About — matt small

Primarily a painter, Small has a strong, compelling style, often choosing discarded objects like car bonnets or old signs instead of canvas for his work. “The theme of my work is young, dispossessed people: individuals who feel undervalued, who don’t have a voice, who get looked over.” Small explains how the urban debris he paints on becomes symbolic of the feeling of being without value: “I thought it’d be interesting to connect the two – that oven door, that shelving unit, that piece of trash to someone – I don’t see it like that, I see that it can be something beautiful and worthwhile. That’s how I see our young people too. Let’s look at their potential, at the hope that’s in all of them

Education

MA Illustration, Royal College of Art, 2000

BA Illustration, Westminster 1998

Solo Exhibitions

This is England - National football museum-Manchester -2023

Everybody is a masterpiece -JG contemporary-London-2023

Seeing is believing -The Brits awards, back stage area- London-2023

This is England - Guild hall gallery - london - 2022

This is England - Pitzhanger Gallery - London - 2021

Above and beyond - Gunnersbury Museum - London- 2021

The world at their feet - St. George’s Park FA training ground- 2021

Precious- nelly duff - London - 2021