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Matt Wedel
Selected works
Pictures in the Garden
L.A. Louver, 2023
Matt Wedel / Potted Plant, 2017 / gouache on paper / Image: 30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.2 x 57.2 cm) / Framed: 34 3/8 x 26 5/8 in. (87.3 x 67.6 cm) / MW18-91
Matt Wedel / Potted Plant, 2021 / gouache on paper / Image: 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm) / Framed: 20 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. (53 x 45.4 cm) / MW21-037
Matt Wedel / Flower Tree (Hawaii), 2023 / gouache and pen on paper / 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm) / Framed: 17 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (43.8 x 36.2 cm) / MW23-037
Matt Wedel / Flower Tree (Hawaii), 2023 / gouache and pen on paper / 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm) / MW23-038
Installation photography, Matt Wedel: Pictures in the Garden
Everything is everything
L.A. Louver, 2019
Matt Wedel / Large fruit landscape, 2018 / stoneware / 72 x 56 x 49 in. (182.9 x 142.2 x 124.5 cm) / MW18-12
Matt Wedel / Flower tree, 2018 / unglazed porcelain / 51 x 43 x 20 in. (129.5 x 109.2 x 50.8 cm) / MW18-130
Matt Wedel / Portrait, 2018 / porcelain / 12 1/4 x 8 x 8 in. (31.1 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm) / MW18-9
Matt Wedel / Flower tree, 2018 / porcelain / 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 11 in. (16.5 x 24.1 x 27.9 cm) / MW18-25
Matt Wedel
L.A. Louver, 2017
Matt Wedel / Fruit landscape, 2016 / ceramic / 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (14.6 x 19.1 x 22.2 cm) / (Inv# MW16-62)
Matt Wedel / Fruit landscape, 2016 / ceramic / 9 x 10 x 9 in. (22.9 x 25.4 x 22.9 cm) / (Inv# MW16-52) / Private collection
Matt Wedel / Fruit landscape, 2016 / porcelain / 8 x 8 1/2 x 8 in. (20.3 x 21.6 x 20.3 cm) / (Inv# MW16-69) / Private collection
Matt Wedel / Flower tree, 2016 / ceramic / 7 1/2 x 9 x 10 in. (19.1 x 22.9 x 25.4 cm) / (Inv# MW16-16)
Peaceable Fruit
L.A. Louver, 2015
Matt Wedel / Banana tree, 2015 / ceramic / 72 x 79 x 58 in. (182.9 x 200.7 x 147.3 cm) / (Inv# MW15-31)
Matt Wedel / Figure with heads, 2015 / ceramic / 59 x 68 x 37 in. (149.9 x 172.7 x 94 cm) / (Inv# MW15-67)
Matt Wedel / Flower tree, 2015 / porcelain / 9 x 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (22.9 x 36.8 x 31.8 cm) / (Inv# MW15-54)
Matt Wedel / Head, 2015 / ceramic / 15 x 9 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (38.1 x 24.1 x 26.7 cm) / (Inv# MW15-64)
Sheep's Head
L.A. Louver, 2013
Matt Wedel / Sheep with flowers, 2013 / ceramic / top: 39 1/2 x 32 x 29 in. (100.3 x 81.3 x 73.7 cm) / base: 78 1/2 x 62 x 43 in. (199.4 x 157.5 x 109.2 cm) / Private collection
Matt Wedel / Flower tree, 2013 / ceramic / 72 x 42 x 52 in. (182.9 x 106.7 x 132.1 cm) / Private collection
Matt Wedel / Rock, 2013 / ceramic / 65 x 56 x 54 in. (165.1 x 142.2 x 137.2 cm)
Installation photography / Matt Wedel: Sheep's Head
Figure
L.A. Louver, 2012
Matt Wedel / Figure, 2011 / ceramic / Overall: 83 x 39 x 42 in. (210.8 x 99.1 x 106.7 cm) Legs: 43 x 39 x 18 in. (109.2 x 99.1 x 45.7 cm) Head: 40 x 42 x 36 in. (101.6 x 106.7 x 91.4 cm) / (Inv# MW12-22) / Private collection
Child flower tree landscape
L.A. Louver, 2010
Matt Wedel / rock, 2010 / fired clay and glaze / 36 x 38 x 37 in. (91.4 x 96.5 x 94 cm)
Matt Wedel / flower tree, 2007 / fired clay and glaze / 79 x 52 x 42 in. (200.7 x 132.1 x 106.7 cm)
Matt Wedel / flower tree, 2010 / fired clay and glaze / 40 x 32 x 34 in. (101.6 x 81.3 x 86.4 cm) / (Inv# MWe10-53)
Installation photography / Matt Wedel: Child flower tree landscape
Installation photography / Matt Wedel: Child flower tree landscape
Group Show
L.A. Louver, 2009
Matt Wedel / boy, 2007 / fired clay and glaze / 64 x 36 x 32 in. (162.6 x 91.4 x 81.3 cm)
Matt Wedel / flower tree, 2007 / fired clay and glaze / 73 x 46 x 31 in. (185.4 x 116.8 x 78.7 cm)
Rogue Wave '09
10 Artists from Los Angeles
L.A. Louver, 2009
Matt Wedel / Child, 2007 / fired clay, glaze and luster / 42 x 39 x 36 in. (106.7 x 99.1 x 91.4 cm)
Matt Wedel / Flower Tree, 2008 / fired clay and glaze / 32 x 14 x 16 in. (81.3 x 35.6 x 40.6 cm) / Private collection
Matt Wedel / Flower Tree, 2008 / fired clay and glaze / 77 x 43 x 45 in. (195.6 x 109.2 x 114.3 cm) / Private collection
Installation photography / Rogue Wave '09: / 10 Artists from Los Angeles
Bio

