Matthew Wood

Born Again Again (1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am), 2026. Acrylic on plasterboard. 650 X 130 cm.

“I Corrected Them”, 2026 Acrylic on paper 107 X 205 CM

This is a large blind drawing I made. I called it ‘Glamour’ or ‘Glamer’. I never intended show it. It will be exhibited as part of @wiganarts Festival opening 17 03 26 at Wigan Pier.

Ends IV, 2025. Acrylic on panel. 81 X 122 X 5 CM.

Split, 2025-2027 @shop_preston mural. Send us a message or email via website if you’re interested in commissioning a mural. Video thanks to @shop_preston @ashhardman1

A preview of my new body of work is featured on the cover of STAT issue 15, out now. Always lovely working with STAT… None like em’. Head to @statmagazine to get yours. STAT - ISSUE 15 July 2025 Printed at STAT HQ in Leigh. Hand-bound. 64 pages, eco-grey recycled paper. Rainy Miller is back to Lancs, Bolton’s home to a Romani dance troupe and we’re telling the Haçienda to FAC OFF all in our brand spanking new No.15. Black elastic bound and a black-on-black cover the work of artist Matthew Wood [@mtthwwd ], this aqua-flecked issue comes tightly wrapped in a stark STAT ribbon. LINK INT’ @statmagazine BIO (or subscribe via Patreon) One of only 250 limited, numbered copies. *** CONTENTS: @rainymiller_ : Back to Lancs (an interview) LUKE CHARNLEY [@fortressaccident_ ] The Roma Nation of Bolton JAMES VARNEY [@mrjvarney ] An Ode to Edgelands JESSIE JONES [@divineaccidents ] FAC OFF: Stop Kissing the Hacienda’s Arse THOMAS STEELES [@steeles_graphics ] Travelling Home JULIET KLOTTRUP [@julietklottrup ] Grassroots: Inside the World’s Only Lawnmower Museum KYLE MACNEILL [@kyle.macneill ] + REVIEWS by HAYLEY SCOTT [@hayleycscott ] TILLY FOULKES [@tillyfoulkes ] ISAAC ROSE [@isaac_rb ] CONNOR SEED [@pendullwitch ]

A very detailed drawing of a wall for @snapes.ocar “I’m not the man I was 166 years ago” Graphite and crayon on paper. 29.7 X 42 CM £250. DM for sales info.

40 Years of the Future: Windows. An exhibition of work by Matthew Wood taking place across three window spaces at Castlefield Gallery in Manchester and Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces in Warrington and Chester. The exhibition is part of Castlefield Gallery’s 40 year anniversary celebrations. For this exhibition Wood has worked directly onto glass for the first time. His use of fluid acrylic paint and freehand gestures to make these large scale drawings lends his subject matter an absurd and grotesque quality that is both comic and tragic. They are informed by imagery taken from nostalgic and aspirational advertising the likes of which may have once been displayed alongside consumer products in retail window spaces. Having these works viewable by passersby brings them into dialogue with the high street; inviting us to consider what role these window spaces can play as sites of consumption, communication, imitation and imagination. Commissioned by guest selector @katebryan_art (Curator and Broadcaster) and @gasspendergast (Castlefield Gallery Curator and Deputy Director) for @castlefieldgall .

40 Years of the Future: Windows. An exhibition of work by Matthew Wood taking place across three window spaces at Castlefield Gallery in Manchester and Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces in Warrington and Chester. The exhibition is part of Castlefield Gallery’s 40 year anniversary celebrations. For this exhibition Wood has worked directly onto glass for the first time. His use of fluid acrylic paint and freehand gestures to make these large scale drawings lends his subject matter an absurd and grotesque quality that is both comic and tragic. They are informed by imagery taken from nostalgic and aspirational advertising the likes of which may have once been displayed alongside consumer products in retail window spaces. Having these works viewable by passersby brings them into dialogue with the high street; inviting us to consider what role these window spaces can play as sites of consumption, communication, imitation and imagination. Commissioned by guest selector @katebryan_art (Curator and Broadcaster) and @gasspendergast (Castlefield Gallery Curator and Deputy Director) for @castlefieldgall . Photographs 2, 3, 4, 6 courtesy of @jessrphoto_

40 Years of the Future: Windows. An exhibition of work by Matthew Wood taking place across three window spaces at Castlefield Gallery in Manchester and Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces in Warrington and Chester. The exhibition is part of Castlefield Gallery’s 40 year anniversary celebrations. For this exhibition Wood has worked directly onto glass for the first time. His use of fluid acrylic paint and freehand gestures to make these large scale drawings lends his subject matter an absurd and grotesque quality that is both comic and tragic. They are informed by imagery taken from nostalgic and aspirational advertising the likes of which may have once been displayed alongside consumer products in retail window spaces. Having these works viewable by passersby brings them into dialogue with the high street; inviting us to consider what role these window spaces can play as sites of consumption, communication, imitation and imagination. Commissioned by guest selector @katebryan_art (Curator and Broadcaster) and @gasspendergast (Castlefield Gallery Curator and Deputy Director) for @castlefieldgall .

Nod, 2025 (Detail) Indian ink on paper Commissioned by @castlefieldgall for 40 Years of the Future: Windows

Nod, 2025 (Detail) Indian ink on paper Commissioned by @castlefieldgall for 40 Years of the Future: Windows