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I am a sodden artist, suspicious writer and sometimes researcher, born in Wakefield and based in the North of the UK. Working primarily with moving image, I make work across installation, writing, sculpture and programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work borrows from archives, language and everyday materials to explore queer histories, class, sex and intimacy, and the ways we record, remember and misremember one another. I work with DIY methods and queer crip approaches, with a particular concern for accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside my artistic practice, I work as an archivist, programmer and educator, with a focus on regional and queer histories, working-class culture, access and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work is like an armpit: personal and intimate, of the body and relationships, smelling earthy.

You can email me at\u00a0mathewwayneparkin[at]gmail.com<\/a><\/strong> or studio@mathewparkin.co.uk<\/strong><\/a>. Please be aware of the one T when in my name if emailing to make sure it arrives! You can watch come of my moving image work on my\u00a0vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/strong>
2026: PhD Fine Art, Newcastle University 
2018: MFA, Glasgow School of Art
2015: The Syllabus Programme programmed by Wysing Arts Center, Eastside Projects, New Contemporaries, S1 Artspace, Spike Island and Studio Voltaire
2011: BA (hons) Visual Studies, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOLO, DUO AND COLLABORATIVE PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026: It Spread Through Gaps and Voids in Construction<\/a>, XL Gallery, Newcastle University, UK
It\u2019s my house, and I live here. Kendal Pride 2026 commission<\/a>. Abbott Hall, Kendal, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: I can fit a fist in my mouth<\/a>, Cubitt, London, UK
Ruin me, Vessel Gallery<\/a>, York St John University, York, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n


2022: SWAMPS<\/a>, The Tetley, Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021: Watching Group: Asides, with Mathew Wayne Parkin for Spike Associates, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
Test.mp4,<\/a> Glasgow International 2021 Digital Programme, Glasgow, UK
SWAMP Reading Group<\/a>, Bonjour, part of Glasgow International 2021, Glasgow, UK
ONE ARTIST | ONE WORK: Mathew Wayne Parkin<\/a>, LUX Scotland, Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Meet me at The Vintners (What you’re looking for is looking for  you)<\/a>, online collective learning event with Mason Leaver-Yap, The Common Guild, Glasgow, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018: Mud Mask, PIP 3: Mathew Parkin with Charlotte Cullen, Leeds, UK
A Discourse of Pricks with Jamie Hudson<\/a>, V22 Projects Space, London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Screening and in-conversation with Paul Clinton, The Tetley, Leeds, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016: slope-tend-big<\/a>, Grand Union, Birmingham, UK
I believe in you, IMT Gallery, London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: 45683968, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Leeds, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: One Touch, The Telfer Gallery, Glasgow, UK
but it could be a Levi\u2019s advert<\/a> with Tom Ireland, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012: When Passive Aggressive Strategies Fail to Get Results<\/a>, Supercollider, Blackpool, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GROUP PRESENTATIONS, SCREENINGS, EVENTS, PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: October First Friday: Screening of \u2018Aphonia\u2019 by Sophie Hoyle, \u2018Portland Forecast\u2019 by Seo Hye Lee, and \u2018I can fit a fist in my mouth\u2019 by Mathew Wayne Parkin, Grand Union<\/a>, Birmingham, UK
The Cloak of St Brigid, South Leeds Art Gallery @ Serf, Leeds, UK
Looking, a screening with Camara Taylor, Scott Caruth, Mel Baggs<\/a>, as part of Serf studio residency, Leeds, UK
Readings with Emii Alrai and KP Culver<\/a>, as part of Serf studio residency, Leeds, UK
Screening of Scott Caruth, P Staff, and Camara Taylor<\/a> as part of extended programme for I can fit a fist in my mouth Cubitt, London, UK
Gordon Hall in conversation with Se\u00e1n Elder<\/a> as part of extended programme for I can fit a fist in my mouth Cubitt, London, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023: Collective Dreaming: The smoke of burned witches still hangs in our nostrils<\/a>, CCA, Glasgow, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021: I didn\u2019t think it would turn out this way<\/a>, PAKT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tittle Tattle<\/a>, Understate Projects, Glasgow, UK
