Matthew Spender
English · b. 1945
Discovery profile: limited tracked signals
Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.
Composite Codex score
Museums/acquisitions may be sparse
Thin auction dataset expected
Recent activity and interest
Gallery and exhibition traction
Signal summary
Matthew Spender: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (2 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.
Representation
- No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex
Institutional holdings
Recent Exhibitions
- No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally
Market profile
Education & awards
- No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation
Press Signals
- No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage
Publications
- No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex
Peer bands
Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.
Price Band Peers
Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.
No defensible cohort from current data.
No defensible regional cohort from current data.
Career Stage Peers
Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (career stage unknown).
- Helen Cammock#2,947 · Kate MacGarry #668 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
- Emma Talbot#3,109 · Context Art Gallery #724 · Emergingemerging · 1 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Es Devlin#3,149 · Platform Earth #127 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
- Brendan Neiland#3,155 · The Redfern Gallery #207 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- David Remfry#3,226 · Sponder Gallery #322 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown · 0 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Matthew Krishanu#3,335 · Tanya Leighton #206 · Emergingemerging · 6 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Matthew Higgs#3,432 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
- Rosalind Nashashibi#3,438 · GRIMM #170 · Emergingemerging · 3 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Liam Spencer#3,462 · Contemporary Six #1,043 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 7 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Matthew Spender
Practice / Medium Peers
Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.
- Emma Talbot#3,109 · Context Art Gallery #724 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,109 Codex rank
- Es Devlin#3,149 · Platform Earth #127 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #3,149 Codex rank
- Mark Titchner#3,302 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · DUVE Berlin #124 · Career stage unknownsculpture · shared regional context · #3,302 Codex rank
- Matthew Krishanu#3,335 · Tanya Leighton #206 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,335 Codex rank
- John Virtue#3,377 · Paintings · $5K–10K · Andelli Art #1,003 · Established contemporarypainting · shared regional context · #3,377 Codex rank
- Matthew Higgs#3,432 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #3,432 Codex rank
- Rosalind Nashashibi#3,438 · GRIMM #170 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,438 Codex rank
- Markus Amm#3,459 · Paintings · $10K–25K · David Kordansky Gallery #17 · Emergingpainting · shared regional context · #3,459 Codex rank
- Liam Spencer#3,462 · Contemporary Six #1,043 · Early/mid-careershared regional context · #3,462 Codex rank
- Matthew Spender
Selected works
Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.
