Matthew Krishanu

Education

2009

MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

2001

BA (Hons) Fine Art and English Literature, Exeter University

Solo Exhibitions

2010

In Residence, Parfitt Gallery, London

Wait and See, Euston Station First Class Lounge, London

2004

Roots & Branches, Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery, Wednesbury

Another Story, Michaelhouse, Cambridge

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Italy

BAT Pack II, Mile End Art Pavilion, London

The Marmite Prize for Painting, Lanchester Gallery Projects, Coventry; The Nunnery, London

2010

The Marmite Prize for Painting, Central Art Gallery, Tameside

Salon Art Prize 10, selected by Kate MacGarry, MRA Project Space, London

Sing Silent Songs, Trove, Birmingham

Sanctuary, St George's Church, London

Artworks Open 2010, Artworks Project Space, Barbican Arts Trust, London

BAT Pack, Mile End Art Pavilion, London

The Big Rip Off! - Fake Modern, Camden Arts Centre, London

This is England, Centre for Contemporary Art, Preston; Beaconhouse University Gallery, Lahore

2009

in/flux, 80 Kingsland Road, London
Mile End Ancestors, Mile End Art Pavilion, London

Creekside Open 2009, selected by Jenni Lomax, A.P.T. Gallery, London

2008

The Mausoleum of Lost Objects, Iniva, London

Let Me Tell You, Whitechapel Gallery, London

2007

Solitary Natures, Lewisham Arthouse (two-person with Paul Newman), London

A Year in the Life, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Salon Art Prize 07, Seven Seven Gallery, London

Creekside Open X 2, selected by Victoria Miro, A.P.T. Gallery, London

Disposable Fetish, Nunnery Gallery, London

2005

Crow, Custard Factory Gallery, Birmingham

Small Works, Periscope, Birmingham

Selected Curatorial Projects

2011

BAT Pack II, co-curated with Stephanie Moran & Marcus Cope, Mile End Art Pavilion

2010

English Heritage - devised and curated Stratford Everyday, Stratford East Theatre Royal

2009

English Heritage - devised and curated Mile End Ancestors, Mile End Art Pavilion

2008

Iniva - devised and curated The Mausoleum of Lost Objects, at Rivington Place

2006

RIBA Trust/Artsinform - Exhibition Organiser for Architects in Residence: King’s Cross. RIBA Gallery One

Selected Residencies

2009 - 10

Croydon Higher Education College – Artist in Residence

2007 - 08

Whitechapel Gallery - Artist in Residence

2006 - 07

Whitechapel Gallery - Artist in Residence

Conferences and Talks

2010

Guest lecturer at Kala Bhavan College of Fine Arts, BA & MA Fine Art, Santiniketan, India

ECCA Enterprise Week, University of the Arts London

Guest lecturer at Croydon Higher Education College, BA Fine Art

2009

in/flux - reflections and process, HTAP, London

2008

Guest lecturer at Central Saint Martins, BA Criticism, Communication & Curation

2007

Enquire (Arts Council England) presentation, Sage, Gateshead

Awards

2011

a-n Interface bursary

2010

British Council, Connections through Culture: India

2009

(Shortlisted) Creative Enterprise Award, ECCA

2004

Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts

2003

Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts

2003

Arts Council England, Creative Ambitions Award

Collections

Central Saint Martins, London

Croydon Higher Education College, London

Beaconhouse University Gallery, Lahore

Ten Bells, London

Raine's Foundation School, London

Private Collections, UK and New Zealand

Selected Bibliography

2010

The Marmite Prize for Painting, Exhibition Catalogue

Elle Girl Korea, 'Brilliant Young Artists', September

2009

Fringe MK Annual Painting Prize, Exhibition Catalogue

2008

Whitechapel Gallery newspaper, Issue two, January

Publications

2011

Asia Triennial Manchester Review, a-n magazine, December

2010

Looking with Matthew Krishanu, visitor resource for René Daniëls: Painting on Unknown Languages, Camden Arts Centre

2005

Book cover and illustrations for Weather Report, TTOOULI, G. (editor), KRISHANU, M. (illustrator), 2005, Heaventree Press