Mr Herget

Born December 21st, 1990. Matthew Ryan Herget (MR. Herget) is an emerging self-taught artist from Miami, FL. MR. Herget's work is what he calls, a "constant collaboration" between himself at all points in his life. Often, paintings are layered in sketches and other paintings from his childhood or crayon scribbles that coexist with vivid oil paint in which he has coined "contemporary cave paintings." In his work, MR. Herget constantly strives to embrace the fearless and confident nature of who he was as a child and partner that with the expanding wisdom of who he is becoming as a professional artist. Often, his paintings consist of juxtapositions of visual metaphors that tend to represent overcoming personal fears and limitations. These juxtapositions mix serious tones with fun imagery, which is again an ode to embracing who he is becoming but at the same time never forgetting where he came from. In his newest body of work, Matt has been pushing his boundaries and comfort zone with his "energy studies" in which he has stripped away structure of the image and left it more to interpretation and feeling. Thick paint, savage palate knife scrapes, and quick brush strokes, create a timeless feeling of energy on the canvas. MR. Herget curr...

(April 2015) Group Show | Cinq Gallery | Dallas, TX
(April 2015) Group Show | Soho Design House | Los Angeles, CA
(April 2015) Group Show | ZK Gallery | San Francisco, CA
(March 2015) Group Show | ZK Gallery | San Francisco, CA
(March 2015) Artsy.net Feature | Mugello Contemporary | San Francisco, CA
(March 2015) WUM Featured Article
(March 2015) Group Show | Soho Design House | Los Angeles, CA
(February 2015) Group Show | Soho Design House | Los Angeles, CA
(February 2015) Added to the private collection of Ogden Hospitality Group | Pour Society | Houston, TX
(January 2015) Added to the private collection of Ogden Hospitality Group | BFD | Menlo Park, CA

(December 2014) Group Show | Subliminal Projects | Los Angeles, CA
(December 2014) Artsy.net Feature | Subliminal Projects | Los Angeles, CA
(December 2014) GET OUT Blog Featured Interview
(September 2014) City Gazettes Newspaper Article
(September 2014) Artnet.com Feature | Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art | Miami, FL
(August 2014) Solo Show | "We Are Kings" | Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art | Miami, FL
(August 2014) WUM Featured Article
(August 2014) Culture Designers Featured Article
(August 2014) Miami New Times Feature | Part 1 Part 2 | Miami, FL
(August 2014) Featu...