Matthew Mahler
ridgewood, NY, United States
Making art acts as a way for me to make sense of the ever-evolving culture in which we live. My work...
About the artist
Matthew Mahler
Joined In 2013
(5 Followers)
About the artist
Matthew Mahler
Joined In 2013
(5 Followers)
ABOUT
EDUCATION
EXHIBITIONS
Making art acts as a way for me to make sense of the ever-evolving culture in which we live. My work is the result of an ongoing examination of symbols and the meanings we assign them. These works navigate an ambiguous space where the paradigms of pop culture and abstraction meet; a space where a highly recognizable and loaded symbol or act is juxtaposed against something more unclear. The idea of "the spiritual", as impetus for both religious and artistic practice, has become a constant source of inquiry and excitement for me, and has helped to inform my aesthetic decision-making process. Fascinated and equally confused of its embrace by popular culture, I have used acronyms born out of text and internet culture as a scaffold to raise a low-brow technique such as tie dye to a new height.
CUNY Queens College, Master of Fine Arts, December 2009
Hofstra University, Bachelor of Science in Art Education, December 2004
SOLO
2013 “Masters of the Fine Arts” Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
2010 “No Comply” Klapper Hall Gallery, CUNY Queens College, Flushing , NY
SELECT TWO PERSON/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 “Thanks” Curated by Adam Parker Smith, Lu Magnus, NY
“Future Folk Pt. 1” Curated by Will Hutnick and Polly Shindler, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
2012 “Matthew Mahler and Andrew Zarou” Camel Art Space, Brooklyn NY
“It’s the Political Economy, Stupid” Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY (with the Institute of Wishful Thinking)
“Mushroom Universe” Bushwick Gallery/950 Hart Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Souvenir” Camel Art Space, Brooklyn NY
“Wide Field” Joe Balweg’s Studio, Ridgwood, NY
“Post Acid” Small Balck Door, Ridgewood, NY
“HEROES” Small Black Door, Ridgewood, NY
”Rich and Cultivated” Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
“Peaces on Earth” Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
2011 “Atelier Klimat” Klimat, New York, NY
“Fekishazy, Feldman, Mahler” Art 101, Brooklyn NY
“Double Take” Fort Useless, Brooklyn, NY
“New York is a Friendly Town” Sardine, Brooklyn NY
“Deck The Walls” Sardine Brooklyn NY
“WE ARE ONE” Camel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2010 “Verses from the Abstract” Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2009 “...