b.1976, Boston, Massachusetts

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​​Matthew F Fisher’s practice contemplates nature’s life cycles and the universe at large using a highly stylized visual language of recurring motifs: ocean waves, statuesque sea shells, monolithic rock formations, soaring seagulls and orbiting planets. He attempts to distill the essence of these timeless nature scenes through the prism of his life-long studies of printed matter and digital imagery from various cultures and eras. Fisher slowly and intentionally layers acrylic paint onto the canvas, rendering objects with such dimension and volume that they appear sculptural against flat, gradient backgrounds. Using the language of landscape painting as the middle ground between figuration and abstraction, Fisher simultaneously references past, present and future.

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Matthew F Fisher (b.1976) lives and works in New York, NY. He received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design. His recent solo exhibitions include Matthew's Dream, Plato, NY (2024), Small Paintings, Taymour Grahne Projects, London (2024), The Study of Shapes, SHRINE, NY (2023), Lakes, Devening Projects, Chicago (2022), Time and Space, Taymour Grahne Projects, London (2022), East Hampton Hole Phase Three, The Hole, East Hampton, NY (2021), Seas, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2021), The Great Fire, SHRINE, New York, NY (2020); After the Ice, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK (2019); Soft Nature, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2019); Strange Light, Over Under Room, Brooklyn, NY (2018); Into the Blue, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA (2018); and Observable Universe, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY (2017). Fisher’s work has been exhibited internationally at Spazio 22, Milan, Italy; The Dot Projects, London, the UK; Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland; and The Breeder, Athens, Greece. Fisher is a recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation grant, the painting fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a full fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. He has completed an artist residency at Pasaquan, Buena Vista, GA and at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY. He also participated at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, NY.

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