{{COI|date=April 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} alt=|thumb|Matt's Gallery exterior, 92 Webster Road '''Matt's Gallery''' is a contemporary art gallery currently located in Nine Elms at 6 Charles Clowes Walk, London, SW11 7AN.<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news|first1=Jonathan|last1=Jones|accessdate=2019-04-10|title=Jonathan Jones: Matt's Gallery: a real friend to art|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/03/london-art-matts-gallery|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 March 2009|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="telegraph">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3653409/Caught-in-a-labyrinth-of-ideas.html|title=Caught in a labyrinth of ideas|last=Dorment|first=Richard|date=2006-06-26|access-date=2019-01-25|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> Its director, Robin Klassnik OBE, opened the gallery in 1979 on Martello Street, before moving premises to Copperfield Road, Mile End in 1993. In 2022 Matt's Gallery moved to Nine Elms, Battersea.<ref name="wandsworth">{{cite web|access-date=2023-04-27|title=Matt’s Gallery opens in Nine Elms|url=https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/2022-news/news-april-2022/matts-gallery-opens-in-nine-elms/|website=Wandsworth Borough Council}}</ref>
The gallery is named after Klassnik's dog, ''Matt E. Mulsion''.<ref name="troostwyk obit">{{cite news|first1=Michael|last1=McNay|accessdate=2019-04-10|title=David Troostwyk obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/oct/16/david-troostwyk-obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 October 2009|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==History== The gallery opened in 1979 in, founder and director, Robin Klassnik's studio space on Martello Street. It moved to Copperfield Road, Mile End in 1993.{{cn|date=October 2025}}
The first exhibition in 1979 was of conceptual artist, David Troostwyk.<ref name="troostwyk obit"/>
Among the artists represented by Matt's Gallery are Willie Doherty, Susan Hiller, Richard Grayson,<ref>Waldemar Januszsak, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090518235943/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article6288039.ece Credit crunch art at East End galleries], ''The Times Literary Supplement'', 17 May 2009</ref> Graham Fagen, Nathaniel Mellors, Mike Nelson, Benedict Drew, Imogen Stidworthy and Lindsay Seers.<ref name="theguardian"/>
In 2022 Matt's Gallery moved to its new {{convert|6000|sqft}} permanent space in Nine Elms, Battersea as part of Wandsworth Council's cultural strategy.<ref name="wandsworth"/>
== See also == *Art group
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://www.mattsgallery.org Matt's Gallery]
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Category:Contemporary art galleries in London Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1979 Category:1979 establishments in England