London, UK
B. 1997, Peterborough, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2017
BA, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
JAZZ, Rene Matić and Oscar Murillo, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
2023
kiss them from me, Chapter NY, New York
a girl for the living room, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
upon this rock, Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna, AT
2022
upon this rock, South London Gallery, London, UK
soul time, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
in spite of, instead of, Quench Gallery, Margate, UK
2021
flags for countries that don’t exist but for bodies that do, Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2020
Born British Die British, VITRINE Gallery, London, UK
we give a lead to Britain, Arcadia Missa, London, UK, online
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 - 2024,
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
2023
…like a short cut through the brambles, Coventry Biennial 2023, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
Dreaming of Home, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York
Dancing in Outer Space, Studio/chapple, London, UK
WINK WINK, The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rossendale, UK
Divided Selves: Legacies, Memories, Belonging, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
2022
Crowd Control, High Art Arles, Arles, FR
Queerdirect, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2021
Arcadia, bold Tendencies, London, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London, UK
LEAN, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stanvergen, NO
In Reality These Things Need to be Said, backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Time Out of Joint, isthisit?, online
2020
Friends and Friends of Friends, Schlossmuseum, Linz, AT
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2019
BBZ Alternative Graduate Show, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
G.U.T.S, Ugly Duck Gallery, London, UK
2018
LDN WMN, The Black Cultural Archives, London, UK
My Chain Hits My Chest, Attic Space, Nottingham, UK
Life and Death, Cloud and Horse, London, UK
Feeling Pink Like My Insides, Hume Gallery, Chicago, UK
2017
Riot! Riot! Riot!, Protein Gallery, London, UK
If We’re Going to Heal, Let it Be Glorious, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PERFORMANCES
2022
Faith and How to Keep It. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2022.
2021
flags for countries that don’t exist but for bodies that do. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2021.
Network Futures: Online Exhibitions and Digital Hierarchies. isthisit?, 2021.
How To Sleep Faster. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2021.
2020
“If I Was Your boyfriend.” Fem Press, Fall 2020.
And Mum. Brussels: Rile Space, 2020.
This is England and This is England and This is England. Self Published, 2020.
“Saving Ourselves.” Polyester, Fall 2020.
2019
Interjection Calendar. Montez Press, 2019.
How to Avoid Being Attacked. Self Published, 2019.
Urban Space and Queer Subcultures. London: Autograph ABP, 2019.
Body Politić. Shades of Noir, January 2019.
2018
How To Sleep Faster. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2018.
“Departures.” Crack magazine X Fred Perry, November 2018.
“Polyester Issue 8.” Polyester, August 2018.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Williams, Megan. “British working-class photography features in new show,” Creative Review, April 4, 2024.
Moroz, Sarah. “Katy Hessel Talks About Putting Women Artists Front and Center at Five Major Museums,” Observer, April 2, 2024.
Kane, Ashleigh. “Art shows to see in London, Paris, LA and Vienna this April 2024,” Dazed, March 29, 2024.
2023
Jansen, Charlotte. “The best photography shows of 2023,” The Guardian, December 24, 2023.
Rosen, Miss. “A Portrait of Home Through the Queer Gaze,” huck, December 21, 2023.
Dinsdale, Emily. “Rene Matić’s new show is a love letter to chosen families,” Dazed, November 9, 2023.
Russell, Emma. “Photographing queer life in conservative Britain,” i-D, October 30, 2023.
“Bronwyn Katz and Rene Matić Win the Spirit Now Acquisition Prize at Frieze London 2023,” Frieze Magazine, October 13, 2023.
Greenberger, Alex. “Tate Acquires Poppers Sculpture, Feminist Painting, and More at Frieze London,” ARTnews, October 12, 2023.
Frankel, Eddy. “The Future of London Art: Rene Matić,” TimeOut, October 10, 2023.
Steer, Emily. “How Queer Artist Are Exploring Notions of Home,” AnOther, September 21, 2023.
“Local Talent: London-based Artists at Frieze 2023,” Frieze Magazine, September 19, 2023.
Muk, Isaac. “A Photographic Diary of Travis Alabanza’s Day-to-Day,” huck, August 9, 2023.
Williams, Megan. “Rene Matić documents the interior life of a performer,” Creative Review, July 13, 2023.
Anderson, Sarski. “Rene Matić’s Domestic Portraits of Travis Alabanza to be Exhibited at Martin Parr Foundation,” B24/7, July 12, 2023.
Wallace, Megan. “In Pictures: an intimate and queer friendship between an artist and playwright,” Dazed, July 12, 2023.
Ruhi, Parmar Amin. “Rene Matić Takes Us Into Their Studio With Levi’s,” Highsnobiety, March 23, 2023.
Tom Seymour and Gareth Harris. “All Change at Tate Britain After First Rehang in a Decade,” The Art Newspaper, May 23, 2023.
“Rene Matić ‘upon this rock’ at Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna,” Mousse, March 8, 2023.
