Matthew Thompson

5th July 2019Creative Journeys - National College of Art & DesignInstallation T2 Dublin Airport. A culmination of a five year collaboration with Bob Grey of Red&Grey Design. A huge thanks to the Business to Arts, DAA and all involved!24th June 2019Inis Meáin Knitting Co.Menswear SS/2020
Collaboration with Detail Design Studio.Link to article 14th May 2019100 ArchiveA massive thank you to Lara Hanlon of IBM for interviewing me about process and collaboration for the 100 Archive, a privilege to be involved. Collaborations with Socio Design, Red & Grey and Made Thought shown.Link to article 2nd May 2019Financial TimesPleasure to take Eamonn Doyle’s portrait for the Financial Times (London). A gent and massive talent.8th Feb 2019Hummingbird Collaboration with Red & Grey Design Studio.
Location / London8th Feb 2019Imagined LivesAlfred de Mudders' text accompanies glass plates developed by the Lumier Brothers 1893. Found in a Parisian antique shop and very kindly gifted to me by Irish fashion designer Helen Cody. The plates seem to invite me to invent potential imagined lives and alternative understandings to what never was.

Music Bill Callaghan.31st Jan 2019Oxford Sciences InnovationCollaboration with Red & Grey on rebrand of OSI Oxford.

Full project29th Jan 2019Life ExpectancyNotes on an evolving Hong Kong.

Full project10th Jan 2019Inis Meáin Knitting Co. AW/2019Collaboration with art director and designer Brian Nolan of Detail Design Studio and model Daniel Rosen.

Full project.8th Jan 2018Inis Meáin Knitting Co. AW 2019Direction: Matthew Thompson
Art Direction: Brian Nolan
Music: Kieth Byrne
Model: Daniel Rosen10th Dec 2018Irish Arts Review / December 2018A massive thanks to Stephanie McBride of Irish Arts Review for her beautifully written feature on my documenting of the creative process at The National College of Art & Design, Dublin over the last 6 years. Which was a true collaboration with Bob Grey of Red&Grey Design. Thank you to all the students who gave their time and Cathy McCartney of NCAD for her faith in us.28th Nov 2018HozierAbsolute pleasure to take Hozier’s portrait for December issue of Cara Magazine, thanks to all involved. Styled by Kitty McLaughlin Dunning, Grooming by Vivien Pomeroy. Shot on location at 14 Henrietta Street, D1. Assisted by George Voronov. Thanks to Cara's Eoin Higgens & Lucy White

Portraits20th Nov 2018FinebloomsSpecialist florist based in Dubai. Collaboration with Nic Carter of Socio Design and Hattie Fox founder of That Flower Shop, Shoreditch, London

Project8th Nov 2018Dublin LandingsA collaboration with Made Thought (London), Arrow Architects (Copenhagen) and Ballymore (London). Promoting a development that celebrates the culture and life of Dublin's North Side. Art director Alistair Webb, produced
by Max Carpio.Project.5th Nov 2018Film installation for Irish Pavilion, Biennale of Architecture & Urbanism Shenzhen, China.Collaboration with Tom Burke, Gerry Horan, AP+E, Urban Agency, Irish Design 2015 and Peter Maybury. Thanks to Nathalie Weadick, Rachel Gallagher, Edmond Kiely, Laurence Lord & Zita Zhong.More4th Nov 2018Venice Remembered – MotionShort video sketch made during the Venice Biennale 2018
Music by Eric Serra21st Aug 2018Creative Journeys – InstallationNational College of Art & Design with Dublin Airport 2018
Five year collaboration with Bob Grey of Red&Grey Design.More work7th June 2018Avolon AviationCollaboration with Saatchi & Saatchi Pro, London.
Art Director: Ian Otway / Cleint: Sean PatwellView7th June 2018PrecipiceSpectacle and spectators of Cliffs of Moher, 120 meters above the Atlantic Ocean, Co Clare, Ireland.View22nd May 2018The Space Between, Italy

Observation on commission for The Venice Architectural Biennale 2018. Thanks to all involved, Laurence, Jeff and all the teamProject22nd May 2018G7 2017 - Turin ItalyDigital Advisory Document for Italian Government.
Designed by Bob Grey of Adaptive Cultures + Red&Grey Design

Thanks to all involved Thomas Emacora, Paul Hughes and the Italian Digital Tranformation team.Project28th Feb 2018

Extra-skeletal / Lisbon

A massive thanks to Andrea Grützner and Federico Clavarino for their brilliant workshop ‘Strategies Against the Map’ and Tiago Casanova and Pedro Guimaraes from XYZ Books Lisbon, for their patience and expertise.

Pic. Tiago Casanova

23rd Jan 2018

Inis Meáin Knitting Co. – A/W 2018

Art direction: Brian Nolan
Agency: Detail Design Studio
Model: Daniel Rosen

Further work

23rd Jan 2018

Climate: NYC

Life from New York during August 2017. A total solar eclipse and hurricane Harvey amongst other storms brewing. All clipping and extracts are from the New York Times during that month.

