https://dainamattis.com dainamattis.com Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:08:06 +0000 https://dainamattis.com en https://dainamattis.com/Home Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:24:20 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/Home https://dainamattis.com/About-1 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:24:20 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/About-1 <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aa08e899b5bb749b0d0afd53b4c25ef87ab7da2ef4bd1a24fb4e17fdb6c999b/06-StudioImageLight.jpg" data-mid="57217095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3aa08e899b5bb749b0d0afd53b4c25ef87ab7da2ef4bd1a24fb4e17fdb6c999b/06-StudioImageLight.jpg" />Daina Mattis (b. 1984) is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist born in Los Angeles. Her work explores perception, nature, grief, and technology through artifice, scale, craft, and the ephemeral. Raised in a bilingual household by Lithuanian immigrants, her practice is shaped by language, place, and Baltic traditions rooted in nature. Mattis was a Cooper Union Artist-in-Residence and has exhibited internationally. Her work has been featured in Whitehot Magazine, Design Milk, and ARTnews. She is represented by High Noon Gallery, New York, teaches at Parsons, The New School, and founded Undercurrent, which produced un/mute, a grant-supported international collaborative project across ten EU countries and NYC. contact - djmattis@gmail.com https://dainamattis.com/Words Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:11:08 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/Words I make paintings, drawings and objects that slyly address the trajectory of our cultural norms. Through illusion, formalism, and material I reframe perception to broadly reflect on the devolution of the middle-class and amend perceptions of the American Dream; an illusion of wealth and/or opportunity. Capitalism fuels greed; Scams, pyramid, and get-rich-quick schemes are rampant in an economy wherein the mark of success is accumulation. Growing up in Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world, makes these dynamics more difficult to recognize at face value as simulacrum is everywhere in plain sight. From almost anywhere I roamed in LA, the skyline was shared by both the Griffith Park Observatory and the Hollywood Sign. Both pinnacle icons for show-biz, yet ironically one deals in science and the other in fabrication. Existing for different objectives, they both rely on optics and perception. Borrowing from both high and low culture, sometimes innocuously, even humorously, my work forms dialogues about where our perspectives, practices, and values are shifting. <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d2cec3b0aee04c9ef435d6da7cc31b39925c434def46fe5bd9766366d165952/skyline.jpg" data-mid="57215130" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d2cec3b0aee04c9ef435d6da7cc31b39925c434def46fe5bd9766366d165952/skyline.jpg" /> <img width="2603" height="3024" width_o="2603" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f914a52204ec0f7fbd06def549b8d57d1319d4032cccc846b76942812b8f43b/01-IMG_2152-light.jpg" data-mid="57215126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f914a52204ec0f7fbd06def549b8d57d1319d4032cccc846b76942812b8f43b/01-IMG_2152-light.jpg" /> &nbsp;From Memento Mori paintings to animal carcass readymade sculptures, art holds a mirror to the mortality of nature. Yet humans are different; language, capitalism, and society distance us from the process of death. These systems distort our connection to the natural world; these systems are the artifice of life—trompe l'oeil.My work explores perception, nature, grief, and technology through vehicles of imitation, scale, craft, and the ephemeral. The co-opting of language and symbols indicates cultural paradigm shifts. We stream video content into our living rooms, drink bottled water branded with images of mountain springs, and store our most priceless memories in the cloud. Amazon is now more commonly referenced as an online shopping platform than as one of the planet’s richest natural resources, constantly on the verge of destruction. We are at a crossroads between fragile ecosystems of nature and artifice, consumption and class, labor and depreciation, language and impotence. These frictions sit at the center of my work, forming a dialogue about shifting perspectives, practices, and values. Anthropology, ecology, economics, semiotics, philosophy, and history weave through my work. These fields emerge through the application of everyday objects and their transformation through various materials and processes. I borrow from both high and low culture to form a dialogue about how reality is mediated in contemporary culture and how craft is redefined. It is a slow digestion where surface, imitation, process, and perception are examined to reflect on our current cultural climate. © Daina Mattis 2026 <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54d7f9008a33de23244827737031fa57d030190062344e53b66a1ed38d5fb077/02-IMG_2203-light.jpg" data-mid="57215127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54d7f9008a33de23244827737031fa57d030190062344e53b66a1ed38d5fb077/02-IMG_2203-light.jpg" /> https://dainamattis.com/c-v Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:06:26 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/c-v Download full C.V. b. 1984, Los Angeles, CA, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY Represented by High Noon Gallery&nbsp; EDUCATION 2011 - MFA, Painting - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2011 - Certificate in University Teaching - Syracuse University, The Graduate School 2007 - BFA, Painting and Drawing - Laguna College of Art &amp; Design, Laguna Beach, CA, Summa Cum Laude 2007 - Sculpture Minor - Laguna College of Art &amp; Design, Laguna Beach, CA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2026 Couch Surfing: Master Copies in the Age of Fast Furniture,&nbsp;Daina Mattis, October 30 - December 19, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY 2025 Block-to-Block,&nbsp;Daina Mattis, November 20 - December 31, Meno Parkas, Kaunas, Lithuania 2023 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Forever Wild, Daina Mattis, October 26 - December 17, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY Wake,&nbsp;Daina Mattis, November 9 - November 19, High Noon Gallery Annex, New York, NY 2020 Family Style, Daina Mattis, August 6 - September 20 (COVID-19 delayed from April), High Noon Gallery, New York, NY 2019 Bona Fide (2), Daina Mattis, January 21 - February 24, Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College 2018 Vessels, Daina Mattis, October 11 - November 11, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY 2017 Bona Fide, Daina Mattis, Nov 11 – Dec 9, Blue House Gallery, Dayton, OH 2016 The Present Matter, Daina Mattis, Oct 21 - Nov 27, Sla 307 Art Space, New York, NY 2013-2014 Foreign Bodies, Daina Mattis + Caitlin Foley, Dec 2 - Jan 25, 2014, Arcade Gallery, Marymount College, San Pedro, CA 2010 Daina Mattis, May 18 - June 1, Frances Keevil Art Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney, Australia Daina Mattis, April, The Wall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2009 Daina Mattis, July 8 -Aug 8, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2026-27For One Solid Time, Wet: La piscine dans l’imaginaire, Oct 10 – Feb 21, co-curated by Lou Stoppard and Federica Chiochetti, Musée des Beaux-Arts Le Locle (MBAL),&nbsp;Switzerland2025 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Blush, April 9 – May 11, Micak Gallery, Aurora, Canada 2024&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Spacedumpling, July 1-11, kitchen series collaborative project with ifa—Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen/Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations gallery— Stuttgart, Germany 2024&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Magic Carpets, June-July, a collaborative outdoor installation at the Marketplatz with the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium and the city of Neckarsulm, Germany 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; Homemaking, April 17 – June 13, The Deering Estate, Miami, FL. Curated by Melissa Diaz The Right to Silence, Dec 30, 2020 – July 31, 2021, Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, NY 2020 Visionaries, Oct 3 – Dec 16, Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkhill, NY&nbsp; 2019 Thisness and Whatness, October 12 – February 8, 2020 Felician University, Rutherford, NJ, Curated by Scott Reeds, catalogu essay by Stephen Maine Memory Palace, March 1 – 27, Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, Hastings College, NE, Curated by Young Space 2018 Art Vilnius International Contemporary Art Fair, June 7-10, Sla307 Art Space, Vilnius, Lithuania Faculty Display Case, Jan 29 – Feb 11, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY VNO-NYC, Dec 14, 2017 – Jan 4, Sla307 Art Space, New York, NY 2017 The Painted Desert Part II, November 16 - December 24, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY Making Marks, September 1 – October 15, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI Soft Spoken, July 22 - August 14, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY Soft Reboot, June 3 - July 23, Proto Gallery, Curated by Rob Ventura, Hoboken, NJ Smart Dust, Dec 9 - Jan 7, SLA307 Non-Profit Art Space, New York, NY Flat File Program, Dec 2016 - Nov 2017, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY 2016 Flat File: Year 4, Dec 9 – 18, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY Išeivijos Meninikų Paroda, Oct 29 - Nov 20, The Hangar Gallery South, Santa Monica, CA The Cooper Union Artist in Residency Exhibition, Aug 3 - 17, Cooper Union, New York, NY Jurors Range, June 17 - July 17, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI Introductions, Jan 15 - Feb 19, Trestle Gallery, Curated by Jim Osman, Brooklyn, NY 2015 The Rebirth of Wonder, June 5 - 7, Bushwick Open Studios 2015, Brooklyn, NY Moterys Apie Moteris, March 7 - 29, Lithuanian Museum of Art, Lemont, IL Gallery Gala 17 Invitational, Feb 13 - Aug 8, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY 30th Annual Positive/Negative, Feb 1 - March 15, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 2014 The Way of the Flesh Part II, Sept 18 - Oct 16, Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA ARK, Aug 1 - Sept 28, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI Art from the Boros II, June 19 - Aug 9, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY Collector’s Choice 2014, April 23 - May 24, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA Body Language, April 5 - May 17, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Curated by George Herms, Santa Ana, CA 2013 Creatives Rising, October, Long Island City, NY Commitment and Similar Acts of Betrayal: A Contemporary Drawing Exhibit, Feb 5 - March 1, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, MD 2012 Art in Miami-Context, Dec 4 - 9, J. Cacciola Gallery, Miami, FL The Other New York, Sept 22 - Jan 6, 2013, The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Things Are Not What They Seem, April 3 - 28, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY Represent, April 12 - 30, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Re-Placed, March, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY The Figure Now, Feb 11 - 24, BAG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 46th Annual National Drawing &amp; Small Sculpture Show, Feb 14 - May 4, 2012, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 2011 On the Edge: Statements in Black &amp; White, Nov 12 - Jan 30, 2012, S-Cube Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2011 Fishing From the Beach, Nov 12 - 26, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY De-Figuration, Lutheran Church of St. John the Evangelist, Brooklyn, NY 2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition, April 7 - May 15, SU Art Galleries, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY Ekphrasis, Mod Melange Exhibition, January, Los Angeles, CA Kentucky National, Juried Exhibition, Feb 18 - March 13, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY 2010 Syracuse University Faculty Exhibition, XL Space, Syracuse, NY Means of Connection, Lutheran Church of St. John the Evangelist, Brooklyn, NY Meet &amp; Greet, Spark Gallery, Syracuse, NY Mod Melange Exhibition, July, Los Angeles, CA Mod Melange Exhibition, April, Factory Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY Matrilineage Exhibition, Spark Gallery, Syracuse, NY Selected Works, Feb 23 - March 14, Frances Keevil Art Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney, Australia The Figure Now 2010 International Juried Exhibition, February, Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis, MO Open Painting 2010 Juried Exhibition, Jan 17 - Feb 5, Maxwell Mays Gallery at the Providence Art Club, Providence, RI 2009 Fairhaven Mausoleum Art Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA Graduate Painting, XL Projects, Syracuse, NY Drawn In, Works on Paper Exhibition, June 26 - July 4, Frances Keevil Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia