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American visual artist
Matt Gondek
BornPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
OccupationVisual artist
Known forDeconstructed pop art
Websitemattgondek.com

Matt Gondek is an American pop artist. He is a painter, muralist, and graphic illustrator focused on deconstructed pop art.

Career

Gondek is based in Los Angeles while his paintings and sculptures have been featured at exhibitions worldwide including Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore.

His works are usually done in vivid acrylic paint colors with bold lines featuring various cartoon and comic book characters such as Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, and Homer Simpson often exploding, melting, or falling apart. His series "Fight Club" in 2022, a project including spiked baseball bats, was also offered as an NFT collection. In December 2022, it was reported that one of the 50 limited-edition pieces from his "Deconstructed Mickeys" collection in 2018, valued at HK$50,000, was stolen from a toy store owner in Hong Kong.

Background

Gondek is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was named "Best Local Artist" by Pittsburgh Magazine in 2011.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Missing Person - Tokyo, Japan (November 2022)
  • Discipline - Mexico City (February 2022)
  • RATS - Los Angeles (August 2021)
  • Original Character - New York (April 2021)
  • Mood Swings - Paris (October 2020)
  • CONTROL - Los Angeles (November 2019)
  • Clean Break - Bangkok, Thailand (April 2019)
  • Growing Pains - Hong Kong (November 2018)
  • Clean Break - New York (May 2018)
  • Clean Break - Hong Kong (March 2018)
  • American Gods - Hong Kong (November 2017)
  • Glow in the Dark - Los Angeles, California (September 2017)
  • Unholy Hand - Detroit, Michigan (November 2015)
  • Struggles - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (April 2015)
  • Kill 'Em All - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (September 2014)

Group exhibitions

  • Korean Art Fair - South Korea (October 2021)
  • Urban Art Fair - Paris (April 2018)
  • Cartoon - London (May 2016)

References

  1. "From Furniture Factory to Artist’s Studio in the Bronx" New York Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  2. "'Violent' cartoon mural at the heart of a struggle in Eau Gallie over art, politics, culture" Florida Today. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. "Prove your Worcester knowledge with our third 'Selfie Scavenger Hunt'!" Worcester Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  4. "L.A.’s Ultimate Head-To-Head Artist Battle Is Going On Tour Across North America" Secret Los Angeles. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  5. "BAIT Releases Its Second 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Capsule" Hypebeast. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  6. "'Exploding cartoon' mural in Eau Gallie may draw large crowd for appeal hearing debate" Florida Today. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  7. "Matt Gondek Releases 'CYBERBULLY' Digital Sculptures" HypeBeast. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  8. "Urban Break art fair becomes playground for graffiti, webtoons, tattoo" Korea Times. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  9. "Street culture convention Culture Cartel grows bigger in its fourth edition" The Straits Times. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  10. "Matt Gondek Puts His Own Twist on Nostalgic Cartoons" Hypebeast. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  11. "Street culture convention Culture Cartel 2022 to be held from Dec 1 to 4" Youthopia. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  12. "The Fourth Edition of Culture Cartel is Back as a Four-Day Physical Event in the Heart of Town at Scape Singapore" Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  13. "Matt Gondek Latest Artist to Burn His Work Through NFTs" HypeArt. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  14. "Mickey Mouse robbers flee with only one sculpture" The Standard. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  15. "Matt Gondek and Brian Gonnella draw together" Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  16. "Indie fashion designers go pop-up in Lawrenceville" Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  17. "Announcements" PSInside. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  18. "Contemporary artist Matt Gondek, who draws popular characters such as Mickey Mouse as a motif, holds a solo exhibition" Pen Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  19. "Dismantling Pop Art. Who is the painter Matt Gondek?" Tokion. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  20. "Artist Interview: Matt Gondek" Street Art News. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  21. "A Look Inside Matt Gondek's "Control" Exhibition at Avenue des Arts LA" Hypebeast. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  22. "Matt Gondek Navigates Through "Growing Pains" in New Exhibit" Hypebeast. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  23. "Matt Gondek Deconstructs Iconic Cartoons For "Clean Break" Pop-Up" Hypebeast. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  24. "Urban Break art fair becomes playground for graffiti, webtoons, tattoo" Korean Times. Retrieved 2022-12-26.

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