The Skinny Showcase: Matthew Arthur Williams

Gallery | 01 Feb 2015

Showcase: Matthew Arthur Williams

"My work has always leaned heavily on the format of a journal. This body of work consists of a series of photographs, recordings and collections created during a trip to New York in 2013.
"The work will be exhibited in March 2015 at The Glad Café in Glasgow. Accompanying it will be a small publication, allowing me to take it a step further, connecting my findings and past experiences with the city, consciously considering how each image is presented in another format.
"After living in London, Manchester and Glasgow in a short space of three years I am aware that travel is one of the themes I carry with me – this outsider looking in. It also comes with the need to capture a fleeting moment, to slowing the world right down to that single frame. By not allowing the edge of the photograph to be the end of the story I consider ways to integrate the print making process with an aspect of collaging and layering."

Matthew Arthur Williams lives and works in Glasgow. He graduated with a BA Photography from Manchester Metropolitan in 2012.

Selected Exhibitions:
2015 The Glad Café, Glasgow (forthcoming solo exhibition + book launch)
2012 Manchester to London, Redchurch Street Gallery Shoreditch, London
2012 Ask Why? Degree Show, Manchester School of Art, Manchester
2012 Holden Tearooms - Saloon Hang, The Holden Gallery, Manchester
2011 Interim Show, The Link Gallery, Manchester
2011 Yappy Days, Queenston Art House Didsbury, Manchester
2011 Ephemeros, Kraak Art Gallery, Manchester

Publications:
Travelogue, 2012
The Dog Walkers, 2011



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