Matthew Ronay is an American artist who lives and works in New York. Born in 1976 in Louisville, Kentucky, Ronay studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art, before earning his Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 2000.[1]
Career edit
Ronay has exhibited at institutions including Kunstverein Lingen, Germany; University of Louisville, Kentucky; Artspace, San Antonio;[2] Serpentine Gallery, London; Sculpture Center, New York;[3] Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas;[4] Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville,[5] and Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London.[6] Ronay participated in the 2013 Lyon Biennale, curated by Gunnar Kvaran,[7] and the 2004 Whitney Biennial.[8] In 2017 his work was the subject of solo-presentations at the Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, Texas[9] and the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida.[10]
Ronay creates organic sculptures, which are carved by hand from sections of basswood. The sculptures originate from drawings, typically rendered in charcoal, gouache or graphite, and then sculpted into three-dimensional form. Ronay's sculptures become densely textured objects that are dyed in a variety of vibrant colors. His references are broad, adopting methods of conceptualism and minimalism along with interests in folk tradition, psychedelia, mythology and non-Western techniques.[11]
Public collections edit
- ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark[12]
- Astrup Fearnley Muset for Moderne Kunste, Oslo, Norway[13]
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR[14]
- Dallas Museum of Art, TX[15]
- Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA[16]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA[17]
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY[18]
- Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL[19]
- The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY[20]
- Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA[21]
References edit
- ^ [1]Art in America. Matthew Ronay: In a Dark Wood.Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [2] Matthew Ronay. Artspace 2019-08-21
- ^ [3] Matthew Ronay. Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [4] Crystal Bridges Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [5] Matthew Ronay. KMAC Museum. Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [6] Matthew Ronay. Parasol unit. Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [7] Biennale de Lyon 2013. Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [8] Whitney Biennial 2004. Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [9] Matthew Ronay. Blaffer Art Museum. Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [10] Project Gallery. Matthew Ronay. Perez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2019-08-21
- ^ [11] Diana Nawi, Matthew Ronay, exhibition catalogue, Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2017, pp11-15
- ^ [12], ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
- ^ [13], Astrup Fearnley Museet
- ^ [14], Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Collection
- ^ [15], DMA Collection
- ^ [16], Henry Art Gallery Collection
- ^ [17], LACMA Collections
- ^ [18], MoMA Collection
- ^ [19], PAMM Perez Art Museum Miami
- ^ [20], Whitney Museum of American Art
- ^ [21], Williams College Museum of Art Collection