Michelle Matson

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Michelle Matson

Michelle Matson, was born 1981, she currently lives & works in Brooklyn, NY. She has had various solo shows in New York, including “Cactus Milk” (2012) at the Youth Group Gallery, Brooklyn and “Rise” (2012) paper sculpture installation in Soho, NY at Issey Miyake’s Pleats Please.

Local Bushwick heavyweights 3rd Ward and Bushwick Daily have profiled her, citing her work as, “really impressive… [and] engaging to look at. As a creator, Michelle has great sense of humor…” Even NY Art critic Jerry Saltz is in her corner; while working with her as a contestant on Bravo TV’s “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” Season 2, Saltz said, “When around her, I often found myself in a strange awe of her artistic grace.” Jerry Saltz (Art Critic for New York Times, Time Out, Artforum.)