EventsThe New Social Environment#975

Matt Phillips: Hold Tight Horizon Eyes

Featuring Phillips and Jason Stopa

Monday, January 8, 2024 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific

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Artist Matt Phillips joins Rail contributor Jason Stopa for a conversation.

In this Talk

Visit Hold Tight Horizon Eyes, on view at Anna Zorina Gallery, New York through January 13, 2024 →

Matt Phillips

Matt Phillips is a painter living in Brooklyn, NY. Recent exhibitions include Hold Tight Horizon Eyes, on view at Anna Zorina Gallery (NYC) through January 13, 2024 . Phillips’ works often employ fundamental elements of painting: simple shapes, modulated values and color relationships. These rather rudimentary components are combined and remixed to produce unexpected outcomes. Color, shape, mark and form engage one another in both strange and familiar ways, becoming tense, humorous, quirky and ultimately meaningful. He is represented by The Landing Gallery (LA) and Mindy Solomon Gallery (Miami).

Jason Stopa

Jason Stopa (b. 1983, United States) is a painter and writer living in Brooklyn. He received his BFA from Indiana University Bloomington and his MFA from Pratt Institute in NYC. Recent solo shows include Interior Monument at Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul (2025), Glass Arcadia at Thomas Park, Seoul, Korea (2024), DIY Paradise at Assembly, Houston, TX (2023), Garden of Music at Diane Rosenstein, LA (2023). Recent group exhibitions include Irascible: Hans Hofmann and the Contemporary Legacy of the New York School at Dimin, NY (2024). Stopa is Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at FIT. He is a contributing writer to Artforum, Brooklyn Rail, BOMB, Hyperallergic, Momus, and artcritical, among other art journals.

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