1983 Foundation, Newport College of Art and Design, Wales

1984 BA(Hons) Fine Art, Exeter College of Art and Design, Devon

Mixed Exhibitions:

2007 Cornwall Contemporary, Cornwall

2007 Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall

2006 The Great Atlantic Art Galleries, Falmouth, Cornwall

2006 Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall

2005 The Great Atlantic Art Galleries, Falmouth, Cornwall
Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
Worlds End Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, London
Beside the Wave Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
Beside the Wave Gallery, Chelsea Arts Fair, London
Lighthouse Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
Lighthouse Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
Living History Project, St Just, Cornwall

2004 The Great Atlantic Art Galleries, St Just, Cornwall
Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
Worlds End Gallery, London

2003 The Great Atlantic Art Galleries, St Just, Cornwall

2002 The Bigger Picture, Badcocks Gallery, Cornwall
The Seafood Café, St Ives, Cornwall

2001 The City Gallery, London
Behind the Canvas, Great Atlantic Art Galleries, Cornwall
Thompsons Gallery, London
Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff, Wales

2000 The City Gallery, London
The Air Gallery, Dover St, London
Thompsons Gallery, Dover St, London
Thompsons Gallery, Stow on the Wold
Chelsea Arts Fair, London
Rainyday Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
The Newcraftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
The Porthminster Café, St Ives, Cornwall
Avalon Gallery, Marazion, Cornwall
Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
White Columns, New York
The Great Atlantic Gallery, St Just, Cornwall
Flint Institute of Art, Michigan, USA
Mobile Museum, Alabama, USA
Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia, USA
Delta Axis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

1999 Art 99 Arts Fair, Birmingham
West Country Painters, Cork St, London
The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, St Just, Cornwall
Thomas Henry Fine Art, Dorset
Thomas Henry Fine Art, Nantucket Island, USA
Beyond the Sea, Padstow, Cornwall
Archie Browns Café, Penzance, Cornwall
Living on the Line, Counthouse, Botallack, Cornwall
BBC Wales Broadcasting Studio, Cardiff, Wales

1998 Archie Browns Café, Penzance, Cornwall
The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, St Just, Cornwall
Enid Lawson Gallery, Kensington, London
Kensington Arts Fair, Kensington, London
Rainyday Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
Thomas Henry Fine Art, Dorset
Cardiff Bay Arts Trust, Cardiff, Wales

1997 Primavera, Cambridge
The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, St Just, Cornwall

1996 Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, St Just, Cornwall

1992 Rainyday Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall

1988 Hill Court Gallery, Abergavenny, S. Wales

1987 The Ivory Tower, Spacex Gallery, Exeter, Devon

Solo Exhibitions:

2007 Cornwall Contemporary

2006 The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall

2005 The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, Monmouth, Wales

2004 The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, St Just, Cornwall

2003 The Great Atlantic Art Gallery, St Just, Cornwall

2002 City Gallery, Thompsons, London
The Bigger Picture, Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall

2001 Cardiff Bay Arts Trust, Cardiff, Wales

Collections:

BBC Wales
Ove Arup Architects
Cardiff Bay Arts Trust
Women of the World, Claudia DeMonte, USA

Commissions:

Ove Arup & Partners, capital waterside offices, reception area, Cardiff, Wales
Artist’s Cards, New Leaf Range
Paper Rose, Colori Range
D’Silva Editions, New Print Range

Membership:

Penwith Society of Artists, St Ives, Cornwall

Born in Blaina, a small mining village in South Wales 1964, Maggie Matthews studied Fine Art at Newport College of Art and Design followed by a degree at Exeter Art College and in 1988 moved to St Just where she lives with her daughter.

Harbouring a strong interest in abstraction since the early years of her painting career, Maggie works outdoors, often at the cliff edge, drawing rapidly in an attempt to capture the essence of tidal activity, the force of the gale or the intensity of sunlight.

Her work is informed by these atmospheric conditions specific to the Cornish coast, and on her return to the studio she engages in a process of simplification, honing down to the essential aspects of line and evocative colour.

Exhibiting extensively throughout Britain, Maggie is successfully represented by a number of private galleries, and supplies a number of commercial enterprises in London. In 1998 she received her first public commission - the production of a painted panel spanning twelve feet, for the reception area of the new Cardiff offices of influential architectural engineers Ove Arup & Partners.