British artist, born 1963 Matthew Usmar Lauder is a British painter whose work has been exhibited in major public institutions, commercial galleries and international exhibitions in the UK and Europe. His paintings are held in public and private collections, including the UK Government Art Collection, and his work has been selected for two of Britain’s most respected painting exhibitions: the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. His practice has centred on painting, drawing and works on paper, often using found and photographic imagery as a point of departure. His paintings combine figurative subject matter with atmosphere, ambiguity and a strong sense of memory and narrative. SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Selected for the BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2003 Shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2008 Work acquired for the UK Government Art Collection Solo exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery Two solo exhibitions with Fred [London] Ltd Solo exhibition with Fred, Leipzig International exhibitions in London, Liverpool, Cornwall, Cologne and Leipzig Works represented in public, institutional and private collections in the UK and internationally SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 Fable — Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, UK 2008 Fable — Fred [London] Ltd, London, UK 2007 Matthew Usmar Lauder: New Paintings — Fred [London] Ltd, London, UK Matthew Usmar Lauder — Fred, Leipzig, Germany 2003 Matthew Usmar Lauder — Mobile Home Gallery, London, UK 1999 Matthew Usmar Lauder — Simon Capstick-Dale Fine Art, London, UK SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PRIZES 2008 John Moores 25 Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK Shortlisted artist — Untitled (Hole) Import/Export: Painting from the USA and UK — Fred, Leipzig, Germany 2007 Traditional But New — Binz & Kramer Gallery, Cologne, Germany With Mark Fairnington, Kate Davis and David Lock 2003 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK Selected artist — Untitled (Tom Conran) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK 2000 Art and Architecture — British Airways Headquarters, London, UK Zoo Art Fair, London, UK SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS UK Government Art Collection, London Untitled (Student), 2006 Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel Works acquired through Fred [London] Collection of King Hussein of Jordan Private collections in the United Kingdom and internationally
Matthew Usmar Lauder
Work by Matthew Usmar Lauder
