STATEMENT 

“When I step back and look at the work that I have created and continue to create, I find myself viewing the work in the same way I would listen to an old traveling hymn. For me using marks on the chosen canvas has become the easiest way to tell my story, but in doing so I strive to tell the story in a way that allows the viewer to become entrenched in and potentially make the story their own. Whether it be a cinematic landscape with an almost alien stillness, void of any explicit reference to the human form or a crudely sketched charcoal rendering of an austere cowboy accompanied by ambiguous text referencing a forgotten moment, I want to cut to the core of human emotion in a way that even the most closed-off individuals can relate to, even if only in the privacy of their own minds.

The work acts as a diary of sorts, sometimes being documented in real time, and other times looking back with a matured eye. Occasionally it acts as a collage of the past, and at other times, a blueprint for the future.” - Matt McCormick

EDUCATION 

2008 The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2018 Sky Above The Clouds, Darrow Contemporary, Aspen, CO

2018 Matthew McCormick and Thrush Holmes, The Office, Miami

2017 The Last Cigarette, Star Street, Hong Kong, HK

2017 Install II, Levi’s House, Los Angeles, CA

2017 A___is___A, Golborne Gallery, London, UK

2016 Not As It Seems, Nothing As It Seems, All Day Everyday, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Install I, Interscope Lounge, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Remnants Of The Rodeo, Smashbox Studios, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Playboys & Girls, Slow Culture, Los Angeles, CA

2016 One Of These Days, AGENDA, Long Beach, CA

2016 Ishton’s Porch, Hou Yee Chan, Los Angeles, CA

2015 9 Lives, Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Legends Never Die, Mi Vida, Los Angeles, CA

2015 Cat’s Out Of The Bag, Slow Culture, Los Angeles, CA

2015 Outlined, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA

2015 Ruin Value, Astroetic Studios, Los Angele, CA

2015 Text Me, Hazen Projects, New York, NY

2014 When I Die, Bury Me Face Down So The Whole World Can Kiss My Ass, The Good Company, New York, NY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Jaques Marie Mage, “The Calm Is The Storm” Journal, June 2018

Alex Maeland, “How Long Did That Take To Paint” Maekan, May 2018

Isabelle Davis, “Artist Interview: Matt McCormick” Art Of Choice, October 2017

Manfredi Gioacchini, “Rising Stars of Los Angeles,” Vogue Italia, September 2016

Bobby Kim, “The Life in a Day: Artist Matt McCormick,” The Hundreds, July 2016

Darius Khandehroo, “Studio Visit,” Jackpot Magazine, June 2016

Asato Iida, “Los Angeles Issue,” Ollie Magazine, January 2016

Sophia Alami-Nassif, “Artist Focus,” Untame Worldwide, January 2016

Yasi Salek, “Cult Talk: Matt McCormick,” Cultist, June 2015

Jaime Kay Waxman, “9 Lives Review,” Vogue Japan, May 2015

Janeau Dahl “Artist Spotlight”, Pacific Dissent, March 2015

Alexander Spit, “DIY” The Hundreds, March 2014