Matt Pearce
Matt Pearce graduated in 2013 with First Class Honours from the University for the Creative Arts.
Matt’s work is inspired by an interest in the human figure and how it can be textualised in order to express identity – or to transform it. Specifically he is drawn to the art of tattooing of the human form and exploring the power it has to assign social status as well as to turn the body into a living work of art.
Matt’s subjects include tattooed ladies from the late 19th and early 20th century circus and contemporary Russian prisoners, looking at how their tattooing has both defined their identities and rewritten their histories.
About his practice Matt writes: “I’ll often begin with a textured or toothed surface: sometimes it will literally be texture (handwriting or the pages of a book) or it may be a layer of tissue paper or a sand mixture. Then I’ll build up the image in layers. I work in acrylic but also enjoy mixing my media, so I’ll often add pen, pencil, gel mediums and collage materials. I’ll always have my oil pastels close to hand and a palette knife to scratch back the surface.
“I like to create a palimpsest: a surface that is not a unified whole but is instead a series of revealed and obscured layers. With a background in literature and publishing, I’m also interested in exploring the interaction between the visual and the verbal: how a painting can project a narrative and how visual elements can work as a language.”
- Adrienne Byrne
- A.G.
- Aled Prichard-Jones
- Alex Brown – Ledbury Gallery
- Alison MacGregor Grimley
- Amanda Horvath – Ledbury Gallery
- Andy Waite
- Aneurin Jones RCA
- Anna Perlin – Ledbury Gallery
- Anne Bosset – Ledbury Gallery
- Antony Evans
- Beth Fletcher
- Bill Bate – Lion St
- Brent Blair
- Carol Kinchin – Ledbury Gallery
- Carol Orwin
- Ceri Auckland Davies
- Chris Crane
- Chris Neale
- Chris Williams MA ARBS
- Christine Gittins – Ledbury Gallery
- Claire Wiltsher
- Clare Conrad
- David Hoskins – Erwood Gallery
- David Pollock
- David Wiseman – Lion St
- Denis Di Luca – Ledbury Gallery
- Di Metcalfe
- Dylan Lloyd
- Ed Elliott
- Emma Forrester
- Emma Jean Kemp
- Gareth Hugh Davies
- Gerald Dewsbury
- Glenn Morris
- Heidi Archer – Ledbury Gallery
- Ian Stewart – Ledbury Gallery
- James Connolly
- Jay Luttman-Johnson
- Jonathan Cox
- John Gooch
- John Worthington
- Jonathan Trim – Erwood Gallery
- Josh Bowe RCA
- Karen Pearce
- Karlin Rushbrooke – Ledbury Gallery
- Keith Bowen RCA
- Kim Dewsbury
- Linda Edwards – Erwood Gallery
- Linda Johns MRBS
- Linda Warrick – Ledbury Gallery
- Luned Rhys Parri
- Lynda Jones – Ledbury Gallery
- Lynne Cartlidge RCA – Ledbury Gallery
- Mally Ennis – Ledbury Gallery
- Marcus Henke – Erwood Station Gallery
- Maria Santos – Ledbury Gallery
- Martin Duffy
- Matthew Wood
- Matt Pearce
- Meirion Jones
- Michael Kay
- Mike Jones
- Mike Hall
- Nick Pritchard – Lion St
- Nick Vivian – Ledbury Gallery
- Nicola Godden ARBS
- Perryn Butler
- Peter Kettle FRSA RCA
- Rachel Ricketts RBSA – Ledbury Gallery
- Richard Bideau – Ledbury gallery
- Robert Harrison – Erwood Station Gallery
- Rob van Hoek
- Sandra Graham – Ledbury Gallery
- Sarah Grove – Ledbury Gallery
- Sharon Griffin
- Shaun Brosnan
- Shaun Hall – Ledbury Gallery
- Sheridan Ward – Ledbury Gallery
- Shirley Anne Owen RWSW
- Stephen Yardley
- Stuart Roper – Erwood Station Gallery
- Susan Kane – Lion St
- Tia Lambert – Ledbury Gallery
- Valerie Price-West – Ledbury Gallery
- William Swayne
- Yvette Brown – Ledbury Gallery
- Zoe Taylor