Matt Franks is contactable through asprey jacques 020 7287 7675
Born in Yorkshire in 1970
Lives and works in London
   
Education
1999-2000 Goldsmiths College, University of London, MA Fine Art
1989-1992 Staffordshire University, BA Fine Art (hons)
1988-1989 Hull School of Art, Foundation Course in Art & Design
Solo Exhibitions
2002 asprey jacques, London
1999 Untitled Installation, Beverley Art Gallery, East Yorkshire
1998 Faking It, Red Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull
Group Exhibitions
2001

Tailsliding, touring exhibition commencing at Bergen Contemporary Art Centre. Curated by Stephen Hepworth. Organised by Colin Ledwith and The British Council; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Hallucinating Love, asprey jacques, London. Curated by Gigiotto del Vecchio
Ego Tripping, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
High Kickin, High Falutin, VTO Gallery, London
Throb, Gallery Westland Place, London. Curated by Mike Stubbs
All of My Heart, Galleria Arte e Personae, Florence. Curated by Stephen Hepworth
London Orphan Asylum, touring exhibition continuing to Plimsol Gallery, Tasmania. Curated by Clare Manchester and Gilda Williams with support from The British Council
Arseaboutface at Cell Project Space, Springfield House, Dalston, London. Curated by Richard Priestly.
2000 London Orphan Asylum, touring exhibition continuing to Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Curated by Clare Manchester and Gilda Williams with support from The British Council
Mental Wilderness, Gale Gates Gallery, DUMBO, Williamsburg,Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Nick Muellner, Richard Harrod &David Wickland
The Armchair Project, Cinch, London; curated by Paul McDevitt and Declan Clarke
Assembly, RCA & Goldsmiths MA graduate show, Stepnee City, London
London Orphan Asylum, touring exhibition commencing at Open Space, Milan. Curated by Clare Manchester and Gilda Williams with support from The British Council
Wooden Heart, AVCO Gallery, London. Curated by Reza Aramashi
Out House, Rich and Famous Gallery, Dalston, London
These Epic Islands, Vilma Gold Gallery, London. Curated by Brian Cyril Griffiths
1999 Red Gallery Group Show
1998 Art in Che Open, Quay Art, Kingston-upon-Hull
Kingston Art Group, Harding House,Lincoln; Kingston-Upon-Hull
1997 Studio show, Kingston Art Group, Kingston-upon-Hull
1996 Diorama Art Centre, London
Northern Graduates 1992, New Academy Gallery, London
1992 Fresh Art 1992, Design Centre, Islington, London
1991 Stafford Open 1991, Staffordshire Art Gallery, Stafford
   
Publications
2002 Morgan Falconer, 'Matt Franks', Whats On in London, January 30- February 6
Martin Herbert, 'Matt Franks', Time Out, January 23-30
Stephen Mitchell, 'Going Out', Evening Standard, January 10
  Helen Sumpter, Comics and Classics, The Big Issue, 9-13 January
2001 Tailsliding, The British Council, London; edited by Colin Ledwith Martin Coomer, Egotripping, review in Time Out, 16-23 May
2000 Benedict Seymour, Wooden Heart, AVCO, London, review in Art Monthly, April
Gilda Williams, These Epic Islands, Vilma Gold Gallery review in Art Monthly, March
Assembly, project catalogue, London
   
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