Matt Hardman’s paintings explore the complex relationships which develop between different personalities over time; and our preoccupation with our own, personal experiences of reality and the feeling of alienation this sometimes causes. The subjects recall raw emotional states which we learn to mask in life. Hardman draws from his own direct experiences but reshuffles and re-present them in an attempt to recapture the atmosphere of a remembered event or situation and the intensity of the feeling around it. The hope is that the work conveys some of the anxieties, humour and frustrations that are part of the human condition.
Biography
1989 - 1992 Studied art & design at mid Cheshire college
1992 - 1994 University of Brighton 2D-3D communication ( Awarded distinction)
Showing since 2004 at Rye Art Gallery East Sussex
2006 - solo show Rye Art Gallery
2008 - 2010 University of Brighton, Illustration ( Awarded distinction)
2008 - Present member of the Rye Society of Artists
2014 - Langham Gallery London
2015 - two person exhibition Rye Art Gallery
2015 - work purchased by Rye art Gallery for permanent collection
2018 - solo show Rye Art Gallery
2020 - Master piece Gallery london
2021 - Escape art center Tonbridge
2021 - solo show Rye Bank gallery
2023 - View gallery Bristol
2023 - John Moores painting prize long list
2025 - Rogue Gallery St Leonards Hastings
2025 - Black Shed Gallery Roberts Bridge East Sussex
2025 - NG Art Creative south of France
Matt hardman ( born 1972 ) lives and works in Rye East Sussex UK studied 2D & 3D communication at University of Brighton 1992 - 1994 & Illustration at the University of Brighton 2008 - 2010 achieving awards in both subjects he has exhibited extensively in the UK and his work is held in private and public collections.
