Matt Atkins is an improvising percussionist and sound/visual artist who uses electronics, objects and tape loops in his work which explores elements of minimalism texture. He has released music on labels such as Falt, Rusted Tone Recordings, Invisible City, Whitelab Recs, tsss tapes, Coherent States, Steep Gloss, Flaming Pines, Wabi Sabi Tapes, Dasa Tapes and Chocolate Monk, among others. Since 2006 he has run the label MRM recordings. In 2020 he began curating and presenting a show for CAMP radio called Auricular Shelter.
In 2022 he had his first solo exhibition of paintings and drawings, ‘Eoliths’ at London’s Hundred Years Gallery.
‘Channels’ is his second solo exhibition at the Hundred Years Gallery and comprises mainly of works on paper. As with his music there is a fascination with and exploration of texture, minimalism and gesture, with most of the paintings and drawings being improvised.
