Christopher Matthews is an award winning American-born choreographer, performer, visual artist and curator working from London. Thematically, Matthews’ works are intended to be a dialogue with the audience on the subjects of spectatorship, criticism, gender, body image, queerness, working conditions, intersections of the classical and contemporary, icon vs self, pop culture and dance histories. Matthews holds a BFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and an MA in Choreography from Trinity Laban. His video and performance works have been presented internationally, including at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Sadler’s Wells, Art Night 2018, Cornell University, Yorkshire Dance, Independent Dance, Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival, Enclave Gallery, Arbyte Gallery, ]performance space[, Chisenhale Dance Space, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Hyde Park Art Club, MonArt Digital Art, CollectArt, LimaZulu, 4BID Gallery, Mount Florida Gallery, Castlefield Gallery, Prism Contemporary, Millennium, Reykjavik Dance Festival, Cent Quatre, MCLA Gallery 51, Villa Empain, Loop Video Art Festival, and was named a 2024 Blue Chip Finalist. His art has been published in Queer Art Collect Art, Softcore, Beyond Queer Words and The Body Revolts.
As a performer, Matthews currently works with Trajal Harrell. He can be seen in the feature film Wicked directed by John Chu, choreographed by Christopher Scott, and The Magic Faraway Tree choreographed by Ivan Michael Blackstone; starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy.
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