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| England, 1966 | - | - |
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| 1986-1990 | BA Three Dimensional Design (Specialising in Silversmithing & Metalwork) | Loughborough College of Art & Design |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS: | - | - |
| 2010 | Title tbc | The New Art Gallery, Walsall |
| 2009 | Title tbc | DLI, Durham |
| 2009 | Sons of Pioneers | De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea |
| 2009 | Sons of Pioneers | Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: | ||
| 2009 | Modernism and Architecture, Illumination and Animation | Wirksworth Festival, Wirksworth |
| 2009 | Strange Days and Some Flowers | The Storey Gallery Lancashire |
| 2009 | Welcome to Paradise | ArtGene, Barrow-in-Furness |
| 2009 | Locating Home | Harewood House, Leeds |
| 2009 | Kurt Schmidt (1901-1991) und andere | AvantgardKunstler als Erben des Bauhauses, Kunstsammlung Gera – Orangerie |
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| 2009, Corridor 8 | ||
| 2006, Trajectory Vitrine | ||
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2005,
British Art Show 6, Exhibition catalogue |
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2005, Clearwater Unit 2
Gallery |
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| 2005, Situation Leeds | ||
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2004,
FLUX Magazine issue 40 |
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2003,
East International, Festival catalogue |
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| Matthew Houlding's sculptures and collages draw us into a retro-futuristic world, inspired by architectural forms and models, modernism and a childhood spent in East Africa. Drawing on Structuralist and Formalist ideas of architectural design and the relationships between intersecting materials and planes, contrasting geometry is framed by bold, primary coloured Perspex, which casts a Californian sunny glow over split level condo-like exteriors and interiors. This juxtaposition of materials - from cardboard boxes to kitchen work tops - suggest human prescience and endeavor, reflecting the experience of architecture and space; hierarchy, opposition, separation, connection, transition and assimilation. | ||