Matthew Davis
Born 1969 in Colchester, UK
Lives and works in Berlin

Education
1999 – 2001 MA Fine Art, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich.
1988 – 91 BA Hons Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts, London.
1987 – 89 Btec Diploma General Art and Design, Suffolk College, Ipswich.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Loss of Remoteness — Norwich Outpost, Norwich
2006 Alltogether elsewhere, Kunstagenten, Berlin.
2005 Paintings, Kunstsalon Wilde Gans, Berlin.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Malerei ohne Malerei. Aktuelle Positionen im Post-Action-Painting — Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven.
2009 Der Prozess, Berlin.
2008 Herzrasen, Künstlerhaus, Wien.
2006 Soccerart, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin.
2004 Jerwood Drawing Prize, The Lowry, Salford Quays, EICH Gallery, Lincoln, Rennie Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow, Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham, 171 Union Street, London.
2002 Kettle's Yard Open, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.
2002 Peterborough Prize, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Peterborough.
2002 Dangerous Corners, Gallery 27, Cork St, London.
1993 Painting Show, 63 Union Street, London.
1992 Brick Lane Open (1), Heritage Centre, London.

Art Fairs
2007 KIAF 2007 — Seoul, Korea
2006 Preview, Berlin.
2006 Art Madrid 2006 with Kunstagenten.

Awards
2002 Peterborough Prize — UK Competition for painting and new media (1st prize winner).
1991 The Aidan Threlfall Trust, Goldsmiths Company Travel Bursary.

Selected publications and media coverage
Malerei ohne Malerei
Atelierbesuch bei Matthew Davis by Horst Brandenburg.
Metropolis (ARTE), March 2012.
www.ignant.de/2012/02/14/matthew-davis/, iGNANT, February 2012.
Starter: Junge Künstler, die Sie Kennen sollten., art Magazine, January 2012.
Malerei ohne Malerei. Aktuelle Positionen im Post-Action-Painting, exhibition catalogue. 2009, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2003, exhibition catalogue. 2003, Jerwood Visual Arts.
Kettle's Yard Open, exhibition catalogue. 2002, Kettle's Yard.

Collections.
Investitionsbank Berlin.
Peterborough Museum, UK.
Prudential, London.
JHW Fine Art, London.
Professional Football Association, Manchester.