London, UK
B. 1997, Peterborough, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2017
BA, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, UK
Baby, Chapter NY, New York
Idols Lovers Mothers Friends, Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2024
As Opposed to the Truth, CAA Berlin, Berlin, DE
JAZZ, Rene Matić and Oscar Murillo, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
2023
kiss them from me, Chapter NY, New York
a girl for the living room, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
upon this rock, Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna, AT
2022
upon this rock, South London Gallery, London, UK
soul time, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
in spite of, instead of, Quench Gallery, Margate, UK
2021
flags for countries that don’t exist but for bodies that do, Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2020
Born British Die British, VITRINE Gallery, London, UK
we give a lead to Britain, Arcadia Missa, London, UK, online
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Invisible Race, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Lives Less Ordinary, Two Temple Place, London, UK
Ensemble, THE PERIMETER, London, UK
2024
The State We’re In: 2000–Now, Tate Britain, London, UK
Conversations, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 - 2024, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
2023
…like a short cut through the brambles, Coventry Biennial 2023, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
Dreaming of Home, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York
Dancing in Outer Space, Studio/chapple, London, UK
WINK WINK, The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rossendale, UK
Divided Selves: Legacies, Memories, Belonging, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
2022
Crowd Control, High Art Arles, Arles, FR
Queerdirect, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2021
Arcadia, bold Tendencies, London, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London, UK
LEAN, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stanvergen, NO
In Reality These Things Need to be Said, backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Time Out of Joint, isthisit?, online
2020
Friends and Friends of Friends, Schlossmuseum, Linz, AT
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2019
BBZ Alternative Graduate Show, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
G.U.T.S, Ugly Duck Gallery, London, UK
2018
LDN WMN, The Black Cultural Archives, London, UK
My Chain Hits My Chest, Attic Space, Nottingham, UK
Life and Death, Cloud and Horse, London, UK
Feeling Pink Like My Insides, Hume Gallery, Chicago, UK
2017
Riot! Riot! Riot!, Protein Gallery, London, UK
If We’re Going to Heal, Let it Be Glorious, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PERFORMANCES
2022
Faith and How to Keep It. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2022.
2021
flags for countries that don’t exist but for bodies that do. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2021.
Network Futures: Online Exhibitions and Digital Hierarchies. isthisit?, 2021.
How To Sleep Faster. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2021.
2020
“If I Was Your boyfriend.” Fem Press, Fall 2020.
And Mum. Brussels: Rile Space, 2020.
This is England and This is England and This is England. Self Published, 2020.
“Saving Ourselves.” Polyester, Fall 2020.
2019
Interjection Calendar. Montez Press, 2019.
How to Avoid Being Attacked. Self Published, 2019.
Urban Space and Queer Subcultures. London: Autograph ABP, 2019.
Body Politić. Shades of Noir, January 2019.
2018
How To Sleep Faster. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2018.
“Departures.” Crack magazine X Fred Perry, November 2018.
“Polyester Issue 8.” Polyester, August 2018.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2026
Al-Dujaili, Dalia. “Portrait of Britain Vol. 8: The Winners,” British Journal of Photography, January 2026.
2025
Kane, Ashleigh. “Art shows to leave the house for in January 2026,” DAZED, December 29, 2025.
Rea, Naomi. “Meet 5 Artists Transforming Photography,” artnet, December 25, 2025.
2025 Jones, Ben. “Peterborough artist Rene Matić in running for world famous Turner Prize set to be announced on Tuesday,” Peterborough Telegraph, December 8, 2025.
Dexter, Aimee. “Matić is second-youngest Turner Prize nominee ever,” BBC, December 7, 2025.
Hu, Bryher. “Turner Prize in Bradford is tipping cultural balance North,” Telegraph & Argus, December 6, 2025.
“Winter issue 353: the z issue,” Flash Art International, December 3, 2025.
“Opening Date for London’s V&A East Museum announced,” The Art News, November 11, 2025.
“V&A East Shares Official Opening Date And Exhibitions,” Dance Wax, November 8, 2025.
“V&A East Museum opens April 2026: A new cultural hub for art, design, and community,” Artdaily, November 8, 2025.
