Matt Franks

Teaching Assistant Professor Head of Sculpture Area
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Summary

Franks’ work engages with the relationship between high and low culture, conflating pop imagery and ‘classical’ styles of sculpture and w88 sports betting app deploying disposable materials and repurposed objects. Recently his work has begun exploring economies of scale and production by combination of digital technology and analogue practices. Franks has taught and lead undergraduate and postgraduate arts courses intensively in the UK and has taught in China. Franks’ work is regularly exhibited internationally, and his work is in numerous collections including the British Council. Franks has featured at major galleries and museums in Africa, Europe, UK, USA, China, Australia, New Zealand and he has completed residencies in Africa, USA and New Zealand.

Research interests

Franks' research interests include popular culture, folk w88 sports betting app, digital technologies, sculptural histories and how they converge in the popular imagination; his work is informed by concepts of hauntology and he uses these ideas to think and develop work particularly regarding capitalism and its affect on a global obsession with nostalgia.

Selected publications

2009

  • w88 sports betting app World magazine, ‘White On’ Uk/International edition 8

2008

  • TECHMACMAYOCOM, Japan, ex cat

2007

  • ‘Metropolis Rise’ new w88 sports betting app from London, ex cat

2006

  • Useless magazine, October
  • w88 sports betting app Review June, Joao Ribas, Great Expectations, p.25
  • The Nature of Things, ex cat, Birminham City Museums, UK
  • Into My World Ex cat, Aldrich Museum, USA

2005

  • Contrapop, ex cat, Vamiali Gallery, Greece
  • Metro Life Hephzibah Anderson, Matchine Matchine
  • Aug Time Out Martin Coomer, Matchine Matchine
  • w88 sports betting app Monthly Nicky Bird, The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, April p.25-26

2002

  • w88 sports betting app Monthly, December, Clare Manchester, review of Tate solo show Time Out, October, Sarah Kent, review of review of Tate solo show w88 sports betting app Now,
  • ‘transcendent plastic infinite&w88 sports betting app;, TATE Britain, ex cat, My Way, ex cat, edited by Frank Lamy
  • Contemporary, March, international news, Richard Dyer, Tank magazine, Vol 3, Issue 1
  • Time Out, January, Martin Herbert, New Gods 2001 Tailsliding, ex cat, edited by Colin Ledwith
  • Time Out, May, Martin Coomer, Ego Tripping

2000

  • w88 sports betting app Monthly, April, Benedict Seymour, Wooden Heart
  • w88 sports betting app Monthly, March, Gilda Williams, These Epic Islands Assembly, ex cat, London

Selected Artist Talks

  • 2010-2013, ‘Made in Britain’, British council touring exhibition, China, artists talks at Sichuan Provincial Museum, Chengdu, China; Xi’an w88 sports betting app Museum, Xi’an, China; Hong Kong Heritage Museum, China; Suzhou w88 sports betting app Museum, China
  • 2012, ‘Made in Britain&w88 sports betting app;, British council touring exhibition, artists talk, Albanian National gallery, Tirana. https://youtu.be/K0y37R-qv-4
  • 2011, ‘Made in Britain’, British council touring exhibition, artists talk, Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Chengdu Museum of Contemporary w88 sports betting app
  • 2010, ‘Paper rock scissors&w88 sports betting app;, British Council exhibition, Bottga Gallery Kyiv, Ukraine,
    Residencies
  • 2012, Artist in residence/Visiting professor Xian Academy of Fine arts, Xi&w88 sports betting app;an, China embedded within the School of Fine Arts, developing projects from processes and themes in my own work, collaborating on a final exhibition with students
  • 2011, Artist in residence, Kimmel Harding Nelson, Nebraska, USA
  • 2004, Artist in residence Weir Farm, Connecticut, USA in partnership with Aldrich Museum of Contemporary w88 sports betting app, Connecticut USA
  • 2004, Artist in Residence ,Triangle Arts, Nairobi, Kenya in partnership with Gasworks, London and British Arts Council
  • 2002, Artist in Residence, Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland University, New Zealand, in partnership with British Council and Creative New Zealand
    Commissions
  • 2008, FOOOOOM!! public w88 sports betting app work in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
    https://regio-kunstwege.eu/kunstwerk/fooooom-von-matt-franks
  • 2007, FOOOOOM!! CAS Commission for Economist Plaza, London

Selected solo exhibitions

2014

  • ‘We Taste Custard We Taste Life&w88 sports betting app;, Horatio Jr. Gallery, London
    ‘Matt Franks&w88 sports betting app;, Punk and sheep Galleryhttp://punkandsheep.weebly.com

2008

  • ‘It&w88 sports betting app;s so hard to tell who&w88 sports betting app;s going to love you the best&w88 sports betting app; Houldsworth Gallery London

2005

2002

Group exhibitions

2015-16

2014

2012

  • ‘Forward thinking&w88 sports betting app;, Horatio Junior Gallery, London ‘
    ‘Pop Molecule&w88 sports betting app;, Aubin Gallery, Shoreditch, London

2010-2013

  • ‘Made in Britain – Contemporary w88 sports betting app from the British Council Collection 1980 – 2010
    As an artist in the British Council collection, I was included in a group exhibition that toured: National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania; Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece; Sichuan Provincial Museum, Chengdu, China; Xi’an w88 sports betting app Museum, Xi’an, China; Hong Kong Heritage Museum, China; Suzhou w88 sports betting app Museum, China

Included in the catalog and gave talks during the openings of each of the above exhibitions.

2009

2008

2007

  • ‘Play&w88 sports betting app;. Bearspace, London
  • ‘Foreign Policy&w88 sports betting app;, Luis Serpa Gallery, Lisbon , Portugal
  • ‘tech-mac-mayacom&w88 sports betting app; Myonichi-kan, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Jiyu Gakuen, Tokyo
  • Blickachsen 6, Bad Homburg Kurpark, Germany in conjunction with Yorkshire Sculpture Parkhttp://www.blickachsen.de/root/index.php?page_id=259
  • ‘LATITUDE (8X8X8)&w88 sports betting app; Fieldgate gallery
  • w88 sports betting app Futures, Bloomberg Space. London
  • ‘Eau Savage&w88 sports betting app; part 2, Fieldgate Gallery, London
  • ‘The Lucifer Effect&w88 sports betting app;, Gallery Primo Alonso, London

2006

  • ‘Metropolis Rise: New w88 sports betting app from London’, curated by Anthony Gross and Jen Wu, Diaf 06, Beijing and Shanghai (catalogue) sponsored by British Council.
  • ‘8x8x8, LON/MSP/NYC&w88 sports betting app; curated by Andrea Stanislav, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, USA.
  • ‘Eau Savage&w88 sports betting app;, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland.
    http://www.lucymackintosh.ch/archives.php?id=28

2005

  • ‘Know what they mean?&w88 sports betting app; Galerie Chez Valetine, Paris.
  • ‘Mysterium&w88 sports betting app;, artrepco, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Pencil- A Drawing Show, Carter Presents, London.
  • ‘Only minutes to live&w88 sports betting app;, temporarycontemporary, London.
  • The Drawing Show, Shangrila, London.
  • ‘The Future Lasts a Long Time&w88 sports betting app;, Le Consortium, Dijon.https://www.leconsortium.fr/en/future-lasts-long-time
  • ‘Do not tell me who I am&w88 sports betting app;, St Pauls Gallery, London, curated by Peter Lamb
  • ‘The Nature of Things’, Birmingham Museum of Modern w88 sports betting app, including: Glenn Brown, Neal Rock, Dave Burrows, D.J. Simpson, and Bridgit Riley
  • ‘Yabadabadoo&w88 sports betting app;, cell projects, London, curated by Juan Bolivar

2004

  • ‘Contrapop&w88 sports betting app;, Vamiali gallery, Athens, Greece, curated by Suhail Malik.
    Including Ian Monroe, Daniel Pflumm, Toby Zeigler, Caroline Achaintre, Jo Mitchell
  • ‘The Future Lasts A Long Time&w88 sports betting app;, Tal Esther, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • ‘Material Faith&w88 sports betting app;, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, including Ian Dawson, Carolyn Castano, George Doneo, Katie Grinnan and Peter Lamb
  • ‘Mind the Gap&w88 sports betting app;, Triangle Arts. Marseille, France.
  • ‘Shape Shifters&w88 sports betting app;, M. Projects, Paris. Curated by Anthony Gross.
  • ‘First Assembly&w88 sports betting app;, The Ragged School, London.
  • ‘Decoding Highlights&w88 sports betting app;, VTO, London, curated by Eva Karapanou.
  • ‘Into my world’, New British Sculpture, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary w88 sports betting app, Connecticut, U.S.A. Including: Mike Nelson, Jim Lambie, David Thorpe, Roger Hiorns, Laura Ford, James Ireland, Mariele Neudecker, Saskia Olde Wolbers
  • ‘Cinderella&w88 sports betting app;, Biscuit factory, Bermondsey, London. Curated by Juan Bolivar
  • ‘Tonight&w88 sports betting app;, Studio Voltaire, London curated by Paul O&w88 sports betting app;Neil

