Artist Statement

The work that I produce examines the many differing aspects of organized religion and the individual; sexual repression and ties to religious belief, martyrdom, deep questioning of humanity’s involvement concerning devotion to holy beliefs, and a struggle to understand the importance and changes that effect religion over time.

I strive to understand  the origins and bindings that both religious and moral teachings leave with us all. I choose to explore inconsistencies with my own beliefs and the contradictions involved in many of the churches teachings. This is accomplished through minimal figure work, obstructed line drawing, and conceptual text work, all of which are integrated at times. I like to use materials in new and differing ways, exposing what’s lies behind paint, graphite, and even walls, to mirror social barriers. The materials many times are meant to break down and change over time, to mirror the belief that all ideas and understandings change repeatedly in our lives.

The work produces feelings of alienation, misunderstanding, inconsistency, confusion, and duplicity, all intertwining with issues of sexuality, guilt, and depravity of the blessed and the sanctified. These connections allow me to question my own train of thought and push for moral understanding.

Matthew Keller Exhibition History

Solo Exhibitions

2016
Galatea Fine Art, furtherandfurtherandfurther, Boston, MA

2014
Atlantic Works Gallery, echo, Boston, MA
Galatea Fine Art, iconoclasm, Boston, MA

2013
Atlantic Works Gallery, barriers., Boston, MA
Two Thirteen, The Stations of the Cross, Boston, MA

2012
Atlantic Works Gallery, The Inspection House, Boston, MA
Atlantic Works Gallery, control., Boston, MA

2008
The Vault, …and the desire to throw rocks, Fort Collins, CO

2007
Jennifer McLaughlin, Works on Paper, Fort Collins, CO

2006
Colorado State University, Listen, Fort Collins, CO
Jerry’s Artarama, Prints, Fort Collins, CO

2005
Colorado State University, Recent Works, Fort Collins, CO

Group Exhibitions

2021
Midway Gallery, Artists and the Pandemic, Boston, MA

2020

Atlantic Works Gallery, Babylon & Co., Boston, MA

2018
Atlantic Works Gallery, The Revolution will not be……., Boston, MA

2017
Galatea Fine Art, The New,  Boston, MA (curated)

ARTIsm 3160, ArtVenice Biennale IV -57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Midway Gallery, Fort Point Open Studios, Boston, MA

2016
Midway Gallery, A Decade at Midway, Boston, MA

2015
Midway Gallery, Design 2015, Boston, MA

2013
Midway Gallery, Illusions, Boston, MA
Galatea Fine Art, Small(er) Works, Boston, MA
Thomas Moser, Small Works, Boston, MA
Avvocati 3833, ARTVenice, Venezia, Italy
Atlantic Works Gallery, The Song Remains the Same, Boston, MA

2012
Goosefish Press, No Red Dots, Boston, MA
119 Gallery, Space Mission, Lowell, MA
RAW Artists at The Estate, Radiate, Boston, MA
Spattered Columns Gallery, Windsor Whitney Biennial,
Soho, New York
Atlantic Works Gallery, Rough Trade, Boston, MA

2007
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery 101,
Fort Collins, CO

2006
Curfman Gallery, Undergraduate Visual Art Exhibition,
Fort Collins, CO.

2005
Starlight, Art Varmints II, Fort Collins, CO.

Scholarships/Publications

2015
Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 29
Matt Keller: The Blast Interview, Blast Magazine

2007
“A” Literary Journal-Arts and Literature Edition, Vol.10

2005-2007
Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship, Colorado State
University

Education
Colorado State University, BA Printmaking and Sculpture | Focus: Business Administration in Marketing
Cum Laude