MATTHEW ASHURST
matthewashurst.co.ukma@matthewashurst.co.uk

BORN:    1977
LIVES:    Colchester, Essex

REPRESENTED BY RE+NEW GALLERY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

10-11/2011       Open 4, Slackspace, Colchester, Essex.
07/2011            Rayne Arts Festival, Rayne, Essex
10 - 11/ 2010     "PRIME", Benham Gallery, Cuckoo Farm Studios, Colchester, Essex
09/2010            Chelmsford Arts Trail, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex
10/2009            Open Call (part of the Frieze Projects), Frieze Art Fair, Regent’s Park, London
09/2009            Rebirth through decay - Slackspace, Colchester, Essex.
09/2009            the blind leading the blind, Chelmsford College, Chelmsford, Essex
2006                 BOXROOM, St Mary's on the Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk.
2004                 Open Studio's, NAC Studios, Chatham, Kent
2003                 Reading Space, Reading, Berkshire.
2001                 Between Black and White County Hall Gallery, Maidstone, Kent.
2001                 "       " exhibition, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, Kent.

ART PROJECT:

2010               Colchester Inn: A project about hosting and welcoming in Colchester. PUBLIC TEA PARTY

EDUCATION:

2003               PGCE FE, University of Reading, Berkshire.
2001               BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of the Creative Arts, Canterbury, Kent.
1998               BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design, University of the Creative Arts, Maidstone, Kent.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

                    Chelmsford College, Chelmsford, Essex.
                    Reading College and School of Art & Design, Reading, Berks.
                    University of Creative Arts (KIAD), Maidstone, Kent.