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Matt Flint in Western Art & Architecture
Matt Flint translates the natural world through the use of layers, glyphs,scratched surfaces and repeated patterns. Powerfully emotional, Flint upends the transient humanistic experience into a rooted yet subtle tether to the land. By intuitively following the process Flint allows the viewer to absorb each facet of the piece while taking in cryptic details and partially concealed images.
Through his use of gouging and scraping Flint effectively isolates and engages. Each piece tells a story, although the narrative seems to come across as more of a dream, a remembered encounter rather than unraveled fiction. His work has appeared in several solo exhibits including a show at Central College, Pella, Iowa; the Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho; the Memorial Hall Main Gallery, Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska; and the Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
In 2010 Flint’s work is included in several group exhibits including the
Elements of Abstraction at Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah; and the Tokyo to Wyoming, Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Flint’s work is collected both publicly and privately by the Audax Theatre Group, New York, New York; The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg, Florida; The Nicolaysen
Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming; The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Spink Butler LLC, Boise, Idaho, among others.
SWAIA and Legends Santa Fe Team Up for Native Modern
MARCH 20, 2010 – Santa Fe Insider Travel Examiner
In Santa Fe, SWAIA (Southwestern Association for Indian Arts) is synonymous with Indian Market. Legends Santa Fe is a gallery showcasing Native American artists. They have joined forces to present an exciting series of exhibits from April through October 2010. The series dubbed Native Modern kicks off on April 2nd with Precious Metal showcasing the work of some of the most acclaimed Native American jewelry designers in the world. According to SWAIA, these artists represent “a nuanced worldview with rich and profound tethers to their respective backgrounds but produce exquisite modern jewelry that blow apart reductive definitions of Native art.” Each exhibit will run until the end of the month it starts in.
