Contact
T +353 (0)85 1266 240
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About
Matthew Thompson is an award winning Irish artist working in photography and film. His collaborative Poetry Speaks films were showcased at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin from May to August 2021, and his portrait of Andrew Hozier-Byrne was a finalist for the Zurich Portrait Award in 2020.
In 2015, Matthew collaborated with Broadstone Films to represent Ireland in the Architectural Biennale in Shenzhen, China. He has worked with a diverse range of esteemed clients, including Pentagram, Philips, Saatchi & Saatchi Pro, Adrain Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, RADA, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Red&Grey Design, Detail Design Studio, Bielke & Yang, Socio Design, Made Thought, Monocle, Wired (Japan), Condé Nast, Time-Warner, Cara, and EMI.
Matthew's personal work is focused on exploring how conditioning influences perception, and he has exhibited his work in New York, New Orleans, Paris, London, Shenzhen, Helsinki, Belfast, and Dublin. He holds a Masters of Fine Art Photography from the University of Ulster in Belfast and a Bachelor of Design Degree from The National College of Art & Design in Dublin.
Photographs by Aisling McCoy, Bob Grey, Annie Coburn & Jill Moore
Awards
Zurich Portrait Award 2020
Shortlist – Andew Hozier-Byrne
Irish Magazine Awards 2016
Winner – Photographer of the Year / Cara Magazine
Source/Cord Prize 2014
Shortlist – Instance
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design Awards 2014
Judge – Design Catagory
Irish Magazine Awards 2013
Nomination – Photographer of the Year / Cara Magazine
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design Awards 2012
Silver – Conversations About Culture
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design Awards 2012
Silver – Dublin Theatre Festival
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design Awards 2012
Nomination – Saba The Cook Book
Observer-Hodge Photographic Award 2006
Nomination – Sahara
Press
The New York Times
27th March 2021, Arts Section, Colin Moynihan
Irish Art Review
December/January 2018-19, Stephanie McBride, p112-117
Creative Review
9th March 2015, Offset 2015, Rachael Steven
Wallpaper
14 Dec 2015, Catherine Shaw
British Journal of Photography
September 2014, Projects Graduates, p28–29
Collections
Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland
SMBC Aviation, Ireland
Exhibitions
40 Films // Poetry Speaks, Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. May – August 2021
10 Films // Coole Park Poetry Series July 2021 Exhibition //
Druid with Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Zurich Portrait Award, May 2021
36 Films // Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Irish Rep Theatre, Manhattan, April 2021
9 Films // Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation & Druid 2020
Druid Theatre Galway
The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2020
Zurich Portrait Award
Creative Journeys (with Bob Grey), T2 Dublin, 2018-2021
T2 Dublin Airport
PhotoIreland Festival, Paris, Nov 2016
New Irish Works
PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin, Oct 2016
New Irish Works
CNYFD
Shen-Zhen, Kildare, Ireland 2016
Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism Shenzhen, China 2015/16
Irish Pavilion
Royal Hibernian Academy
Group Show, Dublin, Ireland 2015
Backlight Photo Festival
Group Show, Tampere, Finland 2014
MFA Photo Show
Group Show, Dublin 2014
MFA Photo Show
Group Show, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2014
Belfast Exposed 2013
Interim Group Show
Movember
Group Show, Dublin 2013
Fotodoks
Magnum Slide Show, Munich 2011
PhotoIreland
Solo Instalation, Dublin 2011
Hodge Observer Photographic Award
Group Show, London 2006
Lecturing
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London
Poetry Films / Poetry Film Workshop / 2021-23
Dublin City University, Dublin
Lecture / 2018
University of Ulster, Belfast
Lecture / 2018
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Masters Tutor / 2020
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Undergrad Tutor / 2008–18
PhotoIreland – Cow House Studios
Workshop / 2017
Griffith College Dublin
Lecture / 2017-19
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Workshop / 2011 and 14
OFFSET, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Speaker / 2015
OFFSET, Limerick College of Art & Design
Speaker / 2014
Above the Fold, Galway
Speaker / 2014–16
Contact
T +353 (0)85 1266 240
E hello@matthewthompsonphotography.com
Instagram
About
Matthew Thompson is an award winning Irish artist working in photography and film. His collaborative Poetry Speaks films were showcased at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin from May to August 2021, and his portrait of Andrew Hozier-Byrne was a finalist for the Zurich Portrait Award in 2020.