Drawing, XL Projects, Syracuse, NY Australian Lithuanian Art Exhibit, Bansktown Town Hall, Sydney, Australia Graduate Drawing Exhibition, The Wall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY The Nude in Contemporary Art, A National Juried Exhibition, Jan 26 - Feb 25, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC 2008 Sotto Voce, Fairhaven Mausoleum, Juried Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA Feminism Rhetoric, Spark Gallery, Syracuse, NY MFA Exhibition, Spark Gallery, Syracuse, NY Graduate Painting Exhibition, The Wall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2007 Capturing the Force of Stillness, Fairhaven Mausoleum, Juried Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA Fine Arts Exhibition, 7 Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA The Romance of Prague, the Glory of Vienna, Laguna College of Art &amp; Design, Laguna Beach, CA 2006 Passport to China Exhibit, Contemporary Chinese Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA Summer LCAD, Hopsings Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA The Light and Splendor of Holland, Laguna College of Art &amp; Design, Laguna Beach, CA HONORS + AWARDS 2020 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2020 EU National Institutes for Culture - Cluster Fund Grant 15,000EU Grant for project UN/MUTE, Grant Author + Project Executive Director, Undercurrent NY Partner. 2018 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100 Lietuvos Moteru - Award for top 100 impactful Lithuanian Women in the world today 2016 Artist in Residency at The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY 2011 Nancy Jermanovich Award for Work in Drawing, Syracuse University, NY Joan Mitchell MFA Nominee, Syracuse University, NY 2010-2011 Filisterės Gražinos Musteikytės Grand Scholarship, Vydunas Fund, Lemont, IL Tuition Scholarship, Syracuse University, NY 2010 Dorthea I. Shaffer Award, Syracuse University, NY 2009-2010 Jerome Solomon Memorial Scholarship, Syracuse University, NY Tuition Scholarship, Syracuse University, NY 2008-2009 Tuition Scholarship, Syracuse University, NY 2007 Best Thesis Award, Fine Arts, Laguna College of Art &amp; Design, Laguna Beach, CA First Place Sculpture, The Pacific Art Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA 2006 Plotkin Award, Peter &amp; Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation, Lake Forest, CA Best of Show, The Pacific Art Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA First Place, Mixed Medium, Santa Ana Art Association, Santa Ana, CA 2003 – 2007 Laguna College of Art &amp; Design Laguna College of Art &amp; Design Merit Scholarship, Laguna Beach, CA BIBLIOGRAPHY 2021 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ART SPIEL, Remote Work, Reflections on the work of contemporary artists, by Agnes Berecz, Dec 6 Tussle Magazine, un/mute, Austrian Cultural Forum, by Jonathan Goodman, Nov 15 2021 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Art Frankly, Daina Mattis, Brooklyn-based Artist and Educator, by Karline Moeller, April 9 2020 DESIGN MILK, Double Take, Art of Daina Mattis: Flocked Paintings and a Plate Table, by David Behringer, August 25 Family Style, Exhibition Catalogue, High Noon Gallery, Essay by Carla Kessler 2019 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thisness and Whatness, Exhibition Catalogue, Felician University, Essay by Stephen Maine 2018 ARTNEWS, Be a Body: Shows Around New York Take Up the Materiality of Screen-Based Work, by Rahel Aima, November 29 Vessels, Exhibition Catalogue, High Noon Gallery, Essay by Tom McGlynn 100 Women of Lithuania that all Lithuanians are Proud of! Lithuanianatribune.com, July 6 2017 The Painted Desert, Exhibition Catalogue, High Noon Gallery, Essay by Elena Goukassian. 2016 Cooper Union Summer Art Intensive 2016 Anthology, The Cooper Union Recommended: “Introductions 2016” at Trestle, Sharon Butler, twocoatsofpaint.com, Jan 26 2015 Fresh Paint Magazine, Dec Ed., Juror, Danielle Krysa – The Jealous Curator Landing a Job in Academia, Matthew Daub, Professional Artist Magazine, Aug/Sep, pg. 28 - 37 2014 The Way of the Flesh Part II, Exhibition Catalogue, Mt. San Antonio College. Curated by Fatemeh Burnes, Essay by John Seed, Walnut, CA ‘Unis’ at Charles Allis Museum: Unicorns Alive and Well on the East Side, Kat Murrell, shepherdexpress.com, Aug 27 Body Language, Exhibition Catalogue, Curated by George Herms, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 2013 Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 21, Curated by Dina Deitsch, Senior Curator of deCordova Sculpture Park &amp; Museum Daina Mattis, J. Cacciola Gallery, Forward by Jared Linge, New York, NY 2012 The Other New York 2012, Exhibition Catalogue, The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY 2011 On the Edge: Statements in Black and White, S-Cube Gallery, Essay by Peter Frank, Laguna Beach, CA Fishing From the Beach, Syracuse University, Introduction by David Ross, Curatorial Essay by Bard Curatorial Candidates: Janine Armin, Rachel Cook, Suzy Halajian, and Leora Morinis. Head of the Class, The Post-Standard, Art, Page 12, Sunday, May 1, 2011, Syracuse NY 2010 Riviera, Modern Luxury Magazine, December, pg. 20 &amp; 74. Kentucky National 2011 Catalogue, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY 2007 Publication of Senior Thesis Paper, Laguna College of Art &amp; Design: Laguna Beach, CAPUBLIC COLLECTIONS James and Rosemary Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, CALaguna College of Art &amp; Design, Laguna Beach, CA Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CAHolden Arboretum, Kirtland, OH VISITNG ARTIST, PANELS + CURATORIAL 2021-2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; Co-Curator with Melinda Wang, un/mute, Sept 22 – Jan 7, 2022, Austrian Cultural Forum NY+ Undercurrent Events and public programming accompany un/mute’s exhibition duration between both venues. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2020 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Curator – Patricija Gilyte, Solo Circuit, Oct 23 – Nov 21, Undercurrent, DUMBO, NY Editorial Curator - 10001 – Virtual Project Curator - Travis Leroy Southworth, I am a Portrait, Jan 10 – Feb 8, Undercurrent, DUMBO, NY 2019 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Curator - After Light, Oct 3 - Nov 16, Undercurrent, DUMBO, NY Visiting Artist – The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA 2017 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Visiting Artist – Riverdale Country School, New York, NY Visiting Artist Lecturer – The University of Dayton, Department of Art &amp; Design, Dayton, OH Visiting Artist Lecturer – Wright State University, Art &amp; Art History Department, Dayton, OH Visiting Artist Lecturer – California State University Northridge, Art Department, Northridge, CA Visiting Artist Lecturer – Arizona State University, The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Tempe, AZ Visiting Artist – Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Painting, Syracuse, NY 2016 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lecturer + Workshop Instructor – Sla307 Non-Profit Art Space, November, New York, NY A.I.R.