Matthew Dean

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
With over 25 years of producing and creating art in many different media, Matthew has recently been concentrating his skills on creating abstract artworks.

Taking his inspiration from shapes and contours in the countryside, nature and the human form Matthew abstracts information and imagery and turns them into 2D and 3D works of art.

Matthew uses many materials in his practice achieving bold and dynamic work in 3D and more subtle and sensitive works in 2D.


ARTIST STATEMENT
Constantly searching for new ways to create work through the materials I explore, I aim to express the energy, rhythms and spirit by repetition and patience inspired by the topography. The pieces are about finding a place, an identity – amidst the uncertainty of our surroundings.

“As a farmer son I have spent my life walking the Wiltshire countryside, for pleasure and in the past for work. My senses are on high alert absorbing the colours, texture and changes within my environment. As an artist I take upon myself to capture that information and utilize it to the best of my capabilities.”

UWE Bristol Animation Course: October –December 2002 – Stop Motion Animation

The arts institute at Bournemouth: July 2002- September 1999 – BA

The arts institute at Bournemouth: July 1998- September 1996 - HND

2 years GNVQ in arts and mutiny media – 1994 to 1996

A Level in Fine Art – 1993 to 1994

Post Exhibitions

Black Swan Arts Open (mixed exhibition) Frome 2024

Chapel Art Studios (mixed exhibition) Andover 2024

White Chalke Gallery (mixed exhibition) Devises 2024

Studio53 Collaboration (solo exhibition) Salisbury 2022

Studio53 Transition (solo exhibition) Salisbury 2022

Messums Gallery Tisbury – VSAT (Veronica Stewart Arts Trust) July 2018

Lace Wing Gallery Salisbury 2017

Studio53 Tinder Box (solo exhibition) Salisbury 2016

Studio53 Time Trace (mixed exhibition) Salisbury 2016

Studio53 VSAT (Veronica Stewart Arts Trust) - (mixed exhibition) Salisbury 2016

Fisherton Mill Gallery (mixed exhibition) Salisbury 2015

Studio53 Shape Shift (joint exhibition) Salisbury 2015

Salisbury Arts Centre (mixed exhibition) Salisbury 2014

Forest Arts Centre (mixed exhibition) Salisbury 2014

Studio53 Liner (joint exhibition) Salisbury 2014

Studio53 Viscous (solo exhibition) Salisbury 2013

The Affordable Art Fair in Chelsea London 11th – 14th April 2013

The Affordable Art Fair in Edinburgh Scotland 19th Nov - 4th Dec 2012

​The Affordable Art Fair in Manhattan New York 2- 7 October 2012

Darcy’s Gallery Cheltenham figurative work 2012

The Salisbury Arts Centre (mixed exhibition) homegrown project 2011

The Yard (mix...