Matthew Durante

Matthew Alfonso Durante emerged from the Wisconsin woodlands with a desire to do art. As a young man he studied computer science and worked with computer animation in Minneapolis, but art eventually drew him west. He learned his fundamentals at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, and graduated the full-time program in 2011. He continued exploring his dual interests, the California landscape and the figure, when an opportunity arose to attend the New York Academy of Art. Matthew earned his M.F.A. in 2017.

Matthew is pursuing a sense of vitality and dynamism in human flesh and the natural landscape.

2017 M.F.A., The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2008-2011 Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Van Nuys, CA
2001 B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2018
The 6th Annual Coaster Show, Gallery 30 South, Pasadena, CA
Eight-Year Anniversary Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
Emerging, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, New York, NY
MASTER PIECES: An Exhibit of Works by Current & Recent Graduate Students, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
DRAWN: 5th Annual International Exhibit of Contemporary Drawing,Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2017
Works on Paper, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
SingleFare, Highline Stages, New York, NY
About Face, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY
NUDE: Exploring the Uncovered Human Form, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Perfection to a ’T’, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Transmogrification, Long Island City, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Giverny Residency Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2016
Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2012
em.bod.y, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2011
LAAFA Exhibition, The Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA