February 17 – March 28, 2026
Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 17, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Artist’s Gallery Talk: Tuesday, February 17, 5:30 p.m.
Matthew Whitney (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and pedestrian whose work explores lived experience as an embodied encounter rather than a representational one. Working across drawing, painting, photography, collage, video, performance, and installation, his practice privileges process, material responsiveness, and attention over fixed meaning.
Rooted in contemplative traditions, the work has long engaged walking as both method and metaphor—producing personal cartographies that trace the relationship between body, ground, and place. In recent years, his practice has shifted toward materially driven processes that embrace fragmentation, chance, and imperfection as generative conditions. Through acts of manipulation, “deskilling,” and intuitive mark-making, his work invites viewers into open-ended encounters that foreground presence, vulnerability, and reflection.
Matt holds a BA in Art from Whitworth University and an MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts. In parallel with his studio practice, he is engaged in teaching, facilitation, and community-based work. He currently serves as Creative Director at Spiritual Directors International, an interfaith nonprofit dedicated to contemplative practices of spiritual direction and companionship.
Further work can be viewed at www.matthewwhitney.com.
Featured image: Matthew Whitney, Working It Out, (2018) acrylic and graphite on paper, 60” x 120”