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TONY MATELLI

THREE THROW BLANKETS

Artist Tony Matelli finds inspiration in his daily

interactions with the world; in particular, the

sometime unharmonious correlation between

individual desires and being part of society.

Some of the most articulated themes in his work

are desolation and defenselessness, put across

as a protest or resistance to the unmerited rules

and conditions of society. His works, which

mostly take shape as hyper-realistic sculptures,

are powerful and intense portrayals of despair

and decay, but also of humor and hope.

Matelli was born in 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. He

currently lives and works in New York City and

holds an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy

of Art in Michigan (1995) and a BFA from the

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in Wisconsin

(1993). Recent solo exhibitions include ‘I hope

all is well...’ at 500 Capp Street, San Francisco,

California in 2018 and ‘Lapses’ at Pilevneli

Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey in 2018.

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