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Biography
| BORN | 1962 | |
| EDUCATION | ||
| 1987-1990 | BA (Hons) Fine Art | Norwich School of Art, Norfolk |
| 1990-1991 | MA in Art and Architecture | Kent Institute of Art & Design, Kent |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2005 | Mathew Gibson | England and co. London |
| 2010 | Mathew Gibson | England and co. London |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
| 2018 | DO RE ME FA SO LA | Griffin Gallery Perimeter Space Griffin Gallery, London |
| 2016 | BLACK PAINTINGS | Charlie Smith/Galerie Heike Strelow, London Art Fair |
| 2015 | THE FUTURE CAN WAIT | Bermondsey Project Space, London |
| 2015 | BLACK PAINTINGS | Charlie Smith London, London |
| 2015 | RAINBOW MERCHANT | Schwartz gallery, Hackney, London |
| 2015 | ON THE WIRE | Beaconsfield, London |
| 2015 | PERFECTIONISM 2 | Griffin Gallery, London |
| 2014 | DISCERNING EYE | Mall Galleries, London |
| 2013 | IN TOWN | St Anne's, Lewes, Sussex |
| 2013 | GROUP SHOW | Canvas & Cream, Forest Hill |
| 2012 | SUNDAY TIMES Watercolour Prize, | Mall galleries, London |
| 2012 | OFF THE CUFF | Natalie Galustian, Cecil court, London |
| 2011 | FRATERNISE | The Salon. Beaconsfield, London |
| 2011 | SUMMERSHOW | St. Anne's, Lewes, Sussex |
| 2008 | SUNDAY TIMES Watercolour Prize | Mall galleries, London |
| 2005 | SUNDAY TIMES Watercolour Prize | Mall galleries, London |
| 2004 | SUNDAY TIMES Watercolour Prize (runner up) | Mall galleries, London |
| 2003 | HUNTING ART PRIZE | Royal College of Art, London |
| 2003 | DISCERNING EYE | Mall Galleries, London |
| 2003 | SEFTON OPEN | Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, Merseyside |
| 2002 | DISCERNING EYE | Mall Galleries, London |
Press Release
| Mathew Gibson | Index |
| CHARLIE SMITH LONDON @ Gramercy Park Studios |
| PREVIEW: Thursday 11 April 2024 5-7pm | RSVP | Please contact direct@charliesmithlondon.com to confirm | Limited places available |
EXHIBITION DATES: Friday 12 April - Friday 3 May 2024 |
| EXHIBITION HOURS: Monday – Friday 10am-4pm |
| ADDRESS: Gramercy Park Studios, 25 Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London W1F 9ND |
| CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is delighted to present Mathew Gibson’s solo exhibition ‘Index’ in Soho, London. Gibson is known for his intimate paintings that integrate architecture, interiors and still life, articulating ideas around conformity that relate to function, status and gender. In this exhibition, the subjects for Gibson’s paintings are derived from a traditional notion of men’s office uniform, evoking the ‘tumid apathy’ of T.S. Eliot’s ‘Men and bits of paper’. Gibson points towards compliance within collective archetypes, seeking to remind us that behaviours are learned. Clothing serves to codify the demographic to which individuals belong, but he emphasizes that by being part of a group, others must be excluded, and that looking alike presupposes thinking alike. Gibson repeats motifs within single paintings, testifying to the fact that behaviour is learned from childhood through repetition. Clothing is crucial in creating versions of gender, with those depicted here being sourced from within a polarised version of masculinity, asserting the need of the (absent) wearers to belong. Repetition of form also denotes routine. Gibson meditates on the sense of security that might come with laying out clothes for the following days, implying a desire for order in an otherwise unpredictable world. Positioned within the traditions of interior and still life painting, Gibson’s muted palette and use of intense chiaroscuro evokes Baroque painting such as the monastic 17th-century Spanish painter Francisco Zurbaran. Earlier artists who Gibson references include 15th-century Sienese painters Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo, specifically in their imaginative treatment of time and space, where a single figure might appear repeatedly within the same composition as a chronological device. Gibson’s process is also indicative of historic techniques. Pencil drawings are transferred onto true gesso panels; then multiple layers of thin egg tempera are methodically applied before equally thin oil glazes. Intention and process are, therefore, deliberate, methodical and devotional. Mathew Gibson was born in Acton, London in 1962. He studied at Norwich School of Art (BA (Hons) Fine Art, 1987-90) and at Kent Institute of Art & Design (Interdisciplinary MA in Art & Architecture, 1990-91). From 2006-07 he was Professor of Foundation studies at SCAD, Savannah, USA, and from 2011 to 2022 resident artist at Colart, owners of Winsor & Newton. Gibson co-founded Contemporary Art Academy in 2022. He currently lives and works in London. The event will take place at CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, Gramercy Park Studios, 25 Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London W1F 9ND. Available to view Monday-Friday 10am-4pm. For further information please contact direct@charliesmithlondon.com. Follow @CHARLIESMITHIdn Please email direct@charliesmithlondon.com for artwork list |