Based between London and Sunderland, UK
Email - matthewjdowell@gmail.com
Instagram - @matthewjamesdowell
Education
2018-2020 – MA Print – Royal College of Art
2013-2016 – BA(Hons) Fine Art – Kingston School of Art
Awards/ Bursaries /Residencies
2024 - Researcher - Redcar Palace
2022 -Work/Leisure - Abingdon Studioss -Blackpool
2022 -Micro Residency (Unmaking Place) - UKNA City Takeover: Leicester 2021/22
2021 -Gordon Rickets Research Fund Recipient - RIBA
2021 -Storytelling Bursary - Social Art Library
2021 -Radical Residency - Unit 1 Gallery Workshop
2020 -Stanley Picker Print Tutorship
2020 -Augustus Martin Print Prize
2019 -Shortlisted – Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor
2014 -Stanley Picker Travel Scholarship
Teaching/Workshops
2020 -Mentor - Wandsworth Art Festival
2020 -Stanley Picker Tutor - Kingston School of Art BA Fine Art Department
2019 -Flaneur-er-ing - Creator and Project Lead - Walking Workshop with Publication
2019 -Visiting Artist - University of Gloucestershire BA Fine Art Department
2023 - Well Worn - SET Ealing - London
2023 - And I Caused it to Rain Upon One City - London Museum of Water and Steam (Solo)
2023 - Blisters: Play - Printclub - London
2023 - The Versatility of Paper - Fourth Portal - Gravesend
2023 - Whilst I Live I’ll Crow - Old School Gallery - Alnmouth
2023 - Documents - DODO Gallery - Phoneix Art Space - Brighton
2023 - Football Art Prize - Sunderland Museum - Sunderland
2022 -Wish We Were Here - 4th Congress of Pyschogeography (Screening)
2022 -Testing Grounds - Filet Space - London
2022 -Football Art Prize - Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
2022 -Show 2020 - Bargehouse - London
2022 -Football Art Prize - Touchstones, Rochdale
2022 -Whilst I Live I’ll Crow - RePUBlic Gallery, Blyth
2021 -Ride Your Pony No.4- Abingdon Project Sapce - Blackpool
2021 -Radical Residency VI - Unit 1 Gallery Workshop - London
2021 -Billboard Commission - Commissioned by Spaghetti Factory on behalf of Sunderland Culture - Sunderland
2020 -Artworks Open - Barbican Arts Group Trust Project Space - London
2020 -London Grad Show - Saatchi Gallery - London
2020 -RCA Graduate Show - Kristin Hjellegjerde - London
2020 -Beyond the Frame - Orleans House Gallery - Richmond
2020 -Spout - Ghostwhale - London
2020 -In Review - Southwark Park Galleries - London
2019 -2020: Insight - Soho Revue - London
2019 -A Walk Along the Mitcham Road –Tooting (Performance)
2019 -Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor – Cheeseburn Grange –Northumberland
2019 -No Wall Space Vol 2 – Phoenix, Brighton – Curated by No Wall Space
2019 -Word In Transit #5 Screen Time – London Overground – Curated by Yoke Collective (Performance)
2019 -Swap Editions Edition No.4 : BREX-kit – Creekside Projects –London
2019 -WIP – Royal College of Art - London
2018 -Turducken: Ready Steady Puke – Centrespace Gallery – Bristol
2017 -A Thousand Words – Scaffold Gallery – Manchester
2017 -is this real lyf?? – i.o.u.a.e with B&D studios – Newcastle
2016 -Kingston University Fine Art Degree Show – Kingston
2016 -Show n’ Tell – Platform Gallery – Kingston
2016 -Pylon – Stanley Picker Gallery – Kingston (Collaboration with OX Art)