Matthew Stone

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{{short description|British artist}}

Matthew Stone (born 1982 in London, England){{Cite web|title=Matthew Stone - 79 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy|url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/matthew-stone|access-date=2020-10-18|website=www.artsy.net|language=en}} is a London-based artist. He is part of the South London art collective !Wowow!.{{Cite web|last=Dazed|date=2013-10-17|title=Children of !WOWOW!|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/17590/1/children-of-wowow|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Dazed|language=en}}

Stone graduated from Camberwell College of Arts, London in 2004. He currently stages performances and films.[http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/04/matthew_stone_at_union_london.php "Saatchi Online: MATTHEW STONE AT UNION, LONDON" ] In 2007, his first solo show, entitled "Futurehindsight", took place at UNION in London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/art/features/2885.html|title=Peckham art squats|website=www.timeout.com}} In November 2009, Stone topped the arts section in a "Power players Under 30" list compiled by the Sunday Times.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615154756/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article6900887.ece?token=null&offset=24&page=3 "Times Online The Top 30 power players under 30"] Stone frequently collaborates with FKA Twigs and created the album artwork for 2019's Magdalene. Waddoups, Ryan. (8 November 2019). [https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/fka-twigs-magdalene-album/ The Transcendent Pain of FKA Twigs’ Magdalene]. Surface Mag. Retrieved October 19, 2020.

In November 2011, Stone had an exhibition at Kathy Grayson's "The Hole" Gallery entitled Optimism as Cultural Rebellion, the same name as his blog. Stone has had subsequent exhibitions at the Hole in 2018, 2020 and 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://newyorkarttours.com/blog/2018/06/16/matthew-stone-at-the-hole-nyc/|title=Matthew Stone at The Hole NYC|date=16 June 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.standardhotels.com/culture/matthew-stone|title=Matthew Stone's AI Paintings: Dreaming with The Machine|date=15 March 2023|website=www.standardhotels.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/the-hole-matthew-stone-ai-paintings?sort=partner_show_position|title=Matthew Stone - AI Paintings|website=Artsy}}

Stone paints with AI.{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/matthew-stone-virtual-paintings/|title=Matthew Stone's AI paintings reflect an art world in flux|first=Megan|last=Williams|date=15 August 2022|website=Creative Review}}