Matt Franks Born in Yorkshire 1970 Lives and works in London     Education 1999-2000Goldsmiths College, University of London, M.A. Fine Art 1989-1992 Staffordshire University, B.A. Fine Art (hons) 1988-1989 Hull School of Art, Foundation Course in Art and Design     Selected Solo Exhibitions 2007 CAS Commission for Economist Plaza, London 2005 I am alive and you are dead Vamiali Gallery, Athens, Greece 2004 One in the Other Gallery, London 2003 KlingKlang, Habitat, Tottenham Court Road, London 2002 transcendent plastic infinite, Art Now, Tate Britain Late One Evening, Tetuhi Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand New Gods, alison jacques gallery, London 1999 Untitled Installation, Beverley Art Gallery, East Yorkshire 1998 Faking It, Red Gallery, Kingston-Upon-Hull     Selected Group Shows 2007 Blickachsen, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany (in association with Yorkshire Sculpture Park) 2006 Metropolis Rise: New Art from London, curated by Anthony Gross and Jen Wu, Diaf06, Beijing and Shanghai (catalogue published) sponsored by British Council Shanghai 8x8x8, LON/MSP/NYC curated by Andrea Stanislav, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis Eau Savage, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland Beaux Arts Magazine, June 2006 2005 Know what they mean? Chez Valetine, Paris, curated by Elisabeth Wetterwald Including: Delphine Coindet, Anita Molinero, Carole Manaranche, Mysterium, artrepco, Zurich, Switzerland Pencil- A Drawing Show, Carter Presents, London Only minutes to live, temporarycontemporary, London The Drawing Show, Shangrila, London Yabadabadoo, cell projects, London, curated by Trailer. The Future Lasts a Long Time, Le Consortium, Dijon Do not tell me who I am, St Pauls Gallery, London, curated by Peter Lamb 2005 The Nature of Things, Birmingham Museum of Modern Art, including: Glenn Brown, Neal Rock, Dave Burrows, D.J. Simpson, and Bridgit Riley 2004 Contrapop, Vamiali gallery, Athens, Greece, curated by Suhail Malik. Including Ian Monroe, Daniel Pflumm, Toby Zeigler, Caroline Achaintre, Jo Mitchell The Future Lasts A Long Time, Tal Esther, Tel Aviv Material Faith, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Peter Lamb. Including Ian Dawson, Carolyn Castano, Goerge Doneo, Katie Grinnan and Peter Lamb Mind the Gap, Triangle Arts. Marseille, France Shape Shifters M. Projects, Paris. Curated by Anthony Gross. Including Brian Griffiths, Ian Dawson, Denise Kum, Sheena Macrae, Jen Wu Cinderella, Bermondsey, London. Curated by Trailer. First Assembly, The Ragged School, London Decoding Highlights, VTO, London, curated by Eva Karapanou. Into my world New British Sculpture, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut, U.S.A. Including: Mike Nelson, Jim Lambie, David Thorpe, Roger Hiorns, Laura Ford, James Ireland, Mariele Neudecker, Saskia Olde Wolbers Tonight Studio Voltaire, London curated by Paul O’Neil 2003 Matchine, Matchine Group show, Spitalfields, London, One in the Other Outside, curated by Chris Norika. Including: Keith Wilson, Mark Titchner, Sam Basu. Art Lab, Kevin Francis Grey, Diann Bauer, Guy Bar Amotz. Attention. Vous étes face d' un espace intermédiaire... galerie Air de Paris & Praz Delavallade, Paris, France. This Was Tomorrow, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, Hampshire Curated by Penelope Curtis. Including: Barbara Hepworth, Liam Gillick, Claire Barclay, Eva Rothschild, Toby Patterson and Tacita Dean Point of No Return, Dublin. Curated by Yari Lager, Colin Ledwith and Mark Titchner Attention. Vous étes face d' un espace intermédiaire..., Air de Paris & Praz Delavallade Paris, France The Collection of an Invisible