Presentation for Roundtable Conversation with\u202fAshanti Harris, and Winnie Herbstein on Sharon Hayes \u2018Ricerche\u2019,<\/a> The Common Guild, Glasgow, UK
Screening as part of Months of the Year, Philip Coyne, RENEENEE,<\/a> Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Journey To The East Festival,<\/a> Screening event, CCA, Glasgow, UK
GIVE BIRTH TO ME TOMORROW<\/a> | March Online Screening Minia Biabiany, Evan Ifekoya, and Mathew Wayne Parkin, Artists\u2019 Moving Image Festival, LUX Scotland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019: New Moving Image: Programme One curated by Dam Projects<\/a>,  Close Up Cinema, London,UK
Coventry Biennial,<\/a> Coventry, UK
Trojan Horse \/ Rainbow Flag touring screening program curated by Ian Giles,<\/a> touring with the support of Gasworks, London; HOME, Manchester; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead and Fabrica, Brighton, UK
OUTPOST Open Film selected by Stuart Whipps<\/a>, OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018: LUX Scotland Artist Moving Image Festival 2018<\/a>, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
WHITE SHIRT, JOGGERS with Claire Biddles and Nastia Nikolskaya<\/a>, as part of V22 Young London, V22 Silvertown, London, UK
OUTPOST Members Show<\/a>, OUTPOST Norwich, UK
V22 Young London 2018<\/a>, V22 Silvertown, London, UK
MFA Degree Show 2018<\/a>, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
Screening as part of Wild Pop Symposium, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Something Good<\/a>, OUTPOST, Norwich, UK
Speak Body conference<\/a>, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016: This is it, isn\u2019t it?<\/a>, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
Like a floral knife<\/a>, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
BORGER: [The sticky tablet], Traffic, Antwerp, Belgium
Sleaze, Seize projects @ STCFTHOTS, Leeds, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: DJ Set at Grand Union Xmas party, Grand Union, Birmingham, UK
CBS @ Open Eye Gallery<\/a>, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Ways Of Looking<\/a>, Hanover Project, Preston, UK
Film Open (touring)<\/a>, Spike Island, Bristol, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, Transmission, Glasgow, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, S1 Artspace, Sheffield and the ICA, London, UK
Paste, curated by Seize, Leeds City Centre, Leeds, UK
Helsinki is Learning from Georges, Such Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Learning from Georges, Fokidos 21, Athens, Greece
SunScreen<\/a>, Online, part of EM15 for the 56th Venice Biennale, Italy
Faux Sho, Assembly House, Leeds, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: DJ Set at S1 Xmas Party, S1 Art Space, Sheffield, UK
\u00a31 Fish, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
Still Wearing Each Other When Alone<\/a>, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, US
Power Up, SALT+POWELL, York, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: Winter Art Fair<\/a>, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Performance Fetish<\/a>, SWG3, Glasgow, UK
LAN Party,<\/a> Two Queens, Leicester, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012: The Sunday Curator<\/a>, Digital Exhibition, Curated by Its Our  Playground
Film for You\u2019ll Get Used To It,<\/a> Oliver Braid, Tramway, Glasgow
Dovble Trovble<\/a>, CCA, Glasgow, UK Curated by Its Our Playground<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESIDENCIES, GRANTS AND AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026\/25: New Contemporaries <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025: Abstract Erotic Workshop – Beyond flesh: Corporeal and material ageing reconsidered<\/a>, The Courtauld, London, UK

2024: Visiting Artist at Radar<\/a> at Loughborough University Arts, Loughborough, UK
Studio residency, Serf, Leeds, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022: PANIC! Bursary, The Tetley, UK
Master Class Artistic Research: Working With Waste<\/a>, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Potsdam, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021: Experimental Moving Image Residency at Cove Parkin<\/a>, Helensburgh, UK
Shortlisted for the Margaret Tait Award 2021<\/a>, LUX Scotland
Creative Scotland: Sustaining Creative Development Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Residency at Triangle France – Ast\u00e9rides, Marseille<\/a>, France
