| Born London 1964 | |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2010 | What I Thought at The Time, Five Years, London |
| 2009 | XXXXXXX, Fordham Gallery, London Tesla's Room, Hovel, London |
| 2006 | Punctum and Nebula, Hull Art Lab, Hull |
| 2004 | Nothing will come of nothing Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich Semi-Rhythm Whitechapel Project Space, London What the eye can’t see the heart can’t grieve for, a temporary public artwork at Queen Mary, University of London |
| 1999 | Idyll, Matt’s Gallery, London |
| 1995 | Scrutiny, Matt’s Gallery, London |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2011 | In The First Circle curated by Paul Domela and Imogen Stidworthy. Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona |
| 2011 | Field Broadcast West: Seven Sunsets,live internet broadcast curated by Rebecca Birch & Rob Smith www.fieldbroadcast.org |
| 2008 | R U (techne) TH (episteme) 8? Hats Plus, London |
| 2007 | It starts from here, De la Warr Pavilion |
| 2005 | Fiona Crisp, Matthew Tickle, Phillip Warnell, Matt's Gallery, London |
| 2003 | Revision, Pitfield Gallery, London Don’t start from the good old things but the bad new ones, Whitechapel Project Space, London |
| 2002 | The Green Room, Percy Miller Gallery, London |
| 2001 | Dead-wall Reverie, Five Years, London, curated by Valerie Sutton |
| 2000 | Tourist, site-specific project commissioned by Space Explorations, London [catalogue] |
| 1998/9 | Furniture, Richard Salmon Gallery, London; John Hansard, Southampton and Bluecoat Art Centre, Liverpool [catalogue] |
| 1998 | Backspace, Matt’s Gallery, London |
| 1997 | In Residence, In Transit, The Stanley Picker Gallery for the Arts, Kingston University |
| 1996/7 | Plastic, Richard Salmon Gallery, London; Arnolfini, Bristol; Walsall Museum & Art Gallery, Walsall [catalogue] |
| 1996 | High Rise, Space Explorations at 110 Euston Road, London [catalogue] |
| 1995 | Animale Domestici, Hollandstraat 20, Antwerp |
| 1994 | Tight, The Tannery, London 1 million cubic feet, Space Explorations, Holborn Old Town Hall, London |
| 1993 | Mehr Licht (with Marcus Eisenmann), Goethe Institute, London Hull Town Dock Museum as part of the Hull Sculpture Symposium |
| 1992 | Public installation at the Electric Light Station, presented by Space Explorations |
| 1991 | Work commissioned by the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London as part of Whitechapel Artists’ Awards 1990 Public installation at the Old Royal Observatory, London, presented by Space Explorations |
| 1990 | Public installation at the British Rail Arch, Beck Road, London, presented by Space Explorations |
| Publications | |
| 2005 | What The Eye Can’t See The Heart Can’t Grieve For, a DVD documenting the temporary public artwork, with accompanying booklet of essays by Dr Fay Dowker and Sally O’Reily, published by Matt’s Gallery, London |
| 2001 | Idyll, a book-work by Matthew Tickle, ISBN 0 907623 35 2, with accompanying essay: ‘Installation and Photography: Matthew Tickle’s Idyll’ by Michael Newman, published by Matt’s Gallery, London, ISBN 0 907623 36 0 |
| 2000 | Tourist, text by Steven Spier, published by Space Explorations, ISBN 0 9531 68913 |
| 1999 | Furniture, texts by Martin Herbert, Joan Key, and Paul Heber-Percy, published by Richard Salmon Gallery, London, ISBN 1 873550 11 1 Space Explorations, texts by Penelope Curtis, Mel Gooding, Mark Currah and David Barrett, published by Space Explorations, London, ISBN 0 9531689 0 5 |
| 1996 | Plastic, text by Neil Cummings, with foreword by Joan Key & Paul Heber-Percy, published by Richard Salmon Gallery, London, ISBN 1 873550 01 |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Fiona Crisp, Matthew Tickle, Phillip Warnell, Helen Sumpter, Time Out, issue 1831, 21-28 December 2005 | |
| Fiona Crisp/Matthew Tickle/Phillip Warnell, Sarah James, Art Monthly, issue 290, October 2005 | |
| Lighting up the background, Colin Martin, nature magazine, issue 437, 6 October 2005 | |
| Matthew Tickle, Sally O’Reilly, Art Monthly, Issue 274, March 2004 | |
| Just sugaring the pill?, Miria Swain, Mute, issue 27, Winter/ Spring 2004 | |
| Matthew Tickle/ Matt’s Gallery, Catherine O’Shea, What’s On, 3 November 2000 | |
| Matthew Tickle at Matt’s Gallery, James Hall, Artforum, January 2000 | |
| Matthew Tickle at Matt’s, Janet Koplos, Art in America, February 2000 | |
| Matthew Tickle: Idyll, London Zok, Issue No. 17, November 1999 | |
| Matthew Tickle, Evening Standard, 5 November 1999 | |
| Matthew Tickle, Laura Moffat, Art Monthly, No 231, November 1999 | |
| London Art Notices, Sacha Craddock, londonart.co.uk.magazine, November 1999 | |
| Matthew Tickle, Martin Herbert, Time Out, No.1523, 27 October 1999 | |
| Idyll, The Independent,3 October 1999 | |
| Idyll, The Guardian Space,16 September 1999 | |
| Choice of the Week, The Guide, 11 September 1999 | |
| Art of the Luminous, Roy Exley, CVA, Issue 25, 2000 | |
| High-Rise, David Barrett, Art Monthly, No.226, May 1999 | |
| High-Rise, Mark Currah, Time Out, 15 May 1999 | |
| Furniture I and II, Lisa Panting, Contemporary Visual Arts,Issue 23 | |
| Furniture, Deborah Schultz, Art Monthly, No. 225, April 1999 | |
| Plastic, Jonathan Jones, Untitled, No. 12, Winter 1996/97 | |
| ARTS, The Times, 10 September 1996 | |
| Visual Arts, Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 27 August 1996 | |
| Plastic, Sarah Kent,Time Out, Volume 1358, 28 August | |
| Scholarships, Awards and Residencies | |
| 2006 | Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts - Individuals |
| 2004 | Cocheme Fellowship, Byam Shaw |
| 2002 | ESPRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Grant |
| 2001 | Calouste Gulbenkien Foundation Research Grant |
| 2000 | LAB Visual Arts Fund: Artists |
| 1995 | Arts Foundation Fellowship |
| 1994 | Rachel Whiteread/K Foundation Award |
| 1991 | Whitechapel Artists’ Award |
| 1989/90 | The Picker Fellowship in Sculpture at Kingston Polytechnic |
| 1989 | Boise Travel Scholarship |
| Education | |
| 1987 | West Surrey College of Art and Design, BA (Hons) Sculpture |
| 1989 | Slade School of Fine Art, London, Postgraduate Higher Diploma in Sculpture |
| Matthew Tickle is represented by Matt's Gallery, London | |