Matt is based in Inverness, Scotland
He is a co-founder of the FLOW International Photography Festival – FLOW Photofest.
He is a co-founder of the Inverness Community Darkroom
Matt’s work deals conceptually with social issues, inequality and power.
Exhibitions
2022, May/June. Street Level Photoworks, Open Exhibition, Glasgow: Selected works.
2021, September. Shortlisted for the Richard Cowan Scottish Portrait Award in Photography
2020, September. Imagining an Island. Online Exhibition, Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre/UHI. Online and Projected Show. Selected works from “Praxis” and “From This Chair”
2020, June. “Civic Duty”, as part of the Online Exhibition “Looking Out” by the Birdhouse Collective
2019, Winter Exhibition, McCallum Art House, Fort William: Selected works.
2019, Street Level Open, Glasgow: Selected works.
2019, Another Dimension, McCallum Art House and Lime Tree Gallery, Fort William: Selected works
2018, “Tissue of Lies”, Elgin Library: Group Show
2018, “Tissue of lies”, Moray Arts Centre: Solo Show
2018, Northlands Creative Winter Show, Lybster: Selected works
2017, “Tissue of Lies”, University of the Highlands and Islands: Solo Show
2010, Eden Court: Selected Works
2008, Trust, Hope & Desire, Inchmore Gallery, Inverness: Scottish Photographers Group Show
2005, The Affordable Art Fair, London: Selected Works
2005, Juxtaposition – Alan Kluckow Fine Art, London: Group Show
2005, Contemporary Art Fair Edinburgh: Selected Works.
2003, “Hurt of Flowers”, Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery: Solo show
1999, Highland Festival, “Piper: Ceci n’est pas un Pipe”. Collaboration with figurative painter James McCallum.
1999, Ceilidh Place, Ullapool: Solo Show
1998, “Boundaries”, Eden Court, Inverness: Solo show
1997, “Boundaries”, Strathclyde University, Glasgow: Solo show
1992, Highland Open, (1992, 1993 & 1994): Selected Works
1991, Faultline Festival, Inverness: Selected Works
1990, Scotland and Its People, St Brides Centre, Dalry, Edinburgh: Selected Works
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