Matthew Russo: Practiced Play
Virtual artist talk
Thursday, May 25, 2023
6–7pm ET
Join Matthew Russo in conversation with Fellowship Manager Anisa Olufemi on how Russo’s solo exhibition Practiced Play serves as an extension of his collaboration-informed, inquiry-driven studio practice. The two will discuss the viewer as hands-on collaborator and how his work necessitates participatory processes of play and investigation.
Matthew Russo (b. Worcester, MA; lives and works in Washington, DC) earned his BFA in Painting from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, and his MFA from American University in Washington, DC. As part of his art education, he studied in Prato, Italy, where he focused on traditional forms of painting and printmaking. His work actualizes theoretical research into sculpture, painting, and drawings. He uses abstraction as a language to dissect the relationships between objects, materials, and their roles in gender, consumerism, class, and personal history. Russo has exhibited his work at Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, and But, Also, Washington, DC.