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Matt Gondek

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Matt Gondek
Born
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
OccupationVisual artist
Known forDeconstructed pop art
Website mattgondek.com

Matt Gondek is an American pop artist. [1] He is a painter, muralist, [2] [3] and graphic illustrator focused on deconstructed pop art. [4] [5]

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Career

Gondek is based in Los Angeles [6] [7] while his paintings and sculptures have been featured at exhibitions worldwide including Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Korea, [8] and Singapore. [9]

His works are usually done in vivid acrylic paint colors with bold lines [10] featuring various cartoon and comic book characters such as Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, and Homer Simpson often exploding, melting, or falling apart. [11] [12] His series "Fight Club" in 2022, a project including spiked baseball bats, was also offered as an NFT collection. [13] In December 2022, it was reported that one of the 50 limited-edition pieces from his "Deconstructed Mickeys" collection in 2018, valued at HK$50,000, was stolen from a toy store owner in Hong Kong. [14]

Background

Gondek is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [15] [16] He was named "Best Local Artist" by Pittsburgh Magazine in 2011. [17]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

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  2. ↑ "'Violent' cartoon mural at the heart of a struggle in Eau Gallie over art, politics, culture" Florida Today. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. ↑ "Prove your Worcester knowledge with our third 'Selfie Scavenger Hunt'!" Worcester Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  4. ↑ "L.A.’s Ultimate Head-To-Head Artist Battle Is Going On Tour Across North America" Secret Los Angeles. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  5. ↑ "BAIT Releases Its Second 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Capsule" Hypebeast. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  6. ↑ "'Exploding cartoon' mural in Eau Gallie may draw large crowd for appeal hearing debate" Florida Today. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  7. ↑ "Matt Gondek Releases 'CYBERBULLY' Digital Sculptures" HypeBeast. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  8. ↑ "Urban Break art fair becomes playground for graffiti, webtoons, tattoo" Korea Times. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  9. ↑ "Street culture convention Culture Cartel grows bigger in its fourth edition" The Straits Times. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  10. ↑ "Matt Gondek Puts His Own Twist on Nostalgic Cartoons" Hypebeast. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  11. ↑ "Street culture convention Culture Cartel 2022 to be held from Dec 1 to 4" Youthopia. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  12. ↑ "The Fourth Edition of Culture Cartel is Back as a Four-Day Physical Event in the Heart of Town at Scape Singapore" Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  13. ↑ "Matt Gondek Latest Artist to Burn His Work Through NFTs" HypeArt. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  14. ↑ "Mickey Mouse robbers flee with only one sculpture" The Standard. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  15. ↑ "Matt Gondek and Brian Gonnella draw together" Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  16. ↑ "Indie fashion designers go pop-up in Lawrenceville" Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
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