| Carthage, 2007, oil on panel, 30 x 30 inches |
Matt Magee's Website |
Magee creates meticulous geometric
abstractions. These vivid emblematic paintings are composed and painted
with a strong focus to surface and color that makes the work both mysterious
and seductive. They bring to mind exhumed artifacts, obsessively arranged
in uniformed compositions, with a contemporary twist.
Matthew Magee was born in Paris, France in 1961, and grew up in Texas,
and has been living and working in New York since the early eighties. Matthew
completed his MFA at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York in 1986,
and his undergraduate degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas
in 1983. Magee has been exhibiting his artwork since 1984. His recent exhibitions
include: “Formica Formatted” at the Dallas Center for Contemporary
Art, Dallas, Texas (2006), and a group show at Silvermine Arts Center,
New Canaan, CT. Magee has been the recipient of the Josef and Anni Albers
Foundation Residency in Bethany, CT (2007). He also received a New York
State Foundation for the Arts Grant in 2002, and a Pollock-Krasner Grant
in 1991. |
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