2003

  • ‘MATCHINE, MATCHINE’; Group show, Spitalfields, London, One in the Other Outside, curated by Chris Norika. Keith Wilson, Mark Titchner, Sam Basu. w88 sports betting app Lab, Kevin Francis Grey, Diann Bauer, Guy Bar Amotz.
  • ‘This Was Tomorrow’, New w88 sports betting app Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Hampshire. Curated by Penelope Curtis. including Barbara Hepworth, Liam Gillick, Claire Barclay, Eva Rothschild, Toby Patterson and Tacita Dean.
  • ‘Inc. Attention! Vous etes face d un espace intermediaire...&w88 sports betting app;, Air de Paris; Praz Delavallade, Paris, France.
  • ‘The Collection of an Invisible Man&w88 sports betting app;, Laing Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Curated by Brian Griffiths.
  • ‘Point of No Return&w88 sports betting app;, Dublin. Curated by Yari Lager, Colin Ledwith and Mark Titchner.
  • ‘Easy Rider&w88 sports betting app;, cell projects, Londonhttp://cellprojects.org/exhibitions/easy-rider

2002

  • ‘Craft&w88 sports betting app;, Cell Project Space, London.http://cellprojects.org/exhibitions/craft.
  • ‘My Way&w88 sports betting app;, LE CREDAC, Galerie Fernand Leger, Paris. Curated by Frank Lamy
  • ‘Ego Tripping&w88 sports betting app;, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London.
  • ‘All of My Heart&w88 sports betting app;, Galleria Arte e Personae, Florence, Italy. Curated by Stephen Hepworth
  • ‘Flying High&w88 sports betting app;, S*W*A*B Presents, with Dan Arps, Achilles House, Auckland, New Zealand

2001-2003

  • ‘Tailsliding&w88 sports betting app;, British Council touring exhibition. Curated by Stephen Hepworth and Colin Ledwith.
  • Touring Europe: Turku w88 sports betting app Museum, Turku, Finland; Museum Of Contemporary w88 sports betting app, Belgrade, Serbia; House Of Artists, Brno, Czech Republic; Tallinn Museum Of Contemporary w88 sports betting app Estonia; Centre Of Contemporary w88 sports betting app, Vilnius, Lithuania; Bergen Kunsthall Norway; Museum Of Contemporary w88 sports betting app, Salamanca, Spain. Including Jim Lambie, Peter Davis, David Thorpe, Simon Periton, Eva Rothschild, Gary Webb, DJ Simpson, Kate Bright and Clare Woods. http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibitions/exhibition/tailsliding-2001

2000-2001

  • ‘London Orphan Asylum&w88 sports betting app;: Open Space, Milan and ACCA, Melbourne, Plimsol Gallery, Tasmania Including Tim Noble & Sue
  • Webster, Martin Creed, Mark Leckey, Brian Griffiths, Tomoko Takahashi and Jeremy Deller http://acca.melbourne/exhibition/london-orphan-asylum/
  • ‘The Armchair Project&w88 sports betting app;, Cinch, London. Curated by Paul McDevitt and Declan Clark.
  • Hallucinating Love&w88 sports betting app;, Alison Jacques, London. Curated by Gigotto del Vecchio

2000

  • Mental Wilderness, Gale Gates, et al, Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York, supported by Andy Warhol Foundation.
  • Assembly, RCA & Goldsmiths MA graduate show, London
  • Wooden Heart, AVCO. Curated by Reza Arameshi
  • These Epic Islands, Vilma Gold, London. Curated by Brian Griffiths

Courses taught

  • w88 sports betting app 216 Sculpture1 introduction to Sculpture
  • w88 sports betting app 217 and w88 sports betting app 317 intermediate Sculpture
  • w88 sports betting app 416 Advanced Sculpture
  • w88 sports betting app 417 Problems in Sculpture Advanced class
  • w88 sports betting app 498 BFA Seminar Class
  • w88 sports betting app 710 Graduate studio practices

I also work on thesis committees for undergraduate and post graduate

Education

  • 1999-2000 M.F.A Fine w88 sports betting app, Goldsmiths College, University of London
  • 1989-1992 B.A (hons) Fine w88 sports betting app, Staffordshire University, UK
  • 1988-1989 Foundation Diploma in w88 sports betting app and design (FAD level 3), University of Lincolnshire and
    Humberside, Hull School of w88 sports betting app, UK