Further work

22nd March 2018

Reading Macbeth

First in a sequence of films staring Marty Rae celebrating the process of actors in preparation for a role.
Thanks to the Gate Theatre, Dublin.

More work16th Jan 2018

Dolores O'Riordan (1971 – 2018)

I’m saddened to hear the news of Dolores, I was lucky to take her portrait for Cara Magazine, she put the whole crew at ease, remembering everyone’s name and asking about their lives. I was hugely nervous so she pep-talked me through the shoot, I often think of her kindness.

Further portraits4th Jan 2018

Final Season

Documenting the final summer Mossab and his brothers tended to tourist horses in Petra, Jordan. The little money they make goes towards the horses keep, most don't live beyond the tourist season. Location: Petra, Jordan, 2009

Further work

29th Nov 2017

Project: Aiden Gillen (actor)
Commission: Cara Magazine

Editor: Lucy White
Assistant: Daragh McDonagh

Portraits of actors14th Nov 2017

Project: Design District
Commission: Nic Carter / Socio Design

Assemblage Architects / 6a Architects Architects / Adam Khan Architects / Mole Architects / Architecture 00 / David Kohn Architects / Map Project Office / SelgasCano Architects / Jochen Holz Glassblower / Caren Hartley Bicycle-maker

Further work10th Oct 2017Composition Study
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan19th Sept 2017Brooklyn by Design
Artists + Designers
New York City5th Sept 2017

Trace / Syria Before the War

Looking for artefacts for Syria's trade pre-war political relationships.
"Trace" is certification tool used for mapping the trade of live animals.

Location/ Aleppo+Damascus, Syria
Date / 2009

1st Sept 2017Rushes / Fáilte Ireland / Irish Tourist Board

Client / Company of Huskies
Director / Cian McKenna
Agency / Windmill Lane
Matthew Thompson / Camera
Music / Lisa Hannigan (temp)30th August 2017Sphere One x Inis Meáin / Fisherman’s SweaterFisherman / Marty Rea
Music / Kieth Byrne
Film / Matthew Thompson + Detail Design 22nd August 2017Cartoon Saloon / WIRED (Japan)

Writer / Asuka Kawanabe
Location / Ireland

Project 2nd July 201728th June 2017The Shirt Project by Helen Cody

Music / The Walls
Hair / Michael Leong
Makeup / Lucy Bloom Webb
Design Assistant / Hannah Vail
Special thank you to Killian Shurman
Photo Assistants / George Voronov & Daragh McDonagh

Further work Portrait of Gallery, DublinCollaboration with director Adrian McCarthy of Wildfire Films on promotional images for his brilliant documentary on the renovation of The National Gallery of Ireland.Further work25th June 2017Under the Surface, CambodiaMy first printed article in about the ongoing effects of war post conflict. Concentrating on landmine victims and those effected by chemical weapons.Medicine san Frontieres25 May 2017Ben McMahon PhotographerGreat to meet Ben McMahon again, first time in ten years, check out his stunning work here.Further portraits.25 May 2017Cresent New OrleansWhen collaborating with activist Maria Hinds in Louisiana I was invited to attend the Second line, a tradition New Orleanian cultural celebration stemming from a funeral procession of mourners.Further work20 May 2017Waiting for Godot DruidPromotional material for production starring Garrett Lombard, Aaron Monaghan, Rory Nolan and Marty Rea. Directed by Garry Hynes.

Other Druid projects.
19 May 2017The Casement Project PromotionCollaboration with choreographer Fearghus Ó'Conchúir and his incredible team: Mikel Aristegui, Theo Clinkard, Philip Connaughton, Bernadette Iglich, Matthew Morris, Liv O’Donoghue. Location: Burrow Beach. Thanks to Kenneth O’Halloran.

View commission18 May 2017Blathnaid Treacy PresenterPortraits as part of rebrand of RTÉ's 2FM, a collaboration with art director Éanna O'Shea of Image Now, Dublin.

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17 May 2017En TransitTrips to Photo Paris over the years have yielded more inspiration then work. These images are usually taken when walking, often lost and invariably late for social appointments.

Further work17 May 2017GEO SaisonPrivilege to work for German title GEO Saison, rediscovering Dublin from a literary perspective. Thanks to all those involved.

Further information15 May 2017Irish Hospice Foundation Sons+FathersVery proud to be part of the Sons+Fathers book project, beautifully designed by Zero-G Design in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation

Further information15 May 2017IMA – Photographer of the Year Award 2016Feature on Warsaw, Poland
Thanks to Lucy White and all the folks at Cara Magazine

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10 February 2017Off cuts Shen-Zhen9 February 2017Sir. J.Hurt 1940-2017

I'm saddened to hear of the passing of one of the world's great talents. His nature was warm, gentle and generous. Thank you John.

Krapp's Last Tape Beckett9 February 2017Designer, Stephanie McDermottEx: Red&Grey Designmade with Lay Theme