"Big Sun", Oil and oil stick on unstretched canvas, 40"x48", 2020
"Midnight Planes", Oil and canvas strips on canvas, 40"x46", 2022
"Red Sun Landscape", Oil and canvas strips on canvas, 56"x60", 2022
"Red Circle Collage", Oil and found materials on canvas, 40"x50", 2021
"Everyday", Acrylic and flashe paint on canvas, 48"x56", 2021
"Warmth of the Water", Flashe paint on muslin, 34"x40", 2021
"Stilts", Flashe paint and enamel on canvas, 40"x48", 2021
"Tropical Wasteland", Oil and oil stick on canvas, 40"x48", 2022
"Horizon", oil and canvas strips on canvas, 34"x40", 2022
"Passion Space", oil and acrylic on canvas, 48"x56", 2017 (Private Collection)
"Big Star", Oil and oil stick on canvas, 48"x56", 2019
"Strange Terrain", Oil on canvas, 30"x40", 2020
"Red Dusk", Oil on canvas, 11"x14", 2022
"Composition IV", Flashe paint on muslin, 36"x40", 2021
"Zero Waste", Oil, enamel, chalk and oil pastel on canvas, 46"x60", 2020
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Matt Higgins

Philadelphia, PA

Résumé

Artist Statement

My work fluctuates between flat abstraction and the abstraction of the landscape. I work in bodies of work, but not necessarily series, to develop ideas and techniques. My work is executed using a number of different techniques and processes to achieve different surfaces and textures. Geometric shapes, planes, edges, horizon lines and open spaces encompass some but not all of the visual vocabulary of my work. The paint application, color and surface change through each season and each work evolves from one to the next. I often circle back to groups of paintings after departing and embarking on new work for a period of time. This cyclical process allows me to continue to explore new work and expand my practice over time.

Artist Biography

Matt Higgins b.1987, is an artist and art professor who lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.The majority of his undergraduate studies and early work were graphic design but eventually painting became the artist's primary medium. Along with maintaining a regular studio practice,Matt teaches design and drawing courses at the university level.

Education

2017
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA
2011
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
BFA, Studio Art

Awards and Honors

2018
Third Place Award, “215/610 Contemporary” Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
2017
FMC Committee Selection Award, FMC Corporation, Philadelphia,PA
Venture Fund Grant Recipient, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015
MFA Merit Award, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Bibliography

Publications
Unity, Vol. 1 No. 1, TOHO Journal, 2019

Collections

Corporate
FMC Corporations, Philadelphia, PA
Private
Numerous private collections

Professional Experience

2021 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Design 1, Design 2: Color , Digital Imaging, and Color and Design for Media
Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
2021 - Present
Adjunct Professor, 2D Design
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2018 - Present
Adjunct Professor, 2D Design and Drawing 1
Delaware County Community College, Media PA
2016
Resident Critic, Post Baccalaureate Program
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Teacher’s Assistant, Subject, Form, and Content
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Teacher’s Assistant, Life Painting
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Critic, Advanced Painting
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
2015
Instructor, High School After School Program,
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa

Exhibitions

Solo
2021
A Closer Look, FRIEDA, Philadelphia,PA
Group
2022
Work, Launderette Records, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Scott Cooper
2021
Faculty Exhibition, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
2019
Voices, FRIEDA, Philadelphia, PA
Inside The Bug Jar, Alumni Show, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Homeroom: Self Titled, Kitchen Table Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018
215/610 Contemporary, Juried Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
Casual Sequence, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA
2017
116th Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Way of Light, FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Good Fellows, Gallery 128 at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition
2016
Nostalgic Memory, Gallery 8, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Young Philadelphians, Works On Paper Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Future’s Past Juried Exhibition, Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Philly Art Schools Juried Show, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2015
152nd Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pa
Juried Exhibition
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