ABOUT RENE MATIĆ
Rene Matić (b. 1997, Peterborough) is an artist, writer and poet
based in London. Their work brings together themes of post-blackness,
glitch feminism and subcultural theory in a meeting place they describe
as rude(ness) – to interrupt and exist in/between. Matić takes their
departure point from dance and music movements such as Northern soul,
Ska and 2-Tone, using them as sites to queer and re-imagine the
intimacies between West Indian and white working-class culture in
Britain.
Recent solo exhibitions include in spite of, instead of, Quench
Gallery, Margate, UK (2022), flags for countries that don’t exist but
bodies that do, Arcadia Missa, London, UK (2021), Born British Die
British, VITRINE Gallery, London, UK (2021). Recent group exhibitions
include Crowd Control, High Art, Arles, FR (2022); Queerdirect, Sadie
Coles HQ, London, UK (2022); Arcadia, Bold Tendencies, London, UK
(2021); Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London, UK
(2021) and Friends and Friends of Friends, Schlossmuseum, Linz, AT
(2020). Matić’s work is in several prominent collections including Tate,
London, UK; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, FR; UK Government Art
Collection, London, UK; Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK.