent Solo and Group Exhibitions)
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2007
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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
Review: Lost in the Rhythm. Phantom FM Radio. 01.2007
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2006
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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
Church Tunes into the Soul: Paul Delgarno. The Sunday Herald. 09.07.06
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
Beck’s Find it’s Fizz: Serena Davies. The Telegraph. 04.04.2006
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