Artists:

Matt Phillips: Delicatessen


September 13 - October 06, 2023

Matt Phillips is fascinated by shapes — both their fluidity and their simplicity and archaism. In his paintings, the artist deconstructs the process of creating visual objects by focusing on the very elemental shapes. Lines that create rectangles, triangles, circles, and other shapes are inherent in the second dimension. Yet, Phillips' thinking about shapes is rather Kantian which is demonstrated through his effort to depict the a priori concept of time. Phillips explains, 'Through this process, rectangles transform into new shapes, straight lines, curves and scale becomes less predictable and stable.' The results are modified subjects with the ability to grow further, even outside the painting and canvas itself. With the help of a balanced palette, Phillips approaches poetry, nature and even humanism.


Matt Phillips has presented solo exhibitions at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL; The Landing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA; Direktorenhaus Museum, Berlin, Germany; Studio d'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy; Devening Projects, Chicago, IL; Zillman Art Museum, Bangor Maine; and Steven Harvey, New York, NY. He has participated in group exhibitions at Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Hollis Taggart, New York, NY; Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY; and Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR. Phillips has been artist-in-residence at The Fores Project, Yaddo, and the MacDowell Colony. Matt Phillips is represented by The Landing Gallery and Mindy Solomon Gallery.

Matt Phillips
Matt Phillips