STATEMENT

There is desire in a highway. There is resilience in a dam. There is triumph in a bridge. These icons are steeped in intense labor. Matthew Steele is heavily motivated by infrastructure. There is a certain poetry to the lengths we go to, to feel connected. He is interested in how technologies of the self are often reflected in the physical technologies that we produce. He sees icons of infrastructure as manifestations or gestures of our grand intention; to transcend the greatest obstacles we know. It is his intent to personify our internal technologies through depictions of these utilitarian endeavors.

BIO

Matthew Steele is an artist and graphic designer living and working in Charlotte North Carolina. He received a BFA in sculpture from Indiana University and has been an artist-in-residence at McColl Center for Art + Innovation (2012) and Goodyear Arts (2015) where he continues to be a member of the Goodyear Arts Collective. Steele has exhibited his work at Lotus Projects (Miami, FL), Mint Museum of Art (Charlotte, NC), The Sculpture Center (Cleveland, OH), Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art (Greensboro, NC), the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, NC), Winthrop University (Rock Hill, SC), among others. Steele is the recipient of an Emerging Creators Fellowship from the Arts & Science Council (2022) and has been selected to create public art as part of the City of Charlotte-funded J.W. Clay Boulevard Streetscape project in the University City area. Steele has work in private and public collections nationally and internationally including AXA, Marriott, Honeywell, TIAA, Art in Embassies, the Haan Collection, and Charlotte Skin and Laser.

CONTACT

mtsteele@gmail.com
765.366.8643

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