About

Matthew Short is a Visual artist based in Belfast, and  recent Fine Art graduate of the Ulster University. He works primarily within drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and installation to visualise his ideas.

Statement

My work concerns itself with how the viewer perceives and experiences objects in space. I have used light, colour and transparency as material; along with found objects and industrially-accessible materials. I have investigated this within site-specific installations, containing ‘non-specific’ objects in which the viewer, the subject, perceives within space. The viewer animates the work and gives it meaning through their perceptual experience of objects in space and time.

Exhibitions

  • 2018 - ‘Print Propagation’ – Belfast Print Workshop, Waring St, Belfast (selected artist) *04.07.18 - 10.07.18*
  • 2017 - ‘Testing’ - Catalyst Arts Centre, College Street, Belfast (members show)
  • 2017 - ‘Light, Colour & Space II’ - FRAMEWERK Gallery, Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast (Solo Exhibition)
  • 2016 - ‘Le Salon des Diplômés’ - Gooselane Gallery, North Street, Belfast (invited artist)
  • 2016 - ‘Summer showcase’ - Canvas Galleries, Stranmillis Rd, Belfast (group exhibition)
  • 2016 - ‘International Mini Print Biennial’ - Seacourt Print Workshop, Balloo Drive, Bangor (selected artist)
  • 2016 - ‘Raw’ - Catalyst Arts Centre, College street, Belfast (members show)
  • 2016 - ‘Light, Colour and Space’ - Ulster University, Belfast (degree show)
  • 2015 - ‘Memoria llarga’ - EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny I Art de Barcelona
  • 2015 - ‘PRINT.ed’ - EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny I Art de Barcelona (group exhibition)
  • 2014 - ‘Half Way There’, Students Show, Print studios, Orpheus Building, University of Ulster, Belfast (Co-director and curator)
  • 2013 - ‘Annual Students Show’ - Belfast Print Workshop, Waring St, Belfast (selected artist)
  • 2012 - ‘Annual Students Show’ - Belfast Print Workshop, Waring St, Belfast (selected artist)

Press / Reviews

  • 2016 - 'Counter Culture Art', Averge Arts Magazine (September edition)
  • 2016 - 'UK Uknown Artists 2016', Averge Arts Magazine (August edition)
  • 2016 - 'New Generation Gallery', Irish Arts Review, (Online Gallery), http://www.irishartsreview.com/new-generation-artist-work/matthew-short/
  • 2016 - 'Belfast School of Art', http://www.imgrum.net/tag/belfastschoolofart
  • 2013 - 'Art Review: Annual Students Show', NI Scene,  http://niscene.co.uk/art-review-annual-students-show/

 

Academic Qualifications

2016 – Graduated at the Ulster University, Belfast Ba (Hons) Fine Art – [2:1]

2016 – Thesis – Ulster University, Belfast ‘Culture is King’ – How culture defines our value system and ideologies

2013 – University of Ulster, Belfast Diploma in Foundation studies, Art & Design

 

Career History

Gallery Assistant (volunteer), 'PRINT.ed', EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny I Art de Barcelona, June 2015

Internship, Belfast Print Workshop, October 2014

 

Achievements/Collaborations

  • Invited to show Solo Exhibition of works as Emerging Artist & Recent Graduate at FRAMEWERK Gallery, Belfast, 2017
  • Assisted Bill Penney on a limited Edition screen-print (50) for Ceramicist Michael Moore, 2016
  • Collaboration with artist Peter le Roux on a limited edition of screenprints (25), 2016
  • Undertook Erasmus Exchange in Barcelona, 2015
  • Assisted Bill Penney on a limited Edition screen-print (100) for Painter Neil Shawcross, 2014
  • Assisted Emma Ford of EL Prints on a limited edition screen-print for the Festival of Light, 2014