Education
2009 |
MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design |
2001 |
BA (Hons) Fine Art and English Literature, Exeter University |
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
| 2018 | The Sun Never Sets, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield |
2016 | Expatriates, Westminster Reference Library, London |
2014 | Another Country (with Cara Nahaul), Nunnery Gallery, London |
2013 | Mission, St Marylebone Crypt Gallery, London |
Group Exhibitions
| 2019 | Painting Childhood (with Chantal Joffe and Mark Fairnington), Compton Verney, Warwickshire (forthcoming) |
2018 | John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
In the City, East Gallery, Norwich | |
Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Komechak Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
2017 | Contemporary Masters from Britain, The Yantai Art Museum, Yantai; Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum, Artall, Nanjing; Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China |
Contemporary Painting: In Good Health, Menier Gallery, London | |
Painting and History, China Academy of Art, Shanghai, China | |
2016 | Contemporary British Painting, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight |
Aviary, Transition Gallery, London | |
Contemporary British Watercolours, Oriel Gallery, Antrim, N. Ireland and Burton Art Gallery & Museum | |
Of the Sea, No.1 Smithery: The Gallery, The Historic Dockyard Chatham | |
The Names, Transition Gallery, London | |
2015 | Contemporary Drawings from Britain, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Xi'an, China |
London Painters' Survey, Artworks Project Space, London | |
Contemporary British Watercolours, Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery, Maidstone | |
Stations of the Cross, Brentwood Cathedral & SE9 Container Gallery, London | |
2014 | Griffin Art Prize Shortlist, Griffin Gallery & White Moose Gallery, Devon |
Priseman-Seabrook Collection, Huddersfield Art Gallery | |
@PaintBritain, Ipswich Museum | |
IN THE CITY, Lion & Lamb, London | |
Home, Crossley Gallery - Dean Clough, Halifax | |
2013 | Contemporary British Painting group show, St Marylebone Crypt, London |
The Marmite Prize for Painting IV, tour to Glasgow, Plymouth, Cambridge, London | |
We Were Trying to Make Sense, 1Shanthiroad Gallery, Bangalore, India | |
2012 | National Open, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol |
Bow Arts Open Show, Bermondsey Project Space, London | |
2011 | Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Italy |
The Marmite Prize for Painting III, Central Art Gallery, Tameside, Lanchester Gallery Projects, Coventry; The Nunnery, London |
Selected Curatorial Projects
| 2017 | Contemporary Painting: In Good Health (co-curated Amisha Karia and Robert Priseman), The Menier Gallery, London | 2016 |
Aviary (co-curated with Niamh White), Transition Gallery, London |
2015 |
London Painters' Survey (co-curated with David Sullivan), Artworks Project Space, London |
2013 |
The Mausoleum of Lost Objects - Bangalore, 1Shanthiroad Gallery, Bangalore, India |
2011 |
BAT Pack II (co-curated with Stephanie Moran & Marcus Cope), Mile End Art Pavilion |
2010 |
English Heritage, Stratford East Theatre Royal |
2009 |
English Heritage, Mile End Art Pavilion |
2008 |
Iniva, The Mausoleum of Lost Objects, at Rivington Place |
| 2006 | RIBA Trust/Artsinform, Architects in Residence: King's Cross. RIBA |
Talks/Lecturing
| 2014 - 2018 | Visiting lecturer, Chelsea College of Arts, BA Fine Art |
2018 |
Visiting lecturer, Wimbledon College of Arts, MA Painting |
2017 |
Decolonising Art Practice - Images and Identity in Contemporary Painting, Chelsea College of Arts, Graduate Diploma Fine Art |
The Immediacy of Paint: Surface Symposium, The University of Suffolk | |
2016 |
