Rene Matić

Rene Matić (b. 1997, Peterborough) is an artist, writer and poet based in London. Their work spans across photography, film and sculpture in a meeting place they describe as rude(ness) – to interrupt and exist in/between. Matić often takes their departure point from dance and music movements such as Northern soul, Ska and 2-Tone, using them as sites to queer and re-imagine the intimacies between West Indian and white working-class culture in Britain.

Matić has shown with high-profile institutions such as South London Gallery, London; Quench Gallery, Margate; Bold Tendencies, London; Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger; Studio Voltaire, London; and Saatchi Gallery, London. Matić’s work is held in several prominent collections, including Tate, London; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; UK Government Art Collection, London; and Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol.