mat chivers

1973

• Born, Bristol, UK.

1993-6

• B.A.(Hons) Fine Art, Sculpture, The Nottingham Trent University
• ERASMUS, Escuela des Belles Artes, Barcelona, Spain

'Material Matters: The Power of the Medium'

East Wing X, The Courtauld Institute of Arts, London

20th January 2012 - 13th July 2013

East Wing X are proud to present our exhibition Material Matters, which will be a celebration of both established and emerging contemporary artists who use pioneering media or re-interpret traditional forms of representation.

The present East Wing committee is the tenth of its kind and the exhibition will mark the twentieth anniversary of East Wing. The exhibition will also coincide with the London 2012 Olympics and in this time Somerset House will be a focus of Olympic celebration. 'Material Matters' will provide an exciting cultural dimension to the events taking place.

The exhibition can be viewed during the day-to-day life of the Institute, and during monthly public open weekends. There will also be a dynamic programme of events and talks running throughout the duration of the exhibition.

'ExLab 2'

National Trust Estate Purbeck & Bournemouth, Dorset, UK

June 2012

Mat Chivers has been specially commissioned to make a site-specific temporary artwork in response to the coastline of the National Trust Estate at Purbeck Dorset. The resulting artwork will be sited in Bournemouth on the south coast of England as part of the Cultural Olympiad 2012.

ExLab is investigating the earth science and coastal processes revealed along the Jurassic Coast through the imaginative insight of visual artists. A series of artists' research residencies will lead to the creation of new temporary artworks developed in response to places and communities. These will be shown in buildings, galleries and the open air along the Dorset and East Devon coast path in 2012.

'Eleventh Plateau 2', curated by Sozita Goudouna

Archeological Society, Athens Biennial, Greece

21st October 2011 - 31st January 2012

Dorothy Cross, Kate MccGuire, Mat Chivers, James P Graham, Martin Sexton, Yiannis Christakos, Danae Stratou

• Soho House Group
• Association Vents des Forets, France
• Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
• Bournemouth & Poole College
• Bristol City Council
• Chagford Arts Festival
• The Countryside Agency
• Dartmoor National Park
• The Devon Guild
• Doorstep Green
• The Fitzwilliam Museum
• Mochary Collection, USA
• NHS Primary Healthcare Trust
• Norwegian Cruise Lines
• STRAW project
• Thelma Hulbert Gallery
• The Met Office
• West Devon Borough Council

2009

• ECO 2009, PROOF Award

2005

• Arts Council England Grant
• Devon ArtsCulture Award

2003

• Arts Council England Grant

2009

• 'Outbreath', collaboration with research scientists, The University of Bristol

2002

• 'Shelter', site-specific collaboration, various locations, France

2011

• 'Fascination', Maddox Arts, London
• 'States of Flux', Bridport Arts Centre

2007

• 'Sculpture + Drawings', Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole

2002

• 'Incunabula', Buckland Abbey

2012

• 'Material Matters: The Power of the Medium', East Wing X, The Courtauld Institute of Arts, London

2011

• 'The Knowledge', Gervasuti Foundation, 54th Venice Biennale Exhibition of International Art, Italy
• 'Eleventh Plateau', Historical Archives Museum, Hydra, Greece
• 'Biliteral', Pertwee Anderson & Gold, London
• 'Eleventh Plateau 2', Archeological Society, Athens Biennial, Greece
• 'Before the Crash', Exeter, Rome, Prague

2010

• 'Holding Time', Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Indian Institute for Arts & Culture, London
• 'Ex-Lab', Bridport Arts Centre
• 'Sculpture', Great Western Studios, London
• 'On-Form', Oxford

2009

• 'Secret', Royal College of Art, London
• 'ECO, Exeter Contemporary Open', Phoenix Arts & Media, Exeter
• 'Perspectives on a Modernist Legacy', Woburn Abbey
• '18@108 - Stone', Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
• 'Vanitas Triptych', St Michael the Archangel, Chagford
• 'Sculpture', ArtContact, Limberhurst Arts Centre, Cambridge
• 'Ludlow Open Exhibition of Contemporary Art', Ludlow

2008

• '2D to 3D - Drawings Towards Sculpture', Bournemouth University
• 'Visual', Beachcroft Space, Beachcroft LLP, Bristol
• '156th Autumn Exhibition', Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
• 'It Ain't What You Do', Society of Artists, St Ives
• 'On-Form', Oxford

2007

• 'Summer Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London

2006

• 'ArtLondon', Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London
• 'Re-View: Territories Inspire Art', Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole
• 'Forest Dreaming, Part 3', Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, (CCANW), Exeter
• 'On-Form', Oxford
• 'Mark', Dartington College of Arts Gallery
• 'Consistently Abstract', The Installation Room, Salt Gallery, Hayle

2005

• 'Elemental Insight' Canterbury Royal Museum and Art Gallery; Derby Museum and Art Gallery; Falkirk Civic Offices
• Hannah Peschar, Ockley
• '153rd Autumn Exhibition', Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

2004

• 'Elemental Insight', BBC Media Centre; London, Black Swan Arts; Bridport Art Centre; Burton Art Gallery
• 'Big Jurrasic', Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton

2003

• 'Size Matters', Devon Guild

2002

• 'Vents des Forets', Lahaymieux, France