{{Short description|British artist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} 280px|thumb|Matthew Darbyshire, An Exhibition for Modern Living, Manchester Art Gallery, 24 Sept 2015 '''Matthew Darbyshire''' (born 1977, Cambridge, UK) is a British artist who lives and works in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/matthew-darbyshire/biography|title=Matthew Darbyshire Biography – Matthew Darbyshire on artnet|website=www.artnet.com}}</ref>
==Background== Darbyshire was born in Cambridge, UK, in 1977. He completed his BA in Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, before going on to complete his Post-Graduate Diploma at Royal Academy Schools, graduating in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/artists/view/matthew-darbyshire|title=Matthew Darbyshire - Artists - Collection|first=Zabludowicz|last=Collection|website=Zabludowicz Collection}}</ref> Darbyshire has held teaching positions at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, Open School East, London/Margate, Goldsmiths, Royal Academy Schools, London and Dirty Art Dept, Amsterdam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/mfa-fine-art/visiting-tutors/|title=MFA Fine Art Visiting Tutors & Lecturers|website=Goldsmiths, University of London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aru.ac.uk/arts-humanities-and-social-sciences/cambridge-school-of-art/research/fine-art-research-unit/members|title=FARU members - ARU|website=aru.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/21/alternative-art-schools-threaten-universities|title=Alternative art schools: a threat to universities?|first=David|last=Batty|newspaper=The Guardian |date=October 21, 2013|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/collecting-emerging-2015|title=Collecting the Emerging (2015)|date=July 21, 2017|website=UCL CULTURE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artandeducation.net/schoolwatch/148703/out-of-the-ordinary-learning-in-public-at-open-school-east|title=Out of the Ordinary: Learning in Public at Open School East - School Watch - Art & Education|website=www.artandeducation.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/design/2018/01/19/the-dirty-art-department-is-a-school-for-rebels.html|title=The Dirty Art Department is a school for rebels|website=www.domusweb.it}}</ref>
==Exhibitions== Darbyshire's work has been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/news/artist-to-watch-matthew-darbyshire/|title=Matthew Darbyshire|date=May 3, 2013|website=Contemporary Art Society}}</ref> Manchester Art Gallery,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibitions-and-events/exhibition/matthew-darbyshire-an-exhibition-for-modern-living/|title=Matthew Darbyshire: An Exhibition for Modern Living}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/matthew-darbyshire-surveys-the-way-we-live-and-curate-our-lives-in-an-exhibition-for-modern-living-10496647.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/matthew-darbyshire-surveys-the-way-we-live-and-curate-our-lives-in-an-exhibition-for-modern-living-10496647.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Matthew Darbyshire surveys the way we live - and curate - our lives|date=September 12, 2015|website=The Independent}}</ref> Krolikarnia National Museum, Warsaw,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infinitemultiple.com/artist/matthew-darbyshire|title=Infinite Multiple Artist - Matthew Darbyshire|website=www.infinitemultiple.com}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> The Hepworth, Wakefield,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hepworthwakefield.org/artist/matthew-darbyshire/|title=Artist Matthew Darbyshire|website=The Hepworth Wakefield}}</ref> Tramway, Glasgow,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tramway.org:443/events/Pages/Matthew-Darbyshire.aspx|title=T Rooms|date=July 17, 2014|website=www.tramway.org}}</ref> Whitechapel Gallery,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/resources/symposium-the-best-is-not-too-good-for-you-15-may-2014/|title=Contemporary Art Society and Whitechapel Gallery Symposium: The Best is Not Too Good for You, 15 May 2014|website=Contemporary Art Society|access-date=20 July 2019|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720153330/http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/resources/symposium-the-best-is-not-too-good-for-you-15-may-2014/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Royal Academy of Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/serpent-and-shadow|title=Serpent and Shadow | Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk}}</ref> His work is in the public collections of Arts Council Collection, UK Government Art Collection, UK, Artist Pension Trust, New York, US, Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, DE, Centre National des arts Plastiques, Paris, FR, The Hepworth, Wakefield, UK.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Matthew Darbyshire | url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/528a0b52e4b016c0d8346859/t/5a60ddde419202899eb1daba/1516297694854/Matthew_Darbyshire_CV_HS.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720154624/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/528a0b52e4b016c0d8346859/t/5a60ddde419202899eb1daba/1516297694854/Matthew_Darbyshire_CV_HS.pdf | archive-date=2019-07-20}}</ref> Public commissions are on display at 11 Rue Simon-Crubellier, Olympic Stadionplein, Amsterdam, NL<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publicart.amsterdam/en/projecten/11-rue-simon-crubellier-2/|title=11 Rue Simon Crubellier}}</ref> and Sculpture Garden, Battersea in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upprojects.com/projects/commissions/sculpture-garden|title=Sculpture Garden ← Projects ←|website=www.upprojects.com}}</ref>
== Works == In 2014 Darbyshire created the polystyrene sculpture ''Hercules'', which is an imitation of the ''Farnese Hercules.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Hinds|first=Aimee|date=23 June 2020|title=Hercules in White: Classical Reception, Art and Myth|url=https://www.thejugaadproject.pub/home/hercules-in-white-classical-reception-art-and-myth|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-22|website=The Jugaad Project|language=en-US}}</ref> The deliberate choice of a white material has been interpreted as a perpetuation of colourism in how we view and understand classical sculpture.<ref name=":0" />
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