&nbsp; + Lecturer - The Cooper Union School of Art Summer Art Intensive, July + August, New York, NY Juror + Panelist - The Hardy’s 54th Annual Exhibition, June 17th – July 17th, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI 2014 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Artist Panel - The Way of the Flesh, September 28th, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA 2013-2014 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Curator - Flesh and Bone - articulating the human condition, Nov 7th, 2013– Jan 12th, 2014, SU Galleries, Syracuse University, NY 2014 + 2011 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lecturer – Drawing Conference, Open Figure Drawing, Inc. Westcott Community Center, Syracuse, NY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Teaching, Leadership + Collaboration, Public Commissions) 2019-present Undercurrent Co-Director + Founder, DUMBO, NY 2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Part-Time Lecturer - Drawing/Imaging + Digital Tools: Layout + Design, spring, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY 2021-2022 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibition Coordinator and Project Developer for un/mute, Sept 22 – Jan 7, 2022, Austrian Cultural ForumNY+ Undercurrent 2021 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Content + web repackaging with Undercurrent Team for 10001 + 10002 + exhibition, un/mute, unmute.nyc Part-Time Lecturer - Drawing/Imaging (2 sections), fall, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NYPart-Time Lecturer -Foundations of Art, spring, Open Campus, Parsons School of Design, &nbsp; The New School, NY, NY 2020 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Part-Time Lecturer - Drawing/Imaging, fall, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY 2020 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Part-Time Lecturer - Layout/Design, spring, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NYProducer, Art Director, + Editor - 10001, an international six-week virtual project, 10001.undercurrent.nyc 2019 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Part-Time Lecturer - Drawing/Imaging, fall, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY Part-Time Lecturer -Foundations of Art, fall, Open Campus, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY Part-Time Lecturer - Drawing/Imaging + Layout/Design, spring, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY 2018 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Part-Time Lecturer - Drawing/Imaging (2 sections each semester), fall + spring, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY &nbsp; Commissioned Bronze Sculpture Artist - Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio 2017 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Part-Time Lecturer - Drawing/Imaging, (2 sections), fall, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY 2016 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adjunct Drawing Instructor, The Cooper Union, Pre-College Outreach Program, New York, NY 2014-15 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Visiting Assistant Professor, Full-Time (3/3 course load, 5 office hours/week, service + NASAD reaccreditation) Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 2013-14 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adjunct Professor, (3/3 course load,1 summer course + NASAD reaccreditation) Syracuse University, Painting Department, Syracuse, NY 2013 - 2015 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Branding Designer/Art &amp; Design Consultant, Vamp Stamp Inc., Los Angeles, CA 2010-2011&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Painting Administrative Assistant, Syracuse University, Painting Department, Syracuse, NY Instructor of Record, Figure Drawing, Syracuse University, Painting Department, Syracuse, NY 2010 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adjunct Professor, Drawing I, Syracuse University, Foundation Department, Syracuse, NY &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing, Syracuse University, Painting Department, Syracuse, NY 2009-2010 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Instructor of Record, Figure Drawing, Syracuse University, Painting Department, Syracuse, NY 2009 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teacher’s Aid, Foundation Drawing, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY&nbsp; 2008-2009 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Instructor of Record, Painting and Drawing for Non-Art Majors, Syracuse University, Painting Department, Syracuse, NY 2007- 2008 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assistant at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts and the Hans G. &amp; Thordis W. Burkhardt Foundation Archives Administrator:&nbsp; Los Angeles, CA &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2005-2007 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Commissioned Bronze Sculpture Artist, James and Rosemary Nix Nature Center: Laguna Beach, CA 2004-2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Graphic Designer/Art Consultant, Red Lion Tavern, Los Angeles, CA https://dainamattis.com/Publications Mon, 30 Dec 2019 04:13:56 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/Publications SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WHITEHOT Magazine, Daina Mattis: Forever Wild, By Adriana Furlong and Moacir P. De Sá Pereir, Dec 28 ART SPIEL, Remote Work, Reflections on the work of contemporary artists, by Agnes Berecz, Dec 6 Tussle Magazine, un/mute, Austrian Cultural Forum, by Jonathan Goodman, Nov 15 Art Frankly, Brooklyn Based Artist and Educator, by Karline Moeller, April 9, 2021. &nbsp; DESIGN MILK, The “Double Take” Art of Daina Mattis: Flocked Paintings and a Plate Table, by David Behringer, August 25, 2020.