1962	born in Swindon, Wiltshire
1981- 1982	Winchester School of Art
1982- 1985	Goldsmith College, London University
	lives and works in Berlin

2010	Fischgrätenmelkstand, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin (curated by John Bock) Alles Berliner, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie, Berlin 2. UM-Festival für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Musik und Literatur in der Uckermark A moving plan B -Chapter ONE, The Drawing Room, London (curated by Thomas Scheibitz) Berlin Box, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain Art, Haas & Fuchs, Berlin (curated by Michael Craig-Martin) (cat.) Katarina Burin, Mathew Hale, Matt Saunders, Ratio3, San Francisco Berlin-Paris, Michel Rein, Paris
2009	Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin Appaloosa, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin (with Ulrich Hakel) Maison pour Monsiour X, FormContent, London (with Katarina Burin, curated by Emma Astner) private view, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen Drawing 2009, The Drawing Room, London Free Association, Gallery AREA 53, Vienna Roots, Wentrup, Berlin Wallis dies and goes to heaven... and the dark show returns as a ghost, Paradise Row, London. Prose pour des Esseintes, Karma International, Zurich
2008	Phoenix vs Babel, Fondation D' Enterprise Ricard, Paris (curated by Patrice Joly), London Calling, Galerie Jan Wentrup –Temporary Space, London With Love Dieter Rot,Viennabiennale 08 (curated by Alexander Hassenpflug), Offspace am Hundsturm, Vienna  Pleinairism (curated by Kitty Scott), i8 gallery, Reykjavik 18 (curated by Saim Demircan), Center, Berlin Honey Honig (In collaboration with Susan Morris,curated by Alexander Hassenpflug), Auto Italia, London The Dark Show (curated by Katie Guggenheim), The Wallis Gallery, London  UNDERWOOD (curated by Marc Hulson), Ballhaus Ost, Berlin PAST-FORWARD, Project Space 176 / Zabludowicz Art Projects, London (cat.)
2007	Our Period, Mathew Hale and Susan Morris, Five Years, London
2005	36 x 27 10, White Cube Berlin, Palast der Republik, Berlin Pale Ramon, Analix Forever, Genf (curated by Matt Saunders) Very early pictures, Luckmann Gallery, Los Angeles
2004	Chaim Soutine, The Happy Sailor, London
2003	Bonobos, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie, Berlin Biennale Venedig, Utopia Station, Venedig addiction, 15 Micawber Street, London
2002	Biennale Montréal 2002         PizzaExpress Prospects, Essor Gallery, London
2001	The difference between You and Us, Five Years, London My Friends, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø
2000	Sleight of Hand, Five Years, London John, I’m only dancing, The Margaret Harvey Gallery, University of Hertfordshire, St. Albans
1999	Itinerants, The View Gallery, Liverpool Sublime: The Darkness and the Light, Hayward Gallery, National Touring Exhibition of Arts Council Collection, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton und sieben weitere Austellungsorte in Groß Brittanien/ and seven further venues in the UK
1998	United in Death, Camebridge Darkroom Gallery, Camebridge
1997	On Boredom, Virtual exhibition on C.D.Rom, launched at the I.C.A., London, in Zusammenarbeit mit Camebridge Darkroom Gallery, Camebridge
1992	Let Me Look, San Miniato
1990	Now for the Future, The Arts Council Collection, Recent Acquisitions, Hayward Gallery, London River, Goldsmith Gallery, London
1989	Trigon ’89, “Aktuelle Kunst”, Neue Galerie & Künstlerhaus, Graz
1985	85° Show, Serpentine Gallery, London
1984	New Contemporaries, I.C.A. London

1987	Whitechapel Artists Award

Arts Council Collection of Great Britain

2010	Art, ed. by Michael Craig-Martin, Berlin 2010
2008	Past-Foward, ed. by Vincent Honoré, London 2008
2007	Pages 97 and 98 of Mrs. Gillray,VMAN Maganzin, issue 9, ed. fall/ winter 2007, page 132- 133
2004	PiSsInG InK: 80 Pages from MiriamBooks by Mathew Hale, DAAD, Berlin 2004, with texts by Jeffrey Eugenides, Jordan Kantor, Friedrich Meschede The Frize Art Fair Yearbook, 2004, London 2004
2003	Dreams and conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer, Katalog der Biennale in Venedig, Venedig 2003
2002	Dopo buzzati: Artisti tra pittura e fumetto, ed. by Roberto Roda, Mantua 2002
2001	My Friends,Tromsø Kunstforening, text by Per Kvist,Tromsø 2001
1999	Sublime: The Darkness and the Light, Hayward Gallery National Touring Exhibition, 1999, with text by Jon Thompson und Christopher Kool-Want, 1999
1998	United in Death, Camebridge Darkroom Gallery, Camebridge 1998
1992	Let Me Look, San Miniato 1992, with text by Stella Santacatterina und Jon Thompson
1989	Trigon ’89, “Aktuelle Kunst”, Neue Galerie,text by Marc Francis, Graz 1989
1988	Mathew Hale: Recent Work, Whitechapel Art Gallery, text by Jon Thompson, London 1988

2010	Astrid Mania, Klettern auf dem Spassgerüst, artnet.de Chris Sharp, Review in: Flash Art International, July-Sept 2010, page 113 Niklas Maak, Peter Richter, Mascha Kuchejda: Kampftag der Künstlerklasse, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, May 2, 2010, page 53 Sam Williams, Interview with Mathew Hale, Exberliner, May 2010, page 35
2009	Nicole Büsing/Heiko Klaas,  Hier tummeln sich die Stars von morgen, kunstmarkt.com, June 12 2009 Larne Abse Gogarty, Matthew Hale: Der Mond v. Le Monde, Art Monthly, issue june 2009, page 36
2008	Christy Lange, Institut im Glaspavillon, Frieze issue 119, November-December 2008, page 53
2006	Finden, machen erzählen,  taz, November 15th 2006, page 28
1988	Lynne Cooke: Mathew Hale: Recent Work at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London,  Art International, Winter 1988