Profile

Matthew Metzger

Education


MFA - The University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
BFA - The University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design


Contact


929 West Harrison Street, 106 Jefferson Hall

Matthew Metzger's recent solo exhibition at The Renaissance Society, titled Heirloom concluded with a full monograph of the same name published in 2022. Other exhibitions include Coda, a solo exhibition of new work in 2023 at Magenta Plains, New York, The Freedom Principle, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; and The Works, Fondation CAB, Brussels; and is represented by Regards, Chicago. Often working in the intersection of painting, sound, and installation, Metzger's work takes a critical approach to Abstraction both as a genre of art making but also holding a nasty yet fascinating influence on culture and the self. Media, finance, education, and even death use abstraction to ensure the success of systems of influence and power, producing an immense and perfect corporate trompe l’oeil. In turn, Metzger searches for ways to make abstraction vulnerable through a delicate, tense studio practice that often privileges the razor blade over the brush.

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Courses Taught


Art 520: Graduate Seminar on Intentionality
Art 530: Graduate Critique Committee Art 580: Graduate Advising
ART 230 / 330 - The Language of Painting
ART 230 / 330 - The Body
ART 230 / 330 - The Copy - Painting, Authenticity, and Authorship
ART 230 / 330 - On Abstraction
Art 382 - Topics in Art - Thinking is Making for Undergraduates in Art
Art 382 - Topics in Art - Professional Practices for Undergraduates in Art
Art 382 - Topics in Art - On Color - It's Politics, Language, and Meaning Beyond the Spectrum
Art 401/402 - Senior Thesis Undergraduate Studio Practices