Man, Laing Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Curated by Brian Griffiths. Including Keith Tyson, Keith Wilson, Klega, Roddy Thompson and Colin Lowe, David Thorpe, Jeremy Deadman and Mark Pearson 2002 Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany. Including Mike Stubbs and DJ Simpson Flying High, SWAB Presents, Achilles House, Auckland, New Zealand Craft, Cell Project Space, London. Including Ian Dawson and David Burrows My Way, LE CREDAC, Galerie Fernand Leger, Paris. Curated by Frank Lamy 2001-2003 Tailsliding, British Council touring exhibition. Curated by Stephen Hepworth Touring Europe until May 2003. Including Jim Lambie, Peter Davis, David Thorpe, Simon Periton, Eva Rothschild, Gary Webb, DJ Simpson, Kate Bright and Clare Woods Hallucinating Love, asprey jacques, London. Curated by Gigotto del Vecchio Throb, Gallery Westland Place, London. Curated by Mike Stubbs Ego Tripping, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London High Kickn’, High Falutin, VTO Gallery, London All of My Heart, Galleria Arte e Personae, Florence, Italy. Curated by Stephen Hepworth Arse about face, Cell Project Space, London 2000-2001 Orphan Asylum, touring exhibition. Curated by Clare Manchester and Gilda Williams. At: Open Space, Milan and Australian Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, Australia and Plimsol Gallery, Tasmania. Including Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Martin Creed, Mark Leckey, Brian Griffiths, Tomoko Takahashi and Jeremy Deller Mental Wilderness, Gale Gates et al, Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York The Armchair Project, Cinch, London. Curated by Paul McDevitt and Declan Clark Assembly, RCA & Goldsmiths MA graduate show, London Wooden Heart, AVCO. Curated by Reza Arameshi These Epic Islands, Vilma Gold, London. Curated by Brian Griffiths 1999 Art in the Open, Quay Art, Kingston-Upon-Hull Kingston Art Group, Harding House, Lincoln 1997 Studio Show, Kingston Art Group, Kingston-Upon-Hull     Publications   2005 Art Review June, Joao Ribas, Great Expectations, p.25 The Nature of Things, ex cat, Birminham City Museums, UK 2004 Into MyWorld Ex cat, Aldrich Museum, USA Contrapop, ex cat, Vamiali Gallery, Greece 2003 Metro Life Hephzibah Anderson, Matchine Matchine, , Aug, p.42 Time Out Martin Coomer, Matchine Matchine, , Oct 8, p.52 Art Monthly Nicky Bird, The Lost Collection of an Invisible Man, , April p.25-26 2002 Art Monthly, December, Clare Manchester, review of Tate solo show Time Out, October, Sarah Kent, review of review of Tate solo show Art Now, ex cat, transcendent plastic infinite, text by Tim Batchelor My Way, ex cat, edited by Frank Lamy Contemporary, March, international news, Richard Dyer Tank magazine, Vol 3, Issue 1 Time Out, January, Martin Herbert, New Gods 2001 Tailsliding, ex cat, edited by Colin Ledwith Time Out, May, Martin Coomer, Ego Tripping 2000 Art Monthly, April, Benedict Seymour, Wooden Heart Art Monthly, March, Gilda Williams, These Epic Islands Assembly, ex cat, London     Residencies 2004 Weir Farm Residency, Connecticut, U.S.A: As part of Aldrich Museum show ‘Into my World’ Recent British Sculpture Artist in Residence in Kenya, an Arts Council Fellowship programme, supported by Gasworks London and Triangle Workshops 2002 Inaugural Artist in Residence, Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand   Awards 2001 British Council Individual Artists Award 1998 Yorkshire Arts Board Artist Grant     Public Art Commission 1998 Plymouth city council, Harbour Walkway Project, Production of twelve 1:96 scale models of Royal Navy Ships, carved in Styrofoam, cast in iron and set overlooking Plymouth Sound along sea wall