Matthew Best

I'm really excited to be part of an exciting group show exploring line at Five Points Gallery in Torrington, CT. There will be an opening reception on Friday, February 15, 6-8:30 pm. The show is on view from February 14 to March 16, 2019. Artist's discussion on Friday, March 1 at 6pm. 

I will be showing alongside artists Cynthia Cooper, Will Holub, Barbara Solomon, and Gerald Wolfe. 

More information about the show and Five Points can be found here: http://www.fivepointsgallery.org/upcoming-exhibits.html

Opened, 2018, 16 by 16 inches, oil on canvas. 

Shirley Temple Tornado, 2019. 36 by 36 inches. Oil on canvas. 

I have two recent paintings on view at the Gallery at Three Rivers Community College as part of the art faculty show. THe show will be up until March 15, 2019. 

Story, 2018, 36 by 36 inches, oil on canvas

"YUGE" collage, 2017

Political post warning...

I will have several recent pieces (one collage, four small paintings) in the show Alternate Facts organzied by artist Joe Bun Keo (http://joebunkeo.com/) at the Ely Center for Contemporary Art (http://www.elycenter.org/) in New Haven, CT. The show will be on view Sunday, March 5 - April 9, 2017 with an opening receptions on Sunday, March 5 from 1-4pm. I'm very excited to be showing alonside Sheri Schwartz (http://sherischwartz.com/)  and David Borawski (http://www.rot8tor.org/). 

Alternative Facts is part of a group of five shows at the Ely House called "In Grace We Trust". The other shows will be “Nevertheless, she persisted,” “The Future is Women,” “Pay Attention,” and “Water is Life.”

These shows will take up the upstairs and then there will be another works downstairs.

The purpose of this is to honor Grace T Ely and to celebrate the gallery being reopened.

"Fuck Trump" 2017, gouache and ink on paper.

"Attempts to put out a forest fire with a shovel" 2016, gouache and ink on paper