Matthew Wilson 
Standing in the gap 

Open: 29 Nov, 5 & 6 December, 11-3pm, or by appointment at all other times. 
Private View: Friday 28 November 6-9pm, all welcome. 

Matthew Wilson (b. 1997) is a visual artist working between N.Ireland and Cornwall, and is the current recipient of the Freelands Studio Fellowship at Falmouth University (2025–26). 

Primarily working with the parameters of sculpture, installation, performance and drawing; much of Wilson’s practice maps place, landscape and people. Centring around intimate material processes, he develops a unique methodology responding to site specificity using slow and sustainable approaches. 

An intertwining of personal and cultural narratives utilises storytelling to open dialogue between past, present and future. Works come to fruition through a variety of traditional and unconventional methods, working across mediums responsive to the needs of the work. Led by intuition and experience, the practice emerges from a process of accumulation - collecting, repurposing, archiving and re-contextualising. His own ever-changing material situations become mirrored in the critical transformative thread in the work’s production.

Standing in the gap includes a selection of recent works developed across Wilson’s fellowship year. By ‘standing in the gap’, we close it, exposing ourselves for the protection of something bigger than ourselves. In defence of impending weakness or danger, we are challenged to consider our legacy once more, both personal and cultural. 

www.matthewwilsonartist.com