Residency at The Art House, Wakefield, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019: Creative Scotland Open Project Funding Award
Creative Lab Residency<\/a>, Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow  UK
Summer Residency,<\/a> Hospitalfield House, Arbroath UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018: Glasgow Sculpture Studios Graduate Fellowship<\/a>, Glasgow UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016: Hope Scott Trust Scholarship for MFA at Glasgow School of Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: Group Occupation residency<\/a>, New Art Gallery Walsall  UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: Arts Council England Research and Development Grant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEXTS, CONVERSATIONS AND CONFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026: Who Does Not Envy with Us Is Against Us: A Conference on Working-Classness as Method in Creative Practice, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024: I can fit a fist in my mouth review, Hannah Wallis, Art Monthly no.476, May 2024<\/a>
Mathew Wayne Parkin Can Fit A Fist in Their Mouth<\/a>, Sam Moore, Frieze
Can Intimacy Be Violent? Mathew Wayne Parkin’s ‘i Can Fit A Fist In My Mouth’ At Cubitt Gallery<\/a>, Cindy Ziyun Huang, fetch.london
My Evidence: Creating LGBTQI+ Art and Archives, Perverse Collections: Building Europe\u2019s Queer and Trans Archives, IHLIA LGBTI Heritage, OBA Oosterdok, Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022: Cuts in the day,<\/a> Mathew Wayne Parkin talks to Dani and Sheilah ReStack about their show at Camden Art Centre, MAP Magazine
of pigs, bulls, cows, cocks, dogs, asses, mules, mares and goats<\/a>, text to accompany Mystic Animals And The Juggling Of Hot Stones, Miguel Cardenas, at Kendall Koppe Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021: Gutted, contribution to publication for I didn\u2019t think it would turn out this way<\/a>, programmed  by David Dale Gallery at P\/\/\/\/\/AKT, Amsterdam, UK
White Shirt, Joggers contribution to The Happy Hypocrite 12<\/a>, (with Claire Biddles and Nastya Nikolskaya) published by Book Works
A response to the SUPERLUX Summer School with Kathryn Elkin<\/a>, commissioned by LUX Scotland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Cottaging the Hedgerow<\/a>, A four part chronicle by Mathew  Parkin, foraging queerness and rurality in recent artist moving Image, MAP Magazine <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019: A response to the 15th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival<\/a>, commissioned by LUX Scotland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018: Studio Lunches Podcast: 7# Intimacy in Pixels: Mathew Parkin<\/a>, CCA Glasgow
Art Licks Issue 23: Peripheries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Group Show Podcast<\/a> by Caitlin Merritt King: Artist As Curator, 12\u00f8 Collective<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016: slope-tend-big publication<\/a> with essay by Laura Guy and Kim McAleese, published by Grand Union
Mathew Parkin artists profile by Lauren Velvick, Art Monthly, May 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: 45683968 Review<\/a>, corridor8, online
Young Artists in Conversation Interview<\/a> with David McLeavy, online
Commissioned  text  for  Too  Much,  Two  Queens,  Leicester, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: One  Touch (self  published, featuring texts by Elinor Morgan and Jamie Crewe)
Contribution to Da  Thirst  Issue  #2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEACHING, CULTURAL WORK AND OTHER EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026\u2013present: Community Archivist, We\u2019re Still Here!, Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024\u201325: Visiting Artist, Radar, Loughborough University, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019\u201321: Artist Development Programme Coordinator, LUX Scotland, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Visiting Artist Lecturer, Birmingham School of Art, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Visiting Artist Lecturer, Manchester School of Art, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016: Visiting Artist Lecturer, Northumbria University, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014\u201315: Programme Assistant, The Tetley, Leeds, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013\u201314: Gallery Assistant (Distribution), Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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