Matthew Houlding
   
DATE OF BIRTH
2nd October 1966

EDUCATION
1986-1990 Loughborough College of Art & Design
B.A.(Hons) Degree and Postgraduate Certificate in Three Dimensional Design (Specialising in Silversmithing & Metalwork)

SOLO SHOWS
2005
CLEARWATER
Unit 2 Gallery, London Metropolitan University

2005
VICTORY PARK
Leeds City Art Gallery

2005
ARCHIPELAGO
Artbuero Berlin, Berlin

2004
ARCHIPELAGO
Buro fur Kunst, Dresden

2004
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
The Lowry Centre, Salford, Manchester

1995/96
COMMON GROUND
Zwischenstation.
Experimental Space for Contemporary Art & Architecture, Dresden.

GROUP SHOWS

2006
PREVIEW BERLIN
Berlin Art Fair

OFF
Outpost Gallery Project, Norwich
BLANCO
A Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, California
TRAJECTORY
Vitrine Project, Leeds Railway Station

2005/2006
BRITISH ART SHOW 6
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts, Gateshead
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
Buro fur Kunst, Dresden
CO-ORDINATES
Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire
VISTA
Imitate Gallery, Manchester
ROUGE
A Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, California
CONSIGNIA
Hiscox Art Projects, London

2004
WERE NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU PLEASURE
Gallerie Art & Essai, Rennes
BURO FUR KUNST, ART FORUM, BERLIN

2003
COMME CA ART PRIZE 2003
Manchester
ALTERNATIVE ACTION PLAN
S1 Artspace,Sheffield
BLANCARTMANCHESTER
Le Petit Blanc, Manchester
FIFTEEN PERSPECTIVES
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa,California

2002/2003
FROM A DISTANCE
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

GROUP SHOWS

2002
WE'RE NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU PLEASURE
(Cont)
G39 Gallery, Cardiff
THE REMAKING OF...
buro/fur/kunst, Dresden
EAST INTERNATIONAL
Norwich Gallery. EASTwork Commission 2003.
12th MOSTYN OPEN
Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno.

2001
RECORD COLLECTION
International 3
Manchester and Geneva, Switzerland.
NO FIXED ABODE
Dot Gallery, Leeds

2000
MANMOMA - International 3
Manchester
THE BLACK DIAMOND. Issue No.2.
Liverpool
STADT MUNCHEN PHOTO BIENNIAL 2000
Amsterdam

1999
VARIABLE-D GALLERY with Roger McKinley,in conjunction with the Black Diamond Publication.
Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool
DUMMY Catalyst Arts Project
Belfast and New York

1997
COLLECTION
Three Month Gallery, Liverpool. YOUNG PARENTS
An Annual Programme Project
Riverside Mews, Manchester
WISH YOU WERE HERE TOO
83 Hill Street, Glasgow

1996
I FEEL EXPLOSION
Cromford Court,Arndale Centre, Manchester
CATCHING FLIES
Three Month Gallery, Liverpool
1996
SOMETHING HAPPENS
Bradford Gallery, Bradford

1995
YOU DON'T KNOW ME BUT...
Part of Bradford Arts Festival
27-29 Rawson Place, Bradford
ONCE UPON A TIME
Part of Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
Bridge Mill, Hebden Bridge

1995
DEAN CLOUGH ARTISTS
Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax

1994
VARIETY
Salon James and Peter, Manchester

1993
KING AND QUEEN
Mantos, Manchester
REPUBLIC
A bookwork of ideas with Dominic Egan

PUBLIC WORKS

2003
EASTwork SCULPTURE COMMISSION
‘Sapphire EX15 - The Long Journey Home’

2004
Siting of Sapphire EX15 at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield.

PROJECTS
1998/99
HELIUM
Site specific space construction for work or leisure.
Dean Clough, Halifax

INTERVENTIONS
2000
CRUISE CONTROL
An idea for a Leisurecraft.
Applecross, Scotland.

1999
SLOW
1000 Stickers.
Various locations in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds.

1997
ROAD RUNNER
Design interventions on temporary road signs in Dresden.

SILVER ROSE
Graffiti stencil.
Various locations, Dresden.
S.K.I.P. Garden Compost Utility
No. 2 Elbtalveg, Dresden.


PUBLICATIONS
TRAJECTORY Vitrine 2006
BRITISH ART SHOW 6 2005
CLEARWATER Unit 2 Gallery 2005
SITUATION LEEDS 2005
FLUX Magazine issue 40 2004
EAST International 2003
EAST International 2002
BLACK DIAMOND Issue No. 2 August 2000
STREET LEVEL CATALOGUE Dresden 1998
ZWISCHENSTATION Dresden 1996