Matthew Tickle
Picture Born London 1964
Works Education
Publications 1987
1989
West Surrey College of Art and Design, BA (Hons) Sculpture
Slade School of Fine Art, London, Postgraduate Higher Diploma in Sculpture
Essays
CV Solo Exhibitions/Publications
Contact 2006
2004



2001


1999
1995
Punctum and Nebula, Hull Art Lab, Hull
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
Idyll, a book-work by Matthew Tickle with accompanying essay ‘Installation and Photography: Matthew Tickle’s Idyll’ by Michael Newman, published by Matt’s Gallery, London
Idyll, Matt’s Gallery, London,
Scrutiny, Matt’s Gallery, London
 
 
 
 
 
  Group Exhibitions
  2007
2005
2003


2002
2001
2000

1998/9

1998
1997

1996/7

1996
1995
1994

1993

1992

1991



1990  
It starts from here
Fiona Crisp, Matthew Tickle, Phillip Warnell, Matt's Gallery, London
Revision, Pitfield Gallery, London
Don’t start from the good old things but the bad new ones,em> Whitechapel Project Space, London
The Green Room, Percy Miller Gallery, London
Dead-wall Reverie, Five Years, London, curated by Valerie Sutton
Tourist, site-specific project commissioned by Space Explorations, London [catalogue]
Furniture, Richard Salmon Gallery, London; John Hansard, Southampton and Bluecoat Art Centre, Liverpool [catalogue]
Backspace, Matt’s Gallery, London
In Residence, In Transit, The Stanley Picker Gallery for the Arts, Kingston University
Plastic, Richard Salmon Gallery, London; Arnolfini, Bristol; Walsall Museum & Art Gallery, Walsall [catalogue]
High Rise, Space Explorations at 110 Euston Road, London [catalogue]
Animale Domestici, Hollandstraat 20, Antwerp
Tight, The Tannery, London
1 million cubic feet, Space Explorations, Holborn Old Town Hall, London
Mehr Licht (with Marcus Eisenmann), Goethe Institute, London
Hull Town Dock Museum as part of the Hull Sculpture Symposium
Public installation at the Electric Light Station, presented by Space Explorations
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
Public installation at the British Rail Arch, Beck Road, London, presented by Space Explorations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Scolarships, Awards and Residencies
  2006
2004
2002
2001
2000
1995
1994
1991
1989/90
1989
Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts - Individuals
Cocheme Fellowship, Byam Shaw
ESPRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Grant
Calouste Gulbenkien Foundation Research Grant
LAB Visual Arts Fund: Artists
Arts Foundation Fellowship
Rachel Whiteread/K Foundation Award
Whitechapel Artists’ Award
The Picker Fellowship in Sculpture at Kingston Polytechnic
Boise Travel Scholarship
 
 
 
 
  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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Publications
  2005


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2000

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1996
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
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
Tourist, text by Steven Spier, published by Space Explorations,
ISBN 0 9531 68913
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
Plastic, text by Neil Cummings, with foreword by Joan Key & Paul Heber-Percy, published by Richard Salmon Gallery, London, ISBN 1 873550 01
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Matthew Tickle is represented by Matt's Gallery, London