Hardaker, Alistair. “V&A East Museum: new details and opening date revealed,” Museums + Heritage, November 5, 2025.
Price, Ethan. “Community Everywhere: Portrait of Britain Vol. 8,” British Journal of Photography, November 4, 2025.
Farrant, Theo. “Four artists shortlisted for the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize,” Euronews, November 2, 2025.
“Fang-tastic! Deutsche Börse photography prize – in pictures,” The Guardian, October 22, 2025.
“Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 Shortlist Announced,” Artlyst, October 21, 2025.
Kubrick, Rachel. “Who Are the Shortlisted Artists for the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize?,” OCULA, October 21, 2025.
Wilson, Abbie. “Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Unveils 2026 Prize Shortlist,” Our Culture Mag, October 21, 2025.
“In Pictures: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize shortlist announced,” ArtReview, October 21, 2025.
Thaddeus-Johns, Josie. “Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 announces nominees,” Artsy, October 21, 2025.
“Twelve Out Of London Art Exhibitions Autumn Winter 2025,” Artlyst, October 20, 2025.
“The Turner Prize exhibition comes to Bradford’s Cartwright Hall Gallery as part of Bradford 2025,” The Yorkshire Post, October 14, 2025.
“40 For 40: Women In Art,” ELLE, October 13, 2025.
Wetzler, Rachel. “Fifty Shades of Gray,” Artforum, September 30, 2025.
Sperkova, Patricie. “Four Artists, Four Worlds,” York Vision, September 30, 2025.
Warde-Aldam, Digby. “The best Turner Prize in years,” The Spectator, September 30, 2025.
Jacques, Juliet. “The Turner Prize 2025 Confronts Britain’s Past and Future,” Frieze, September 29, 2025.
Steer, Emily. “Turner Prize 2025: How to Heal a Ruptured World,” OCULA, September 29, 2025.
Clugston, Hannah. “Turner Prize 2025: everything you need to know about this year’s nominees,” Dazed, September 27, 2025.
“Turner Prize contenders unveil four distinctive installations at Cartwright Hall,” The Global Herald, September 27, 2025.
Bibeau, Petra. “Rene Matic’s Silhouettes of Refusal,” IMPULSE, September 27, 2025.
Jones, Ben. “Turner Prize 2025: Prestigious exhibition opens with Peterborough photographer in the running for the top prize,” Peterborough Today, September 26, 2025.
Thorpe, Vanessa. “Not the end of the Turner Prize, just the end of the world,” The Observer, September 26, 2025.
Kubrick, Rachel. “The Art World This Week, 26 September 2025,” OCULA, September 26, 2025.
Barry, Robert. “Is the Turner Prize going round in circles?,” APOLLO Magazine, September 26, 2025.
Youngs, Ian. “Flags, wars and fantasy kingdoms: Turner Prize artists let us into their worlds,” BBC, September 26.
Jones, Jonathan. “Artists face the jury, the case for Hodgkin and multi-player politics – the week in art,” The Guardian, September 26, 2025.
Atkinson, Rebecca. “Turner Prize show opens in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall,” Museum Association Museums Journal, September 25, 2025.
Harris, Gareth. “’There’s no fudging. She deserves to win’: critics react as Turner Prize 2025 opens,” The Art Newspaper, September 24, 2025.
Westall, Mark. “Turner Prize 2025 Opens in Bradford,” FAD Magazine, September 24, 2025.
Lawson-Tancred, Jo. “A Look at the 2025 Turner Prize Show—and the Artists Vying for the UK’s Top Art Award,” artnet, September 24, 2025.
Hubbard, Sue. “Turner Prize 2025: The Good The Bland and The Ugly,” Artlyst, September 24, 2025.
Durrant, Nancy. “Turner Prize 2025 review – the stunning paintings get my vote,” The Times, September 23, 2025.
Hudson, Mark. “Turner Prize 2025 review – A conservative shift could undermine award’s radical legacy,” Independent Premium, September 23, 2025.
