Born Derby, England
MA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, England
BA Fine Art with Honours, Nottingham Trent University, England / SUNY Oneonta, New York
Solo exhibitions
2022
Beers London, London, England, Shape Shifter
2021
Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea, Wales, Grounded
2020
White Conduit Projects, London, England, Between the Ocean, the Sky and Ourselves
2019
Royal Museums Greenwich, The National Maritime Museum, London, England, From Along the Atlantic Coast
Beers London, London, England, The End Is Where They Start From
The Former Bank of Japan, Hiroshima, Japan, The End Is Where They Start From
Haarlem Artspace, Wirksworth, England, Pacific Ocean Drawings
2018
Montoya, Barcelona, Spain, The End Is Where They Start From (cat)
Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain
2017
Strange Cargo, Folkestone, England, From the Pacific to the Atlantic
Espacio 88, Barcelona, Spain, Along the Atlantic In Memory of the Pacific
2016
Beers London, London, England, In Search of the Sublime
Artissima, Torino, Italy, In Search of the Sublime
2015
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California
University California San Diego, California
2013
Beers London, London, England, Surroundings
2011
James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA, Continuum
Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sea Marks
(cat) denotes exhibition catalogue
Other exhibitions
2025
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Oslo, Norway, Rolling, Action, Paint
2024
Informality Gallery, London, England, Abstractions
2023
Giant Gallery, Bournemouth, England, SEISMIC: Art Meets Science
2022
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, Climate
Shiosai, Hiroshima, Japan, Voyage
2021
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, John Moores Painting Prize (cat)
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England, Ikon for Artists
Informality Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, England, From Nature
White Conduit Projects, London, England, Pacific Breeze II
Christie’s London, England, Le Ciel Foundation, Wisdom and Nature (cat)
The Island, Bristol, England, Scratch Lab Film Screening
2020
Shanghai Mingshan Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2020 John Moores Painting Prize (China)
Queen’s House, The Royal Museums, Greenwich, London, Ocean Lines
Christie’s New York, USA, Le Ciel Foundation, Wisdom and Nature (cat)
The Ruskin Museum, Lancaster, England, Drawn to Investigate
UMF Gallery, Farmington, Maine, USA, Sound, Spectacle and Situation
2019
Zona Maco Arte Contemporáneo, México City, México
Filatoio di Caraglio, Caraglio, Italy, Under Water (cat)
Groundwork Gallery, King’s Lynn, England, Water Rising
Kenter International Drawing Space, New York, USA, Portrait
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, Summer Exhibition
Hote Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, Ōkeanós
2018
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, John Moores Painting Prize (cat)
Künstlerforum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, No Man Is an Island (cat)
Museo Nazionale della Montagna, Torino, Italy, Post Water (cat)
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, Summer Exhibition (cat)
Beers London, London, England, Summer Salon
Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Drawing Center, New York, USA, Annual Benefit Auction
The Concept Space, London, England, Rendition
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, England, Gute Bekannte
2017
Drawing Room, London, England, Drawing Biennial 2017 (cat)
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, Summer Exhibition
Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundacion Beulas, Spain, Natura Index
Beers London, London, England, Works on Paper
The Strand Gallery, London, England, Poems for the Ocean
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery; Falmouth Art Gallery; Poole Museum and The Wilson, Cheltenham, England, Alternative Visions (cat)
Artlink, Hull, England, Shape Arts ARMB 2017
Alto Fest, Naples, Italy, I'll See You Out There
2016
Peninsula Arts, Plymouth, England; Strange Cargo, Folkestone, England and Crescent Arts, Scarborough, England, Head Above Water
Ferenczy Art Center, Hungary, Art Capital Szentendre: Visual Arts Festival and Biennial
Drawing Center, New York, Benefit Auction
Ionian Art and Culture Center, Greece, Sea(s)
Projektraum der Group Global 3000, Berlin, Germany, The Sea
Wirksworth Festival, Derbyshire, England, Nature: Here and Now
Bath Spa University Media Wall, England, Landscaping Change
UCF Gallery, Florida, USA, Surfaces
American Fabrics Building, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, Water
Force 8, Bridport, Dorset, England, Bodies of Water
2015
Art House Productions Gallery, New Jersey, USA, After Image: Contemporary Artists and Photography
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, USA, Art and Nature Festival 2015
Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster Arts. Lancaster, England, Change and Interchange
Shape Arts, London, England, Shortlist 7
Sector 2337, Chicago, USA, Plants, Machines, Animals and Objects
Land/Water and the Visual and Moving Arts Groups, Plymouth University, England, Bodies of Water
Kentler International Drawing Space, New York, USA, Works On Paper
Minesweeper boat at Greenwich, London, England, I'll See You Out There
2014
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, England, Power of the Sea (cat)
Curious Matter, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, Terra Incognita (cat)
Fountain Gallery, Lafayette, Indiana, USA, Set In Motion
Kentler International Drawing Space, New York, USA, Circumstances
Falmouth University Galleries, Cornwall, England, The Haunted Landscape: Nature, Super-Nature and the Environment
