Mathew John Sawyer (born 1977, Hammersmith, England) is a British visual artist and musician, who lives and works in London. Sawyer studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art in London.

His band Mathew Sawyer and The Ghosts were signed to Fire Records.[1] They have three albums available: Blue Birds Blood (2007) originally released on Stolen Recordings and Catbird Records (US), How Snakes Eat (2010)[2] and Sleep Dreamt A Brother (2013) (this album he designed the cover art on the album).[3]

Sawyer was a member of Television Personalities for their 2006 album My Dark Places, released on Domino Records. In 2007, Mathew Sawyer and The Ghosts played the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the Meltdown Festival, curated by Jarvis Cocker.

Sawyer's artwork has been shown internationally in solo, and group exhibitions, including The Distance Between Me and You (Lisson Gallery), Documentary Creations (Museum of Art Luzern), Protest and Survive (Whitechapel Art Gallery) and Frieze Art Fair.

References

  1. ↑ "Artists page". firerecords.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "How Snakes Eat – album review". Allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ "The Quietus | News | LISTEN: New Mathew Sawyer". The Quietus. Retrieved 17 December 2023.


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