"Matt James Healy is a London born artist who lives and works in Folkestone.
In his Edgeland Vision series he explores liminal urban spaces, using household paint and wood stain on handmade panels of wood, foraged from industrial edgelands.
The artworks were a response to spending many days exploring the Lea Valley Park in London.
Over time, certain landmarks and their surroundings took on an almost religious significance...
Electricity pylons became the giants of Albion; the man-made chalk pits became lakes of fire; wires overlapping the sun and moon produced music of the spheres...
Until all of his surroundings in these London edgelands became interwoven with a personal mythology."
from a feature at the Unofficial Britain website
All works can be viewed at my Folkestone studio, open weekends and by appointment. Please use the contact page for any and all enquiries including forthcoming exhibitions.
Education
Bournemouth Arts Institute, BA hons Fine Art 2006
Middlesex University, Foundation Art and Design 2001
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
Edgeland Visions, Brew Gallery 2019
Words of Revolt, Whelkboy Gallery 2018
Recent Works, Radnor Arms 2018
Group
With Mark Millsted, Wayne Reeves Gallery 2020
Outsiders, Don’t Walk Gallery November 2019
Wildfire Gallery, Folkestone 2019
Wildfire Gallery, Norwich 2019
Wildfire Gallery, Brighton 2019
Ethel Loves Me, Rye 2018
Good Grief, Whelkboy Gallery 2018
Northampton Bienniel, Northampton Contemporary Arts 2018
Press On, Northampton Contemporary Arts 2018
Blackswan Open, Blackswan Arts 2017
Publications
Edgeland Visions Feature, Unofficial Britain 2020
Cover Artwork for Sadru Loops by Rob Shields 2019
Album Artwork for More Colour 2019
Press On, Pressmk.Club 2018
Art Technician and Assistant
‘A Map of how the World Works’ 2016
Artist: Brook Andrew
Pommery Champagne House, Reims France
‘Africa Captales – Lille 3000’ 2017
Curator: Simon Njami
Saint Sauveur, Lille France
‘Room A’ 2017
Artist: Brook Andrew
Musee d’ethnographie, Geneve Switzerland