Matthew Schofield
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Bodies of work

>Recent work   Recent work

This series of paintings is sourced from inherited slides and images snapped without influence of composition or consideration of historic painting.



>Supernumeraries   Supernumeraries: repurposed

Small series of paintings on glass emphasising background characters from snapshots and initiated them into becoming the subject of paintings.



>Three Painters   Three Painters

A three person exhibition featuring the work of Holly Farrell, John Musgrove and Matthew Schofield



>Aqua Art Miami: Place Holder   Aqua Art Miami: Place Holder

A continuation of the series Place Holder.




>Place Holder   The Kingston Prize for portraiture 2011

Matthew Schofield's submission selected for exhibition in the Kingston Prize for Portraiture: A National Canadian portrait competition.




>Place Holder   Place holder

An exploration of the indescribable moments of quiet observation. The paintings in the exhibition place holder focus on the event of the in-between.




>BP portrait competition   BP portrait competition

Matthew Schofield's submission selected for exhibition in the BP Portrait Award competition at the National Portrait Gallery in London UK




>Aqua Art Miami: Snap Decisions   Aqua Art Miami: Snap Decisions

A continuation of the series Making the most of snap decisions. The current series focuses on the idiosyncratic nature of snap shots and image making




snap_decisions   Making the most of snap decisions


Making the most of snap decisions is an exhibition of paintings created from the 4 x 6 inch photographs taken by the artist's younger self. The images are accidental compositions unwittingly created at various stages of the artist's life. .





Part Of   (almost) everything

(almost) everything is one continuous painting four inches in height that runs along the perimeter of the gallery. The painting line splits the gallery space into two parts slicing the white wall with a connected series of images of a single stream of thought. .