Biography
Matthew Gammon is a photographer based in Boyle in the west of Ireland. Originally from England, Matthew moved to Belfast in 1990 to attend Queen’s University, where he obtained a BA in Politics & Scholastic Philosophy and an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies. He has also received certification in Art History, and a Masters in Library and Information Studies from University College Dublin.
His practice captures and interprets the innate beauty to be found in both the natural and man made worlds, not only their interaction but also how our built heritage alters by nature’s attempts to re-establish itself over our creations. His current project focuses on the abstraction of the essential elements of our surroundings to portray a fresh aesthetic on how we see the commonplace and everyday.
He has been accorded numerous awards and grants including a First place award at the Irish Photographic Federation Mid-West National Print & Projected Image Competition, 2014. He has exhibited widely through Ireland including the Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast and the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
Solo, Two-Person & Three Person Exhibitions
2022 An Dáil Sceite / The Feather Assembly, The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
2022 Three Person Exhibition with David J. Pierce & Laura Jean Zito, Boyle Arts Festival, Studio 11, Boyle, Ireland
2021 (s)Light of Hand 2020 Award Winners: Matt Connors & Matthew Gammon, The Photographer’s Eye Collective Gallery, Escondido, California, USA
2019 Architectural Abstractions, Gallery Space, Aidan Heavey Public Library, Athlone, Ireland
2018 Inked & Pressed, From Digital Image to Hand Pulled Print, PhotoIreland Festival 2018, In-Spire Galerie, Dublin, Ireland
2017 Beauty in the Commonplace, An Exhibition of Photo Intaglio Prints, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Northern Ireland
2017 King House, Boyle, Ireland
2017 National Museum of Ireland, Castlebar, Ireland
Selected Exhibitions
2023 RPS Members Summer Exhibition, Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK
2023 Connections, Invited Artists Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Ireland
2023 Summer Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2023 Mór, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2023 Photo Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol, UK
2023 Oscillation (curated by Ria Czerniak LeBov), Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Winter Show, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2022 141st Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy (RUA), Belfast, Northern Ireland
2022 Returning Home, Simon Communities of Ireland & Graphic Studio Dublin, CHQ Building, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Summer Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Past, Present, Future, Boyle Arts Festival, Invited Artists Exhibition, Boyle, Ireland
2022 Cairde Visual, Cairde Sligo Arts Festival, The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
2022 Ulysses Imagined, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2022 192nd Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2021 Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2021 The John Richardson Residency Shortlisted Artist’s Exhibition, Hambly & Hambly Gallery Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
2021 The Art of Home, The Graphic Studio Dublin & Simon Communities of Ireland, CHQ, Dublin, Ireland
2021 Crossings, Boyle Arts Festival, Invited Artists Exhibition, King House, Boyle, Ireland
2021 Discoverprint21, Greenacres Gallery Wexford, Ireland
2021 Remarque Print Workshop & Gallery – Re-Emergence! Explorations in Photography and Printmaking, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
2021 Graphic Studio Gallery – Favourites, Online Exhibition
2021 Center for Photographic Art – Members Juried Exhibition – Online Section, Carmel, California, USA
2021 Transitions 17 CIC – Teesside Print Prize, The Palace Hub, Redcar, UK
2020 Diamond Point, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2020 139th Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) Ulster Museum, Belfast, N. Ireland
2020 Westival, Westport Music + Arts Festival, Westival Gallery, Westport, Ireland
2020 Architectonic, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2020 (S)light of Hand, The Photographer’s Eye Collective Gallery, Escondido, California, USA
2020 60 Years of Graphic Studio Dublin, Hyde Bridge Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
2020 Discoverprint20, Greenacres Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
2020 Uig Open 2020: Re-imagined Online, Hulabhaig
2019 Vue – Ireland’s National Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2019 Wexford Festival Art Exhibition 2019, Greenacres Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
2019 Discoverprint19, Greenacres Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
2019 Summer Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2019 Cairde Visual, Cairde Sligo Arts Festival, Open Submission Exhibition, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
2019 Legacy, Invited Artists Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Ireland
2018 Tyrone Guthrie Touring Exhibition, Cootehill Library, Bailieborough Library & Johnston Central Library, Cavan, Ireland
2018 Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2018 Source, Hambly and Hambly Gallery, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
2018 Summer Show, Graphic Studio Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
2018 Gathering, Boyle Arts Festival Main Exhibition, Invited Artists Exhibition, Boyle, Ireland
2017 Another bite of the cherry, Graphic Studio Dublin, An exhibition of original fine art prints inspired by The National Botanic Gardens Dublin, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland
2017 An Image: A Poem. Visual Art and Poetry Crossover Initiative, Aras an Chontae, Roscommon County Council, Roscommon, Ireland
2017 Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) – National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK
2017 Summer Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2017 Facing West, Boyle Arts Festival Main Exhibition, Invited Artists Exhibition, Boyle, Ireland
2017 Reset The Compass, Hambly and Hambly Gallery, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
2017 Incognito Live Exhibition and Sale (in aid of the Jack & Jill Children’s foundation), The Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2017 Visual Rhythm, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2016 Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery Dublin, Ireland
2016 The Idea of North, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland
2016 135th Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy (RUA), Ulster Museum, Belfast, N. Ireland
2016 Graphic Studio Gallery – Urbis Felicitas – A Celebration of Mountjoy Square, Dublin, Ireland
2016 North by Northwest, Boyle Arts Festival Main Exhibition, Invited Artists Exhibition, Boyle, Ireland
2016 Summer Show, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland
2016 Printed Matter, Graphic Studio Dublin & Galway Print Studio, The Connacht Tribune Printworks, Galway, Ireland
2016 Summer Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2016 glór, Waterbased and Other Stories, Ennis, Ireland
2015 Royal Photographic Society (RPS) – International Print Exhibition 158, Various locations throughout the UK and Ireland
2015 The Dock, Annual Exhibition, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland
2015 134th Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy (RUA), Ulster Museum, Belfast, N.Ireland
2015 Photographic Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, Ireland
2015 Open Art Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, Ireland
2015 14th Mini Print Annual Exhibition, Lessedra Art Gallery, Sophia, Bulgaria
2014 184th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2014 Palm Springs Photo Festival Portfolio Review Source Book, Palm Springs, USA
2014 Easter Exhibition, Glebe Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
2014 4th Painting and Mixed Media Competition, Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014-2013 Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2013-2012 Photographic Exhibibition, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Ireland