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MATT PROCTOR | UsA
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I was born and raised in Santa Fe, new Mexico, and I have also lived in level are specific themes I work into a sculpture. Those conceptual
Colorado, vermont, Alaska and Arizona. The wildly varying landscapes ideas usually come from current events or some social concern I
of these locations have all influenced my work tremendously. In 1999, I feel passionate about. Underlying the current conceptual concerns
received my MFA in sculpture from Arizona State University. Currently I are deeper ways of working that affect the aesthetic qualities of the
live and work in a 100 year old warehouse close to downtown Portland, work. I often merge organic shapes with industrial forms or give a
Oregon. I work in the media that is most appropriate to the project. sculpture hints of life and personality. I am interested in the ways
Aluminum reflects the color and light that surrounds it. Bronze absorbs humans interact with nature. when I hike in the country, my eye is
light and wants to dominate a space. wood can be very silent but drawn to the old evidence of human activity. Things like a crumbling
warm, and steel cold and loud. Of course those are generalizations, wall falling away into the earth, or a rusty pile of tin cans with plants
and some of my most satisfying work comes from forcing a material sprouting up through them fascinate me. My art-making decisions
to take on a personality with which it is not comfortable. My work are influenced by these underling interests and preferences I have
stems from two different levels of decision making: At the conceptual built up over a lifetime.

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