Born 17/01/71, UK
Education & Qualifications
1993- 1995 Royal College of Art, MA Painting
1990- 1993 University of Central England, BA (Hons) FineArt, First Class
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Portal, Solo Projects, Basel Switzerland (Alexia Goethe Gallery)
2009 Cultic Twister Alexia Goethe Gallery, London
2006 Up-Down Eagle Gallery/ Emma Hill Fine Art, London
2004 Narcissus and Echo ROSL London
2003 Anyone Here? Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
Flattering Overtures Eagle Gallery/ Emma Hill Fine Art, London
2001 A Divine Comedy touring to Gloucester Cathedral,
Gloucester City Art Gallery, Huddersfield City Art Gallery
1994 Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
Mertz Contemporary Art, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 London 12 curated by Toby Clarke (forthcoming museum show), Prague
2011 Are Pictures Always Paintings? Alexia Goethe Gallery
2010 Layers John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize Winners, Seongnam Arts,
Korea
Foolish Romantics Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight, UK
2009 Black Dog Yellow House Trolley Gallery, London, curated by Rachel Howard
Daily Miracles Josh Lilley Gallery, London with Carla Busuttil & Ryan Mosley
Art Athena, Marc de Puechredon Gallery, Basel
ARCO, Alexia Goethe Gallery, Madrid
2008 Faith Primo Alonso Gallery, London, touring to Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax
Hugge Standpoint Gallery, London, curated by Fiona McDonald
Art Futures Bloomberg Space, London
2006 John Moores 24 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2005 Folklore APT Gallery London, incuding Ansel Krut, Steve Swindells
2004 Presence St Pauls Cathedral London, curated by Meryl Doney including
Tracey Emin and Bill Viola
2002 Artists-in-Residence Retrospective Gloucester Cathedral
Eye-dentifying Peranakan Cultures Singapore
2001 Royal Overseas League Scholarship Exhibition
2000 Undercurrents Eagle Gallery/ Emma Hill Fine Art, London
1996 Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts, London
1995 Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, selected by Mathilde Ferrer
Paton Gallery, London with Emma Talbot
1994 Lannon Gallery, New York with Mark Wright
Awards and Scholarships
2006 John Moores 24, Prize Winner
2001 Hunting Art Prize, Second Prize Winner
2000-2001 Artist's Residency, National Gallery, London
2000 Royal Overseas League Travel Scholarship
1999-2000 Artist in Residence, Gloucester Cathedral
1996-1997 Summers Studio Award, USA
1994 Richard Ford Travel Award, Royal Academy, London
1993-1995 Basil Alkazzi Scholarship, RCA, London
1993 Miss Emma Phipps Award for Painting, University of Central England
Public and Corporate Collections
Springfield Museum of Art, USA
Royal Academy, London
Robert and Susan Summer, USA
TI Group, London
Royal College of Art, London
Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Selected Bibliography
2011 Blisss Magazine, April 2011
Art Pens and Culture, Issue 4
2009 Saatchi Gallery online: Rebecca Geldard's Top 10 London Shows
ArtSlant Flirting with the Metaphysical, 18 april, Jennifer Essex
First Post Sinister yet Thoughtful, 13 April, Neal Brown
2007 Axis World Making by Amber Allen
2003 Independent, 13 May, review by Sue Hubbard
2001 Leeds Guide A Divine Comedy (April) - Richard Jevons
2000 Evening Standard Facing the Past, 15 November - Samantha Ellis
The Citizen Gloucester Hell in a Holy Place, 25 August
1995 Daily Telegraph Time for a Palace Revamp (August) - David Lee
1994 Big Issue (May) - John Keenan
Publications
2009 Matthew Burrows, Cultic Twister - exhibition catalogue
2008 Matthew Burrows, The Monster Creation By Gilty Projects
2007 From Elswhere - exhibition catalogue
2006 John Moores 24 Walker Art Gallery exhibition of contemporary
painting
ISBN 1-902700-30-9 2005 The Basil H Alkazzi Foundation
2003 Matthew Burrows, Anyone Here? - exhibition catalogue
ISBN 0-9534477-4-X
2002 Artists-in-Residence at Gloucester Cathedral - exhibition
catalogue
2000 Matthew Burrows A Divine Comedy - exhibition catalogue
ISBN 095321860
The TI Group Art Collection ISBN 0-9538306-0-8