Matt Wedel
b. 1983
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023-24 | Matt Wedel: Pictures in the Garden, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Matt Wedel, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
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| 2022-23 | Matt Wedel and Gajin Fujita: New Work, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Matt Wedel: Phenomenal Debris, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA |
| 2019 | Matt Wedel: On the Verge, Louisiana State University (LSU) Museum of Art, travelled to Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX, USA |
| 2018-19 | Matt Wedel: Everything is Everything, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Matt Wedel, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Matt Wedel, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2017-18 | Matt Wedel, The Fields at Omi International Art Center, Ghent, NY, USA Matt Wedel, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2016 | Matt Wedel, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2015 | Matt Wedel, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Matt Wedel: Peaceable Fruit, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2014-15 | Matt Wedel: Flower Tree, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Matt Wedel: Portrait, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2013 | Sheep's Head, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2012 | Matt Wedel, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Matt Wedel: Figure, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2010 | Matt Wedel, Second Floor Marfa, Marfa, TX, USA Matt Wedel: Child Flower Tree Landscape, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2009 | Matt Wedel, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada |
| 2008 | Matt Wedel, New Work, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA Polar Bears, Cat and Landscape, Space Craft Studio, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 2007 | June in the Fall, Werby / Gatov Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA Child, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, USA La-vendor Tree, Space Craft Studio, San Diego, CA, USA I've Got Wings On My Mind, SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA, USA |
| 2005 | My friend the orange guy, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, USA |
Group Exhibitions
| 2026 | Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
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| 2025-26 | Seen/Scene: Artwork from the Jennifer Gilbert Collection, Little Village Collective, Detroit, MI, USA LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize Finalists Exhibition 2025, Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, Spain L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Aesthetics of Everyday Objects: The Plate, ATLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 2024-25 | View from the Studio, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Korean International Ceramic Biennale, Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Gwangju, South Korea Greenhouse: Houseplants in Contemporary Art, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, USA Group Exhibition, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2023-24 | Meanwhile, Beeler Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH, USA RED, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Faint, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI, USA The Flower Show, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2022 | Ex-tend Ex-cess, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA Sculpture, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA In the Round, Unit London, Hanover, London, UK |
| 2021 | It Might Not Be Here When You Wake Up: Eleanor, Abner, and Matt Wedel, Trisolini Art Gallery, Baker University Center, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA Environmental Reflections: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA Magic Dance, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Earth Transformed: Ceramic Artists Invitational, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, USA A Mark Extended, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI, USA |
| 2020-21 | 45 at 45: L.A. Louver Celebrates 45 Years with 45 Artists, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2019 | Particle and Wave: PaperClay Illuminated, Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ, travelled to Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO, USA; Nora Eccles Museum of Art, Logan, UT; Hold - Redline Gallery, Denver, CO; The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA; Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT; Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, USA Ceramic Momentum, CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart, Denmark Group Show, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2018-19 | The Incongruous Body, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, USA Evolver, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Melting Point: Movements in Contemporary Clay, CAFAM, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 2017-18 | C'est le Bouquet! Quand les Fleurs Inspirent la Céramique, Fondation d'Enterprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France On the Road: American Abstraction, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI, USA |
| 2016-17 | Abundant, Bountiful & Beautiful, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, USA Group Show, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Fired Up: Monumental Clay, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA LA Today, curated by Carl Schlosberg, Royale Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA Contemporary Ceramics, Lincoln Center for the Performing and Visual Arts, Fort Collins, CO, USA Visiting Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, USA |
| 2015 | Summer Exhibition, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Sculpture, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Colors Defined, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA Environmental Impact: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA, USA |
| 2013 | MUCK: Accumulations, Accretions and Conglomorations, curated by Peter Held, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ, USA Elemental, The Stuart Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge, CA, USA Group Show, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Lost Horizon: Landscape by Other Means, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada |
| 2012 | Matt Wedel: Figure, Skyroom, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Stone Gravy, curated by David Pagel, Ameringer McEnery, Yohe, NY, USA Art 43 Basel, International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Loose Canon, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Art 42 Basel, International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland Group Show, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL, USA Pieceable Kingdom, Beacon Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA, USA 67th Scripps Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA, USA |
| 2010 | Salon 5, Marine, Santa Monica, CA, USA |
| 2009 | Group Show, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA A View from the Atlantic, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada Rogue Wave, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2008 | Lingua Franca, Ellis Armory, Pittsburgh, PA, USA GSE, 301 Pine Gallery, Long Beach, CA, USA Projection, Salon Oblique, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2007 | Art Auction 12, Long Beach Museum of Art, CA, USA Underworld, Salon Oblique, Venice, CA, USA Meltdown, Salon Oblique, Venice, CA, USA Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA, USA Fully Studded, San Oblique, Venice, CA, USA The Evva S. Vale Memorial Exhibition, The Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center, Long Beach, CA, USA LA's Insurgents, San Oblique, Venice, CA, USA |
| 2006 | Wondergems, Loyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA, USA Enigma...Healing...Revelation, Union Art Space, Santa Ana, CA, USA |
| 2005 | Nippon Steel Artist Appreciation, Nippon Steel, Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2004 | Parsons Consulting, Parsons Consulting, Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2003 | First Annual Collegiate Artists Competition, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA |
| 2002 | 26th Annual Student Exhibition, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO, USA |
Public Collections
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Clay Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart, Denmark
Community Hospital, Pediatric Wing, Grand Junction, CO, USA
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, USA
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Honolulu Art Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, USA
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA
Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX, USA
Commissions
| 2015 | Century City Sculpture, organised by the Sculpture Committee of the Century City Chamber of Commerce Arts Council and the Century City Arts & Culture Foundation, The Hines Property, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Grants and Awards
| 2025 | Finalist, LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize |
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| 2024 | Grand Prize, Gyeonggi Ceramic Biennale, Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea Visiting Artist, Anderson Art Ranch, Snowmass, CO, USA |
| 2023 | Individual Excellence Award, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH, USA Artist in Residence (July), Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI, USA Artist in Residence (September), Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI, USA |
| 2019 | Individual Excellence Award, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH, USA |
| 2018 | The Individual Artist Award, The Santo Foundation, St. Louis, MO, USA |
Publications
| 2014 | Shana Nys Dambrot, Matt Wedel, Art Ltd. Magazine |
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| 2013 | Kathleen Whitney, Matt Wedel, LA Louver, Sculpture Magazine, November 2013, Vol. 32, No. 9, pg. 76 Matt Wedel's Sheep's Head, CFile Stacy Dacheux, Matt Wedel's Larger than Life Ceramics Reunite Us with Our Own Innermost Children, Beautiful/Decay, May 20th David Pagel, A Heady View of Offbeat World, Los Angeles Times, May 3rd Edward Goldman, In the Art Ring: Newcomer Artist vs. Heavyweight Champion, Huffington Post, April 16th Edward Goldman, In the Art Ring: Newcomer Artist vs. Heavyweight Champion, KCRW, April 16th Mario Muller, Matt Wedel at LA Louver, Glasstire, Southern California Visual Art, April 19th Diane Calder, ArtScene, May |