Bromwich, Kathryn. “On my radar: Joy Crooke’s cultural highlights,” The Guardian, February 25, 2023.
Sherwood, Harriet. “First Tate Britain rehang in 10 years will put female artists at centre,” The Guardian, February 15, 2023.
2022
Huw, Dylan. “Review: Rene Matić at South London Gallery,” Artforum, November 20, 2022.
Elliott, Martha. “Two South London Gallery shows explore selfhood and subcultures,” Wallpaper, October 13, 2022.
Dinsdale, Emily. “London artist Rene Matić is subverting white skinhead culture,” Dazed, October 13, 2022.
Bucknell, Alice. “The Best Shows to See in London During Frieze,” Frieze Magazine, October 11, 2022.
Sherwin, Skye. “Interview: Artist Rene Matić: ‘This story is about what, if anything, saves us,’” The Guardian, September 26, 2022.
“Rene Matić with Burberry,” Highsnobiety, August 22, 2022.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “Rene Matić in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist,” CURA, July, 2022.
“Questioning History: An Artist Asks, ‘Whose Stories Are Preserved’,” Morgan Stanley, April 25, 2022.
Ghosh, Ravi. “The Enemies Within,” Tribune, April 20, 2022.
2021
Prowse, Jamila. “Rene Matić: ‘This book is where I’ve come from,” 1854, November 25, 2021.
Fullerton, Elizabeth. “The 10 Best Booths at Frieze London: From Boy-Band Personas to Audio-Visual Healing Environments and More,” ARTnews, October 14, 2021.
Mills, Charlie. “Interview with Rene Matić,” _Floorr, May 20, 2021.
“Of Skinheads and Skin: The Artwork of Rene Matić,” Underground Music Art Subculture, February 2, 2021.
2020
Boddington, Ruby. “Rene Matić explores ‘dimensions of Blackness through the lens of their own personal experiences as a queer Black womxn,” It’s Nice That, August 17, 2020.
“Disrupting the white gaze with Rene Matić,” HUNGER, January 15, 2020.
2018
“The Muse: Meet CSM student and creative activist Rene Matić,” HUNGER, November 15, 2018.
Sidhu, TJ. “Meet the young, queer, woman of colour creating art from her experiences,” Dazed, October 11, 2018.
“Young, Femme and Hitched: Meet the Couple Trailblazing a More Modern Marriage,” i-D, May 31, 2018.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Tate, London, UK
Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, FR
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
UK Government Art Collection, London, UK
Arts Council Collection, London, UK
Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
University Arts London Collection, London, UK
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
South London Gallery, London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2017
BA, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
JAZZ, Rene Matić and Oscar Murillo, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
2023
kiss them from me, Chapter NY, New York
a girl for the living room, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
upon this rock, Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna, AT
2022
upon this rock, South London Gallery, London, UK
soul time, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
in spite of, instead of, Quench Gallery, Margate, UK
2021
flags for countries that don’t exist but for bodies that do, Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2020
Born British Die British, VITRINE Gallery, London, UK
we give a lead to Britain, Arcadia Missa, London, UK, online
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 - 2024,
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
2023
…like a short cut through the brambles, Coventry Biennial 2023, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
Dreaming of Home, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York
Dancing in Outer Space, Studio/chapple, London, UK
WINK WINK, The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rossendale, UK
Divided Selves: Legacies, Memories, Belonging, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
2022
Crowd Control, High Art Arles, Arles, FR
Queerdirect, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2021
Arcadia, bold Tendencies, London, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London, UK
LEAN, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stanvergen, NO
In Reality These Things Need to be Said, backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Time Out of Joint, isthisit?, online
2020
Friends and Friends of Friends, Schlossmuseum, Linz, AT
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2019
BBZ Alternative Graduate Show, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
G.U.T.S, Ugly Duck Gallery, London, UK
2018
LDN WMN, The Black Cultural Archives, London, UK
My Chain Hits My Chest, Attic Space, Nottingham, UK
Life and Death, Cloud and Horse, London, UK
Feeling Pink Like My Insides, Hume Gallery, Chicago, UK
2017
Riot! Riot! Riot!, Protein Gallery, London, UK
If We’re Going to Heal, Let it Be Glorious, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PERFORMANCES
2022
Faith and How to Keep It. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2022.
2021
flags for countries that don’t exist but for bodies that do. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2021.
Network Futures: Online Exhibitions and Digital Hierarchies. isthisit?, 2021.
How To Sleep Faster. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2021.
2020
“If I Was Your boyfriend.” Fem Press, Fall 2020.
And Mum. Brussels: Rile Space, 2020.
This is England and This is England and This is England. Self Published, 2020.
“Saving Ourselves.” Polyester, Fall 2020.
2019
Interjection Calendar. Montez Press, 2019.
How to Avoid Being Attacked. Self Published, 2019.
Urban Space and Queer Subcultures. London: Autograph ABP, 2019.
Body Politić. Shades of Noir, January 2019.
2018
How To Sleep Faster. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2018.
“Departures.” Crack magazine X Fred Perry, November 2018.
