Education
1999 – 2001, MA Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art, London
1996 – 1999, BA Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021, Kate MacGarry, London, UK
2020, Veveriet, Ålgård
2017, Matt Bryans with Vanya Bryans, Treignac Projet, France Yellow Hammer, Treignac Projet, Limousin
2014, Hordaland, Kunstsenter, Bergen
2014, Treignac Project, France
2013, Kate MacGarry, London
2012, Matt Bryans, Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
2012, Matt Bryans, Wojciech Bąkowski (duo-show), Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2012, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
2011, Breaking the Land, SF Camerawork, San Francisco
2010, Hibernation, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2009, Matt Bryans, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
2008, Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London
2007, Matt Bryans, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2007, System Error. War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
2006, Matt Bryans, Atlanta, Comtemporary Art Center
2006, Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London
2005, Matt Bryans, Picture This Museum Dhondt Dhaenens (MDD), Deurle , Belgium
2005, Matt Bryans, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2003, Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022, Song i stein, Bøn i bronse, poesi i pleksiglas- Gunnar Torvund Minneutstilling Bryne Kunstforening. Exhibition Architecture with Håvard Sagen and Helene Kjær Bremseth
2021, Press Eject and give me the tape, GMVZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021, Book of Sand/ Singular Hands, a collaborative project with Håvard Sagen, Ananda Serné, and Merete Jonvik at Velferden Sokndals Scene for Samtidskunst, Studio 17 Stavanger, and Studio K, Kvernaland.
2021, Velferden, Sokndal, Norway
2021, Studio K, Kvernaland,Norway
2020, Fra Balkongen, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stravanger, Norway
2019, Dub Toasted Time, GMVZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018, Drawing Prize of the Foundation Daniel and Florence Guerlain, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, DE
2018, Manifesta 12: If We Want Things to Stay as They Are, Things Will Have to Change, Palermo, IT
2014, Shortlisted Artists, 2014 Guerlain Drawing Prize, Palais de la Bourse, Paris 2014 Mammouth, Treignac Projet (curated by Matt Packer)
2013, Guerlain Donation, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2013, FlowerCastle,Sculpture Garden Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse
2013, The Future's not what it used to be, The Exchange, Penzance
2012, The Future's Not What It Used To Be, Chapter, Cardiff
2011, From A to B through C, acb Kortárs Művészeti Galéria, Budapest
2010, Contemporary drawings, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Besancon
2009, S.A.I.R, Jyderup, Denmark
2008, Stray Alchemists, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
2008, Anatomie les Peaux de Dessin, Amiens Cedex
2007, The Juddykes, The Old Art Shop at John Jones
2007, Untitled - works on paper, Art : Concept, Paris
2006, Collage Effect, Los Angeles
2006, With Lillian Vaule and Sam Basu, Flaca, London
2006, Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
2005 – 2006, New Acquisitions, MOCA, Los Angeles
2004, Pin-Up, Tate Modern (with Dr Lakra, Sebastiaan Bremer, Amie Dicke, Godfried Donkor, Wangechi Mutu, Jocum Nordstrom & Steven Shearer & Nicole Wermers)
2004, Mourning, curated by Varda Caivano, Sies & Höke, Düsseldorf
2004, Future Primitive, curated by Paul Johnson, One in the Other, London
2004, Happy Darkness, André Viana Gallery, Porto
2004, Britannia Works, British Council survey show, Athens
2004, The Bart Wells Institute of London, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand