Matthew Darbyshire

Matthew Darbyshire lives and works in Rochester, UK.

He studied at Ipswich Art School, The Slade School of Fine Art, London and The Royal Academy Schools, London.

He has exhibited widely in major London institutions including Tate Britain, The ICA, The Hayward Gallery, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Gasworks and The Royal Academy, and elsewhere in the UK including solo exhibitions at The Hepworth, Wakefield; Kettles Yard, Cambridge;Tramway, Glasgow; Manchester City Art Gallery and Nottingham Castle.

He has exhibited in numerous museums and commercial galleries across Europe, America and Asia. Darbyshire has permanent public commissions in Holland, Finland and the UK, and artworks in public collections including CNAP, Paris; Arts Council Collection, England; Government Arts Collection, UK; The Hepworth, UK; Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK and Deutsche Bank, Germany.

Matthew teaches regularly across the country including The Slade, The Royal Academy, Goldsmiths, Camberwell and wrote the syllabuses for both Open School East and The Margate School. He has teaching fellowships from The Slade School of Fine Art, London; Kingston University and Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Matthew is represented by Herald St Gallery, London and Jousse Enterprise, Paris.