Oct 27
Artist Talk: Mathew Zefeldt
This talk is proudly sponsored by the Christopher U. Light Lectureship in the Arts
Mathew Zefeldt creates paintings of simulated worlds and describes himself as "a contemporary plein-air painter who sets up my easel at the edge of a screen." His work explores the intersection between the real and the virtual, offering reflections that are both uncanny and familiar.
Zefeldt (b. 1987, California) is Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Minnesota. He received his MFA in studio art from UC Davis in 2011 and received his BA in Art at UC Santa Cruz in 2009. He has had solo exhibitions at The Hole, NY; Celaya Brothers, Mexico City; Hair + Nails, Minneapolis; Big Pictures, Los Angeles; 5-50 Gallery, Long Island City; The Soap Factory, Minneapolis; Circuit 12, Dallas; Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Hap Gallery, Portland; and Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica. In 2022, Zefeldt was an international resident at the Cob x Plop Residency in London, UK, and in 2023 was an artists in residence at the Moosey Residency in Norwich, UK. Mathew has a new book titled Mathew Zefeldt: Painting Constructed Virtual Worlds, and this summer has a solo exhibition titled Reflections at The Hole in New York City.