Searle, Adrian. “Turner prize 2025 review – puzzling banners, tinkling bells, burning landscape
and bum-like sculptures,” The Guardian, September 23, 2025.
Wild, Stephi. “The Turner Prize 2025 Exhibition Opens in Bradford as Highlight of UK City of Culture Programme,” broadwayWORLD, September 23, 2025.
Young, Chris. “Art world descends on Bradford as prestigious Turner Prize comes to city gallery,” yahoo!news, September 23, 2025.
Stephenson, Minnie. “The Turner Prize finalist who sculpts to the rhythm of the disco,” 4 News,September 23, 2025.
Jansen, Charlotte. “‘Each shot feels like a private performance’: Rene Matić, the Turner shortlist’s only photographer,” The Guardian, May, 2025
Al-Dujaili, Dalia. “In a new show, Rene Matić interrogates the symbols of nationhood and painful truths,” British Journal of Photography, January 2025.
2024
Cholakova, Ivana & Stead, Chloe. “The Best Ten Shows in Europe in 2024,” Frieze, December 16, 2024.
Amelia Abraham, “Spit, desire and identity: Meet the standout queer artists at this year’s Frieze,” Gay Times, October 8, 2024.
“Young Photographers 2024,” CULTURED, September 29, 2024
Williams, Megan. “British working-class photography features in new show,” Creative Review, April 4, 2024.
Moroz, Sarah. “Katy Hessel Talks About Putting Women Artists Front and Center at Five Major Museums,” Observer, April 2, 2024.
Kane, Ashleigh. “Art shows to see in London, Paris, LA and Vienna this April 2024,” Dazed, March 29, 2024.
2023
Jansen, Charlotte. “The best photography shows of 2023,” The Guardian, December 24, 2023.
Rosen, Miss. “A Portrait of Home Through the Queer Gaze,” huck, December 21, 2023.
Dinsdale, Emily. “Rene Matić’s new show is a love letter to chosen families,” Dazed, November 9, 2023.
Russell, Emma. “Photographing queer life in conservative Britain,” i-D, October 30, 2023.
“Bronwyn Katz and Rene Matić Win the Spirit Now Acquisition Prize at Frieze London 2023,” Frieze Magazine, October 13, 2023.
Greenberger, Alex. “Tate Acquires Poppers Sculpture, Feminist Painting, and More at Frieze London,” ARTnews, October 12, 2023.
Frankel, Eddy. “The Future of London Art: Rene Matić,” TimeOut, October 10, 2023.
Steer, Emily. “How Queer Artist Are Exploring Notions of Home,” AnOther, September 21, 2023.
“Local Talent: London-based Artists at Frieze 2023,” Frieze Magazine, September 19, 2023.
Muk, Isaac. “A Photographic Diary of Travis Alabanza’s Day-to-Day,” huck, August 9, 2023.
Williams, Megan. “Rene Matić documents the interior life of a performer,” Creative Review, July 13, 2023.
Anderson, Sarski. “Rene Matić’s Domestic Portraits of Travis Alabanza to be Exhibited at Martin Parr Foundation,” B24/7, July 12, 2023.
Wallace, Megan. “In Pictures: an intimate and queer friendship between an artist and playwright,” Dazed, July 12, 2023.
Ruhi, Parmar Amin. “Rene Matić Takes Us Into Their Studio With Levi’s,” Highsnobiety, March 23, 2023.
Tom Seymour and Gareth Harris. “All Change at Tate Britain After First Rehang in a Decade,” The Art Newspaper, May 23, 2023.
“Rene Matić ‘upon this rock’ at Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna,” Mousse, March 8, 2023.
Bromwich, Kathryn. “On my radar: Joy Crooke’s cultural highlights,” The Guardian, February 25, 2023.
Sherwood, Harriet. “First Tate Britain rehang in 10 years will put female artists at centre,” The Guardian, February 15, 2023.
2022
Huw, Dylan. “Review: Rene Matić at South London Gallery,” Artforum, November 20, 2022.
Elliott, Martha. “Two South London Gallery shows explore selfhood and subcultures,” Wallpaper, October 13, 2022.
Dinsdale, Emily. “London artist Rene Matić is subverting white skinhead culture,” Dazed, October 13, 2022.
Bucknell, Alice. “The Best Shows to See in London During Frieze,” Frieze Magazine, October 11, 2022.
Sherwin, Skye. “Interview: Artist Rene Matić: ‘This story is about what, if anything, saves us,’” The Guardian, September 26, 2022.
“Rene Matić with Burberry,” Highsnobiety, August 22, 2022.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “Rene Matić in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist,” CURA, July, 2022.
“Questioning History: An Artist Asks, ‘Whose Stories Are Preserved’,” Morgan Stanley, April 25, 2022.
Ghosh, Ravi. “The Enemies Within,” Tribune, April 20, 2022.
2021
Prowse, Jamila. “Rene Matić: ‘This book is where I’ve come from,” 1854, November 25, 2021.
Fullerton, Elizabeth. “The 10 Best Booths at Frieze London: From Boy-Band Personas to Audio-Visual Healing Environments and More,” ARTnews, October 14, 2021.
Mills, Charlie. “Interview with Rene Matić,” _Floorr, May 20, 2021.
“Of Skinheads and Skin: The Artwork of Rene Matić,” Underground Music Art Subculture, February 2, 2021.
2020
Boddington, Ruby. “Rene Matić explores ‘dimensions of Blackness through the lens of their own personal experiences as a queer Black womxn,” It’s Nice That, August 17, 2020.
“Disrupting the white gaze with Rene Matić,” HUNGER, January 15, 2020.
2018
“The Muse: Meet CSM student and creative activist Rene Matić,” HUNGER, November 15, 2018.
Sidhu, TJ. “Meet the young, queer, woman of colour creating art from her experiences,” Dazed, October 11, 2018.
“Young, Femme and Hitched: Meet the Couple Trailblazing a More Modern Marriage,” i-D, May 31, 2018.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arts Council Collection, London, UK
Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, FR
Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
South London Gallery, London, UK
Tate, London, UK
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
UK Government Art Collection, London, UK
University Arts London Collection, London, UK
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2017
BA, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, UK
Baby, Chapter NY, New York
Idols Lovers Mothers Friends, Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2024
As Opposed to the Truth, CAA Berlin, Berlin, DE
JAZZ, Rene Matić and Oscar Murillo, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
2023
kiss them from me, Chapter NY, New York
a girl for the living room, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
upon this rock, Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna, AT
2022
upon this rock, South London Gallery, London, UK
soul time, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
in spite of, instead of, Quench Gallery, Margate, UK
2021
flags for countries that don’t exist but for bodies that do, Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2020
Born British Die British, VITRINE Gallery, London, UK
we give a lead to Britain, Arcadia Missa, London, UK, online
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Invisible Race, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Lives Less Ordinary, Two Temple Place, London, UK
Ensemble, THE PERIMETER, London, UK
2024
The State We’re In: 2000–Now, Tate Britain, London, UK
Conversations, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 - 2024, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
2023
…like a short cut through the brambles, Coventry Biennial 2023, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
Dreaming of Home, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York
Dancing in Outer Space, Studio/chapple, London, UK
WINK WINK, The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rossendale, UK
Divided Selves: Legacies, Memories, Belonging, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK
2022
Crowd Control, High Art Arles, Arles, FR
Queerdirect, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2021
Arcadia, bold Tendencies, London, UK
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London, UK
LEAN, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stanvergen, NO
In Reality These Things Need to be Said, backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Time Out of Joint, isthisit?, online
2020
Friends and Friends of Friends, Schlossmuseum, Linz, AT
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2019
BBZ Alternative Graduate Show, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
G.U.T.S, Ugly Duck Gallery, London, UK
2018
LDN WMN, The Black Cultural Archives, London, UK
My Chain Hits My Chest, Attic Space, Nottingham, UK
Life and Death, Cloud and Horse, London, UK
Feeling Pink Like My Insides, Hume Gallery, Chicago, UK
2017
Riot! Riot! Riot!, Protein Gallery, London, UK
If We’re Going to Heal, Let it Be Glorious, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PERFORMANCES
2022
Faith and How to Keep It. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2022.
