Emmanuel Matt

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Biography

Emmanuel Matt is a French and Swiss artist. His training began growing up on a farm in Switzerland. He was accepted into the studio of the artist, Loul Schopfer, herself a student of Despiau. Matt’s paintings are abstract and non-abstract. He’s interested in the visual translation of the non-verbal constantly being expressed just beneath the surface of our landscapes and our lives. Matt’s practice begins with a summation of feelings and/or somatic sensations, then make a series of drawings until the associated shapes and colors surface. Cezanne, Giacometti, Mainie Jellett, Joseph Albers and Félix Vallotton continue to influence his work.

Emmanuel Matt lived in New York City for over 30 years before moving to the wild calm of the north-west Irish coast. In addition to painting this landscape, He is also collaborating with a writer on a book of texts and images about the shifting ground of “home.”

 

Selected Exhibitions

2024  Art. Life. Design: The Way We Live. Art League RI. Rhode Island, USA.
2024  Solo Show. Commonage. TheNCF. Ballina, Ireland.
2024 TheNCF Showcase. Ballina Fringe Festival. Ballina, Ireland.
2024  Return of the Native. Birch Tree Gallery. Edinburgh, Scotland.
2024  Ongoing. Artist in Residence. Stella Maris Shorehouse. Ballycastle, Ireland.
2024  Solo Show. To the North. Birch Tree Gallery. Edinburgh, Scotland.
2024  Present. Oil on canvas. Open Window Gallery. Dublin, Ireland.
2023  RUA 142nd Annual Exhibition, The Ulster Museum, Belfast.
2023  Solo Exhibition. Abstract non Abstract Irish Landscapes. L’association Cour de Bernis, Nîmes, France.
2023  Spring Exhibition 2023. D31 Art Gallery, UK.
2022  Present: Work on sale at the Kilkenny Art Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland.
2022  Summer Exhibition. The Berkeley Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland.
2016  SCA Contemporary, Albuqerque, NM, USA.
2014  The Eafe Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA.
2012  Hidden Light Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.