Matt Paweski
Matt Paweski
Matt Paweski (b. 1980; Detroit, Michigan) and lives and works in Los Angeles. He received an MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. Paweski is represented by Gordon Robichaux, New York and Herald St, London.
He has presented solo exhibitions at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (2023); Gordon Robichaux, New York (2021 and two-person with Sanou Oumar, 2018); Herald Street, London (2020, 2017, 2014); Octagon, Milan (2019); Park View / Paul Soto, Los Angeles (2018); Lulu, Mexico City (with Ella Kruglyanskaya, 2018); Ratio 3, San Francisco (2016); and South Willard, Los Angeles (2015, 2013, 2012).
Group exhibitions include White Columns (curated by Mary Manning), New York; Gordon Robichaux, New York; Queer Thoughts, New York; La MaMA Galleria (curated by Sam Gordon), New York; Bodega, New York; Harris Lieberman, New York; and Wallspace, New York; Parker Gallery, Los Angeles; South Willard, Los Angeles; PHIL, Los Angeles; Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles; Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles; 356 Mission, Los Angeles; Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles; Octagon, Milan; Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; kurimanzutto, Mexico City.
His work has been reviewed and featured in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Apartmento, Mousse, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, Contemporary Art Daily, Artforum, Los Angeles Review of Books, Artnet, Dwell Magazine, Art in America, Flash Art, and New York Times T Magazine. In 2020, his first monograph, MP.19, was published by Zolo Press.
Works
Reflex
Aluminum, aluminum rivets, rubber, vinyl paint
33 × 12 × 3 1/4 inches
2019
Untitled (Hinged Spine)
Aluminum, aluminum rivets, vinyl paint
6 x 11 x 12 inches
2019
Grape Pulley
Aluminum, aluminum rivets, rubber o-rings, vinyl paint
12 x 12 x 6 inches
2019
Rotary - 5/6
Aluminum, aluminum rivets, rubber o-rings, rubber plugs, vinyl paint
7 x 8 x 8 inches
2019
Switch - Switch
Aluminum, aluminum rivets, vinyl paint
18 x 24 x 12 inches