Matt Fratson utilises archival material, artefacts, and creative technologies in a continuous examination of memory, and patterns of transformation across earth sciences. He is currently based in Hull, England.

Education

2020 MA Visual Arts: Fine Art Digital - Distinction - Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London
2017 PGCE (Lifelong Learning), University of Huddersfield
2011 BA (Hons) Contemporary Fine Art Practice - First - Hull School of Art and Design

Projects

2024-25 — Virtual Ecologies. Project Lead (Arts Council England)
2023-25 — Resurfacing Doggerland Artist Collaboration - Lead Artist (DutchCulture / Arts Council England)
2024 — Sunk. Collaboration with Creel Project
2021-23 — The Stacks. Lead Artist, residency with Hull Libraries (James Reckitt Library Trust)

Exhibitions

2024 S u n k. w Creel Project, Hepworth’s Arcade, Hull
2023 Intermittence. Hull Libraries [Solo]
2021 The Stacks. Hull Libraries [Solo]
2020 Flood Story. Humber Street, Hull [Solo]
2020 Ars Electronica .ART Global Gallery [Online]
2020 MA Visual Arts Showcase, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, London
2018 A Case for Place. Steel Rooms, Brigg
2013 Remnants and Remains w Emily Goff. Belhaven University, Jackson, MS, USA

Roles and Responsibilities

2021 — Engagement Producer, 87 Gallery & Artlink Hull
2023 — Associate Lecturer, Central St. Martins UAL (MA Fine Art Digital)

2020 Award - South Kiosk Award. Support and mentoring from the curators at South Kiosk Gallery, London

Lectures and Talks

2024 Working with Fragments - Archaeology Institute, University of Groningen
2024 Funding in Practice - Humber Street Gallery
2022 A Geology of Making - Creative Arts Faculty, Hull College
2022 Strata Maps Workshop - Central Saint Martins UAL
2020 A Geology of Making - University of Derby

Curation

2021 — Carbon - Borders - Voices [Online]
2017-19 — Hull Fishing Heritage (Hull UK City of Culture 2017 Creative Communities)