MATHEW HALE
Born 1962 in Swindon, Wiltshire, GB
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Los Angeles, California
Education
Winchester School of Art, 1981–82
Goldsmith College, London University, 1982–85
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
J KM H, Ratio 3, San Francisco (With Jordan Kantor)
A PICTURE AND ITS PRICE, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
2016
NO RECTO || no verso, joségarcía ,mx, Mexico City
2015
5TH HELENA or ELECTIVE SURGERIES (PERKS OF RELINQUISHMENT) or SIRHAN SIRHAN or L’AMERICA or 1 + 1 NOT APPEARING = 2 or CANDLES IN THE WIND or 11 or MATHEW HATES BEING PHOTOGRAPHED BUT LOVES PORNOGRAPHY or SHUFFLE OFF THIS MORTAL COIL YOU CUNT or COSMAS UND DAMIAN or NEW WHITE NEW YORKER CARTOONS MADE IN L.A. or SHE DOES NOT LACK or 1000 SHIPS or THERE WAS SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT THE SPACE OF HALF AN HOUR or TOPLESS TOWERS, P!, New York
2014
ALONE, LES VOICI À PARLER, CCA Kitakyushu, Japan
2013
MA THE WHALE, Ratio 3, San Francisco
MARIA UND JOSEF, abc Berlin, Berlin
2012
THE WELCOME STRANGER, Wentrup, Berlin
DER WILLKOMMENE FREMDE, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
2011
Modern Monday: Screening of "DIE MÜNZE", Museum of Modern Art, New York
2010
WACHT SCHATZ, Wentrup, Berlin
Frau Münze und Frau Münz, Münzsalon, Berlin
2009
Art Statements, Art 40 Basel
LE MONDE v DER MOND, The Narrows, Melbourne
DER MOND v LE MONDE, Peer, London
2008
JOURNAL MURAL, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
Taxi Stop FIJI, Institut im Glaspavilion, Berlin
2007
TASUK! TSUKKU-SAN!, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
2006
BerlinFluorescent, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
2004
40 Pages from the Miriam Books by Mathew Hale, Walther Koenig Books, London, Rheinschau Köln
Make Me Mare, Mobile Home, London
2003
DIE STADT – LA CITTA‘ – THE MOTHER, DAAD Galerie, Berlin
2001
Miriam stealing and Miriam & William, Mobile Home, London
1988
Mathew Hale: Recent Work, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
THOMAS DEMAND: L'IMAGE VOLÉE, Fondazione Prada, Milan
3rd ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNIAL - ARE WE HUMAN?, Istanbul
2015
The Ultimate Vessel, Koppe Astner, Glasgow, UK
Pangrammar, P!, New York
2014
The Elephant Test, Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
In the Cut, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Southbank, Australia
Walkie Talkie, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
Drawing Biennial 2013, The Drawing Room, London
ACCA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
2012
Mathew Hale, Collages, Espace de l'Art Concret / Centre d'Art contemporain, Mouans-Sartoux, France
The Poster Show, Carlier Gebauer, Berlin
2011
Fax, Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Boston
2010
Panorama, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
Friday 13th, Forgotten Bar, Berlin
There’s a tear in my beer, West Germany, Berlin
Fischgrätenmelkstand, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Alles Berliner, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie, Berlin
2. UM-Festival für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Musik und Literatur in der Uckermark
A moving plan B – Chapter ONE, The Drawing Room, London Art, Haas & Fuchs, Berlin
Berlin – Paris, Michel Rein, Paris
Katarina Burin, Mathew Hale, Matt Saunders, Ratio 3, San Francisco
Berlin Box, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca
2009
Zeigen. Ein Audioguide durch Berlin, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Appaloosa, The Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin (with Ulrich Hakel)
Maison pour Monsieur X, FormContent, London (with Katarina Burin)
private view, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen
Drawing 2009, The Drawing Room, London
Free Association, Gallery AREA 53, Vienna
Roots, Wentrup, Berlin
Prose pour des Esseintes, Karma International, Zurich
Wallis dies and goes to heaven…and the dark show returns as a ghost, Paradise Row, London
2008
Phoenix vs. Babel, Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris
London Calling, Galerie Jan Wentrup –Temporary Space, London
With Love Dieter Rot, Viennabiennale 08, Offspace am Hundsturm, Vienna (Austria)
Pleinairism, i8 gallery, Reykjavik (Island)
18, Center, Berlin
Honey Honig (In collaboration with Susan Morris), Auto Italia, London
The Dark Show, The Wallis Gallery, London
UNDERWOOD, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
PAST-FORWARD, Project Space 176 / Zabludowicz Art Projects, London
2007
Our Period, Mathew Hale and Susan Morris, Five Years, London
2005
36 x 27 x 10, White Cube Berlin, Palast der Republik, Berlin
Pale Raman, Analix Forever, Geneva
Very early pictures, Luckmann Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Chaim Soutine,The Happy Sailor, London
2003
Biennale Venedig, Utopia Station, Venedig
Bonobos, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie, Berlin
Addiction, 15 Micawber Street, London
2002
Biennale Montréal 2002
PizzaExpress Prospects, Essor Gallery, London
2001
The difference between You and Us, Five Years, London
My Friends, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø
2000
Sleight of Hand, Five Years, London
John, I’m only dancing, The Margaret Harvey Gallery, University of Hertfordshire, St. Albans
1999
Itinerants, The View Gallery, Liverpool
Sublime: The Darkness and the Light, Hayward Gallery, National Touring Exhibition of Arts Council Collection, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton and seven further venues in the UK
1998
United in Death, Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Cambridge
1997
On Boredom, Virtual exhibition on CD Rom, launched at the I.C.A., London (in co-operation with Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Cambridge)
1992
Let Me Look, San Miniato
1990
Now for the Future, The Arts Council Collection, Recent Acquisitions, Hayward Gallery, London
River, Goldsmith Gallery, London
1989
Trigon ’89, “Aktuelle Kunst”, Neue Galerie & Künstlerhaus, Graz
1985
85° Show, Serpentine Gallery, London
1984
New Contemporaries, I.C.A. London
Awards
Whitechapel Artists Award, 1987
Collections
Arts Council Collection of Great Britain