Biography
Matt Flint is a painter from the mountain town of Lander, Wyoming. He grew up surrounded by woods, animals, and family. As a boy, He spent endless days creating art and exploring the fields and woods around him. Now he spends time with his family, painting, and exploring the rugged Wind River Mountains that overlook his house and studio.
Living in Wyoming has had a profound effect on his work. The space, sense of isolation, and wildness of the land continues to amaze, mystify, and inspire him.His works are known for their textural qualities and natural subjects. Images in his work are from the natural world; horses, birds, deer, all manner of plants, and landscape. He intermingles / obscures these more representational images with scratches, marks, glyphs, drips, etc. When he is not painting, he spends time mountain biking, hiking, cross country skiing, and snowboarding.
Flint's work is collected publicly as well as privately including: the Audax Theater Group, New York, New York; The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming; The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg, Florida; The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Spink Butler LLC, Boise, Idaho.
Artist Statement
My paintings are of animals, plants, and landscapes seen through a moment of shifting focus. I paint the way I explore the rugged mountains by my house, always pushing to see what is over the next hill, searching for the unexpected.
I begin my paintings without a plan. No preliminary sketches are made; every thought is worked out directly on the canvas. Artifacts of the creative process can be seen in the rich textures, worked surfaces, and veiled light qualities created by working and reworking the piece. As one image comes into focus another is fading away, retaining a piece of the previous while hinting at what might come next.
The result of my search in paint mimics the constant series of changes I see in nature.
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EDUCATION:
2002 M.F.A.- Painting/Drawing
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
1994 B.F.A. - Painting/Drawing (with an
emphasis in illustration)
Central Missouri State University,
Warrensburg, Missouri.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2002 - Present Assistant Professor of Art,
Central Wyoming Community College,Riverton,
Wyoming.
1999 - 2002 Instructor of Record, Painting and
Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita,
Kansas.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2012: 'Up Close and Far Away,' Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah
2009 'Now and Then,' Central College, Pella,
Iowa.
2008 'A View of Solitude,' Stewart Gallery,
Boise, Idaho.
2008 'In Search of ...' Memorial Hall Main
Gallery, Chadron State College, Chadron,
Nebraska.
2008 'Lost and Found,' Lyndsay McCandless
Contemporary, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2007 'In the Distance,' Casper College,
Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'Here and Somewhere Else,' Western
Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2011 'Two Waters,' Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah
2010 'Atlas of Echoes,' Visions West Gallery, Livingston, Montana
2003 'Desire to Disappear,' Western Community
College, Rock Springs, Wyoming and The Wyoming
Arts Council Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 'Elements of Abstraction,' Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah
2010 'Tokyo to Wyoming,' Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming
2009 'Wyoming Arts Council Biennial Fellowship Exhibition,' Wyoming State Museum Cheyenne, Wyoming
2009 'Simple Things for Complex Times,'
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson Hole,
Wyoming.
2009 'A Day in May,' Stewart Gallery, Boise,
Idaho.
2009 'CWC Annual Faculty Show,' Central
Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2008 'The Songcathcer Show,' Lark and Key
Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
2008 'Winter Exhibition,' Stewart Gallery,
Boise, Idaho.
2008 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2007 'Art NOW Miami,' exhibited by Stewart
Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida.
2007 'Variable Constant,' Jackson Hole Center
for the Arts, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2007 'Rocky Mountain Invitational,' The
Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'The Governors Capitol Art Exhibition,'
The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Juried by Ben Mitchell, Curator of Art,
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane,
Washington.
2007 'New Wyoming Painters,' The Nicolaysen
Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2006 'Rocky Mountain Invitational,' The
Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2006 'C.W.C. Faulty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2005 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2004 'Print & Paper,' Wyoming Arts Council
Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
2004 'The Renewal of the Spirit,' Art West
Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2004 'Constructing Environments,' 500X
Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
2004 'This Ain't Cowboy Art,' Pirate Gallery,
Denver, Colorado.
2003 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2003 'Re-Create,' The Lander Art Center,
Lander, Wyoming.
2002 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2002 'Interspaced: Four artists
Interpretations of Space.' Lee Shiney Gallery,
Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Humane/ Inhumane,' Butler County
Community College, Eldarado, Kansas.
