Matthew Hawtin is a contemporary artist born in the UK and raised in Canada. Hawtin studied Fine Arts at York University in Toronto. Seeking to channel subjective experiences into art, Hawtin creates work that refines painting into its essential properties of line and form. With a historical connection to Suprematism, Hawtin’s “Torqued” series consists of monochromatic, acrylic paintings on irregularly shaped canvases. The paintings assume a sculptural presence on the wall as their molded stretchers and torqued surfaces project the thick, flat layers of paint into three-dimensional space. Hawtin's aesthetic language investigates painting at an intersection between sculpture, design and architecture by exploring the fundamental elements of line, colour, surface, shape and form. The work exists in a space where thoughts and feelings can live; as minimal objects of meditation that reflect the spectrum of our daily emotions.

 

b. Banbury, UK, 1972

 

EDUCATION
2014
MSc in Sustainable Development, University of Surrey, UK

 

2004
MA Art in Architecture, University of East London, London, UK

 

1994
B.F.A. York University, Toronto, Canada

 

1991
Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

'Paintings & Panels', Fischtein Fine Art, Toronto, Canada

 

2020
‘New Work’, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI

 

2019
‘New Work’, SB Contemporary Art, Windsor, Canada

 

2017 
‘New Work’, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
‘Parallaxis’, Townsend Modern/Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
‘Allsorts’, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA

 

2016 
‘Transposing’, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

 

2013
‘Contained’, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL

 

2012
‘Dimensions’, Mutt Gallery & Bookshop Barcelona, Spain
‘Dimensions’, Red Gallery, London, UK

 

2010
‘New Work’, Independent Space, Berlin, Germany

 

2008
‘Of Works & Words’, Lewis Elton Gallery, Guildford, UK

 

2006
‘Min2Max’, Circleculture Gallery, Berlin, Germany

 

2001
‘Untitled, (But Thoughtfully Known As the Sexual Divide)’, Artcite Inc., Windsor, Canada
‘Untitled, But Thoughtfully Known As Equivocal Love’, Sixty-Four Steps Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada

 

2000
‘New Work’, Sixty-Four Steps Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada

 

1999
‘Torqued Paintings’, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
‘Knowing Something for a Second Only’, Pekao Gallery, Toronto, Canada

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

DIMENSIONS Matthew Hawtin, Matthew Shlian + John Holt Smith, Dimmitt Contemporary Art

New Work: Matthew Hawtin | Sylvain Malfroy-Camine | Benjamin Pritchard, David Klein Gallery

 

2022

Everything Else, David Klein Gallery

Salon Redux, David Klein Gallery

 

2021

‘New Work / New Year’, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, USA

 

2020

Insights unheard of…’, DRJ, Berlin, Germany

 

2019

‘CENTURY: idee bauhaus, DRJ, Berlin, Germany

 

2018
‘Tis the Season’, SB Contemporary Art, Windsor, Canada
‘Hawtin + Sengbusch’, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
‘Shape and Water’, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY

 

2017
‘Salon 17’, SB Contemporary Art, Windsor, Canada

 

2016
‘Tis’ the Season’, SB Contemporary Art, Windsor, Canada
‘First Summer: Part 1’, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
‘Collect (Part 1)’, SB Contemporary, Windsor, Canada
‘Economy of Form’, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI

 

2015
‘First Show’, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI

 

2014
‘Agree to Disagree’, A Survey of Contemporary Abstraction’, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI

 

2013
‘Synthesia’, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit, MI
‘Algorithm’, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI

 

2011
‘Are You In the Room’, SB Contemporary, Windsor, Canada

 

2004
‘Freezer’, Archeus Fine Art, London, UK

 

2001
‘Artwithheart’, Casey House Fundraiser Auction, Toronto, Canada
‘People From Good Homes’, Detroit, MI
‘Nightlife’, Blueprint Gallery, Toronto, Canada

 

2000
‘Artseen’, Artcite, Windsor, Canada

 