Curator Round Table, Studio Visit, presented by Morgan Quaintance, Resonance FM |
2015 |
Painting in the Digital Age, Symposium, Ipswich Arts Centre |
Guest lecturer, Institute of Education, MA Museums & Galleries in Education | |
2014 |
IN THE CITY artist talk, chaired by Peter Ashton Jones, Lion & Lamb Gallery, London |
'Showing Painting' panel discussion, The Nunnery, London | |
Artists' Talk, Another Country, The Nunnery, London | |
2013 |
Artist talk, The Marmite Prize for Painting IV, Drawing Room, London |
Contemporary British Painting (interview), St Marylebone Crypt, London | |
2010 |
Guest lecturer at Kala Bhavan College of Fine Arts, BA & MA Fine Art, Santiniketan, India |
Guest lecturer at Croydon Higher Education College, BA Fine Art | |
2008 |
Guest lecturer at Central Saint Martins, BA Criticism, Communication & Curation |
Collections
Central Saint Martins (UAL), London |
China Academy of Art Museum, Hangzhou, China |
Croydon Higher Education College, London |
Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China |
Komechak Art Gallery, Chicago |
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London |
Tianjin Academy of Art, China |
Yantai Art Museum, China |
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Selected Bibliography
| 2018 | John Moores Painting Prize 2018 (catalogue), ISBN 9781902700601 |
Artists at Work interview, Courtauld Gallery, July | |
Interview by Robert Priseman for Art UK, May | |
2017 |
Interview by Matt Price, Fused Magazine (Summer) |
2016 |
The Names, Garageland, 19: Self (Transition Editions) |
2015 |
Contemporary Drawings from Britain (catalogue), Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts |
London Painting Survey, Paul O'Kane | |
Contemporary British Watercolours (catalogue), Simon Carter, ISBN 1515109925 | |
The Brentwood Stations of the Cross, Simon Carter, ISBN 1505832063 | |
Brentwood Stations of the Cross - Good Friday Special, BBC Essex Radio, April | |
The Tablet, 'Others on the Way', Fr Martin Boland, February ISSN 0039-8837 | |
2014 |
Priseman-Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting, ISBN 1514186772 |
Griffin Art Prize, Yorkshire Post, Lindsay Pantry, October | |
IN THE CITY Catalogue, Robert Harbison, September | |
East End Review, Painting the Past, review by Maya Oppenheim, March | |
Wall Street International Magazine, Another Country Interview, February | |
Another Country, Exhibition Booklet, Skye Sherwin, January | |
2013 |
Painter's Table, Matthew Krishanu: Interview, September |
DNA India, We Were Trying to Make Sense review, by Malavika Velayanikal, January | |
2012 |
The Marmite Prize for Painting IV, Exhibition Catalogue, ISBN 1905659105 |
2010 |
The Marmite Prize for Painting III, Exhibition Catalogue, ISBN 1905659091 |
Elle Girl Korea, 'Brilliant Young Artists', September | |
2009 |
Fringe MK Annual Painting Prize, Exhibition Catalogue |
2008 |
Whitechapel Gallery newspaper, Issue two, January |
Publications
| 2018 | 'Drawing from Life and the Artist's Model', Portraiture Learning Resource, The Courtauld Gallery |
2017 |
'Painting from Life', Soutine Learning Resource, The Courtauld Gallery |
2016 |
'Scarlet Ibis', Arty, Transition Editions |
2013 |
Iniva - The A-Z of Emotions, Emotional Learning Cards, ISBN 9781899846573 |
2013 |
'Painting the Figure', Becoming Picasso, Teachers' Resource, The Courtauld Gallery |
2012 |
'Expressive Arts', Master Drawings, Teachers' Resource, The Courtauld Gallery |
'Tagore's Paintings', Inspired by Tagore, British Council & sampad, ISBN 0956541631 | |
2011 |
Asia Triennial Manchester Review, a-n magazine, December |
2010 |
Looking with Matthew Krishanu, visitor resource for René Daniëls: Painting on Unknown Languages, Camden Arts Centre |
2005 |
Weather Report, TTOOULI, G. (editor), KRISHANU, M. (illustrator), 2005, Heaventree Press, ISBN 0954881133 |