| Matt Franks is contactable through asprey jacques 020 7287 7675 | |
| Born in Yorkshire in 1970 Lives and works in London |
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| 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 | |
| view work | |