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MAY 9 – 31, 2015 | Opening reception: 6 – 8 pm, Saturday, May 9
HALSEY MCKAY is pleased to present Matt Rich’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. MOON MUTT features a set of new paintings made using paint on a combination of thick paper, thin wood and canvas. Without a singular backing structure or predetermined scale, the paintings integrate these materials and the accompanying surface information to create compositions that cut unique profiles on the wall and activate rich spatial dynamics.
Matt Rich lives and works in Los Angeles,CA. He received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BA from Brown University and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Rich’s work has been exhibited in venues such as the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston; BravinLee Programs in New York City; VOLTA NYC and VOLTA Basel; DODGEGallery in New York City; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City; Columbus College of Art + Design; among others. His solo exhibitions include Project Row Houses in Houston, devening projects in Chicago, Samsøn in Boston, and The Suburban in Oak Park. Rich’s work has been reviewed by Modern Painters, Artforum and Art Papers. He has contributed text to Project X Foundation for Art & Criticism, and recently curated a group exhibition at Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, and Longview Museum of Art in Texas. Rich is Assistant Professor of Painting at the California State University, Bakersfield.