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Matthew Day Perez

Matthew Day Perez was born in Riverside, California. He is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York.

Background

MFA, Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, RI (2010)

BFA, Illinois State University; Normal, IL (2007)

Pilchuck School of Glass, master class with Richard Whiteley (2009)

Fulbright Fellow, Australian National University; Canberra, Australia (2010)

National Endowment for the Arts, John Rena Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design (2008)

Normal Editions Projects

Perez participated in a collaborative print project at Normal Editions Workshop in the School of Art at Illinois State University in 2018. His visit was sponsored in part by a Fell Trust award from the Illinois State University Foundation.

Artist Matthew Day Perez stands in the studio, pointing to a paper in his hand.

Artist Matthew Day Perez reviewing notes during the collaboration.

Resources

Artist Website

Gallery Representation

Prints from Normal Editions

Always After

Always After

Matthew Day Perez
two-color lithograph
30" x 22"
edition size: 40 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
copyright 2018
N.E.W. work# 18-101

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Available for sale

$700.00

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Collaboration with Matthew Day Perez

Matthew Day Perez experiments

Matthew Day Perez experiments

Matthew Day Perez experiments with transparent materials for image creation options

artist working with sample washes

artist working with sample washes

Matthew Day Perez working with sample washes on Mylar for image creation research

image creation

image creation

Matthew Day Perez image creation with Alissa Palmer and John Perry

various washes and shards

various washes and shards

various wash mixtures and shards of glass used in the image creation

working on the image mylar

working on the image mylar

Alissa Palmer (left) and John Perry (right) observe the working methods of artist Matthew Day Perez

talking with students

talking with students

Matthew Day Perez talking with several student about the collaborative project

mixing inks

mixing inks

Felicia Cannon, Matthew Day Perez, and Molly Markow mixing ink samples

rolling up for run #1 with visitors

rolling up for run #1 with visitors

Morgan Price rolling up the ink roller for run #1 with visitors and Veda Rives Aukerman

rolling ink

rolling ink

Matthew Day Perez observing the process while Morgan Price prepares the ink roller for run #1

sponging the plate

sponging the plate

Veda Rives Aukerman sponges the plate in preparation for the ink roller

rolling for run #1

rolling for run #1

Veda Rives Aukerman rolling purple ink for run #1

sponging the plate

sponging the plate

Morgan Price sponging the plate during a printing session

run #2 sponging and rolling

run #2 sponging and rolling

run #2 sponging by Michael Blake and rolling by Veda Rives Aukerman with artist Matthew Day Perez

consulting for detailed adjustment

consulting for detailed adjustment

Matthew Day Perez and Veda Rives Aukerman consulting for detailed adjustment during printing session

pulling a proof

pulling a proof

Halie Hugenberg and Veda Rives Aukerman pulling a proof at the lithography press

joyful artist

joyful artist

Matthew Day Perez brought tremendous energy to the collaborative project.

IACA Acknowledgement and Copyright

Normal Editions Workshop acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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