1983 Born, Palisade, CO
Lives and works in Athens, OH

Education:
2007 Masters of Fine Art, Ceramics California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

biography

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Portrait of Matt Wedel. Photo: McKinley Law.
Photo: McKinley Law
Event
Matt Wedel in conversation with Shana Nys Dambrot
Wednesday, 13 Dec 2023, 6:30 - 7:30pm
Free and open to the public, RSVP required to rsvp@lalouver.com

Complimentary parking provided
Current exhibitions
RED
RED
25 Oct - 29 Dec 2023
Gallery exhibition
Matt Wedel: Pictures in the Garden
Matt Wedel
Pictures in the Garden
25 Oct 2023 - 6 Jan 2024
Gallery exhibition
Matt Wedel: Skyroom
Matt Wedel
Skyroom
25 Oct 2023 - 6 Jan 2024
Gallery exhibition
Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions
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Matt Wedel: Everything is everything
Matt Wedel
Everything is everything
14 Nov 2018 - 12 Jan 2019
Gallery exhibition
Matt Wedel
Matt Wedel
26 Apr - 24 Jun 2017
Gallery exhibition
Matt Wedel: Peaceable Fruit
Matt Wedel
Peaceable Fruit
18 Nov - 30 Dec 2015
Gallery exhibition
Matt Wedel: Sheep's Head
Matt Wedel
Sheep's Head
11 Apr - 18 May 2013
Gallery exhibition
Selected museum exhibitions
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Matt Wedel: Phenomenal Debris
Matt Wedel
Phenomenal Debris
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, OH
 5 Nov 2022 - 2 Apr 2023
Museum exhibition
Ceramic Momentum - Staging the Object
Ceramic Momentum - Staging the Object
CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art
Middelfart, Denmark
 11 May - 3 Nov 2019
Museum exhibition
The Incongruous Body
The Incongruous Body
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Pomona, CA
 11 Aug 2018 - 17 Feb 2019
Museum exhibition
Melting Point: Movements in Contemporary Clay
Melting Point
Movements in Contemporary Clay
Craft and Folk Art Museum
Los Angeles, CA
 28 Jan - 6 May 2018
Museum exhibition
Viewing rooms
Matt Wedel Fruits
Matt Wedel:
Fruits
Online viewing room
Publications
Wedel Catalog
Matt Wedel
Phenomenal Debris
Toledo Museum of Art
2023
143 pages
Hardcover
Video




Selected articles
Looseleaf, Victoria. "Matt Wedel, Mythology At Play."
Art Now LA, Oct 2023.
full article, PDF | artnowla.com

Frank, Shayleigh. "Being human: Abstract ideas infuse Matt Wedel's large-scale ceramics."
The Toledo Blade, 3 Nov 2022.
full article, PDF

Ollman, Leah. "Matt Wedel."
Art in America, 1 February 2019
full article, PDF

Pagel, David. "Bright, blazing bursts of color enliven Matt Wedel's sculptures at L.A. Louver."
The Los Angeles Times, 27 November 2018
full article, PDF
Wood, Eve. "Matt Wedel at LA Louver."
Art and Cake, 26 February 2018
full article, PDF

Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Matt Wedel."
Art LTD, May/June 2014
full article, PDF

Pagel, David. "A heady view of offbeat world."
Los Angeles Times. 3 May 2013
full article, PDF

McElroy, Gil. "Matt Wedel".
Ceramic - Art & Perception. Issue 82. 2010
full article, PDF
Artist website
mattwedel.com
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