Arebyte Gallery, London, England, Journeys
Banff Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland, Coast Festival 2014
Whitdel Arts, Detroit, USA, The Deep End
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Homer, Alaska, USA, Ocean’s Lament
Aalto University, Pori, Finland, White Cube
Konnektor, Forum für Künste, Hannover, Germany, Appendage
2013
North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina, USA, 0:60 The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art (cat)
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, USA, 0:60 The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art
Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany, Sea Journeys
Forum Factory, Berlin, Germany, Glasklar Milchig
Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, California, USA, Imagining the Real
An Tobar, Comar, Isle of Mull, Scotland, KartinaZembla/Picture Island
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, England, Drawn 2013
2012
James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA, Landscape
The Library Space, Battersea, London, Beers London, London, England, A History Revisited
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, England, Breeder
Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA, represented by Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, Pulse New York
James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA, VIP Works on Paper (online)
Karst, Plymouth, England, Spectral
2011
James Cohan Gallery, ADAA Exhibition, New York, USA, Cosmology
Beers London, London, England, Systems Beyond Certainty
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, represented by Mendes Wood DM, Art Rio International Contemporary Art Fair
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, England, Landscape and Memory
Centro de Artes y Naturaleza Film Festival, Zaragoza, Spain, Proyectaragon
British Art Show 7 fringe exhibition, Plymouth, England, Vessel 2011
Kentler Gallery, New York, USA, Marked Differences
New Curtois Gallery, The Collection, Lincoln, England, Opem
2010
Drawing Center, New York, USA, Selections Spring 2010: Sea Marks (cat)
Drawing Center, New York, USA, Benefit Auction Drawing Gifts 2010
Mall Galleries, London, England, ING Discerning Eye Drawing Exhibition
Raday Kepshaz Galeria, Budapest, Hungary, With/Drawn
Annex 21, Worcester, England, Worcester Contemporary
Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, England, Sculptures from the Media Stream
2009
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Drawings No.10
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, England, Derby City Open
2008
Centre for Recent Drawing, London, England, Pacific Ocean Drawings
2006
New Media Gallery, Virginia, USA, Contemporary Perspectives and New Media
Darlington College of Arts, Devon, England, DRHA
2004
Barrett Art Center, New York, USA, Photowork 2004
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, England, One Step Beyond
2003
T.W. Art Gallery, Vermont, USA, Contemporary Drawing
Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, California, USA, Time and Transcendence
Recognitions and awards
2022 Hugh Casson Drawing Prize, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2021 Selected for the John Moores Painting Prize
2020 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York
2020 Arts Council of Wales Grant
2020 Arts Council of England Emergency Response Fund Grant
2020 Crafts Council U.K. Grant
2019 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travel Fellowship
2019 Arts Council of England Grant
2019 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Grant
2019 Changing Coasts Creativity Fellowship, Swansea University, Wales
2018 Selected for the John Moores Painting Prize
2017 Hugh Casson Drawing Prize, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2017 Arts Council of England Grant
2016 The Annex Collection Acquisition Award
2015 Honorarium, Laguna Arts Museum, California
2015 Visual Arts Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island
2015 Landscape Artist of the Year, Sky Arts
2014 Finalist, Francois Schneider Contemporary Talents, France
2011 Landscape Instants Film Prize, CDAN Centro de Artes Naturales, Huesca, Spain
2011 Drawing Prize, OPEM, New Curtois Gallery, Lincoln, England
2010 Short listed for the ING Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary 2010
2010 Honorarium, Drawing Center, New York
2009 British Council Grant to Visual Artist
2008 AA2A Grant to Practicing Artist
2005 Arts Council of England Grant
2004 Princess Trust Grant
Residencies
2015 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California
2015 Experimental Drawing Lab, University California San Diego, California
2014 Boisbuchet, France
2005 - 2008 UMAR, Oaxaca, México
Collections
Work in private collections in the USA, UK, France, Spain, México, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Japan, Taiwan, China, Netherlands, Russia, Turkey and Brazil
Rubell Family Collection, Miami
University of Oxford
SoHo House, Babington House, England
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
Isabel and Agustin Coppel Collection, México
Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundacion Beulas, Spain
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California
National Maritime Museum, London
The Annex Collection U.K.
Selected Bibliography
2023
Interalia Magazine. Becoming ocean becoming me. Available at: https://www.interaliamag.org/interviews/peter- matthews/
Trebuchet Magazine. Seismic Art: Visions of Science. Available at: https://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/seismic-art- visions-of-science/
2021
National Museums of Liverpool. John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition Catalogue.
