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Matt Caldwell

[/av_textblock] [av_hr class=’custom’ height=’50’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’left’ custom_border=’av-border-thin’ custom_width=’100%’ custom_border_color=” custom_margin_top=’0px’ custom_margin_bottom=’10px’ icon_select=’no’ custom_icon_color=” icon=’ue808′ font=’entypo-fontello’ admin_preview_bg=”] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] thematthewcaldwell@gmail.com  |  Facebook  |  Instagram
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work can start and end in countless ways and in many cases the repetition creates bulk. I’m focused on deception, how texture and colour are referential in abstraction. Not only can it refer to what is presented but also how it was processed. Development and erasure can be achieved in one motion, allowing the previous to be disregarded. There is a desire to mimic daily observances and how they resemble in formation with consideration of how a practice relies on movement, technique and recipe.
[/av_textblock] [/av_one_full][av_one_full first min_height=” vertical_alignment=’av-align-top’ space=” margin=’10px’ margin_sync=’true’ padding=’16px,,,’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ radius_sync=’true’ background_color=” src=” attachment=” attachment_size=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_display=”] [av_heading tag=’h2′ padding=’10’ heading=’Biography’ color=” style=’blockquote modern-quote’ custom_font=” size=’28’ subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_heading] [av_hr class=’custom’ height=’50’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’left’ custom_border=’av-border-thin’ custom_width=’100%’ custom_border_color=” custom_margin_top=’0px’ custom_margin_bottom=’0px’ icon_select=’no’ custom_icon_color=” icon=’ue808′ font=’entypo-fontello’ admin_preview_bg=”] [/av_one_full][av_one_full first min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ padding=’0px’ border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ background_color=” src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_display=”] [av_textblock size=’18’ font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] Living in Niagara Falls and a graduate of Brock University, Matt continues his practice in the growing Niagara region. Currently working primarily in painting and collage, he continues to research and develop new approaches to his procedures.
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