“Polyester Issue 8.” Polyester, August 2018.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Williams, Megan. “British working-class photography features in new show,” Creative Review, April 4, 2024.
Moroz, Sarah. “Katy Hessel Talks About Putting Women Artists Front and Center at Five Major Museums,” Observer, April 2, 2024.
Kane, Ashleigh. “Art shows to see in London, Paris, LA and Vienna this April 2024,” Dazed, March 29, 2024.
2023
Jansen, Charlotte. “The best photography shows of 2023,” The Guardian, December 24, 2023.
Rosen, Miss. “A Portrait of Home Through the Queer Gaze,” huck, December 21, 2023.
Dinsdale, Emily. “Rene Matić’s new show is a love letter to chosen families,” Dazed, November 9, 2023.
Russell, Emma. “Photographing queer life in conservative Britain,” i-D, October 30, 2023.
“Bronwyn Katz and Rene Matić Win the Spirit Now Acquisition Prize at Frieze London 2023,” Frieze Magazine, October 13, 2023.
Greenberger, Alex. “Tate Acquires Poppers Sculpture, Feminist Painting, and More at Frieze London,” ARTnews, October 12, 2023.
Frankel, Eddy. “The Future of London Art: Rene Matić,” TimeOut, October 10, 2023.
Steer, Emily. “How Queer Artist Are Exploring Notions of Home,” AnOther, September 21, 2023.
“Local Talent: London-based Artists at Frieze 2023,” Frieze Magazine, September 19, 2023.
Muk, Isaac. “A Photographic Diary of Travis Alabanza’s Day-to-Day,” huck, August 9, 2023.
Williams, Megan. “Rene Matić documents the interior life of a performer,” Creative Review, July 13, 2023.
Anderson, Sarski. “Rene Matić’s Domestic Portraits of Travis Alabanza to be Exhibited at Martin Parr Foundation,” B24/7, July 12, 2023.
Wallace, Megan. “In Pictures: an intimate and queer friendship between an artist and playwright,” Dazed, July 12, 2023.
Ruhi, Parmar Amin. “Rene Matić Takes Us Into Their Studio With Levi’s,” Highsnobiety, March 23, 2023.
Tom Seymour and Gareth Harris. “All Change at Tate Britain After First Rehang in a Decade,” The Art Newspaper, May 23, 2023.
“Rene Matić ‘upon this rock’ at Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna,” Mousse, March 8, 2023.
Bromwich, Kathryn. “On my radar: Joy Crooke’s cultural highlights,” The Guardian, February 25, 2023.
Sherwood, Harriet. “First Tate Britain rehang in 10 years will put female artists at centre,” The Guardian, February 15, 2023.
2022
Huw, Dylan. “Review: Rene Matić at South London Gallery,” Artforum, November 20, 2022.
Elliott, Martha. “Two South London Gallery shows explore selfhood and subcultures,” Wallpaper, October 13, 2022.
Dinsdale, Emily. “London artist Rene Matić is subverting white skinhead culture,” Dazed, October 13, 2022.
Bucknell, Alice. “The Best Shows to See in London During Frieze,” Frieze Magazine, October 11, 2022.
Sherwin, Skye. “Interview: Artist Rene Matić: ‘This story is about what, if anything, saves us,’” The Guardian, September 26, 2022.
“Rene Matić with Burberry,” Highsnobiety, August 22, 2022.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “Rene Matić in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist,” CURA, July, 2022.
“Questioning History: An Artist Asks, ‘Whose Stories Are Preserved’,” Morgan Stanley, April 25, 2022.
Ghosh, Ravi. “The Enemies Within,” Tribune, April 20, 2022.
2021
Prowse, Jamila. “Rene Matić: ‘This book is where I’ve come from,” 1854, November 25, 2021.
Fullerton, Elizabeth. “The 10 Best Booths at Frieze London: From Boy-Band Personas to Audio-Visual Healing Environments and More,” ARTnews, October 14, 2021.
Mills, Charlie. “Interview with Rene Matić,” _Floorr, May 20, 2021.
“Of Skinheads and Skin: The Artwork of Rene Matić,” Underground Music Art Subculture, February 2, 2021.
2020
Boddington, Ruby. “Rene Matić explores ‘dimensions of Blackness through the lens of their own personal experiences as a queer Black womxn,” It’s Nice That, August 17, 2020.
“Disrupting the white gaze with Rene Matić,” HUNGER, January 15, 2020.
2018
“The Muse: Meet CSM student and creative activist Rene Matić,” HUNGER, November 15, 2018.
Sidhu, TJ. “Meet the young, queer, woman of colour creating art from her experiences,” Dazed, October 11, 2018.
“Young, Femme and Hitched: Meet the Couple Trailblazing a More Modern Marriage,” i-D, May 31, 2018.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Tate, London, UK
Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, FR
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
UK Government Art Collection, London, UK
Arts Council Collection, London, UK
Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
University Arts London Collection, London, UK
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
South London Gallery, London, UK