&nbsp; Family Style, Exhibition Catalogue, High Noon Gallery, Essay by Carla Kessler, 2020 ARTNEWS, Be a Body: Shows Around New York Take Up the Materiality of Screen-Based Work, by Rahel Aima, November 29,&nbsp;2018 Vessels, Exhibition Catalogue, High Noon Gallery, Essay by Tom McGlynn, 2018 100 Lietuvos Meteru &nbsp;I &nbsp;100 Lithuanian Women&nbsp; 100 Lithuanian Women - Lithuanian Tribune, July 6 The Painted Desert, Exhibition Catalogue, High Noon Gallery, Essay by Elena Goukassian, 2017 Cooper Union Summer Art Intensive blog, Dec. 13, 2016 Recommended: “Introductions 2016” at Trestle, Sharon Butler, twocoatsofpaint.com, Jan 26, 2016 Landing a Job in Academia, Matthew Daub, Professional Artist Magazine, Aug/Sep, pg. 28 - 37, 2015 Huffington Post, Hiaku Reviews: ART 2014 Roundup I, written by Peter Frank, Jan 5, 2015 The Way of the Flesh Part II, Exhibition Catalogue, Mt. San Antonio College. Curated by Fatemeh Burnes, Essay by John Seed, Walnut, CA, 2014 ‘Unis’ at Charles Allis Museum: Unicorns Alive and Well on the East Side, Kat Murrell, shepherdexpress.com, Aug 27, 2014 On the Edge: Statements in Black and White, S-Cube Gallery, Essay by Peter Frank, Laguna Beach, CA, 2011 Head of the Class, The Post-Standard, Art, Page 12, Sunday, Syracuse, NY,&nbsp;May 1, 2011 https://dainamattis.com/Writing Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:48:45 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/Writing SELECTED WRITING + CURATORIAL un/mute, September 22, 2021 - January 2, 2022, Austrian Cultural Forum NY + Undercurrent, Brooklyn UN/MUTE -10002 / February 12 - May 5, 2021, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY&nbsp; Ryan Cosbert / I Am What I Am, March 12 - April 18, 2021, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY&nbsp; Patricija Gilyte / Solo Circuit, October 23 - November 21, 2020, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY 10001 / August 5 - September &nbsp;12, 2020 Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY Travis Leroy Southworth / I am A Portrait, January 10 - February 8, 2020, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY After Light &nbsp;/ Elisabeth Roth, Michael &nbsp;Villarreal, Megan Stroech, Ashley Jonas, and Saar Shemesh, October 3 &nbsp;- November 9, 2019, &nbsp;Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY Carl Lee / Myoptic, June 6 - July 13, 2019, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY Tevyne / Patria, July &nbsp;15 - September 17, 2017, &nbsp;Sla307, New York, NY Emily Shanahan / She though h er &nbsp;body was dissolving into foam, May 11 - June 16, &nbsp;2017, Sla307, New York, NY &nbsp; https://dainamattis.com/Wake Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:08:06 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/Wake <img width="3634" height="4542" width_o="3634" height_o="4542" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed3aa072d2a0df2e7379198218887ac7d7e270817f0d09eb365dc6fadb93fb6b/Daina-location-22029_52-crop-2.jpg" data-mid="225749427" border="0" alt="Wake, 2023, sourced antique decoys, power-washed and fumigated driftwood, flock, lights, and mirror, dimensions variable" data-caption="Wake, 2023, sourced antique decoys, power-washed and fumigated driftwood, flock, lights, and mirror, dimensions variable" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed3aa072d2a0df2e7379198218887ac7d7e270817f0d09eb365dc6fadb93fb6b/Daina-location-22029_52-crop-2.jpg" /> <img width="6772" height="5079" width_o="6772" height_o="5079" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c00a2386a70377a017fe1d56013f163a61caea3f5f89883344178b99afe6adc9/Daina-location-21931_06-edit.jpg" data-mid="225749419" border="0" alt="Wake, 2023, sourced antique decoys, power-washed and fumigated driftwood, flock, lights, and mirror, dimensions variable" data-caption="Wake, 2023, sourced antique decoys, power-washed and fumigated driftwood, flock, lights, and mirror, dimensions variable" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c00a2386a70377a017fe1d56013f163a61caea3f5f89883344178b99afe6adc9/Daina-location-21931_06-edit.jpg" /> <img width="5169" height="6892" width_o="5169" height_o="6892" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab55fae048d6e4e5004ab399b541797ccf3930af3f5042d88217fe6444352957/Daina-location-22032_53-edit.jpg" data-mid="225749428" border="0" alt="detail showing signature on decoy duck" data-caption="detail showing signature on decoy duck" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab55fae048d6e4e5004ab399b541797ccf3930af3f5042d88217fe6444352957/Daina-location-22032_53-edit.jpg" /> <img width="5193" height="6924" width_o="5193" height_o="6924" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9400926d49a4c8711616bf1ccd0dfdc82503c902547fd439c413db8079fad5cb/Daina-location-21938_13-edit.jpg" data-mid="225749420" border="0" alt="detail " data-caption="detail " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9400926d49a4c8711616bf1ccd0dfdc82503c902547fd439c413db8079fad5cb/Daina-location-21938_13-edit.jpg" /> <img width="5485" height="7321" width_o="5485" height_o="7321" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee5873cef89cb9c6e63cc63d789fd386395739eb5232710c50c17c4a3ec7599d/Daina-location-21961_25-edit-2.jpeg" data-mid="225749422" border="0" alt="Wake, 2023, sourced antique decoys, power-washed and fumigated driftwood, flock, lights, and mirror, dimensions variable" data-caption="Wake, 2023, sourced antique decoys, power-washed and fumigated driftwood, flock, lights, and mirror, dimensions variable" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee5873cef89cb9c6e63cc63d789fd386395739eb5232710c50c17c4a3ec7599d/Daina-location-21961_25-edit-2.jpeg" /> <img width="8256" height="5504" width_o="8256" height_o="5504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d041dfa50ccad77a9ec73d26a69e1b8de1eed2bc281e72c99f169276d60b505c/Daina-location-22007_48.jpeg" data-mid="225749454" border="0" alt="Wheat-pasted maps of the Adirondacks, fisherman boots belonging to Tim, a decoy dove, the artist's studio sweater, a lighter with the safety removed, other personal elements, and a candle transform this bathroom into a confessional. " data-caption="Wheat-pasted maps of the Adirondacks, fisherman boots belonging to Tim, a decoy dove, the artist's studio sweater, a lighter with the safety removed, other personal elements, and a candle transform this bathroom into a confessional. " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d041dfa50ccad77a9ec73d26a69e1b8de1eed2bc281e72c99f169276d60b505c/Daina-location-22007_48.jpeg" /> <img width="6583" height="4937" width_o="6583" height_o="4937" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28c3d9bec956ccd9387698f4c8e928868358ae592b77df8136da54c4ed10e9fd/Daina-location-22034_55-edit-2.jpg" data-mid="225749429" border="0" alt="detail" data-caption="detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28c3d9bec956ccd9387698f4c8e928868358ae592b77df8136da54c4ed10e9fd/Daina-location-22034_55-edit-2.jpg" /> <img width="1884" height="1787" width_o="1884" height_o="1787" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5075c49fb205ffa9b5035c50cfd4811d5c69f096cdeecf1f3d10f1e2e985810/13-Mattis-Touchstone-copy.jpg" data-mid="225749631" border="0" alt="Touchstone, 2023, oil and pumice on linen, 61&quot; x 65&quot;" data-caption="Touchstone, 2023, oil and pumice on linen, 61&quot; x 65&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5075c49fb205ffa9b5035c50cfd4811d5c69f096cdeecf1f3d10f1e2e985810/13-Mattis-Touchstone-copy.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a74269a74f6c7dff23934ebc48aa0c77777a2dd3bfc434a67adc3490ead6d9d/Daina-location-22017_50.jpg" data-mid="225749648" border="0" alt="detail of wheatpasted Adirondack maps as wallpaper" data-caption="detail of wheatpasted Adirondack maps as wallpaper" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a74269a74f6c7dff23934ebc48aa0c77777a2dd3bfc434a67adc3490ead6d9d/Daina-location-22017_50.jpg" /> Daina Mattis&nbsp; I&nbsp; Wake November 9-19, 2023 High Noon Gallery’s auxilary space, 136 Eldridge Street A site-specific installation in conjunction with my solo show Forever Wild. Sourced antique decoys, power-washed and fumigated driftwood, flock, lights, and camoflaged shaped mirrors, dimensions variable. A pre-recorded audio guided nature walk started from the main exhibition at High Noon, 124 Forsyth Street and guides you to the installation at the auxilary space at 136 Eldridge Street. “’Wake’ depicts a sort of return to the natural state of these decoys. I imagine putting them into a rock tumbler, the way driftwood gets churned and broken down against the natural elements of water, rocks, and sand. They have a call back to the wild; after all, they never really were ducks or rabbits.I’m attempting to reconcile impermanence and loss in a culture that trivializes death. Unknown to most, the bathroom in the back of this installation acts as a private altar, a sanctuary to commemorate the memory of my partner Tim, who passed away last year. Wheat-pasted maps of the Adirondacks, fisherman boots belonging to him, a decoy dove, my studio sweater, other personal elements, and a candle are transformed into a confessional. We live in a death-sanitized society that exploits grief and offers consumption as a means to try and live forever, yet not everyone gets to grow old." - Daina Mattis https://dainamattis.com/Forever-Wild Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:32:40 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/Forever-Wild <img width="6900" height="4600" width_o="6900" height_o="4600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cf61275411c7e30a1d84e11281360c1d844cae507a7440c0d08b60d3322e879/Daina_Mattis_01-edit.jpg" data-mid="203204889" border="0" alt="Forever Wild installation at High Noon Gallery." data-caption="Forever Wild installation at High Noon Gallery." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5cf61275411c7e30a1d84e11281360c1d844cae507a7440c0d08b60d3322e879/Daina_Mattis_01-edit.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="4372" width_o="3600" height_o="4372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4afcc34c3fd42555b4174e2049232340c40e82decd853dc8cc304c5f06be204d/Mattis---Sundowner-2023-53x42.jpg" data-mid="203204344" border="0" alt="Sundowner, 2023, flock, vinyl, reverse four-color screen print, and zipper on linen, 53&quot; x 42&quot;" data-caption="Sundowner, 2023, flock, vinyl, reverse four-color screen print, and zipper on linen, 53&quot; x 42&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4afcc34c3fd42555b4174e2049232340c40e82decd853dc8cc304c5f06be204d/Mattis---Sundowner-2023-53x42.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/685fa62a27cdb8dc21a7bbf5384e8f639fe22294e2f8a5f323d94bbca0d80850/Mattis---Wake-detail-2023.JPG" data-mid="203204176" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" alt="Detail of Wake, sourced antique decoys and mirror dimensions variable" data-caption="Detail of Wake, sourced antique decoys and mirror dimensions variable" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/685fa62a27cdb8dc21a7bbf5384e8f639fe22294e2f8a5f323d94bbca0d80850/Mattis---Wake-detail-2023.JPG" /> <img width="3121" height="3605" width_o="3121" height_o="3605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fdb157d0a29a12223e4d15adf99bff2c1c222d92ffc0820dd363620493d6cb1/Forever-Wild---Field-Studies--2.jpg" data-mid="203204165" border="0" alt="Field Study #8, 2023, oil and flock on linen mounted to panel, 15&quot; x 12&quot;" data-caption="Field Study #8, 2023, oil and flock on linen mounted to panel, 15&quot; x 12&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fdb157d0a29a12223e4d15adf99bff2c1c222d92ffc0820dd363620493d6cb1/Forever-Wild---Field-Studies--2.jpg" /> <img width="3190" height="3705" width_o="3190" height_o="3705" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0d0509861c3031f68826df9904052bcf9f9b767c62096448c6687ee2c354ee7/Forever-Wild---Field-Study-1.jpg" data-mid="203204170" border="0" alt="Field Study #1, 2023, oil and flock on linen mounted to panel, 15&quot; x 12&quot;" data-caption="Field Study #1, 2023, oil and flock on linen mounted to panel, 15&quot; x 12&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0d0509861c3031f68826df9904052bcf9f9b767c62096448c6687ee2c354ee7/Forever-Wild---Field-Study-1.jpg" /> <img width="3138" height="3629" width_o="3138" height_o="3629" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74cc2f5d64b71c6fe3757a73e01f56e6d66200eb1da0fff632c724096124920a/Forever-Wild---Field-Study--8.jpg" data-mid="203204169" border="0" alt="Field Study #8, 2023, oil and flock on linen mounted to panel, 15&quot; x 12&quot;" data-caption="Field Study #8, 2023, oil and flock on linen mounted to panel, 15&quot; x 12&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74cc2f5d64b71c6fe3757a73e01f56e6d66200eb1da0fff632c724096124920a/Forever-Wild---Field-Study--8.