2021
flags for countries that don’t exist but for bodies that do. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2021.
Network Futures: Online Exhibitions and Digital Hierarchies. isthisit?, 2021.
How To Sleep Faster. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2021.
2020
“If I Was Your boyfriend.” Fem Press, Fall 2020.
And Mum. Brussels: Rile Space, 2020.
This is England and This is England and This is England. Self Published, 2020.
“Saving Ourselves.” Polyester, Fall 2020.
2019
Interjection Calendar. Montez Press, 2019.
How to Avoid Being Attacked. Self Published, 2019.
Urban Space and Queer Subcultures. London: Autograph ABP, 2019.
Body Politić. Shades of Noir, January 2019.
2018
How To Sleep Faster. London: Arcadia Missa Publishing, 2018.
“Departures.” Crack magazine X Fred Perry, November 2018.
“Polyester Issue 8.” Polyester, August 2018.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2026
Al-Dujaili, Dalia. “Portrait of Britain Vol. 8: The Winners,” British Journal of Photography, January 2026.
2025
Kane, Ashleigh. “Art shows to leave the house for in January 2026,” DAZED, December 29, 2025.
Rea, Naomi. “Meet 5 Artists Transforming Photography,” artnet, December 25, 2025.
2025 Jones, Ben. “Peterborough artist Rene Matić in running for world famous Turner Prize set to be announced on Tuesday,” Peterborough Telegraph, December 8, 2025.
Dexter, Aimee. “Matić is second-youngest Turner Prize nominee ever,” BBC, December 7, 2025.
Hu, Bryher. “Turner Prize in Bradford is tipping cultural balance North,” Telegraph & Argus, December 6, 2025.
“Winter issue 353: the z issue,” Flash Art International, December 3, 2025.
“Opening Date for London’s V&A East Museum announced,” The Art News, November 11, 2025.
“V&A East Shares Official Opening Date And Exhibitions,” Dance Wax, November 8, 2025.
“V&A East Museum opens April 2026: A new cultural hub for art, design, and community,” Artdaily, November 8, 2025.
Hardaker, Alistair. “V&A East Museum: new details and opening date revealed,” Museums + Heritage, November 5, 2025.
Price, Ethan. “Community Everywhere: Portrait of Britain Vol. 8,” British Journal of Photography, November 4, 2025.
Farrant, Theo. “Four artists shortlisted for the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize,” Euronews, November 2, 2025.
“Fang-tastic! Deutsche Börse photography prize – in pictures,” The Guardian, October 22, 2025.
“Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 Shortlist Announced,” Artlyst, October 21, 2025.
Kubrick, Rachel. “Who Are the Shortlisted Artists for the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize?,” OCULA, October 21, 2025.
Wilson, Abbie. “Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Unveils 2026 Prize Shortlist,” Our Culture Mag, October 21, 2025.
“In Pictures: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize shortlist announced,” ArtReview, October 21, 2025.
Thaddeus-Johns, Josie. “Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 announces nominees,” Artsy, October 21, 2025.
“Twelve Out Of London Art Exhibitions Autumn Winter 2025,” Artlyst, October 20, 2025.
“The Turner Prize exhibition comes to Bradford’s Cartwright Hall Gallery as part of Bradford 2025,” The Yorkshire Post, October 14, 2025.
“40 For 40: Women In Art,” ELLE, October 13, 2025.
Wetzler, Rachel. “Fifty Shades of Gray,” Artforum, September 30, 2025.
Sperkova, Patricie. “Four Artists, Four Worlds,” York Vision, September 30, 2025.
Warde-Aldam, Digby. “The best Turner Prize in years,” The Spectator, September 30, 2025.
Jacques, Juliet. “The Turner Prize 2025 Confronts Britain’s Past and Future,” Frieze, September 29, 2025.
Steer, Emily. “Turner Prize 2025: How to Heal a Ruptured World,” OCULA, September 29, 2025.
Clugston, Hannah. “Turner Prize 2025: everything you need to know about this year’s nominees,” Dazed, September 27, 2025.
