Education

1987 - 89 Masters in Fine Art, University of Reading
1982 - 85 Honours Degree in Fine Art (Painting), Saint Martins School of Art
1981 - 82 Foundation Course in Art and Design, Watford School of Art and Design

Awards

1987 British Academy Scholarship
1989 Boise Travelling Scholarship
1997 Eaton Fund for Artists

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005 Black and Gold –The Adonis Gallery, London.
2002 Nacreous Daydreams - The Adonis Gallery, London.
2000 Selfish - The Candid Gallery, London.
1998 Paintings - La Galerie des Figuratifs Expressionistes, Paris.
1998 The Treasures of the Night - The Adonis Gallery, London.
1997 Mirror Mirror - First Out, London .
1996 Mirror Mirror - The Diorama Gallery, London .
1994 Penetralia - The Edge Gallery, London .
1994 Penetralia - First Out, London .
1992 Paintings - First Out, London .
1991 Paintings - Zoo Gallery, London .
1991 Luxuria - BAC, London .


Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 100 Mothers - Sartorial Contemporary Art, London .
2008 00 Nature– Contemporary Arts Projects, London .
2007 Fellow Travellers – Salford museum and Art Gallery , Manchester
2007 Summer Exhibition – Contemporary Arts Projects, London
2006 Going Underground – Art@Large, New York .
2006 The Death of the Painter – Moso Arthouse, London
2006 42 – The Meaning of Life and Everything – Three Colts Gallery, London
2005 Face Value – The Chelsea Gallery , Palo Alto , California .
2005 The Kiss VI – The Arts Club, London .
2004 100 Mothers - Vision Gallery, London .
2004 The Nude - Gallery 39, Swindon .
2002 Artlink @ Sotheby's International Young Art Touring Programme - Sotheby's New York , Tel Aviv 0000 and Amsterdam .
2002 Pride Arts Trust Mardi Gras Exhibition - Lauderdale House , London
2002 British Male Art - Anton Galerie, Berlin .
2001 Spring Showcase - The Art Attack Project, London .
2001 The BP Portrait Award 2001 - The National Portrait Gallery , London .
1999 Group Show - La Galerie des Figuratifs Expressionistes, Paris.
1997 Likeness - Reflecting Sexuality - Manchester City Art Galleries , Manchester .
1996 The Kiss IV - Gallery K, London .
1996 Pleasures Unbound - The Coventry Gallery, London .
1995 The Kiss III - Gallery K, London .
1995 Talent - The Globe Centre, London .
1994 The Kiss II - Gallery K, London .
1994 Guys and Dolls - Phillip Graham Fine Art , London .
1994 Olympian Arts Auction - The Fine Art Society London
1994 The Sexual Perspective - Jill George Gallery , London
1993 Fantasy of Form - The Bruton Street Gallery , London
1993 Ecstatic Repose - Ikon Touring Exhibition.
1993 Olympian Arts - Centre Point Building , London .
1993 Masks - Real and Imagined - West Soho Gallery, London .
1993 Art for Equality - ICA , London .
1992 Exposure - The Out in Arts Festival - The University of Kent , Canterbury .
1992 Outward Gaze - The Pearce Institute, Glasgow.
1992 East and South National Open Art Exhibition -Norwich Gallery, Norwich .
1991 Passion - Candid Gallery, London .
1989 MFA Show - Air Gallery, London .
1988 Between Ourselves - The University of Reading Art Gallery , Reading.
1988 The Invisible Man - The Construction of Male Identity - Goldsmith's Gallery, London.

Publications

Books:
‘The Sexual Perspective' - Emmanuel Cooper - Routledge 1994
‘Outlooks' -ed.by Peter Horne and Reina Lewis - Routledge 1996

Magazines :
‘Flesh and Pearls' by Brendan Maton - Rouge Issue 20, 1995. U.K.
‘Interview with Matthew Stradling' by Brendan Maton - Outrage Issue149, Oct.1995. Australia .
‘Art Attack - Paul Burston talks to Matthew Stradling' by Paul Burston - Time Out, 5-12 Feb. 1997. U.K.
‘A Brush with Reality' by David G. Taylor - Blue Issue 9, June 1999. Australia .
‘SMart - Matthew Stradling' - Ritual Issue 9, 1998. U.K.
‘Lo Specchio dell'Identita' by Vincenzo Patane - Babilonia Issue 7, March 1999. Italy
‘Finding Space to Breathe' by Matthew Dunning - Queercompany.com, Feb, 2001 U.K.
‘Principal Artists Exhibiting at Adonis Art' by David Jarrett – The Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation Archive No.12 .2004. U.S.A.
‘The Men of Luxuria' by John Calendo – www.nightcharm.com , 2005, U.S.A.