Matt Golden

Stretching across the various disciplines of visual art, Golden's work calls to mind Carl Andre and the minimalist love of making art out of what should not be art. His actions result from using materials to hand, though his interventions are based on an internal logic - the idea that the materials themselves suggest what transformation they could undergo. Through slight subversions his single element works become resituated in the world.

Born in 1974, lives and works in London, UK

Education

2005:    MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London
1996:    BA Fine Art, De Montfort, Leicester
 
Solo Exhibitions
 
2008:     The New Bomonti Club, Wohnung Felix Rehfeld, Bremen, Germany
   Somehow, Someday, Somewhere, BISCHOFF/WEISS, London
2007:     Two Drops a Cloud Makes, Campbell Works, London
   (While The City Breathes - Silent Discussion)            
2005:     Artist of the Day, Flowers Central, London
2003:     Home Base, The Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon
2000:     When Roads Lead South, B16 Gallery, Birmingham 
1996:     City Gallery touring exhibition, De Montfort Hall, Leicester
 
Selected Group Exhibitions

2009:     Creekside Open selected by Mark Wallinger - APT, London
   FIAC, BISCHOFF/WEISS, Paris, France,
   Art Brussels, BISCHOFF/WEISS, Brussels, Belgium
   Kyoto Art Walk, Nijo Castle, Kyoto Japan
2008:     Zoo Art Fair, BISCHOFF/WEISS, London
   Underground Peace Movement, Kyoto Art Walk, Kyoto, Japan
2007:     Plus, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
2005:     Tall Stories, MOT Gallery, London
   Manual Labour, Tara Bryan Gallery, London
   Supermanraycharlesbukowski, Polished T Gallery, Liverpool
   The Wrong Map, Three Colts Gallery, London
2004:     After Shock, 1a Space, Kowloon, Hong Kong
   Duped, The Art Academy, London
   14th Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
   New Media Festival (with Piratehairwaves), Bangkok, Thailand
   Sounding Out, selected by Richard Wilson, University of East London
   Motorcity, 27 Spital Square, London
2003:     Do-Don't / Can-Can't, Impact III, Cape Town, South Africa
   Re-sound, Re-projects, Stroud
2002:     onedaymonday, 291 Gallery, London (radio broadcast)
   Book Works, Central Library, Birmingham
2001:     Always & Forever, The Gallery, Stratford-Upon-Avon
2000:     Boring, The Works, Birmingham
   Guest House Twenty, curated by utk, Royal Mail Sorting Office, Sheffield
1999:     Looking For Today, B16 Gallery, Birmingham
   Everything Beautiful Is Far Away, Space Banana, Birmingham
 
Awards / Residencies / Commissions

2008:     Wohung Felix Rehfeld, Bremen, Germany
2007:     Residency, Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Germany
2006:     Vordemberge-Gildewart Scholarship, Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation
2002:     Creative Ambition Award, Arts Council
2000:     Residency, B16 Gallery, Birmingham 
1996:     British Gas Travel Scholarship, De Montfort, Leicester
 
Editions / Discography
 
2005:    Folded Sculpture, Fine Art News Paper, RCA, London. Ed. 10,000
2003:    Weekend Rocker, FILE 5. Commissioned by Mead Gallery, Coventry
  (Compiled by Juneau/projects and Helen Legg)
2003:    New Curating, The Leisure Club, MOGADISHNI, Denmark
 
Performances / Commissions as Juan Carlode

2009:    Inaugural Members Show, The Club Room, London
2008:    Cambell Works Gallery, London
  More Bit Parts in Little Theatre, Performance at Insel Hombroich, Germany
  Life and Work on the Rocket Station, Album recorded at Stiftung Insel   
  Hombroich, Germany
2006:    YARN - Good Light is Essential (R. Gacs), Budapest, Hungary
2005:    BECK'S Student Video Prize (T. Echeverri -Fernandez), ICA, London
 
Publications / Reviews / Articles
 
2007:     Vordemberge-Gildewart cat. Essay by Sacha Craddock
   Two Drops a Cloud Makes cat.  Essay by Mat Price               
2005:     Trans-Pennine Express (With Peter Kellett), Plastic Rhino magazine
   Situation Object Colour, Polished T magazine, Issue 1
   Tall Stories, Time Out, no 1828 by Martin Herbert
   Tall Stories, The Guardian Preview, Aug 13 by Jessica Lack
   Tall Stories, The Times, Aug 20 by Rachel Campbell-Johnston
2003:     Networker, AN Magazine, July, by S. Mark Gubb
   Signpost - graduates guide, AN publication
   Home Base, AN magazine, May, by Simon Webb, p9
   File 5 - 'New Curating' publication, The Leisure Club, MOGADISHNI,
   Denmark
   Home Base, Fused Magazine 14 by Kay Jones
   Book works, Fused Magazine 13, p13
2002:     Book works, AN Magazine, p9. December           
2001:     Boring, Fused Magazine-Jan, by Matt Price
   Forward Festival (Millennium residency), Cat. ISBN 0 9540373 0 8
2000:     Guest House Twenty, Catalogue
   When Roads Lead South, AN Magazine, October
   Postcards From The Edge, Art Review, July/August, by Phil Johnson
   matt golden and ben sadler, Metro, 3 August 2000, by Simon Webb
1999:     Looking For Today, The Guardian, 13 September, by Jonathan Jones
                     
With OHNe/projects
 
Publications / Reviews
 
2002:    Art Rocks! - The Group Show, Art Review, May 2002, M. Falconer / P.
  Lafuente
  The St. Dunstan's Experiment, Publication
  Bit Parts in Little Theatre, Fused Magazine, January, by Matt Price
2001:    Bit Parts in Little Theatre, cat. ISBN 0 902683 53 2, University of Warwick
 

Discography
 
2002:    Band Practice, CD and publication
  St. Dunstan's Experiment, CD and publication
  FILE, sound art, CD
2001:    Bit Parts in Little Theatre, CD ISBN 0 902683 53 2
2000:    Silent Broadcasts, Ltd. Ed. CD
 
Performances
 
2002:     Band Practice, Norwich Fringe Festival
   The Independent, Liverpool Biennial, Magnet, Liverpool
   Seven Eleven - Sounds From B'ham, Cubitt, London
   Performance for Outwardbound, Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art
   St. Dunstan's Experiment, St. Dunstan's, Birmingham
2001:     Bit Parts in Little Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick
   Performance for Making Buildings, New Art Gallery, Walsall   
2000:     British Art Show 5 opening, with Owada, The White Swan, Birmingham
   Solide - Night Sites, Grizedale Sculpture Park
   RAFT - Urban Shipwrecks, Maryport, Cumbria
   Silent Broadcasts, B16 Gallery, Birmingham
   Look Who's Talking, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
 
 
OHNe/projects (Phil Duckworth, Matt Golden, Ben Sadler, Andy Turner) is an art collective exploring music, performance and sound installation.

Matt Golden is Director of The Russian Club Gallery, London. He writes and performs as musician, troubadour and artist Juan Carlode.