Matthew Day Perez
Matthew Day Perez, Shattered, 2018 Broken glass on vellum, ink, photographic aluminum lithography plate, 17x24 inches Edition 40 (even numbers)
"I smashed a discarded piece of glass onto some vellum. The pieces glided across the surface, landing where they might, and with the composition accidentally and gracefully laid out, I carefully used india ink to capillary under the glass."
"The Vellum was then used to generate an aluminum litho plate that was then masterfully inked and printed from to create an edition of 40 prints." at Normal Editions Workshop located at Illinois State University, 2018.
Castoff pane of glass, vellum, and india ink.
Matthew Day Perez is an artist, organizer, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. He received his BFA from Illinois State University and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Continuously experimenting with the potential of combining, subverting, and exploiting materials, Perez works with a diverse set of media; glass, printed matter, digital media, and installation.
Perez is the recipient of the Fulbright, the John Rena National Endowments for the Arts Scholarship, a U.S. State Department Grant for new works, and a Lois Roth Grant. Residencies include The Corning Museum of Glass, The Creative Glass Center of America, and Pilchuck Glass School.
In 2018, he founded FagSigns, a neon signage company, based out of Brooklyn NY, supporting the LGBTQ+ and POC community.