Although born and raised in Cornwall, it’s the bright lights and excitement of the city that often influences Matt’s work, as well as the notion of history, real or imagined.

Matt intends to take the viewer on a dreamlike journey through his collection of paintings: at times feeling comforted and uplifted by familiar forms, whilst at other times feeling a sense of unease or discomfort.

Beauty and decay. Life and death. Light and dark. Dreams and nightmares. These are the things that keep Matt awake (painting) at night.

Matt Mackman’s ongoing work looks at the notion of history, real or imagined. His multi-layered images use advertising campaigns and billboard posters which are altered and distorted in order to challenge preconceived ideas of beauty and the impermanence of the physical form. He puts his work through an accelerated ageing process investigating the notion of beauty in decay in order to reflect our own mortality.