When Matt creates he uses a form of meditative practice to allow himself to be present and attentive to the creative process. He attends to the ‘nothing’ and allows ‘something’ to form. The play between negative and positive shapes is important and he creates lines for the eye to dance over, flowing between surface and space, edge and void. The finishes on his pieces hold and reflect light. A lustre glaze will bounce light while a terra-sigillata surface absorbs light, either dramatically or sensitively, through minimal colour.
Space, time, material and attention are vital elements in Matt’s work. When Matt creates he uses a form of meditative practice to allow himself to be present and attentive to the creative process and allows ‘something’ to form. It is a process led sculptural practice that often involves large complex forms, and either bright, dramatic colour or more earthy colours and metallics.

Matt’s forms are honed and shaped to balance aesthetic surface tension with framed spaces. The play between negative and positive shapes is important and I create lines for the eye to dance over, flowing between surface and space, edge and void.

The finishes on his pieces are a critical element of his work and require a lot of experimentation to hone inorder to obtain the desired effect. A lustre glaze will bounce light while a terra-sigillata surface absorbs light, either dramatically or sensitively, through minimal colour. Through the combination of manipulating his materials and his objective of framing space, Matt's work explores deeper questions of our existence.

Matt Sherratt gained an MA in Ceramics & Glass at the Royal College of Art in 2004 and has been exhibiting since then.

He has been resident artist at the National Portrait Gallery and South Hill Park in Bracknell, and taught at the City Lit College in Covent Garden London for over ten years.

Exhibitions

London Art Fair Jan 2016
Collect Saatchi Gallery 2016
David Linley – April 2015
Rizon Jet Private Jet lounge Biggin Hill – Sept 2014-March 2015
London Art Fair – Jan 2015
Lisa Norris Gallery Kings Road – Dec 2014-March 2015
The Decorative Fair Battersea – Oct 2014
A British Continuum 20th – March 28th May 2014 (The Lloyds Club in connection with Brouse and Derby Gallery)
London Art Fair – Jan 2014
Why we are here – A collaborative experimental project with two other artists, Painter Lisa Carter and Film and Sound Artist Simon Proffitt funded by the Arts Council of Wales. North Wales. – Oct2014-Jan 2014
Strand on the Green – Solo show in Chiswick curated by Ben Swift – Oct 2013
20/21 International Art Fair – The Royal College of London – May 2013
The Decorative Fair Battersea Park, London – 23rd-28th April 2013
Shadows and Light – Ruthin Craft Centre – Dec 2012-Jan 2013
Vanguard court Studio exhibition – Jun 2011
Morley College tutor exhibition Morley College London – Jan 2011
Vanguard Court Studio exhibition Camberwell London – Dec 2010
Sue Machado Gallery Warwick – Jun 2009
Modern Artist Gallery Oxfordshire – Jun 2007
Sara Wiseman Gallery Oxford – May 2007
Why Ceramics? Solo show Arts Council Funded Bracknell Gallery – March-April 2007
Blind Art London – 2006
Ceramic Art London – May 2005
Royal College of Art – 2004

2018 Serene Space – solo exhibition, Chester Cathedral, Chester

2018 Inside Out – Group show, Gallery 54, London

2016 London Art Fair, London

2016 Collect, Saatchi Gallery , London
2016 David Linley, London
Rizon Jet Private Jet lounge Biggin Hill – Sept 2014-March 2015
2015 London Art Fair, London
2014/2015 Group show, Lisa Norris Gallery, London
2014 The Decorative Fair, Battersea
2014 A British Continuum, (The Lloyds Club in connection with Brouse and Derby Gallery)
2014 London Art Fair, London
2014 Why we are here – A collaborative experimental project with two other artists, Painter Lisa Carter and Film and Sound Artist Simon Proffitt funded by the Arts Council of Wales. North Wales.
2013 Strand on the Green – Solo show curated by Ben Swift, Chiswick, London
2013 20/21 International Art Fair – The Royal College of London
2013 The Decorative Fair Battersea Park, London
2012/13 Shadows and Light – Ruthin Craft Centre
2011 Vanguard court Studio exhibition
2011 Morley College tutor exhibition Morley College London
2010 Vanguard Court Studio exhibition Camberwell, London
2009 Sue Machado Gallery, Warwick
2007 Modern Artist Gallery, Oxfordshire
2007 Sara Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
2007 Why Ceramics? Solo show Arts Council Funded Bracknell Gallery
2006 Blind Art London
2005 Ceramic Art London
2004 Royal College of Art