“Turner Prize contenders unveil four distinctive installations at Cartwright Hall,” The Global Herald, September 27, 2025.
Bibeau, Petra. “Rene Matic’s Silhouettes of Refusal,” IMPULSE, September 27, 2025.
Jones, Ben. “Turner Prize 2025: Prestigious exhibition opens with Peterborough photographer in the running for the top prize,” Peterborough Today, September 26, 2025.
Thorpe, Vanessa. “Not the end of the Turner Prize, just the end of the world,” The Observer, September 26, 2025.
Kubrick, Rachel. “The Art World This Week, 26 September 2025,” OCULA, September 26, 2025.
Barry, Robert. “Is the Turner Prize going round in circles?,” APOLLO Magazine, September 26, 2025.
Youngs, Ian. “Flags, wars and fantasy kingdoms: Turner Prize artists let us into their worlds,” BBC, September 26.
Jones, Jonathan. “Artists face the jury, the case for Hodgkin and multi-player politics – the week in art,” The Guardian, September 26, 2025.
Atkinson, Rebecca. “Turner Prize show opens in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall,” Museum Association Museums Journal, September 25, 2025.
Harris, Gareth. “’There’s no fudging. She deserves to win’: critics react as Turner Prize 2025 opens,” The Art Newspaper, September 24, 2025.
Westall, Mark. “Turner Prize 2025 Opens in Bradford,” FAD Magazine, September 24, 2025.
Lawson-Tancred, Jo. “A Look at the 2025 Turner Prize Show—and the Artists Vying for the UK’s Top Art Award,” artnet, September 24, 2025.
Hubbard, Sue. “Turner Prize 2025: The Good The Bland and The Ugly,” Artlyst, September 24, 2025.
Durrant, Nancy. “Turner Prize 2025 review – the stunning paintings get my vote,” The Times, September 23, 2025.
Hudson, Mark. “Turner Prize 2025 review – A conservative shift could undermine award’s radical legacy,” Independent Premium, September 23, 2025.
Searle, Adrian. “Turner prize 2025 review – puzzling banners, tinkling bells, burning landscape
and bum-like sculptures,” The Guardian, September 23, 2025.
Wild, Stephi. “The Turner Prize 2025 Exhibition Opens in Bradford as Highlight of UK City of Culture Programme,” broadwayWORLD, September 23, 2025.
Young, Chris. “Art world descends on Bradford as prestigious Turner Prize comes to city gallery,” yahoo!news, September 23, 2025.
Stephenson, Minnie. “The Turner Prize finalist who sculpts to the rhythm of the disco,” 4 News,September 23, 2025.
Jansen, Charlotte. “‘Each shot feels like a private performance’: Rene Matić, the Turner shortlist’s only photographer,” The Guardian, May, 2025
Al-Dujaili, Dalia. “In a new show, Rene Matić interrogates the symbols of nationhood and painful truths,” British Journal of Photography, January 2025.
2024
Cholakova, Ivana & Stead, Chloe. “The Best Ten Shows in Europe in 2024,” Frieze, December 16, 2024.
Amelia Abraham, “Spit, desire and identity: Meet the standout queer artists at this year’s Frieze,” Gay Times, October 8, 2024.
“Young Photographers 2024,” CULTURED, September 29, 2024
Williams, Megan. “British working-class photography features in new show,” Creative Review, April 4, 2024.
Moroz, Sarah. “Katy Hessel Talks About Putting Women Artists Front and Center at Five Major Museums,” Observer, April 2, 2024.
Kane, Ashleigh. “Art shows to see in London, Paris, LA and Vienna this April 2024,” Dazed, March 29, 2024.
2023
Jansen, Charlotte. “The best photography shows of 2023,” The Guardian, December 24, 2023.
Rosen, Miss. “A Portrait of Home Through the Queer Gaze,” huck, December 21, 2023.
Dinsdale, Emily. “Rene Matić’s new show is a love letter to chosen families,” Dazed, November 9, 2023.
Russell, Emma. “Photographing queer life in conservative Britain,” i-D, October 30, 2023.
