Matt King

Matt King’s work examines the production, circulation, and use of familiar objects and images, expanding their capacity to turn the ordinary into the productively strange. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at The University of Georgia, Werkstätte Gallery, Massimo Audiello, MassArt, Reynolds Gallery, and Fourteen30 Contemporary as well as group exhibitions at venues including Jane Lombard, Luhring Augustine, and the Vienna Kunsthalle. Honors include a VMFA Visual Arts Fellowship, a MacDowell Fellowship, and visiting artist residencies at the Mountain Lake Biological Station; Fiskars Village, Finland; NCCA St. Petersburg, Russia; and at the American Academy in Rome. 

King has taught extensively over the past two decades at institutions including VCU, RISD, MassArt, Cooper Union, and UMass Dartmouth. He served as director of fine arts studios at SMFA @ Tufts University from 2023—26. He was a 2019 provost fellow at Rhode Island School of Design and, from 2015–19, served as chair and graduate director of the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

King received his MFA from Bard College and is a graduate of Cooper Union and the Whitney Independent Study Program.