Matt Price

Contemporary art editorial, writing, curating, research, consultancy
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Matt Price is a contemporary art writer, editor and curator from Birmingham currently based in London and Leeds, UK. Following a degree in art history from the University of Nottingham and an MA in curating from the Royal College of Art, he started his career as an editor for Hans Ulrich Obrist before being appointed Managing Editor of Flash Art International, Milan. He has since worked as Deputy Editor of ArtReview and Publications Manager at Serpentine Gallery. In addition to Flash Art and ArtReview, he has also written for publications including A-n, Art MonthlyFrieze, Modern Painters and The Guardian.

He has curated exhibitions for the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Pitzhanger Manor (PM Gallery and House), London, and most recently has curated the exhibition of British painting for the Prague Biennale 5.

Price has edited publications for numerous international publishing houses including Phaidon, Rizzoli, Hatje Cantz, Heni Publishing and Koenig as well as for public and commercial gallery clients. He has edited titles for artists and architects including Gerhard Richter, Ai Weiwei / Herzog & de Meuron, Joep Van Lieshout, David Adjaye, Jitish Kallat, Justin Mortimer and The Campana Brothers. In 2009 he co-authored the monograph on Adrian Ghenie for Hatje Cantz, and also wrote the biography/chronology of Anish Kapoor for his recent monograph from Phaidon. He has recently edited Phaidon's top-selling international anthology of contemporary painting,
Vitamin P2, released in October 2011.