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 reviewing notes during the collaboration.
Resources
Prints from Normal Editions
Always After
Matthew Day Pereztwo-color lithograph
30" x 22"
edition size: 40 arabic numeral impressions
signed by the artist
copyright 2018
N.E.W. work# 18-101
Available for sale
$700.00Purchase Print
Collaboration with Matthew Day Perez
Matthew Day Perez experiments
Matthew Day Perez experiments with transparent materials for image creation options
artist working with sample washes
Matthew Day Perez working with sample washes on Mylar for image creation research
image creation
Matthew Day Perez image creation with Alissa Palmer and John Perry
various washes and shards
various wash mixtures and shards of glass used in the image creation
working on the image mylar
Alissa Palmer (left) and John Perry (right) observe the working methods of artist Matthew Day Perez
talking with students
Matthew Day Perez talking with several student about the collaborative project
mixing inks
Felicia Cannon, Matthew Day Perez, and Molly Markow mixing ink samples
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
Matthew Day Perez observing the process while Morgan Price prepares the ink roller for run #1
sponging the plate
Veda Rives Aukerman sponges the plate in preparation for the ink roller
rolling for run #1
Veda Rives Aukerman rolling purple ink for run #1
sponging the plate
Morgan Price sponging the plate during a printing session
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
Matthew Day Perez and Veda Rives Aukerman consulting for detailed adjustment during printing session
pulling a proof
Halie Hugenberg and Veda Rives Aukerman pulling a proof at the lithography press
joyful artist
Matthew Day Perez brought tremendous energy to the collaborative project.