Lunar Fantasies, Christopher Matthews, 2025

Lunar Fantasies by Christopher Matthews, 2025.
Mirrored lazer cut glass, liquid glass spots.
29 x 29.5 x 28cm
13 x 48 x 48cm

Born in industrial South Wales, Christopher Matthews is a mixed-media artist whose practice evolved from a distinguished career in fashion and textile design. After completing an MA in Fashion & Textiles with Distinction, he worked for British couturier Murray Arbeid and later co-founded the fashion textile studio The Collection. Alongside professional practice, he lectured widely, including on the MA Fashion course at Central Saint Martins.

Matthews’ hand-tufted carpets, produced in Portugal, were exhibited in leading London interiors spaces and featured in The Observer and House & Garden. His work toured museums in the United States as part of For the Floor, following a portfolio presentation in New York to gallerist Holly Solomon.

In 2020, Matthews undertook a residency at the European Ceramic Centre (EKWC), the Netherlands, joining a lineage of artists including Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tony Cragg.

His work explores reflection, surface and depth, often engaging both front and reverse. Using laser-cut metal, wood, paper, ceramics, glass, copper wire, pigment and resin, Matthews creates dimensional works that range from minimal restraint to decorative opulence. Fragmentation, layering and fluorescent pigments introduce a subtle, reflective luminosity that emerges from beneath and behind the surface.