1973
1993-6
- B.A.(Hons) Fine Art, Sculpture, The Nottingham Trent University
- ERASMUS, Escuela des Belles Artes, Barcelona, Spain
commissions / collections
- 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
awards / grants
2009
2005
- Arts Council England Grant
- Devon ArtsCulture Award
2003
- Arts Council England Grant
projects
2009
- 'Outbreath', collaboration with research scientists, The University of Bristol
2002
- 'Shelter', site-specific collaboration, various locations, France
individual exhibitions
2007
- 'Mat Chivers: Sculpture + Drawings', Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole
2002
- 'Incunabula', Buckland Abbey
group exhibitions
2010
- 'Holding Time', Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Indian Institute for Arts & Culture, London
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