Mathew John Sawyer (born 1977,

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, England) is a British visual artist and musician, who lives and works in London. Sawyer studied at

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and the

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in London. His band Mathew Sawyer and The Ghosts were signed to

Fire Records Fire Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the la ...

. They have three albums available: ''Blue Birds Blood'' (2007) originally released on Stolen Recordings and

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(US), ''How Snakes Eat'' (2010) and ''Sleep Dreamt A Brother'' (2013). Sawyer was a member of

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for their 2006 album '' My Dark Places'', released on Domino Records. In 2007, Mathew Sawyer and The Ghosts played the

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as part of the Meltdown Festival, curated by

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. Sawyer's artwork has been shown internationally in solo, and group exhibitions, including ''The Distance Between Me and You'' (

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), ''Documentary Creations'' (Museum of Art Luzern), ''Protest and Survive'' (

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) and ''

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''.

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Mathew Sawyer

Official Fire Records site

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