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Matthew F. Fisher, a renowned American contemporary artist born in 1976, is celebrated for his postmodern and contemporary artworks, primarily focusing on idealized natural landscapes like waves, mountain peaks, and trees. These pieces reflect his meditative state during the creative process, employing delicate brushwork and vivid colors to highlight the canvas's texture and potential.
Fisher's deep connection with water, fostered during his time spent with his grandfather by the seaside in Westhampton and later living near water bodies in Western Michigan, influences his work. He transforms these memories of natural landscapes into fresh imagery, emphasizing that while he draws inspiration from the external world, he's more interested in creating memories for future artistic concepts.
Working primarily with acrylic paint, Fisher capitalizes on its advantages, creating a high-gloss finish and vibrant saturation. Elements like the horizon line, waves, rocks, and trees frequently appear in his works, combining universality and individuality. Purposefully devoid of human figures, Fisher's art encourages viewers to engage and imagine freely, evoking a sense of situation rather than narrating a story.
Beyond visual appeal, Fisher's artworks delve into memory-related themes, offering profound insights into his self-reflection, life observations, and contemplation of the world. He views art as a form of meditation, conveying inner emotions and thoughts while sharing sensations of beauty and possibility with the audience.
Matthew F Fisher是一位美國的後現代與當代藝術家，出生於1976年。作品主要是描繪理想化的自然景觀，如波浪、山峰、樹木等，在畫作中。這些作品反映了他在創作過程中的冥想狀態，他運用細膩的筆觸和鮮明的色彩，突顯出紙張質感與潛力。
Fisher從小就對水有著深厚的情感，他曾與祖父一起在西漢普頓的海邊度過許多時光，並在後來跟隨父母搬到西密西根州，長期在水域附近生活的生命經驗，奠定了他日後創作的基礎。他說：「我看這些作品是回想我小時候對這些大水域的敬畏感，不明白水下有著整個生命，水平線另一邊有著整個世界。所以它們是對那種原始好奇心的致敬。」他的創作並非侷限於具體事物，而是透過他對自然景觀的記憶，塑造出新的圖像。他進一步解釋道：「雖然我的作品是對外在世界的不斷參考，但我對直接從它畫畫沒有興趣。相反地，我更感興趣從生活中創造記憶作為未來繪畫想法。回到工作室後，我會費盡心思地把這些記憶轉化成一個新形象。」
Fisher以壓克力顏料進行創作，充分展示了壓克力顏料的優點和可能性。他善於運用這種材料，營造出高度光澤感和飽和度，並利用其快速乾燥和重疊塗層的特性，賦予他的作品獨特的色彩和質感。他強調：「我的創作守則之一是，每一層都需要多次繪製。」
Fisher的作品經常出現水平線、波浪、岩石、樹木等元素，這些元素同時具有普世性和個人特色。他說：「我對這些圖像感興趣，因為它們同時具備普世性和個人性。每個人都能看到水平線，但每個人所感受到的水平線卻不盡相同。」他的作品中故意沒有呈現人物，藉此讓觀者更自由地參與投入，自行想像。他解釋：「我不希望我的作品成為一個故事，而更像是一個情境。」
Fisher的作品不僅深刻探索與記憶相關的議題，也表現出他對自我、生命和世界的敏銳觀察和思考。他認為：「藝術是種冥想，一種與自己對話的方式。」透過藝術創作，他能夠表達內心情感和思想，同時與觀眾分享美好和可能所帶來的感受。
Born 1976, Boston, MA
Lives and works in New York City
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Lakes, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
Time and Space, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2021
The Hole East Hampton, Phase Three, The Hole, East Hampton, NY
Seas, OCHI Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2020
The Great Fire, SHRINE, New York, NY
Four Seasons: A Solo Show, Deanna Evans Project, New York, NY
The Sameness of Every Day, Taymour Grahne, London, UK
2019
After the Ice, Taymour Granhe, London, UK
Soft Nature, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Strange Light, Over Under Room, Brooklyn, NY
Into the Blue, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2017
Observable Universe, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
Hello Sea, One River School, Englewood, NJ
2016
Sun, Stars, Sea, and Moon, Airlock Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Ten Years, Curated by Jon Lutz, Spring/Break, New York, NY
2015
Dark Water Don’t Shine the Moon, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
2014
If You Ain’t a Reflection, You’re a Wave, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR
2013
Goodnight nobody, Weird Days, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Asea, Aloof, Mulherin+Pollard Projects, NY, NY
2010
Lsot Time, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY, (catalog)
2009
Lonesome George, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Forever Is, RARE, New York, NY
2006
Letting Go, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
While You Were Away, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005
Paintings, Stephanie Theodore at SCOPE, New York, NY
2004
Drawings and Paintings, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Two Artists Shows
2022
With Brian Scott Campbell, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2021
NADA Miami, OCHI Projects, with Sam Shoemaker
2020
Low Tide, with Claire Colette, OCHI Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2019
Jalopies: A Tow Person Show, with Carl d’Alvia, Drive-By Projects, Boston, MA
2018
Night Waves, with Casey Cook at SHRINE, New York, NY
2017
The Perfect Order of Randomness, with Julie Curtiss, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2016
Artificial Son, with Kyle Breitenbach, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA
2015
The World Outside, with Ryan Schneider, The Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old
Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2012
Golden Beams of a Laughing Sun, with Rob Matthews, Twist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Group Exhibitions
2024
"Fractals: Curated by Fanny Brodar", C Square Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2021
Double Up, My Pet Ram off-site, Santa Barbra, CA
2020
Maria Calandra: Pencil in the Studio, De Pree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY
Expanded Field, OCHI Aux, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Paper View, The Hole, New York, NY
The Moon, Concord Art, Concord, MA
2018
Fiery Rain and Movies, Cooling Sun, SEASON, Seattle, WA
The Politics of Pink, The Dot Project, London, UK
Does It Make a Sound, OCHI Gallery, Ketchum, ID
The Jules Olitski Project, Curated by Vittorio Colaizzi, Gordon Galleries,
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2017
Provisional Landscapes, Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
In Paper We Trust, The Dot Project, London, UK
Through the Art of Painting, Deanna Evans Projects
When Y was Thus Released, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR
Somewhere, curated by 106 Green, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
The Twenty by Sixteen Biennial, curated by Geoffrey Young, Morgan
Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Pro Forma: Context and Meaning in Abstraction, curated by Vittorio
Colaizzi, Work Release, Norfolk, VA (catalog)
2016
In Which We Dwell, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Magic, Mercer County College, West Windsor, NJ
Lunacy, OyG Projects, curated by Eric Hibit, Brooklyn, NY
Solar Vortex, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Finding Your Way, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
Sensorium, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
Pink and Green, Eddy’s Room, Brooklyn, NY
Casino Cabaret, curated by Melissa Brown, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn. NY
2015
The River Keeps Talking, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR
Image is Everything, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
The Ocean is Double Sided, SEASON, Seattle, WA
Let’s GO Away for a While, One Mile Gallery, curated by Erik den Breejen and Maris Calandra, Kingston, NY
I Am What I Am Not Yet, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art Gallery, curated by Diana Buckley, Scarsdale, NY
New Narratives, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Quiet Please, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
Transcendent Landscapes, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
Not a Force But a Curvature, curated by Ryan Schneider, Novella Gallery, New York, NY
Interchange, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Nothing But Good, Park, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2013
Endless Summer, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Gary Peterson Thirsty, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Hypertrophic Visions, New York Center for Arts & Media Studies, curated by Robin Reisenfeld, New York, NY (catalog)
Hydroflow, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, (catalog)
LAND, HO!, curated by Holly Coulis and Ridley Howard, VCU Fine Arts Gallery, Richmond, VA
Chiaroscuro, Novella Gallery, New York, NY
Ears Nose and Throat, WILDLIFE, Brooklyn, NY
Nearly Neutral, Barbara Walters Gallery, Sara Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (catalog)
2012
I glove U, Reynolds Gallery, curated by Ridley Howard and Ester Partegas, Richmond, VA
Intramurals, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
2011
Southern Cross, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
Captured (A Portrait Show), Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY
The Nature of Drawing, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY
All My Friends, Small Black Door, Ridgewood, NY
2010
Flat Earth, Winona State University, Winona, MN
New Narrative, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY, curated by John Serdula
Folk music, Daily Operation, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Jon Lutz
Natural Reaction, Metropolitan Green, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Elizabeth Heskin,
2009
Ripple Effect, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA, (catalog)
Beautiful Human, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College, Haverford, PA, curated by Shelley Spector, (catalog)
Vintage Violence, Space 414, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Political Winter Redux, Molloy College, Rockville Center, NY, curated by Dr. Yolande Trincere (catalog)
The Drawing Narrative, Jenny Jansky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, (catalog)
The Indigenous Visitor, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY
Spot Check: Academy Contemporary, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
2007
The Colonial Show, Second Street Gallery, Charlostville, VA, curated by Leah Stoddard, (catalog)
The Comic Uncanny, Shaheen Modern & Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, curated by Stephanie Theodore
This Place is Ours! Recent Acquisitions at the Academy, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
In Summer, The Song Sings Itself, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
One Day I Will Control the Sun, The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, New York, NY
Trash Menagerie, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
2006
Posture and Expression, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Hello Sunday, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Holly Coulis
Casper David Séance, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing for It 2, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Introspective Men, Madder 139, London, England, curated by David Kefford
Sasquatch Society, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY
Honeymoon With Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland, curated by Holly Coulis
Folklore for a New Millennium, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pencil on Glass, Sushi Art at Voz Alta Project, San Diego, CA
2004
The Great (Re)Masters, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA AC, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Pictionary, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Andy Cross
Toys in the Attic, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY, curated by Stephanie Theodore
Death to the Fascist Insect That Preys on the Life of the People, Gallery 800, Brooklyn, NY
This is for Real: War and the Contemporary Audience, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
2003
The Winter Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY
The Next, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
Homeland Security, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Awards
2016
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
2010
Painting Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts
2005
Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Residences
2015
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2007
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
Public and Corporate Collections
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Dogfish Brewery, Milton, DE
Education
2000
Virginia Commonwealth University, Master of Fine Arts
1998
Columbus College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts
