ABOUT
I AM AN INDEPENDENT CURATOR, ARCHIVIST AND ART DIRECTOR SPECIALISING IN 20TH CENTURY POP CULTURE.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS INCLUDE USE HEARING PROTECTION - FAC 1-50 / 40 AT CHELSEA SPACE - LONDON, PATRICK PROCKTOR – THE LAST ROMANTIC AT ARTS UNIVERSITY BOURNEMOUTH, DAVID TINDLE – A RETROSPECTIVE AT HUDDERSFIELD ART GALLERY, VOGUE 100 – A CENTURY OF STYLE, JAI REDMAN – PARADISE LOST AND TRUE FAITH - AN EXHIBITION LOOKING AT THE ARTISTIC LEGACY AND INFLUENCE OF JOY DIVISION AND NEW ORDER FOR MANCHESTER ART GALLERY AND MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL.
USE HEARING PROTECTION - THE EARLY YEARS OF FACTORY RECORDS IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SCIENCE + INDUSTRY MUSEUM, MANCHESTER.
THE ARCHIVAL WORK FOCUSES ON THE STABILISING, FORMALISING AND VALUING OF POP CULTURE ARCHIVES FOR TRANSFER TO INSTITUTION AND PREPERATION FOR EXHIBITION. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE WRITER AND CURATOR JON SAVAGE DEVELOPING A WIDE-RANGING POP CULTURE ARCHIVE FOR JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY IN MANCHESTER.
I HAVE BEEN ART DIRECTOR FOR JOHNNY MARR SINCE 2012.
Johnny Marr - The Messenger album front cover, photography and art direction by Mat Bancroft, layout by Jonathan Elliot
FAC 1-50 / 40 at Chelsea Space, curated by Mat Bancroft and Jon Savage
Debut solo single cover, art direction by Mat Bancroft, layout by Jonathan Elliot
Installation image from True Faith at Manchester Art Gallery, curated by Matthew Higgs and Jon Savage
Adrenalin Baby live album, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft, Laura Turner and Johnny Marr
Cover collage by Mat Bancroft
Image detail, featured in the exhibition Jai Redman - Paradise Lost, Manchester Art Gallery
Limited edition Record Store Day 7" single, photography and Art Direction by Mat Bancroft and Johnny Marr, layout by Laura Turner.
Installation image from Vogue 100 at Manchester Art Gallery, curated by Robin Muir. Photograph by Michael Pollard.
Candidate single sleeve, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft, Laura Turner and Johnny Marr.
Original collage for Jon Savage's book 1966 - The Year The Decade Exploded.
Photography and Art Direction by Mat Bancroft and Johnny Marr, layout by Laura Turner.
Introductory text panel from the David Tindle exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery, curated by Ian Massey and Richard Selby.
Detail of Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures period archival material.
Single sleeve Art Direction by Mat Bancroft, Laura Turner and Johnny Marr.
Image detail, featured in the exhibition Jai Redman - Paradise Lost, Manchester Art Gallery
Photography by Mat Bancroft
Installation image from Vogue 100 at Manchester Art Gallery, curated by Robin Muir, photograph by Michael Pollard.
Single sleeve, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft, Laura Turner and Johnny Marr.
Case detail from an exhibition developed for Fred Perry for the launch of their Camden store, London, curated by Mat Bancroft.
Tour poster, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft and Laura Turner.
Exhibition detail from Fred Perry Camden store opening exhibition.
Cover image for Johnny Marr's Playland album, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft, Laura Turner and Johnny Marr.
Exhibition detail from Fred Perry Camden store opening exhibition.
Tour poster, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft and Laura Turner, photograph by Jon Shard.
Installation image from David Tindle - A Retrospective, curated by Ian Massey and Richard Selby.
2013 poster design, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft and Laura Turner.
Installation image from True Faith at Manchester Art Gallery, curated by Matthew Higgs and Jon Savage
Autobiography, published by Century, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft, Laura Turner and Johnny Marr.
FAC 1-50 / 40 at Chelsea Space, curated by Mat Bancroft and Jon Savage
Tour poster, Art Direction by Mat Bancroft and Laura Turner, photograph by Jon Shard.
Installation image from Patrick Procktor - The Last Romantic at Arts University Bournemouth, curated by Ian Massey.
Installation image from True Faith at Manchester Art Gallery, curated by Matthew Higgs and Jon Savage
Installation image from Patrick Procktor - The Last Romantic at Arts University Bournemouth, curated by Ian Massey.
Catalogue image.
Paperback design, Cover collage by Mat Bancroft
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