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="5315" width_o="3600" height_o="5315" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95b216634bb7a966e60d85dabeaef9c8f229c1475a5f0c00c273cb551451ba22/Mattis---Field-Studies-grid.jpg" data-mid="203204204" border="0" alt="Field Study installation from ceiling to floor, 15&quot; x 12&quot; each" data-caption="Field Study installation from ceiling to floor, 15&quot; x 12&quot; each" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95b216634bb7a966e60d85dabeaef9c8f229c1475a5f0c00c273cb551451ba22/Mattis---Field-Studies-grid.jpg" /> <img width="3006" height="3477" width_o="3006" height_o="3477" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/399c12c81a6ce5c1334ab5845955223a2ec7430e1b83b29ec128e36551a5761a/Forever-Wild---Field-Study--4-2.jpg" data-mid="203204166" border="0" alt="Field Study #4, 2023, oil and flock on linen mounted to panel, 15&quot; x 12&quot;" data-caption="Field Study #4, 2023, oil and flock on linen mounted to panel, 15&quot; x 12&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/399c12c81a6ce5c1334ab5845955223a2ec7430e1b83b29ec128e36551a5761a/Forever-Wild---Field-Study--4-2.jpg" /> <img width="4750" height="5347" width_o="4750" height_o="5347" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4a72042439106e0908a65ca5fbb7391822faf12cf11dbb8c53be8f03c14caa4/Mattis---The-Fountain-2023-angle.jpg" data-mid="203204175" border="0" alt="The Fountain, 2023 1930&rsquo;s antique waterfall-vanity, sand, mahogany, Fiji water, isopropyl alcohol, salt, air, and tempered glass 65&quot; x 50.25&quot; x 20&quot;" data-caption="The Fountain, 2023 1930’s antique waterfall-vanity, sand, mahogany, Fiji water, isopropyl alcohol, salt, air, and tempered glass 65&quot; x 50.25&quot; x 20&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4a72042439106e0908a65ca5fbb7391822faf12cf11dbb8c53be8f03c14caa4/Mattis---The-Fountain-2023-angle.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cdc52868dcaefe79dea12239cf27a7b98d5a39e1edaf607a801022cb8e417d0/IMG_3156-1.JPG" data-mid="203204171" border="0" alt="Lucky Rabbit, 2023, wood, flock, keyring, 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 in" data-caption="Lucky Rabbit, 2023, wood, flock, keyring, 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cdc52868dcaefe79dea12239cf27a7b98d5a39e1edaf607a801022cb8e417d0/IMG_3156-1.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58901809deb2acd552e6042408a1a6c802806c38c4f95a51ca20869bc058afd3/Sundowner-detail-2.JPEG" data-mid="203204177" border="0" alt="Detail of vinyl and zipper on Sundowner." data-caption="Detail of vinyl and zipper on Sundowner." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58901809deb2acd552e6042408a1a6c802806c38c4f95a51ca20869bc058afd3/Sundowner-detail-2.JPEG" /> <img width="4500" height="5757" width_o="4500" height_o="5757" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c17f5aa3fd64e824035fd3613e9c031db23f54df19ea7d709cdab98ecf88c8b4/Mattis---Mirror-Mirror--extended-black-and-white-2023-21.5x13x1.5-copy.jpg" data-mid="203204340" border="0" alt="Mirror, Mirror (black and white), 2023, walnut, sand, glass, Fiji water, isopropyl alcohol, and air 21.5&quot; x 13&quot; x 1.5&quot; " data-caption="Mirror, Mirror (black and white), 2023, walnut, sand, glass, Fiji water, isopropyl alcohol, and air 21.5&quot; x 13&quot; x 1.5&quot; " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c17f5aa3fd64e824035fd3613e9c031db23f54df19ea7d709cdab98ecf88c8b4/Mattis---Mirror-Mirror--extended-black-and-white-2023-21.5x13x1.5-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62dd58a0e94becdb0ec916598b65d9f98c22fd4b6496b33c7b22204ebd7751a4/Sundowner-install.JPEG" data-mid="203204180" border="0" alt="Installation of Sundowner. " data-caption="Installation of Sundowner. " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62dd58a0e94becdb0ec916598b65d9f98c22fd4b6496b33c7b22204ebd7751a4/Sundowner-install.JPEG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e63a429d657a4a890f349b80de87b2b18b9394dd5e8a46d5a1531f1f3be3b622/Sundowner-detail.JPEG" data-mid="203204179" border="0" alt="Detail of vinyl and zipper on Sundowner." data-caption="Detail of vinyl and zipper on Sundowner." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e63a429d657a4a890f349b80de87b2b18b9394dd5e8a46d5a1531f1f3be3b622/Sundowner-detail.JPEG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28aa9451a3fb52f47619bd3ae48a1cace810623b6f8c3c215194d6203cd38b46/Daina_Mattis_02-edit.jpg" data-mid="203204890" border="0" alt="Forever Wild installation at High Noon Gallery." data-caption="Forever Wild installation at High Noon Gallery." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28aa9451a3fb52f47619bd3ae48a1cace810623b6f8c3c215194d6203cd38b46/Daina_Mattis_02-edit.jpg" /> <img width="4500" height="5839" width_o="4500" height_o="5839" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/571d61b4390b2beec8499268a17e9cb5c65dff5a95efca829be21ae66d382c03/Mattis---Looking-Glass--upsidown-ultramarine--turquoise--iridescent-2023-21x12x1-1-copy.jpg" data-mid="203204339" border="0" alt="Looking Glass (turquoise, ultramarine, iridescent) 2023, wenge, sand, glass, Fiji Water, isopropyl alcohol, and air ,21&quot; x 12&quot; x 1&quot;" data-caption="Looking Glass (turquoise, ultramarine, iridescent) 2023, wenge, sand, glass, Fiji Water, isopropyl alcohol, and air ,21&quot; x 12&quot; x 1&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/571d61b4390b2beec8499268a17e9cb5c65dff5a95efca829be21ae66d382c03/Mattis---Looking-Glass--upsidown-ultramarine--turquoise--iridescent-2023-21x12x1-1-copy.jpg" /> <img width="5700" height="4884" width_o="5700" height_o="4884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e844249e09939d1893ffa3cdb2dc80804609f0bcba729bc07d47fd004f77c541/Daina_Mattis_06-edit.jpg" data-mid="203204894" border="0" alt="Installation image of Mirror, Mirror and Field Work." data-caption="Installation image of Mirror, Mirror and Field Work." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e844249e09939d1893ffa3cdb2dc80804609f0bcba729bc07d47fd004f77c541/Daina_Mattis_06-edit.jpg" /> <img width="5400" height="3689" width_o="5400" height_o="3689" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afc512572e72fa8a0de475fdf99ace2453a9ee225f0d13f9ec1fcd1a2b4fbe33/Mattis---Forget-Me-Not-2023.jpg" data-mid="203204338" border="0" alt="Forget-Me-Not, 2023, flock, vinyl, two-color screen print, and zipper on linen, 35&quot; x 26&quot; each" data-caption="Forget-Me-Not, 2023, flock, vinyl, two-color screen print, and zipper on linen, 35&quot; x 26&quot; each" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afc512572e72fa8a0de475fdf99ace2453a9ee225f0d13f9ec1fcd1a2b4fbe33/Mattis---Forget-Me-Not-2023.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4443" width_o="6000" height_o="4443" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f6a1267e0b1f3fbbcbafe26626cc9acf2e47aee0a41f50c8a79aae932da135d/Daina_Mattis_03-edit.jpg" data-mid="203204891" border="0" alt="Forever Wild installation at High Noon Gallery." data-caption="Forever Wild installation at High Noon Gallery." