Matthew R. Frame
Matthew R. Frame
Matthew Frame is an award-winning illustrator and educator based in London. His enquiry-based practice focuses on meta-narratives within illustration and how the medium can be used to convey complex ideas and information effectively. His intricate drawings play with texture and ornament to explore film, politics, education, environmental issues, science fiction, gothic literature and the grotesque. The emphasis placed on hand drawn imagery and analogue production techniques inform his design outlook and underpin a distinctive approach to illustration.
HE
University of Greenwich - Lecturer in Illustration for Graphic Design, 2021 - Current
University of Portsmouth - Dissertation Supervisor, 2020 -21
University of Portsmouth - Lecturer in Illustration, 2018 - 21
Hertsfordshire University - Visiting Lecturer, Cultural & Critical Studies - 2019 - 21
Middlesex University - Visiting Lecturer, Introduction to Visual Culture, 2018 - 19
University of Northumbria - Visiting Practitioner, 2016
Central St. Martin’s - Associate Lecturer, 2014 - Current
Exhibitions & Featured Work
Migrations - International Centre for the Picture Book in Society, Worcester, UK & The International House of Art for Children, Bratislava, Slovakia - 2017
The River Liffey - HQ Gastrobar, Hanover Quay, Dublin, Ireland - 2017
An Illustrated Book of Flowers - The Seoul Illustration Fair, Coex, Seoul, Korea - 2017
Wild & Civilised - Cass Art, 67 Colebrook Row, London, UK - 2017
Rise of Riso - Foyles Bookshop, 107 Charing Cross Road, London, UK - 2017
South Asian Book Awards - National Council for Social Studies, Washington DC, USA - 2016
Frankfurt Book Fair - Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, Frankfurt, Germany - 2016
Pergola on the Roof - White City, London, UK - 2016
Little Feast - Shepard's Bush Market, London, UK - 2016
Handmade Books - An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, UK - 2016
The London Art Book Fair - The Whitechapel Gallery, 77 - 82 Whitechapel High St, London, UK - 2015
The Boy Who Speaks in Numbers - The Barefoot Bookshop, 704 Galle Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka - 2015
The Boy Launched - The Book Building, 9 Kuppam Beach Rd, Chennai, India - 2015
The Bright Labyrinth - Central St. Martins, 1 Granary Square, London, UK - 2014
BrooomRoom - 81B Redchurch Street, London, UK - 2013
AOI Images 36 - Somerset House, London, UK - 2012
Creative Quarterly 30 - 244 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10001, USA - 2012
New British - The Muse Gallery, 269 Portabello Road, London, UK - 2012
New Designers - Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London, UK - 2012
Graduate Show - Central St. Martins, 1 Granary Square, London, UK - 2012
Related/Unrelated - CSM Back Hill Campus, Clerkenwell, London, UK - 2011
Walk Ride Camden - Kings Cross St. Pancras International Concourse, London, UK - 2011
Papergirl Manchester - The Soup Kitchen, Manchester, UK - 2010
Word Is Drawn - The Others, Stoke Newington, London, UK - 2010
ETA Alice In Wonderland - Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion, Shepard's Bush, London, UK - 2010
Anti Love - Avalon Bar, Shoreditch, London, UK - 2010
Stolen Recordings - L-13 Gallery, Clerkenwell, London, UK - 2010
Art at Cargo - Cargo, Shoreditch, London, UK - 2009
Tate Takeover - Tate Modern, London, UK - 2009
AOI Images 33 - LCC, Elephant & Castle, London, UK - 2009
Unmasked - The Rag Factory, Brick Lane, London, UK - 2009
Stolen Recordings - The Aquarium Bookshop, Farringdon, London, UK - 2009
New Blood - Earl's Court, London, UK - 2009
Free Range - The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, UK - 2009
I-Spy Kilburn High Road - Kingsgate Gallery, Kilburn, London, UK - 2008
Education
2010 - 12 MA Communication Design, Central St. Martin's
2005 - 08 BA Illustration & Animation, Middlesex University.
