Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders (b. 1975) is an American visual artist. Saunders studied at Harvard and Yale University, where he trained as a painter. Saunders’ work can be described as a hybrid between painting and photography. At their most basic, his works begin with sketches derived from film and television stills. These sketches are then used as […]

Matt Saunders (b. 1975) is an American visual artist. Saunders studied at Harvard and Yale University, where he trained as a painter.

Saunders’ work can be described as a hybrid between painting and photography. At their most basic, his works begin with sketches derived from film and television stills. These sketches are then used as negatives, either contact printed (placed directly on top of photo paper and then developed) or placed in an enlarger. As negatives, the sketches are done in reverse so that the parts which appear lighter in the photograph are darker on the painted negative and vice versa.

Matt Saunders is Professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University. He was a recipient of the 2022 American Academy of Arts and Letters Arts Purchase Prize, the 2015 Rappaport Prize from the de Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum, the 2013 Prix Jean-François Prat, and the 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation award. He has exhibited internationally, and his work is in the collections of major institutions including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Tate Modern, London; and Mudam Luxembourg Modern Art Museum, among others.

Kilde:
Martin Asbæk Gallery