Matt Magee Art
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.(Biography provided by Manneken Press LLC)
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Artist: Matt Magee
Arkoi
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Arkoi, 2022
Monotype on BFK Rives
26 1/4 x 19 3/4 in (66.7 x 50.2 cm)
JPHB 5646
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Matt Magee Art
Materials
Monotype
Arkoi
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Arkoi, 2022
Monotype on BFK Rives
26 1/4 x 19 3/4 in (66.7 x 50.2 cm)
JPHB 5644
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Matt Magee Art
Materials
Monotype
Double Pyramid Thought Form
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Double Pyramid Thought Form, 2019
Oil on aluminum
25 1/2 x 19 1/4 in (64.8 x 48.9 cm)
JPHB 5837
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Matt Magee Art
Materials
Oil
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
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Matt Magee Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
JVVSL
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
JVVSL, 2022
Lithograph
65 x 49 in (165.1 x 124.5 cm)
JPHB 5287
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Memorandum
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Memorandum, 2022
Lithograph
65 x 49 in (165.1 x 124.5 cm)
JPHB 5286
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Proem 3
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Proem 1
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Collection 1
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Collection 2
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Drugs
By Matt Magee
Located in Bloomington, IL
Manneken Press’ first project with Arizona-based artist Matt Magee was released in June 2021. Hard-edged and drawn from art historical precedents, Magee conceived “Plugs”, “Bugs” and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Matt Magee Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Harry's Eyes
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 18
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
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 Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Plugs
By Matt Magee
Located in Bloomington, IL
Manneken Press’ first project with Arizona-based artist Matt Magee was released in June 2021. Hard-edged and drawn from art historical precedents, Magee conceived “Plugs”, “Bugs” and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Matt Magee Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Green Excavation
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Bugs
By Matt Magee
Located in Bloomington, IL
Manneken Press’ first project with Arizona-based artist Matt Magee was released in June 2021. Hard-edged and drawn from art historical precedents, Magee conceived “Plugs”, “Bugs” and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Matt Magee Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Double You
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 12
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Topologie II
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Matt Magee Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
Topologie III
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Matt Magee Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
Topologie IV
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Matt Magee Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
Topologie I
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Matt Magee Art
Materials
Photogravure
Memory Board
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Collage of detergent bottle cutouts on redwood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Matt Magee Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood Panel
HOPE, 2021 (The promise of the new year appears to be floating
By Matt Magee
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hope is an archival color print with sculptured and hot gloss stamp printed in an edition of 50. This is impression #25 of 50.
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Category
2010s Pop Art Matt Magee Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Color, Archival Pigment
Constellations
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Constellations, 2019
Diptych lithograph
22 x 44 inches overall (22 x 22 each sheet)
Edition of 30
Unframed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
Grapheme 1
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Grapheme 1, 2013
Lithograph
12 x 10 inches
ed. 15
Framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Matt Magee Art
Materials
Lithograph
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