Matt Magee Paintings
American, b. 1961
Matt Magee is an American contemporary artist who is best known for his minimal abstract geometric paintings, sculptures, prints, assemblages, murals and photographs. He was born in Paris, France in 1961 and moved from there to Tripoli, Libya and then to London. In 1984 Magee moved to Brooklyn where he maintained a studio until 2012. Magee currently lives and works in Phoenix. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Matt Magee has experimented widely with abstract and conceptual art practices. Drawing inspiration from the 1960s minimalist movement, Magee combines his fascination with language and his command of design sensibilities in carefully arranged compositions and sculptural installations. Magee’s compositions are organizations of shapes that have been informed by personal history, numerology, and language. Within these conceptual spreadsheets, abacuses and hieroglyphics are reminders of the artist’s hand. His visual language relates to early hard-edge abstraction and finds inspiration in contemporary scientific, ecological and technological ideas.
Magee has an MFA from Pratt Institute and a BA in Art History from Trinity University. Magee was awarded two resident fellowships (2007 and 2015) at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and was recipient of a New York State Foundation for the Arts Grant in 2002 and of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 1991. His work has been exhibited worldwide including at the Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Phoenix Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale; Dallas Center for Contemporary Art; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore; and the Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, among many others. Matt Magee is the subject of a monograph published by Radius Books in 2018.to
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Artist: Matt Magee
Variants
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Variants, 2022
Oil on panel
48 x 48 in (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Matt Magee Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Red Oracle
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Red Oracle, 2009
Oil on panel
32 x 22 in (81.3 x 55.9 cm)
JPHB 1931
Category
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Materials
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Map - Spirit Level
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Map - Spirit Level, 2020
Oil on panel
48 x 48 in (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Matt Magee Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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