In 2015, Matthew collaborated with Broadstone Films to represent Ireland in the Architectural Biennale in Shenzhen, China. He has worked with a diverse range of esteemed clients, including Pentagram, Philips, Saatchi & Saatchi Pro, Adrain Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, RADA, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Red&Grey Design, Detail Design Studio, Bielke & Yang, Socio Design, Made Thought, Monocle, Wired (Japan), Condé Nast, Time-Warner, Cara, and EMI.
Matthew's personal work is focused on exploring how conditioning influences perception, and he has exhibited his work in New York, New Orleans, Paris, London, Shenzhen, Helsinki, Belfast, and Dublin. He holds a Masters of Fine Art Photography from the University of Ulster in Belfast and a Bachelor of Design Degree from The National College of Art & Design in Dublin.
Photographs by Aisling McCoy, Bob Grey, Annie Coburn & Jill Moore
Awards
Zurich Portrait Award 2020
Shortlist – Andew Hozier-Byrne
Irish Magazine Awards 2016
Winner – Photographer of the Year / Cara Magazine
Source/Cord Prize 2014
Shortlist – Instance
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design Awards 2014
Judge – Design Catagory
Irish Magazine Awards 2013
Nomination – Photographer of the Year / Cara Magazine
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design Awards 2012
Silver – Conversations About Culture
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design Awards 2012
Silver – Dublin Theatre Festival
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design Awards 2012
Nomination – Saba The Cook Book
Observer-Hodge Photographic Award 2006
Nomination – Sahara
Press
The New York Times
27th March 2021, Arts Section, Colin Moynihan
Irish Art Review
December/January 2018-19, Stephanie McBride, p112-117
Creative Review
9th March 2015, Offset 2015, Rachael Steven
Wallpaper
14 Dec 2015, Catherine Shaw
British Journal of Photography
September 2014, Projects Graduates, p28–29
Collections
Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland
SMBC Aviation, Ireland
Exhibitions
40 Films // Poetry Speaks, Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. May – August 2021
10 Films // Coole Park Poetry Series July 2021 Exhibition //
Druid with Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Zurich Portrait Award, May 2021
36 Films // Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Irish Rep Theatre, Manhattan, April 2021
9 Films // Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation & Druid 2020
Druid Theatre Galway
The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2020
Zurich Portrait Award
Creative Journeys (with Bob Grey), T2 Dublin, 2018-2021
T2 Dublin Airport
PhotoIreland Festival, Paris, Nov 2016
New Irish Works
PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin, Oct 2016
New Irish Works
CNYFD
Shen-Zhen, Kildare, Ireland 2016
Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism Shenzhen, China 2015/16
Irish Pavilion
Royal Hibernian Academy
Group Show, Dublin, Ireland 2015
Backlight Photo Festival
Group Show, Tampere, Finland 2014
MFA Photo Show
Group Show, Dublin 2014
MFA Photo Show
Group Show, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2014
Belfast Exposed 2013
Interim Group Show
Movember
Group Show, Dublin 2013
Fotodoks
Magnum Slide Show, Munich 2011
PhotoIreland
Solo Instalation, Dublin 2011
Hodge Observer Photographic Award
Group Show, London 2006
Lecturing
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London
Poetry Films / Poetry Film Workshop / 2021-23
Dublin City University, Dublin
Lecture / 2018
University of Ulster, Belfast
Lecture / 2018
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Masters Tutor / 2020
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Undergrad Tutor / 2008–18
PhotoIreland – Cow House Studios
Workshop / 2017
Griffith College Dublin
Lecture / 2017-19
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Workshop / 2011 and 14
OFFSET, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Speaker / 2015
OFFSET, Limerick College of Art & Design
Speaker / 2014
Above the Fold, Galway
Speaker / 2014–16