Matthew Stone

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{short description|British artist (born 1982)}} '''Matthew Stone''' (born 1982 in [[London]], England)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matthew Stone - 79 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy|url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/matthew-stone|access-date=2020-10-18|website=www.artsy.net|language=en}}</ref> is a London-based artist. He is part of the [[South London]] [[art collective]] [[!Wowow!]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dazed|date=2013-10-17|title=Children of !WOWOW!|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/17590/1/children-of-wowow|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Dazed|language=en}}</ref>

Stone graduated from [[Camberwell College of Arts]], London in 2004. He currently stages performances and [[movie|films]].<ref>[http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/04/matthew_stone_at_union_london.php "Saatchi Online:'' MATTHEW STONE AT UNION, LONDON''" ]</ref> In 2007, his first solo show, entitled "Futurehindsight", took place at UNION in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/art/features/2885.html|title=Peckham art squats|website=www.timeout.com}}</ref> In November 2009, Stone topped the arts section in a "Power players Under 30" list compiled by the [[Sunday Times]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615154756/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article6900887.ece?token=null&offset=24&page=3 "Times Online ''The Top 30 power players under 30''"]</ref> Stone frequently collaborates with [[FKA Twigs]] and created the album artwork for 2019's ''[[Magdalene (album)|Magdalene]]''.<ref> Waddoups, Ryan. (8 November 2019). [https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/fka-twigs-magdalene-album/ The Transcendent Pain of FKA Twigs’ Magdalene]. ''Surface Mag.'' Retrieved October 19, 2020. </ref>

In November 2011, Stone had an exhibition at Kathy Grayson's "The Hole" [[art gallery|Gallery]] entitled Optimism as Cultural Rebellion, the same name as his blog. Stone has had subsequent exhibitions at the Hole in 2018, 2020 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newyorkarttours.com/blog/2018/06/16/matthew-stone-at-the-hole-nyc/|title=Matthew Stone at The Hole NYC|date=16 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standardhotels.com/culture/matthew-stone|title=Matthew Stone's AI Paintings: Dreaming with The Machine|date=15 March 2023|website=www.standardhotels.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/the-hole-matthew-stone-ai-paintings?sort=partner_show_position|title=Matthew Stone - AI Paintings|website=Artsy}}</ref>

Stone paints with [[AI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/matthew-stone-virtual-paintings/|title=Matthew Stone's AI paintings reflect an art world in flux|first=Megan|last=Williams|date=15 August 2022|website=Creative Review}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.matthewstone.co.uk}}

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