Matthew Higgs

Platform: Lecture

Biographies

Matthew Higgs is an artist, curator and writer based in London, known for adopting a more informal and collaborative approach to exhibition making. He is currently one of the four associate directors of exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and a lecturer at both Goldsmith's College and the Royal College of Art. Since 1993 he has been the publisher behind Imprint 93, an ongoing series of artists' editions and multiples, commissioning new works by Martin Creed, Chris Ofili, Elizabeth Peyton, Peter Doig, Frances Stark, and Jeremy Deller, amongst others. He has contributed essays, interviews and articles to numerous exhibition catalogues and journals including; Artforum and Art Monthly. Recent curatorial projects include: The British Art Show 5 (a major five year survey of contemporary British art), Protest & Survive (Whitechapel Art Gallery, London), Jim Shaw's Thrift Store Paintings and City Racing 1988-1998: A Partial Account (both ICA, London).

Oliver Payne and Nick Relph are British artists collaborating on projects exploring documentary filmmaking using video, Super 8 and16mm. Payne (b. 1977) and Relph (b. 1979) both failed and then were excluded from their undergraduate studies at Kingston University. Their collaborative projects include Driftwood (1999), House & Garage (2000) and Jungle (2001).

Matthew Higgs Lectures