Ocula Magazine. From Nature: The Materials Are the Message. Available at: https://ocula.com/magazine/insights/the-materials-are-the-message/.
Seisma Magazine. A Painter Shifted by Marine Biology. Available at: https://seismamag.com/visual-fine-art/peter-matthews.
2020
Elephant Magazine (#41), by Carey-Grant, P. Can Art Move the World. pp.32-36.
Volume Press. DRAWN, (#1). In Dialogue with the Ocean. pp. 145-172.
Casey, S. and Davies, G. (2020). Drawing Investigations: Graphic Relationships with Science, Culture and Environment. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts.
Casey, S., Davies, G. and Gørrill, H. ed., (2020). Drawn to Investigate. Lancaster: The Ruskin - Museum of the Near Future, Lancaster University.
2019
Finisterre. Peter Matthews X Limited Edition Collaboration. Available at: https://finisterre.com/pages/peter-matthews.
Oceanic Global. Peter Matthews. Available at: https://oceanic.global/peter-matthews/.
Nouse. So Much To Sea. Available at: https://nouse.co.uk/2019/03/06/so-much-to-sea.
2018
National Museums of Liverpool. John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition Catalogue.
Royal Academy of Arts, London. 250th Summer Exhibition Illustrated Catalogue.
Künstlerforum Bonn, Bonn, Germany. No Man Is an Island Exhibition Catalogue.
Museo Nazionale della Montagna, Torino, Italy. Post Water Exhibition Catalogue.
BBC Radio 4. Art Beneath the Waves. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00013nr.
BBC News. The man who paints in the ocean. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43584232.
BBC World Service . The Why Factor, Being at Sea. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswrkb.
BBC Radio Derby, Peter Matthews talks with Presenter Sally Pepper. Available at: http://petermatthews.org/bbc-radio-april-2018.
Lerda, A. 134. PETER MATTHEWS. Platformgreen.org. Available at: http://www.platformgreen.org/projects-index/326-matthews.
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Ten, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London.
2017
CBC. Artist Peter Matthews gets intimate with nature by bringing his art into the ocean . CBC Radio. Available at: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/schedule-for-friday-january-6-2017-1.3920956/artist-peter-matthews-gets-intimate-with-nature-by-bringing-his-art-into-the-ocean-1.3923948 .
Howes, D., Heywood, I., Casey, S. and Davies, G. (2017). Sensory Arts and Design: Drawn Away from Vision: Encounters with the Unseen. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Academic.
2016
The Guardian. Frizzell, N. Meet the underwater artist inspired by a near-death experience. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/09/peter-matthews-underwater-artist--near-death-experience.
Los Angeles Times – Artist Gets Physical to Explore Metaphysical Concepts. Available at: http://www.latimes.com/socal/weekend/news/tn-wknd-et-0110-hansen-20160110-story.html.
Ernest Journal. The Free-Diving Artist. Available at: http://www.ernestjournal.co.uk/blog/2016/6/2/the-sea-artist.
Floorr. Issue Five. Peter Matthews. Available at: https://www.floorrmagazine.com/issue-5/peter-matthews.
The Cornishman. When Creativity Hits Like a Wave. Cornwall. Newspaper. Pages 1-3.
2015
Art.Zip. Water Colours-Interview with Peter Matthews. Available at http://www.artzip.org/peter-matthews.
2014
Kerr, J. Power of the Sea. Bristol: Royal West of England Academy.
The Island Review. Bewitched by the Sea. Available at: http://theislandreview.com/bewitchedsea/.
Tuuum. Artist Interview. Available at: http://blog.tuuum.com/post/80681751388/peter-matthews.
Apollo Magazine. Review: ‘The Power of the Sea’ at the Royal West of England Academy by Melanie Vandebrouck. Available at: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/review-power-sea-royal-west-england-academy/.
2013
0 to 60: The Experience of Time Through Contemporary Art. Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, pp.108-111.
2012
The Common. Portrait of Land and Sea. Available at: https://www.thecommononline.org/portraits-of-land-and-sea/.
2010
Katchadourian, N. and Burnett, D. (2010). Selections, Spring 2010: Sea Marks. New York: The Drawing Center.
The Drawing Center, New York. Selections Spring 2010: Sea Marks. Issuu. Available at: https://issuu.com/drawingcenter/docs/drawingpapers89_seamarks.
Parsons School of Design, New York. Mapping Ocean Dynamics. Available at: http://piim.newschool.edu/journal/issues/2010/04/pdfs/ParsonsJournalForInformationMapping_Matthews-Peter.pdf .