Randall Mattheis

Mattheis hand is always present in his work, bringing the artist’s response to place onto the canvas, more than what the eyes see, the work is an emotional response. The work is done spontaneously, the genius of a place is captured in a single day. Too much time and the spirit will slip away. The painting is not a record of specifics, it is a mediation. The modern world moves at impossible unstoppable pace. Mattheis takes the time to stop and savor it, and you see this deeply in his work. The works often trigger the viewers own memories feel it viscerally, the raw emotion, reconnecting with nature.

Color is an opportunity for an experiment, discovering unexpected combinations, working the interplay between transparency and opacity, working with the capacity of the medium.

Mattheis grew up in Wisconsin at the edge of a forest. Surrounded by it every day, the deep resonance of wild places alive with a vital energy, and invisible hum of life force. His most favorite inspiration are northern Wisconsin forests color rich and saturated with a fresh afternoon downpour. Educated as an Architect, Mattheis is self-taught as a painter. He lives, paints and works in Chicago.

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee BS
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Master of Architecture

Andra Norris Gallery, “Winter Salon Exhibition 2024”, Nov-Dec 2024
Nadiana Gallery, Group Show “Beyond a Theme” Nov-Dec 2024
Button Gallery, Douglas, MI, October 2024 ongoing
Collection Saatchi Online Gallery, “New This Week”, “Best of October” October 2024
Grand Rapid ArtPrize, September 2024
Nadiana Gallery, Group Show “Wisconsin Inspired” September 2024
Collection Saatchi Online Gallery, July 2024
Evanston Made Group Show, June 2024
The Other Art Fair, Chicago, April 2024
Evanston Made Painting Group Show, December 2023
Chicago Architecture Foundation, “Archetypes”, November 2023
Saatchi Online Gallery Feature, Best Of Show, May 2023
The Other Art Fail, Chicago, April 2023
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, March 2023
Collection Saatchi Online Gallery, April 2022, February 2022, November 2021,
October 2021, February 2021, Janruary 2021
Palette & Chisel, Chicago, Solo Art Show, “SNOW”, 2019
Bridgeview Arts Center, Chicago, Group Art Show, “outsidePRACTICE”, 2018
Palette & Chisel, Chicago, Solo Art Show, “Where the Wild Things Are “, 2017
Palette & Chisel, Chicago, Solo Art Show, “KNOWN UNKNOWN”, 2013
Venice Architecture Biennale , 1985