MATTHEW ANGELO HARRISON

The sculptor Matthew Angelo Harrison is known for his clear block “encapsulations” of found African artifacts that scrutinize and bring a lens to the ineradicable effects of racism and colonialization. With rigorous technical methods, Harrison enshrines the found objects, such as African wooden sculptures and bone, in acrylic resin, plexiglass, and industrial modeling clay that he then sculpts using computer numerical control (CNC) machines. Harrison has also used these manufacturing techniques to encase recent artifacts of the American working class, speaking to labor and inequality, the politics of mass production, and anthropology.

Matthew Angelo Harrison was born in 1989 in Detroit, MI, US and still lives and works in Detroit, MI, US. Recent institutional solo exhibitions include Robota, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, US (2022); Dark Silhouettes, The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, US (2022); Proto, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH (2021); as well as Dark Povera Part 1, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA, US (2017). Matthew Angelo Harrison will have his first solo exhibition at Galerie Eva Presenhuber in Zurich in March 2024.

Matthew Angelo Harrisons is represented in the following selected Institutional and Public Collections: Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; Galeries Lafayette Foundation – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Paris; The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, IN; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; The Joyner/Giufredda Collection, San Francisco, CA; JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, New York, NY; Kadist, San Francisco/Paris; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; The Rennie Collection, Vancouver, B.C.; Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, Chicago, IL.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
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MATTHEW ANGELO HARRISON
Scarification of the Spirit Body
2023
Female figure from Bamana tribe, polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
Sculpture 51 x 24 x 13.5 cm / 20 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 in
Pedestal 110 x 32 x 20 cm / 43 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in
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MATTHEW ANGELO HARRISON
Shackle
2023
UAW workers boot (United Auto Workers Union, early 2000&#39;s), polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
Sculpture 32 x 28.5 x 22 cm / 12 5/8 x 11 1/8 x 8 5/8 in
Pedestal 177 x 35 x 27 cm / 69 5/8 x 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in
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MATTHEW ANGELO HARRISON
Shackle
2023
UAW workers boot (United Auto Workers Union, early 2000's), polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
Sculpture 32 x 28.5 x 22 cm / 12 5/8 x 11 1/8 x 8 5/8 in
Pedestal 177 x 35 x 27 cm / 69 5/8 x 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in
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MATTHEW ANGELO HARRISON
Wraith
2021
Tesla headlight, polyurethane resin, and aluminum stand with acrylic
Object 64 x 35.5 x 24 cm / 25 1/4 x 14 x 9 1/2 in
Pedestal 91.5 x 42 x 29 cm / 36 x 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in
Total dims. 155.5 x 42 x 29 cm / 61 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in
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