{{Short description|British artist (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} '''Matt Bryans''' (born 1977) is an artist based in London. Bryans has exhibited at Tate Modern in the exhibition ''Untitled'' (2005), with Amie Dicke, Godfried Donkor, Dr Lakra, Wangechi Mutu, Jockum Nordström, Stephen Shearer and Nicole Wermers.<ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/untitled-pin-contemporary-collage-and-drawing/untitled-pin Untitled: Pin Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing: The Artists], Tate.org.uk.</ref> He erases colour photographs from magazines, leaving behind smudged and smeared newsprint.<ref>Gilda Williams, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_9_44/ai_n26865831 ''Matt Bryans: Kate MacGarry''], ''ArtForum'', May 2006. </ref> Such collections of masked news stories covered the walls of galleries in immersive installations.<ref>{{Cite web|title = UK Art Museum pop-up exhibit Nov. 14-15 supports preservation, move of Lexington’s Peoples Bank {{!}} KyForward.com|url = http://www.kyforward.com/uk-art-museum-exhibit-peoples-portal-supports-preservation-move-of-lexingtons-peoples-bank|website = www.kyforward.com|accessdate = 2015-12-13}}</ref>
Examples of Bryans work have been acquired by several important public art collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Tate Modern, London.<ref>{{Cite news|title= Artist Talk Today Saturday 9th February : Matt Bryans in conversation with Gilda Williams @KateMacGarry |url = http://fadmagazine.com/2013/02/08/artist-talk-tomorrow-saturday-9th-february-matt-bryans-in-conversation-with-gilda-williams-katemacgarry/ |work= FAD Magazine |date=8 February 2013|accessdate = 2015-12-18}}</ref>
==Exhibitions==
*2008 Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London *2007 Matt Bryans, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam *2006 Matt Bryans, Atlanta Center of Contemporary Art, USA *2006 Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London *2005 ''Picture This!'', MMD Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium *2005 Matt Bryans, Salon 94, New York *2005 Matt Bryans - Landscapes, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam *2003 Matt Bryans, Kate MacGarry, London
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