Mat Collishaw Art

Mat collishaw is a key figure in the important generation of british artists who emerged from goldsmith s college in the late 1980s.
Mat collishaw art. Since graduating from goldsmith s college in the late 1980s the artist has established an international reputation. His best known work is bullet hole 1988 which is a closeup photo of what appears to be a bullet hole wound in the scalp of a person s head mounted on 15 light boxes. Collishaw received his bfa from goldsmith london in 1989. Mat collishaw born in 1966 received his bfa from goldsmith college london in 1989 and began his career exhibiting the acclaimed work bullet hole alongside his goldsmiths contemporaries at the legendary show freeze in 1988 and at modern medicine in 1990.
Bullet hole was originally exhibited in freeze the group show. This will be his first major exhibition in the city of his birth. He participated in freeze 1988 and since his first solo exhibition in 1990 has exhibited widely internationally. Lakeside arts djanogly gallery is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in nottingham of leading contemporary artist mat collishaw born 1966.
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