| 2012 | Leah Ollman, Peering into 'Clay's Tectonic Shift, Los Angeles Times, January 29th |
| 2011 | The Fluidity of Clay, Hand Eye Magazine, June 9th Stacy Davies, Playing with Fire, Inland Empire Weekly, February Gil McElroy, Matt Wedel, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 82 |
| 2010 | Theresa Bembnister, Matt Wedel at Second Floor, Glasstire (Texas Visual Art Online), September Interview with Tom Michael, Marfa Public Radio, Talk at 10, August 20th |
| 2009 | Brianne Schaer, Artwork Profits to be Donated to Community, Daily49er, September 16th Annie Buckley, Los Angeles: Review, Rogue Wave, The Magazine, September Upfront Exhibitions, Rogue Wave, Ceramics Monthly, pg. 26, October Eleanore Welles, Art Scene, Rogue Wave '09, pg. 21, September David Pagel, Art Review: 'Rogue Wave '09 at LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles Times, July 24th Catherine Taft, Catherine Taft's Top 10 Summer Shows in LA, The Saatchi Gallery Daily Magazine, July 23rd Tanja Laden, Rogue Wave: 10 Artists from Los Angeles, Flavor Pill, July 16th Seth Curcio, Rogue Wave '09, Daily Serving, July 14th Canadian Art: Matt Wedel/Mary-Anne Wensley: Otherworldly Terrain, Reproduction, March 19th Exhibition Catalogue, Matt Wedel, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, March 7th - April 9th |
| 2008 | Long Beach Art Museum Removes Sculpture, Daily 49er, Reproduction, August 7th Art Museum Sends 'Child' to his Room, Press-Telegram, Cover, Reproduction, August 9th Orange Baby Leaving Long Beach Museum, Dakota: Curbed LA, Egg Coming, Reproduction, August 5th LA House Tour: The M House, www.apartmenttherapy.com/la, February 1st |
| 2007 | 'Child' Draws Adults' Attention to Museum, Press-Telegram, Cover, Reproduction, pg. 5, December 18th Long Beach Treasure, Beachcomber, Reproduction, pg. 19, November 23rd Golden Child, District, November 21st Peeping Child, LBUnion, November 21st Theo Douglas, Motherless 'Child', District, Reproduction, November 7th Forget Stuffy Gallery, Black Book Magazine, Think Salon, August 30th |
Selected Talks and Lectures
| 2023 | Public Talk, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI, USA Matt Wedel: Studio Visit and Demonstration, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI, USA Public Talk: Matt Wedel: Clay as a Matter of Learning, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI, USA Public Workshop, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA |
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| 2020 | Artist Lecture, University of Notre Dame, Department of Art, Art History & Design, Notre Dame, IN, USA |
| 2019 | Artist Talk: On the Verge, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX, USA Workshop and Artist Lecture, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO, USA Symposium: Ceramic Momentum - Staging the Object, CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart, Denmark Artist Talk, opening of Matt Wedel: On the Verge, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, USA 5th Annual Florida Heat Surface Workshop, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA Windgate Visiting Artist Lecture, Arizona State University, Tempeh, AZ, USA Artist Talk, Cleveland Institute of Art, Peter B Lewis Theatre, Cleveland, OH, USA Public talk, University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA Public talk, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA |
| 2018 | Public talk, Contemporary Art Forum Lecture Series, Miami University, OH, USA Public talk, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Public talk, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA |
| 2017 | Public talk, Oakland Community College, Oakland County, Michigan, IL, USA Public talk, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA Public talk, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Public talk, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine, USA |
| 2015 | Public talk workshop with Kristin Morgan, NCECA, Providence, RI, USA |
| 2014 | Public talk, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA, USA Public talk, Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| 2013 | Public talk, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA |
| 2012 | Public talk, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Public talk, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA |
Teaching Positions
| 2019 | Clay Sculpture: Large-Scale Systems, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, USA Visiting Artist, Louisiana State University (LSU) Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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| 2012 | Invited Artist, International Sculpture Intensive, Long Beach, CA, USA |
| 2011 | Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA |
| 2010 | Adjunct Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA |
| 2009 | Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Nova Scotia College of Design, Halifax, NS, Canada |
| 2008 | Adjunct Faculty, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA |
| 2007 | Invited Artist, International Sculpture Intensive, Long Beach, CA, USA Graduate Student Teaching, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA |
| 2006 | Graduate Teaching Assistant, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA |
| 2005 | Ceramic Instructor, Princess Cruise, AK, USA |
Education
| 2007 | Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA |
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| 2005 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |