The thing that’s fascinating about Matthew Wilson’s drawings is that he draws the interior and exterior of machines at the same time, as if he has x-ray vision. And, after studying videos of machines, heavy equipment, transportation and amusement park ride, he creates his drawings from memory.
// Matthew’s available work //
exhibition history
Roses are Red, or, See what Kitty can do without fighting the war? organized by Liam Golden // NIAD Online Exhibition // August 2023
Rainbow Cat Picnic organized by Cynthia Ona Innis // NIAD Online Exhibition // March 2023
Subtle Sweetness organized by Jamie Walsh // NIAD Online Exhibition // January 2023
WIN WIN 10 Silent Auction Preview Exhibition // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // February 2022
Stories, organized by B. Wurtz // NIAD Online Exhibition // November 2021
Good On Paper: Erin McCluskey Wheeler x NIAD // NIAD Art Center 2020
A Kind of Movement // organized by Jay Wehnert Portland Art And Learning Studios 2019
Ether Here Nor There: Anthony Grant x NIAD // NIAD Art Center 2019
Hailing From Parts Unknown // organized By Curtis Turner NIAD Art Center 2019
Redefining Contemporary Art // organized by Courtney Eldridge Depot Steamboat Springs 2019
It’s Complicated // organized by Kathleen King NIAD Art Center 2018
Give A Little Take A Little: Real Time & Space at NIAD // organized By Lexa Walsh NIAD Art Center 2018
Can Did // organized By Julio Rodriguez NIAD Art Center 2018
All Of The Light // organized by Gina Borg NIAD Art Center 2017
Outsider Art Fair // Shrine NYC booth Paris 2017
For Them That Spitte Blood And Are Bursten // organized by Jon Shibata Yalis’ Cafe Berkeley 2017
Igneous Intrusions // organized by Jon Shibata NIAD Art Center 2017
Overloaded: Contemporary Art, Folk Art And Unique Objects // organized By Phil Linhares NIAD Art Center 2016
Matthew Wilson // NIAD Art Center 2016
We’re Here // organized by Peter Cavagnaro Yali’s Café Oxford Street Berkeley 2016
New Drawings From Matthew Wilson // Yali’s Cafe Stanley Hall Berkeley 2016
Joyful Tidings Of The Golden Future Time // organized by Jon Shibata Yali’s Café Oxford Street Berkeley 2016
Adventure! // organized by Scott MacLeod NIAD Art Center 2015
New Kids On The Block // NIAD Art Center 2015
press
100 Stories of Belonging in the S.F. Bay Area, edited by Christine Wong Yap, 2019.