Curated by Kevin Mullins, Ulrich Museum of
Art, Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Graduate Group Show,' Wichita Art
Museum, Wichita, Kansas.
2001 '13th Annual Biennial Faculty Show,'
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University,
Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Miami University Annual Young Painters
Competition,' Miami University, Miami, Ohio.
Juried by Angela Lange, Museum of Modern Art,
New York, New York.
2000 Inclusion in the Juried National Internet
Format of New American Paintings, M.F.A.
Annual 2000.
1997-2000 Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri.
(Continuous representation.)
AWARDS:
2008 Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Award.
2007 Governors Capitol Art Exhibition, Bobby
Hathaway Jurors Choice Award and the Wyoming
State Collection Purchase Award.
PUBLICATIONS:
-Western Art & Architecture Magazine, Spring/Summer 2010. Pg.56-57. 'Ones to Watch.' Article and Images.
-Southwest Art Magazine, March 2010. Pg. 38-39. 'Artist to Watch,' (the editors' choice for up-and-coming talent.) Article and Images.
-The Boise Weekly, June 2, 2009.
'The Walls of Perception' by Bill English.
(article and images)
-Jackson Hole News and Guide, June 4-10, 2008.
'Art, Exploration Mix in Show of Paintings'
(article and image)
-Jackson Hole Daily, June 6, 2008. Vol. 30
Issue 135.
'Art, Exploration Mix to Form Show'
(article and image)
-Planet Jackson Hole, June 4-10, 2008. Vol.6
Issue 25.
'Space Art; Lost and Found; Picasso at NMWA'
(article and image)
-The Casper Star Tribune, May 11, 2007. The
Weekender.
'Three-Ring Exhibition'
(article and images)
-The Dallas Art Review.
'Odd Wonderments at 500X.'
(article and images)
-SPLASH! Vol. 7 #2
'The Renewal of the Spirit'
(article and images)
-The Wichita Register, April 2002.
(images)
COLLECTIONS:
-Audax Theatre Group, New York, New York.
-The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg,
Florida.
-The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
-The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
-Spink Butler LLC, Boise, Idaho.
Matt Flint is a painter from the mountain town of Lander, Wyoming. He grew up surrounded by woods, animals, and family. As a boy, He spent endless days creating art and exploring the fields and woods around him. Now he spends time with his family, painting, and exploring the rugged Wind River Mountains that overlook his house and studio.
Living in Wyoming has had a profound effect on his work. The space, sense of isolation, and wildness of the land continues to amaze, mystify, and inspire him.His works are known for their textural qualities and natural subjects. Images in his work are from the natural world; horses, birds, deer, all manner of plants, and landscape. He intermingles / obscures these more representational images with scratches, marks, glyphs, drips, etc. When he is not painting, he spends time mountain biking, hiking, cross country skiing, and snowboarding.
Flint's work is collected publicly as well as privately including: the Audax Theater Group, New York, New York; The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming; The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg, Florida; The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Spink Butler LLC, Boise, Idaho.
Artist Statement
My paintings are of animals, plants, and landscapes seen through a moment of shifting focus. I paint the way I explore the rugged mountains by my house, always pushing to see what is over the next hill, searching for the unexpected.
I begin my paintings without a plan. No preliminary sketches are made; every thought is worked out directly on the canvas. Artifacts of the creative process can be seen in the rich textures, worked surfaces, and veiled light qualities created by working and reworking the piece. As one image comes into focus another is fading away, retaining a piece of the previous while hinting at what might come next.
The result of my search in paint mimics the constant series of changes I see in nature.
Resume
EDUCATION:
2002 M.F.A.- Painting/Drawing
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
1994 B.F.A. - Painting/Drawing (with an
emphasis in illustration)
Central Missouri State University,
Warrensburg, Missouri.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2002 - Present Assistant Professor of Art,
Central Wyoming Community College,Riverton,
Wyoming.
1999 - 2002 Instructor of Record, Painting and
Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita,
Kansas.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2012: 'Up Close and Far Away,' Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah
2009 'Now and Then,' Central College, Pella,
Iowa.
2008 'A View of Solitude,' Stewart Gallery,
Boise, Idaho.
2008 'In Search of ...' Memorial Hall Main
Gallery, Chadron State College, Chadron,
Nebraska.
2008 'Lost and Found,' Lyndsay McCandless
Contemporary, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2007 'In the Distance,' Casper College,
Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'Here and Somewhere Else,' Western
Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2011 'Two Waters,' Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah
2010 'Atlas of Echoes,' Visions West Gallery, Livingston, Montana
2003 'Desire to Disappear,' Western Community
College, Rock Springs, Wyoming and The Wyoming
Arts Council Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 'Elements of Abstraction,' Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah
2010 'Tokyo to Wyoming,' Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming
2009 'Wyoming Arts Council Biennial Fellowship Exhibition,' Wyoming State Museum Cheyenne, Wyoming
2009 'Simple Things for Complex Times,'
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson Hole,
Wyoming.
2009 'A Day in May,' Stewart Gallery, Boise,
Idaho.
2009 'CWC Annual Faculty Show,' Central
Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2008 'The Songcathcer Show,' Lark and Key
Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
2008 'Winter Exhibition,' Stewart Gallery,
Boise, Idaho.
2008 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2007 'Art NOW Miami,' exhibited by Stewart
Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida.
2007 'Variable Constant,' Jackson Hole Center
for the Arts, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2007 'Rocky Mountain Invitational,' The
Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'The Governors Capitol Art Exhibition,'
The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Juried by Ben Mitchell, Curator of Art,
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane,
Washington.
2007 'New Wyoming Painters,' The Nicolaysen
Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2006 'Rocky Mountain Invitational,' The
Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2006 'C.W.C. Faulty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2005 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2004 'Print & Paper,' Wyoming Arts Council
Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
2004 'The Renewal of the Spirit,' Art West
Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2004 'Constructing Environments,' 500X
Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
2004 'This Ain't Cowboy Art,' Pirate Gallery,
Denver, Colorado.
2003 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2003 'Re-Create,' The Lander Art Center,
Lander, Wyoming.
2002 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2002 'Interspaced: Four artists
Interpretations of Space.' Lee Shiney Gallery,
Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Humane/ Inhumane,' Butler County
Community College, Eldarado, Kansas.
Curated by Kevin Mullins, Ulrich Museum of
Art, Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Graduate Group Show,' Wichita Art
Museum, Wichita, Kansas.
2001 '13th Annual Biennial Faculty Show,'
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University,
Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Miami University Annual Young Painters
Competition,' Miami University, Miami, Ohio.
Juried by Angela Lange, Museum of Modern Art,
New York, New York.
2000 Inclusion in the Juried National Internet
Format of New American Paintings, M.F.A.
Annual 2000.
1997-2000 Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri.
(Continuous representation.)
AWARDS:
2008 Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Award.
2007 Governors Capitol Art Exhibition, Bobby
Hathaway Jurors Choice Award and the Wyoming
State Collection Purchase Award.
PUBLICATIONS:
-Western Art & Architecture Magazine, Spring/Summer 2010. Pg.56-57. 'Ones to Watch.' Article and Images.
-Southwest Art Magazine, March 2010. Pg. 38-39. 'Artist to Watch,' (the editors' choice for up-and-coming talent.) Article and Images.
-The Boise Weekly, June 2, 2009.
'The Walls of Perception' by Bill English.
(article and images)
-Jackson Hole News and Guide, June 4-10, 2008.
'Art, Exploration Mix in Show of Paintings'
(article and image)
-Jackson Hole Daily, June 6, 2008. Vol. 30
Issue 135.
'Art, Exploration Mix to Form Show'
(article and image)
-Planet Jackson Hole, June 4-10, 2008. Vol.6
Issue 25.
'Space Art; Lost and Found; Picasso at NMWA'
(article and image)
-The Casper Star Tribune, May 11, 2007. The
Weekender.
'Three-Ring Exhibition'
(article and images)
-The Dallas Art Review.
'Odd Wonderments at 500X.'
(article and images)
-SPLASH! Vol. 7 #2
'The Renewal of the Spirit'
(article and images)
-The Wichita Register, April 2002.
(images)
COLLECTIONS:
-Audax Theatre Group, New York, New York.
-The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg,
Florida.
-The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
-The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
-Spink Butler LLC, Boise, Idaho.