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Matt Kleberg Big Ecstatic Bang (Transfiguration), 2024

Matt Kleberg
Big Ecstatic Bang (Transfiguration), 2024
Oilstick on canvas
84 x 72 inches

Matt Kleberg Mausoleum Disco, 2023

Matt Kleberg
Mausoleum Disco, 2023
Oilstick on canvas
96 x 80 inches

Matt Kleberg Shrine (Fool's Gold), 2024

Matt Kleberg
Shrine (Fool's Gold), 2024
Oilstick on canvas
14 x 20 inches

Matt Kleberg Bust (Verdigris), 2023

Matt Kleberg
Bust (Verdigris), 2023
Oilstick on shaped canvas with custom steel stand
24 1/4 x 26 1/2 x 4 inches with stand

Biography

Matt Kleberg was born in 1985 in Kingsville, Texas. He received his BA from the University of Virginia in 2008 and his MFA from the Pratt Institute in 2015. Coverage of his work can be found in various publications, including The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, Artsy, Vice, Maake Magazine, ArtDaily, Juxtapoz Magazine, and Hyperallergic. His work is featured in multiple private and public collections, including the Williams College Museum of Art, the AD&A Museum of the University of California Santa Barbara, the Old Jail Art Center, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the National Gallery of Art. Kleberg currently lives and works in San Antonio, TX. Kleberg's work borrows from architectural and ornamental references such as altars, theater sets, and stages, all spaces that frame specific actions and actors, suggesting an interest in performativity, whether ritual or theatrical.