“Bronwyn Katz and Rene Matić Win the Spirit Now Acquisition Prize at Frieze London 2023,” Frieze Magazine, October 13, 2023.
Greenberger, Alex. “Tate Acquires Poppers Sculpture, Feminist Painting, and More at Frieze London,” ARTnews, October 12, 2023.
Frankel, Eddy. “The Future of London Art: Rene Matić,” TimeOut, October 10, 2023.
Steer, Emily. “How Queer Artist Are Exploring Notions of Home,” AnOther, September 21, 2023.
“Local Talent: London-based Artists at Frieze 2023,” Frieze Magazine, September 19, 2023.
Muk, Isaac. “A Photographic Diary of Travis Alabanza’s Day-to-Day,” huck, August 9, 2023.
Williams, Megan. “Rene Matić documents the interior life of a performer,” Creative Review, July 13, 2023.
Anderson, Sarski. “Rene Matić’s Domestic Portraits of Travis Alabanza to be Exhibited at Martin Parr Foundation,” B24/7, July 12, 2023.
Wallace, Megan. “In Pictures: an intimate and queer friendship between an artist and playwright,” Dazed, July 12, 2023.
Ruhi, Parmar Amin. “Rene Matić Takes Us Into Their Studio With Levi’s,” Highsnobiety, March 23, 2023.
Tom Seymour and Gareth Harris. “All Change at Tate Britain After First Rehang in a Decade,” The Art Newspaper, May 23, 2023.
“Rene Matić ‘upon this rock’ at Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna,” Mousse, March 8, 2023.
Bromwich, Kathryn. “On my radar: Joy Crooke’s cultural highlights,” The Guardian, February 25, 2023.
Sherwood, Harriet. “First Tate Britain rehang in 10 years will put female artists at centre,” The Guardian, February 15, 2023.
2022
Huw, Dylan. “Review: Rene Matić at South London Gallery,” Artforum, November 20, 2022.
Elliott, Martha. “Two South London Gallery shows explore selfhood and subcultures,” Wallpaper, October 13, 2022.
Dinsdale, Emily. “London artist Rene Matić is subverting white skinhead culture,” Dazed, October 13, 2022.
Bucknell, Alice. “The Best Shows to See in London During Frieze,” Frieze Magazine, October 11, 2022.
Sherwin, Skye. “Interview: Artist Rene Matić: ‘This story is about what, if anything, saves us,’” The Guardian, September 26, 2022.
“Rene Matić with Burberry,” Highsnobiety, August 22, 2022.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “Rene Matić in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist,” CURA, July, 2022.
“Questioning History: An Artist Asks, ‘Whose Stories Are Preserved’,” Morgan Stanley, April 25, 2022.
Ghosh, Ravi. “The Enemies Within,” Tribune, April 20, 2022.
2021
Prowse, Jamila. “Rene Matić: ‘This book is where I’ve come from,” 1854, November 25, 2021.
Fullerton, Elizabeth. “The 10 Best Booths at Frieze London: From Boy-Band Personas to Audio-Visual Healing Environments and More,” ARTnews, October 14, 2021.
Mills, Charlie. “Interview with Rene Matić,” _Floorr, May 20, 2021.
“Of Skinheads and Skin: The Artwork of Rene Matić,” Underground Music Art Subculture, February 2, 2021.
2020
Boddington, Ruby. “Rene Matić explores ‘dimensions of Blackness through the lens of their own personal experiences as a queer Black womxn,” It’s Nice That, August 17, 2020.
“Disrupting the white gaze with Rene Matić,” HUNGER, January 15, 2020.
2018
“The Muse: Meet CSM student and creative activist Rene Matić,” HUNGER, November 15, 2018.
Sidhu, TJ. “Meet the young, queer, woman of colour creating art from her experiences,” Dazed, October 11, 2018.
“Young, Femme and Hitched: Meet the Couple Trailblazing a More Modern Marriage,” i-D, May 31, 2018.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arts Council Collection, London, UK
Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, FR
Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
South London Gallery, London, UK
Tate, London, UK
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
UK Government Art Collection, London, UK
University Arts London Collection, London, UK
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK