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Matt Stokes
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biography
Matt Stokes was born in Penzance, Cornwall and has lived, studied and worked in the Northeast since 1993. In 2006, he was the winner of the Beck’s Futures Prize, and is short-listed for the Northern Art Prize 2009, which will be announced in January 2010.
Solo exhibitions include BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead, 2009), The Gainsborough Packet &c., 176 (London, 2009), these are the days, Arthouse (Austin, 2009), Real Arcadia, LüttgenMeijer (Berlin, 2008), Now is Early, VOID (Derry, 2007), Long After Tonight, ZieherSmith (New York, 2007), [un]promised land, Attitudes espace d’arts contemporains (Geneva, 2007), Lost in the Rhythm, Temple Bar Gallery (Dublin, 2007), and Pills to Purge Melancholy, Collective (Edinburgh, 2006).
Recent group shows include See This Sound, Lentos Kunstmuseum, (Linz, 2009), Running Time, (National Galleries of Scotland, 2009). States of Independence, Foreground (Frome, 2009), MARZ Live, MARZ Galeria, (Lisbon, 2009), Desiring Necessities, John Hansard Gallery (Southampton, 2009).
He is represented by Workplace Gallery, Gateshead and ZieherSmith, New York.
statement
Matt Stokes’s practice stems from a long-term inquiry into subcultures, particularly musical ones. He is interested in the way music provides a sense of collectivity, acting as a catalyst for particular groups to form, shaping and influencing people’s lives and identities.
His works are often context-specific; he immerses himself in a setting and area of interest, through which collaborations with informal communities arise. After a process of collecting stories, information and materials related to their histories and values, Stokes produces artworks that depart from his research and take on a conceptual and aesthetic life of their own through films, installations and events.
related links
http://www.workplacegallery.co.uk/artists/_Matt%20Stokes/
http://www.ziehersmith.com/
exhibitions
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Workplace Gallery
23rd May — 2nd September 2011Contemporary Art Society 11 — 15 Emerald Street, London. WC1N 3QL -
ARTfutures 2007
7th March — 12th March 2007Bloomberg Space 50 Finsbury Square London EC2A 1HD
Matt Stokes these are the days (production still) 2008
Matt Stokes these are the days (installation at Arthouse, Austin) 2008
Matt Stokes these are the days (installation at Arthouse, Austin) 2008
Matt Stokes The Gainsborough Packet (production still) 2008
Matt Stokes The Gainsborough Packet (installation at 176, London) 2008
Matt Stokes Club Ponderosa, presenting ‘Victory Over the Sun’ in collaboration with New Factory of the Eccentric Actor 2009
Matt Stokes Club Ponderosa, presenting *MaSH* in collaboration with ‘Ladyscraper’ and ‘Wrong Music’ 2009
Matt Stokes Real Arcadia (installation at Lüttgenmeijer, Berlin) 2003
Matt Stokes Long After Tonight 2005
Matt Stokes Long After Tonight (production photograph) 2005
