(1977 - )
Matthew Darbyshire was born in Cambridge in 1977. He graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in London in 2000, and completed a post-graduate diploma at the Royal Academy Schools in London in 2005. In 2006 he was appointed an Associate Lecturer at Chelsea College of Art. Darbyshire is a founder member of the artist discussion group Canal which focuses on talks, screenings and performances and which collaborated with the Whitechapel Gallery on a one year project between 2008 and 2009. Exhibitions by Darbyshire include had solo shows in Basel and London (both 2008); and participation in the Tate Triennial exhibition at Tate Britain in 2009. Recent solo shows include Passive Sensor at Herald Street, London (2016); An Exhibition of Modern Living at Manchester Museum of Art (2015); and A Way of Life (in homage to Jim Ede) at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (2013).
