Mathew Weir
Born 1977 in Ipswich, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
2002–2004
MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1996–1999
BA Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK
1995–1996
Foundation Studies, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK
Collections
Flag Foundation, New York, USA
Graves Gallery, Museums Sheffield, UK
Olbricht Collection, Berlin, Germany
David Teiger Collection, New York, USA
Mario Testino, London, UK
Reydan Weiss Collection, Essen, Germany
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Awards
2013-2014
Artist in Residence, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
2004
Madame Tussauds Art Award
Stephenson Harwood Painting Purchase Prize
2003
Paule Vezelay Travel Award
2002
Stanley Smith Scholarship; Royal College of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Mathew Weir: A Maze of Parts, Attercliffe™, Sheffield, UK
2013
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2011
The Fractured Word, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2009
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2006
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2005
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
2004
Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Heads Roll, Graves Gallery, Museums Sheffield, UK
3-5 Silent Street, Annual Ipswich Biennial, Ipswich, UK
Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking, Attercliffe™, Sheffield, UK
Transference, Sue Arrowsmith and Mathew Weir, MOCA London, UK
2017
Nature Morte. Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, UK and The Four Domes Pavilion, Museum of Contemporary Art, The National Museum in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
2016
Nature Morte. Contemporary Artists Reinvigorating the Still Life, Konsthallen Bohuslän Museum, Sweden and Hå gamle prestegard, Stavanger, Norway
2014
100 Painters of Tomorrow, Beers Contemporary, London, UK
Somos Libres II. Works from the Mario Testino Collection, Pinacoteca Gianni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
2013
FLAG’s 5th Anniversary Group Exhibition, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA
Victoriana: The Art of Revival, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, UK
Made In Bow, The Nunnery, London, UK
The Get-Together, Smedjegatan 5C, Göteborg, Sweden
2012
Beyond Reality, British Painting Today, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Everywhere and Nowhere, Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf, Germany
Struggle(s), Maison Particuliere, Brussels, Belgium
2011
All Cannibals?, curated by Dr. Jeanette Zwingenberger, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
2010
Lebenslust & Totentanz: a selection from the Olbricht Collection, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Passion Fruits Picked from the Olbricht Collection, curated by Wolfgang Schoppmann, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Wunderkammer, curated by Georg Laue, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Public Private Painting, Mu.zee, Oostend, Belgium
2009
Wonderland – Through the Looking Glass, curated by Robbert Roos, KadE, Amersfoort, Netherlands (catalogue)
Jerwood Contemporary Painters Prize, Jerwood Space, London (touring to PSL, Leeds, Norwich Gallery, Norwich and New Pitville Gallery, Cheltenham)
Back to the Future: Young Artists Look to Old Masters, Robilant and Voena, London, UK
We’re Moving, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Exhibition #1, The Museum of Everything, London, UK
2007
Size Matters: XS, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Ten Years, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
2005
A Violet from Mother’s Grave, curated by Mathew Weir, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
Co-operative Society, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
2004
Royal College of Art MA Degree Show, London, UK,
2003
Breaking God’s Heart, curated by Glenn Brown, 38 Langham Street, London, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, 14 Wharf Road, London, UK
Royal College of Art Interim Show, London, UK