1999 
‘Duty Free’, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
‘Cluster’, Pekao Gallery, Toronto, Canada

ART FAIRS

2020

London Art Fair, London, UK – ARTITLED Contemporary

 

2019

PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam – ARTITLED Contemporary

 

2018
Art Miami, Miami, David Klein Gallery
Chicago Art Fair, David Klein Gallery
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY – Cheryl Hazan Gallery

 

2017
Seattle Art Fair, David Klein Gallery
Palm Springs Art Fair, Scott White Contemporary Art

 

2016
Art Miami, David Klein Gallery & Scott White Contemporary Art
The Armory Show, David Klein Gallery

 

2015
Art Miami, David Klein Gallery & Scott White Contemporary Art
The Armory Show, David Klein Gallery

Art New York, David Klein Gallery

 

2014
Art Miami, David Klein Gallery

 

2013
Art Miami, De Buck Gallery

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2019
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant

 

2017
Shortlisted for Ontario Association of Art Galleries Award for AGW ‘Transposing’ exhibition
Monographic Exhibition of the Year (Budget under $ 20,000)

 

2012
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant

 

2011
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant

 

2001
OAC Emerging Artist Grant and OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant

 

2000
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant

 

1999
OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant

PROJECTS
2019
Vinyl Box set , Artwork design for F.U.S.E. ‘Dimensions’ 25th Anniversary Box Set Set of vinyl releases, giclee prints, booklet in box set (PLUS8181)

 

2014
CD Release, ENTER.Ibiza, Mind DJ Mix, Minus CD

 

2013
Magazine Cover‘Ibiza Style’ Magazine, Summer Issue, Ibiza, Spain Book jacket, ‘Minimalism in Techno’ book jacket design
CD Release, ENTER.Ibiza, Air DJ Mix, Minus CD

 

2012
12” vinyl artworkCover designs for all 2012 Plus 8 Records releases (PLUS8127 – 8129) 2011 12” vinyl artworkCover designs for all 2011 Plus 8 Records releases (PLUS8116 – 8126)
CD cover artwork, Cover design for VOID ‘No Sudden Movements’ (MINUS115CD)

 

2010
CD Release, ‘Once Again, Again’ original DJ mix CD (PLUS 8107CD), Cover artwork and design 2006 Limited edition print, Artwork included in ‘min2MAX’ vinyl release (MINUS 40)

 

1994
Limited edition print, Artwork released as part of PLUS 8 Records catalogue (PLUS 8048)
Limited edition print, Artwork released as part of PLUS 8 Records catalogue (PLUS 8037) 1993 CD/LP artwork, Painting used as cover artwork for PLUS 8 Records release (WARP38)
CD/LP artwork, Painting used as cover artwork for PLUS 8 Records release (PLUS8024)

 

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2017
Metro Times, “More Than Meets The Eye” by Lee DeVito
Detroit Art Review, “Matthew Hawtin @ David Klein Gallery” by Ron Scott

 

2012
DJ Magazine, “The Art of Dance” by Claire Hughes
Pulse Radio, “Matthew Hawtin’s Many Dimensions” by Helen S.
Dazed & Confused, “Matthew Hawtin’s Dimensions” by Bruna Volpi
Resident Advisor, “The Red Gallery Hosts Matthew Hawtin Exhibition” by Will Lynch

2010 Volume Digital, “Matthew Hawtin Interview”
Cyclic Defrost, Once Again, Again, Matthew Hawtin by Innerversitysound

 

2007
Pingmag, Richie Hawtin about Minimal Art

 

2001
Windsor Star, Inside Out by John Laycock

 

2000 
Globe & Mail, Gallery Going by Gary Michael Dault
National Post, In the Galleries by Thomas Hirschmann

 

1999
Artpress, Detroit, The Agony and the Ecstasy by Jacqueline Caux
Windsor Star, Minimalist with a twist by Craig Pearson Room Magazine. Matthew Hawtin’s less is more Windsor Star, Artistic Invasion by Craig Pearson