Mathew Weir
Mathew Weir, born in Ipswich, England in 1977, is an English artist.[1] He studied at the Royal College of Art, London.[2]
Work
Weir is best known for fusing imagery of ceramic figurines with his archive of landscapes to create complex narratives with exquisite yet melancholic auras.[3]
He has said that both his paintings and sculptures "formulate visual ideas where words or language may fail, or seem insufficient".[4]
By using fragments of pre-existing imagery to make his oil paintings, he draws on a specific tradition of 18th and 19th-century decorative art, like the ceramic figurine, as well as more culturally loaded objects.[5]
Weir's paintings often reference the excesses of death-obsessed, overwrought Victoriana, with red-faced Victorians and peculiar penitents rising up from among the writhing foliage.[6]
Exhibitions
In 2012, Alison Jacques Gallery published a Mathew Weir catalogue with an essay by Brian Dillon.
Recent museum exhibitions include: Beyond Reality, British Painting Today, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (2012); Passion Fruits Picked from the Olbricht Collection, me Collectors Room, Berlin (2010); Lebenslust & Totentanz, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems (2010); and Wonderland - Through the Looking Glass, KadE, Amersfoort (2009).[7]
In 2016, he exhibited in the group show Nature Morte, Contemporary Artists Reinvigorating the Still Life, Konsthallen Bohuslän Museum, Sweden.[8]
He has also exhibited in group shows in Hå gamle prestegard, Stavanger, Norway; Beers Contemporary, London; FLAG Art Foundation, New York City; The Nunnery, London; Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague; Zwingenberger, me Collectors Room, Berlin; Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria; KadE, Amersfoort, Netherlands; and the Royal College of Art, London.[9]
Awards
- 2013-2014: Artist in Residence, Aberystwyth Arts Centre.[10]
- 2004: Madame Tussauds Art Award, Stephenson Harwood Painting Purchase Prize.[11]
- 2003: Paule Vezelay Travel Award.[12]
- 2002: Stanley Smith Scholarship; Royal College of Art.[13]
References
- ↑ "Mathew Weir Biography – Mathew Weir on artnet". www.artnet.com.
- ↑ "Mathew Weir Biography – Mathew Weir on artnet". www.artnet.com.
- ↑ "Mathew Weir at the Alison Jacques Gallery, London". The Art Circus.
- ↑ Davey, Charlotte (28 March 2011). "Mathew Weir: The Fractured Word". Dazed. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "Artists in residence open studios to the public". Wales. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ Searle, Adrian (19 July 2005). "Don't look now". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ Jacques, Alison. "MATHEW WEIR | 5 July - 3 August 2013". Alison Jacques Gallery. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ "CV — Mathew Weir". Mathew Weir. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "CV — Mathew Weir". Mathew Weir. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "Mathew Wier (December 2013-February 2014) | Aberystwyth Arts Centre". www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "PDF CV - Alison Jacques Gallery" (PDF). alisonjacquesgallery.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "CV — Mathew Weir". Mathew Weir. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "CV — Mathew Weir". Mathew Weir. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
External links
- Artists Website at mathewweir.com
- Artists CV at mathewweir.com
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