Art in Focus:
Matt Wedel
L.A. Louver presents a focused look at sculpture by Matt Wedel. A celebration of the artist's honored inclusion in the 2024 Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale in Seoul, South Korea, this online survey highlights a curated selection of work from 2015-2023.
"I am in love with the labor of making. It is exploration through form and the constant search for clarity about the world."
Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2015
ceramic
77 x 74 x 69 in. (195.6 x 188 x 175.3 cm)
(Inv# MW15-30)
$95,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2015
ceramic
43 1/2 x 47 x 44 in. (110.5 x 119.4 x 111.8 cm)
(Inv# MW15-68)
$55,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2015
ceramic
17 x 28 x 24 in. (43.2 x 71.1 x 61 cm)
(Inv# MW15-43)
$28,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2015
ceramic
14 x 21 x 20 in. (35.6 x 53.3 x 50.8 cm)
(Inv# MW15-44)
$22,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2015
ceramic
16 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 25 in. (41.9 x 52.1 x 63.5 cm)
(Inv# MW15-47)
$24,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2015
ceramic
13 x 18 x 16 1/2 in. (33 x 45.7 x 41.9 cm)
(Inv# MW15-49)
$20,000
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Incorporating inspirations from the natural world - prehistoric succulents, vibrant flora, and oceanic plant life - the key motifs seen throughout Wedel's oeuvre express the artist's interest in our human relationship to deep time and natural rhythms.
Matt Wedel
Fruit landscape, 2016
stoneware
49 x 24 x 31 in. (124.5 x 61 x 78.7 cm)
(Inv# MW17-2)
$45,000
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Matt Wedel
Fruit landscape, 2016
ceramic
8 1/2 x 10 x 9 in. (21.6 x 25.4 x 22.9 cm)
(Inv# MW16-59)
$7,500
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Matt Wedel
Fruit landscape, 2016
ceramic
8 x 13 x 13 1/2 in. (20.3 x 33 x 34.3 cm)
(Inv# MW16-60)
$14,000
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Matt Wedel
Fruit landscape, 2016
ceramic
12 x 15 x 12 in. (30.5 x 38.1 x 30.5 cm)
(Inv# MW16-55)
$16,000
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Ever evolving, Wedel's sculptures are an exploration of clay as a fluid material that captures the relationship of the mind to a changing ecosystem.
Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2018
porcelain
8 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (21.6 x 31.8 x 36.8 cm)
(Inv# MW18-26)
$16,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2018
porcelain
9 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (24.1 x 34.3 x 36.8 cm)
signed by artist
(Inv# MW18-47)
$14,000
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Matt Wedel
Lemon tree, 2018
ceramic
63 1/2 x 41 x 18 1/2 in. (161.3 x 104.1 x 47 cm)
signed "Wedel" lower right corner verso
(Inv# MW18-129)
$75,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2018
unglazed porcelain
51 x 40 x 20 in. (129.5 x 101.6 x 50.8 cm)
incised "Wedel" lower right corner verso
(Inv# MW18-126)
$55,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2019
porcelain
10 x 15 1/2 x 12 in. (25.4 x 39.4 x 30.5 cm)
(Inv# MW21-004)
$14,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2019
porcelain
9 x 11 x 10 in. (22.9 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm)
(Inv# MW21-012)
$10,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2019
porcelain
6 x 8 x 7 1/2 in. (15.2 x 20.3 x 19.1 cm)
(Inv# MW21-013)
$6,000
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Matt Wedel
Fruit, 2019
colored porcelain
23 x 23 x 7 in. (58.4 x 58.4 x 17.8 cm)
signed verso
(Inv# MW20-117)
$24,000
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Matt Wedel
Fruit, 2019
colored porcelain
17 x 17 x 5 in. (43.2 x 43.2 x 12.7 cm)
signed verso
(Inv# MW20-116)
$16,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2022
stoneware
19 x 23 x 22 in. (48.3 x 58.4 x 55.9 cm)
(Inv# MW22-047)
$24,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2023
stoneware
9 1/2 x 12 x 11 in. (24.1 x 30.5 x 27.9 cm)
signed on underside
(Inv# MW23-015)
$12,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2023
stoneware
11 x 14 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm)
(Inv# MW23-001)
$14,000
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Matt Wedel
Flower Tree, 2023
stoneware
18 1/2 x 23 x 22 in. (47 x 58.4 x 55.9 cm)
signed on underside
(Inv# MW23-008)
$24,000
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About the artist
Photo: Jordan Reed
Matt Wedel was born and raised in Palisade, Colorado, and began working with clay at a young age. Under the guidance of his father, a functional potter, Wedel developed an early understanding of clay as a studio practice. These early experiences led him to earn a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in ceramics from California State University, Long Beach. He has taught largescale ceramics and contemporary practice at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Colorado, Boulder and Ohio University.
Wedel’s work has been exhibited widely, most recently in the solo exhibition Matt Wedel: Phenomenal Debris at the Toledo Museum of Art (2023). His work is held in collections and museums internationally including the Clay Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart, Denmark, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax, Canada, the Honolulu Art Museum in Hawaii, and the Long Beach Museum of Art in California.
Matt Wedel currently maintains a full-time studio practice in Southeast Ohio where he lives with his family. Learn more at www.mattwedel.com.
Currently on view
Matt Wedel
Fruit Landscape, 2017
ceramic
65 x 71 x 63 in. (165.1 x 180.3 x 160 cm).
Collection Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art.
We are proud to celebrate and congratulate Matt Wedel on his inclusion in the 2024 Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale and for receiving the top prize. This year, artists from 73 countries submitted 1,505 pieces to the biennale. Through the judging process 57 works received awards; 14 artists received major prizes, with the highest honor — the Grand Prize — awarded to Matt Wedel for his sculpture Fruit Landscape (2017).
Korean International Ceramics Biennale
Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art
Gwangju, South Korea
6 September 2024 - 2 February 2025
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