About Matt Phillips

Matt Phillips was born in Atlanta, GA in 1979. He received a BFA from Hampshire College and his MFA from Boston University. Phillips has had numerous exhibitions in the United Sates and internationally. He has had solo shows in both Los Angeles and New York, including his latest show “this, and then” at Steven Harvey Projects (2013).  Recent group exhibitions include “Correspondence I” at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Philadelphia), “The Jam” at Steven Harvey Projects (New York), “The Irreconcilable” at the Spaceship at Ha Yarkon 70 (Tel Aviv), and a survey of small paintings presented at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Phillips teaches painting at Mt Holyoke College in MA. He is a Brooklyn-based painter.

 

Below is Matt Phillips' Artist Statment

 

A painting is a forum of different thoughts, decisions, revisions, and compromises. In my work ideas exist as colors, shapes, and forms. These discrete elements are stacked, overlapped, propped, and rested upon one another. Every once in a while, all the disparate parts begin to cohere and repel, and rather benign elements of visual language become more compelling.

 

 

 

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