BIRTHPLACE:   Santa Rosa, CA BIRTH YEAR:   1977 LIVES IN:   Pasadena WORKS IN:   Pasadena

PHONE:   310 892 9522 WEBSITE:   http://www.mattiemac.com SCHOOLS:   UC Santa Cruz, 1999, B.F.A. Otis College of Art and Design, 2003, M.F.A.

n the subject of humor, Claes Oldenburg once said, “The artist oscillates between magician and clown”. Although I think I attempt to be both magician AND clown simultaneously. In my work, I always start with a joke. Yet, much like a magician conceals his methods, I would like the punch line of this initial joke to be deferred, so as not to be immediately consumed. By utilizing humor as an engaging apparatus, I wish to draw the viewer into the basic premise of my project. Though I think that the themes that are present in The Lost Artworks are fairly cryptic initially, I hope to keep the viewer intrigued from the start. That way, they are inclined to investigate further what is in front of them.

Selected Group Shows

2007  Maximum of Maximums, Me & You Variety Candy, Los Angeles CA.                                                                                                                                   
2007 Suitcase Volume II: The Unpacking, Park Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
2007 Drive By, Phantom Galleries L.A., Pasadena, CA.

2007 Haus Guests, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA.

2006 Oh, lots of things. It’s about rats and balloons mostly, Me & You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.

2006 All American Nude, Harvey Levine Gallery, Culver City, CA.

2006 Suitcase, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2006 Delusionarium 3, Grand Central Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.

2006 Interactions, Armory NorthWest Gallery, Pasadena, CA.

2006 Young Americans, 1711 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA.

2005 Blam! Art Collective, Arts District, Los Angeles, CA.

2005 Hands On, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA.

2005 Immodest Proposals, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX

2005 Next, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Organized by Ed Gomez, Los Angeles, CA.

2005 Sixteen:One Anniversary Show, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

2005 Delusionarium II, White Box Gallery, Organized by Jesse Benson, Marina Del Rey, CA.

2004 Delusionarium 1, Legacy Arts Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.

2004 Armory Fellows Group Show, Community Room, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA.

2003 Terpicooniteen (Please) Give Until Gone, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

2003 Thesis Show, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.

2002 Making, Boone Children's Gallery, Lacma West, Los Angeles, CA.