Article on Matt Lippiatt, author name not printed, published in the Surrey-Hants Star on thursday October 19th 2006

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Artist out on a limb.

Here's a Farnborough artist who hopes three exhibitions will help give his career a leg up.

Matt Lippiatt, of Westheath Road, graduated in July with a first-class degree in fine art.

Since then his sculptures have been selected for three shows opening between now and the new year. The first opens today (Thursday) at the New Graduates' exhibition in London's Battersea Park.

Visitors will be able to see his 17 life-like figures which, he says, either makes people laugh or gives them the creeps.

Matt, a former Cove School pupil, first became interested in sculpture when he attended an evening class at Fleet run by Hampshire Edexcel.

In 2001 he gave up his job at WH Smith's Farnborough branch to study fine art full-time at Basingstoke College of Technology.

He went on to take a degree course at St Martin's College, London.

With his artwork having already featured in national newspapers, 25-year-old Matt reckons his career is shaping up nicely.