Born in 1982 London. Lives and works in London.

2000 – 2004 
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts of London, BA (Hons) Painting (1st)

2019

• small awakenings, CHOI&LAGER Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

2018

• NEOPHYTE, The Hole, New York, NY

2017

• Back into the body, CHOI&LAGER Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

2015

• Emotional Manipulation, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014

• Cosmic Flesh, Union Gallery, London
• Other Worlds - Wounded Healer, Performance, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Denmark
• Unconditional Love, The Hole, New York
• Muse Control, Performance, The Hole, New York

2013

• Love Focused Like a Laser (performance), Art Miami Basel, Miami
• Ecstasy, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles

2012 

• The Body As Lightning Conductor, The Hole at Villa Vecchia, Miami Art Basel, Miami
• Love Focused Like a Laser, The Hole, New York

• Everything is Possible, Choi & Lager, Cologne, Germany

• Unconditional Commitment to Sacred Love, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Everything is Possible, Union Gallery, London

2011


• Sculpture Installation, Mondrian Hotel, Miami Art Basel, Miami

• Optimism as Cultural Rebellion, The Hole, New York

• Forever Rules, Union Gallery, London

• Rules Forever, Union Gallery, London

2010


• Anatomy of Immaterial Worlds, ICA, London

• Body Language, V1 Gallery, Denmark

2009


• Interconnected Echoes, Galerie Paul Freches, Paris

• The Co-Existence of Uncompromised Visions, Boyschool, London

2018

• I See You, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
• MINE II , V1 Gallery , Copenhagen , Denmark
• The Barn Show , Johannes Vogt Gallery , East Hampton , NY

2017

• Post Analog Painting II, The Hole, New York, NY

2015

• Tower, Ibid. London, London
• Not a Photo, The Hole, New York
• Post-Analog Painting, The Hole, New York

2014

• Storage Wars, Eric Firestone Gallery, Hamptons, USA
• Group Show - Jack, Neil, Shane, Gareth and Matthew, Choi & Lager, Cologne
• Art Cologne curated video programme, Art Cologne, Germany

2013

• GamingGaming, New Shelter Plan, Denmark
• Hindsight, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Amor Fati, Pioneer Works, Red Hook, Brooklyn
• Body and History, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
• New Age of Aquarius, Duve, Berlin

2012


• Fresh Basel, The Hole at Villa Vecchia, Miami Art Basel, Miami

• V1 X - Tonight we won’t be bored, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 13.0.0.0.0, RH Gallery, New York 

• Marrakech Bienalle, Marrakech, Morocco 

• Watch your step, The Flag Art Foundation, New York
• Portrait of a generation, The Hole, New York

• CTRL Group two, Brian Miller Gallery, Texas 

• Photography is, Higher Pictures, New York

2011


• Anatomy of Immaterial Worlds, Performa 11, New York

• True Love, The National Museum of Photography, The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Status, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Independent Rites, V1 Gallery, Denmark

• What’s Next, FOAM Museum, Amsterdam

• Volcano Extravaganza, Fiorucci Foundation, Stromboli, Italy

• Orientale, 53rd Venice Bienalle, Venice
• Open studio, Viafarini, Milan

2010


• Recessional Aesthetics, James Taylor Project, London

• By night, Trädgården, Stockholm

• 24 Month Meditation, The Island, Italy

• Hard Future, Brighton Festival, Brighton

• OneShot, Allmänna Gallery, Stockholm

2009


• Triumph of the Will, The Centre of the Universe, London

• SHOWstudio, Somerset House, London

• Free Art Fair, The Barbican Centre, London 

• SU:MBISORI, Jeju Museum of Art, Korea

• Conflict, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art,Gateshead

• Starmaker, E:vent Gallery, London



2008

• 
Nought to Sixty, ICA, London

• SEEN… S.C.U.M. & Matthew Stone, Maurice Einhardt Neu Gallery, London

• GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy, London

• The Destruction of Atlantis, Union, London

• OPTIMISM: The Art of Our Time, co-curated by Matthew Stone, Hannah Barry
 Gallery, London
• And As They Reached For God With their Fingertips, Their Toes Wrote Stories In The Sand, Assab One, Milan
• Bold Tendencies II, Hannah Barry Gallery, London

• Bad Year Blimp, Alma Enterprises, London

• GOTHIC, Fieldgate Gallery, London

• EYESORE, V1 Gallery, Denmark

• !WOWOW! and Plastique Fantastique, Tate Britain, London

2007


• Gravity’s Rainbow, Peres Projects, Athens

• Nocturnal, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London

• DAZED & CONFUSED vs ANDY WARHOL, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead

• Feral Kingdom, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow

• Ruhe Bewahren, Arthouse Tacheles, Berlin

• Multiple Discipline, Union Gallery, London

• The Event, International Project Space, Birmingham

2006


• Ten Rooms and a Sculpture Garden, Lyndhurst Way, London

2005


• Fantasy Stories, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London

• Rising Tendencies Toward the United States of Mind, !WOWOW! Roaming Space, London
• Optimism as Cultural Rebellion, !WOWOW! Roaming Space (Area 10), London

2004


• Spectacular Spectacular!, !WOWOW! Roaming Space, London

• *RT SH*M*N (performance supporting Lali Chetwynd), ICA, London

2012


• The Body as Lightning Conductor, Performance presented with MikeQ at The Hole curated space in Miami as part of Miami Art Basel.

2011


• After being nominated by Marina Abramovic, artist residency programme Viafarini in Milan completed.

• Dazed&Confused magazine commission Matthew Stone to photograph and collaborate with Riccardo Tisci on the cover of the 20th anniversary issue. The cover is accompanied by a 18 page editorial. 



2010


• Interconnected Echoes - The Salon, The Great British Art Debat,  at Tate Britain.

2009

• 
The Centre of the Universe, artist-led/non-profit, nomadic art-space initiated by Stone (ongoing project)

• CTRL.ALT.SHIFT, Artist Mentor to Newcastle students working at the Baltic for a project in partnership with Ctrl.Alt.Shift, a new experimental youth initiative that aims to engage people in global issues, using art as a catalyst for change.

2008


• Manifesto Marathon, Serpentine Interconnected Echoes – The Salon, weekly meeting and discussion forum at the Hospital Club, London

http://InterconnectedEchoes.blogspot.com

Interconnected Echoes functions as a basis for a series of interviews, in which Stone asks people he admires big questions. As the interviews progress everybody questioned adds a question. These questions in turn become the basis for future interviews. Each question links back to the answers of the person who asked it.

http://OptimismAsCulturalRebellion.blogspot.com

Optimism As Cultural Rebellion provides ongoing documentation of Stone’spractice.
 


http://infinitytimesinfinity.tumblr.com 

InfinityTimesInfinity is a snapshot diary of Stone’s life.

2012 

• 
The Body Beyond, published by Junsuke Yamasaki. Limited edition of 1000.

2011


• Optimism as Cultural Rebellion (Show catalogue) published by Holey Books. (Ltd edition produced with printed hardback wooden cover)

2010


• 100, Edited by Francesca Gavin, Laurence King Publishing.
Manifesto Marathon, The Serpentine. Hans-Ulrich Obrist

2009


• Interconnected Echoes, Post-IT, Published by Paul Freches Gallery. - Includes interview by Hans-Ulrich Obrist.
Nought to Sixty, ICA Press, Edited by Mark Sladen

2008


• Optimism, Hannah Barry Press, London - Foreword written by Matthew Stone