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f6a1267e0b1f3fbbcbafe26626cc9acf2e47aee0a41f50c8a79aae932da135d/Daina_Mattis_03-edit.jpg" /> <img width="6600" height="4400" width_o="6600" height_o="4400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e1df7c1238dd6d26968385a435dbb1e01ccebe50971c45e1028f549f3343b2c/Daina_Mattis_05-edit.jpg" data-mid="203204893" border="0" alt="Forever Wild installation at High Noon Gallery." data-caption="Forever Wild installation at High Noon Gallery." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e1df7c1238dd6d26968385a435dbb1e01ccebe50971c45e1028f549f3343b2c/Daina_Mattis_05-edit.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="4678" width_o="3600" height_o="4678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bdd0975105cb807a23dd52ba386fb30f759a0aa012aa48ae260fd32e0eda764/Mattis---Mirror--Mirror--extended-pink--ultramarine--charcoal-grey-2023-21x12x1-copy.jpg" data-mid="203204341" border="0" alt="Mirror, Mirror (pink, ultramarine, charcoal gray), 2023, wenge, glass, sand, Fiji water, isopropyl alcohol, and air 21.5&quot; x 13&quot; x 1.5&quot;" data-caption="Mirror, Mirror (pink, ultramarine, charcoal gray), 2023, wenge, glass, sand, Fiji water, isopropyl alcohol, and air 21.5&quot; x 13&quot; x 1.5&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bdd0975105cb807a23dd52ba386fb30f759a0aa012aa48ae260fd32e0eda764/Mattis---Mirror--Mirror--extended-pink--ultramarine--charcoal-grey-2023-21x12x1-copy.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4513" width_o="6000" height_o="4513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00938f3a044e044854f9d2942cfd738d58149b4a23de0964cc633ec1e7e99f27/Daina_Mattis_07-edit.jpg" data-mid="203204895" border="0" alt="The Fountain and Lucky Rabbit" data-caption="The Fountain and Lucky Rabbit" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00938f3a044e044854f9d2942cfd738d58149b4a23de0964cc633ec1e7e99f27/Daina_Mattis_07-edit.jpg" /> Daina Mattis | Forever Wild October 28 - December 17, 2023 To the natural philosopher, the descriptive poet, the painter, and the sculptor, as well as to the common observer, the power most important to cultivate, and, at the same time, hardest to acquire is that of seeing what is before him. Sight is a faculty; seeing, an art. — George Perkins Marsh, Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography As Modified by Human Action High Noon is pleased to present Daina Mattis's third exhibition with the gallery,&nbsp;Forever Wild,&nbsp;a new body of experimental paintings and sculpture. Through use of art historical methodology, linguistic tropes, and contemporary media, Mattis employs stylistic trends that mimic nature to create layered meanings which explore our fragmented relationship with the natural world, highlighting tensions that exist between memory and loss, actuality and artifice. To be considered “Forever Wild”, land is distinguished as having the highest available protections in the continental U.S. Man and Nature by George Perkins Marsh, first published in 1864, opened the eyes of New York’s corporate powers to the reality of a looming erosion catastrophe due to logging that could jeopardize the Erie Canal. Because Corporate America’s environmental interests are tied to economic interests, lobbying by corporations resulted in a revision to the NY state constitution to include the “Forever Wild” article in 1894, establishing the 6 million acre Adirondack Park as the nation’s first Forever Wild classification. The term carries with it an Edenistic implication, that these wild spaces may bridge the gap between the Divine and Original Sin. “I feel the link of Nature draw me”, Adam extolled in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. The quandary which separated humankind from God was domestic, the first example of instinct being abstracted. Borrowing from Marxist theory, Mattis suggests that modern humans’ biological instincts are cross-wired with social superstructures such as culture, institutions, and media, which in turn tempers behavioral patterns. In Field Studies,&nbsp;Mattis considers the overlaps of biological and social patterning. 24 paintings measuring 15” x 12” each hang floor to ceiling in a tight grid activating the recognition that each of these paintings are comprised of strips of fashionable wall treatments. Flocking, wallpaper, faux-painting— all popular in different decades, are compressed non-hierarchically into a tiny picture plane, while the exposed linen surface functions as both image and object. “In my practice,” Mattis says, “Painting is about concealment, nuance, and reshaping.” Craft provides a consistent through line in the exhibition, as Mattis maintains an analog veneer even in the handling of plastic or flocked surfaces. Through the unlikely combinations of material in these works, she asks the viewer to consider how craft has been mitigated through our experience of mass production and modern convenience. A series of flocked birds patterned on linen are covered with hand-sewn and zippered clear vinyl, as one might cover upholstery. Silk-screened atop the vinyl are different varieties of flowers, providing a visual representation of inter-specific competition— in this case, two patterns of species vying for dominance of the picture plane. The vinyl creates a stark separation, keeping the soft tactility beneath at arms length, both literally and optically, as the flowers dictate the melancholy titles— Sundowner, Forget-Me-Not— evocative of nostalgia, regret, or finitude. At the heart of the exhibition is The Fountain, sharing its name with DuChamp’s infamous ready-made sculpture, for which Mattis has re-engineered a 1930s waterfall vanity. Replacing the mirror with hand-crafted glass vitrines of rotating sand art, the cross-sections of sand settle into an endless possibility of landscapes meant to generate a soothing visual. In the context of a vanity, however, it recalls the ubiquitous notion of “sand through the hourglass”, highlighting the passage of time alongside the pacifying sensation of meditative calm. The infinite changeover of Mattis’s Fountain also parallels the generative scrolling of social media and the resulting dopamine loop, a constant chasing of the ephemeral. Collectively, the works in Forever Wild reflect the remnants and trajectory of an autobiographical ecosystem. Mattis seems determined to reconcile impermanence and loss in a culture that minimizes the reality of both while subsidizing genuine connection— to each other and to the natural world. Through this body of work Mattis honors her beloved partner; their love of the Adirondacks mutually grew over the time they shared in the temporal world. May his memory remain forever wild: Tim Collins (1979-2022). Daina Mattis (b. 1984) is a Brooklyn-based artist born in Los Angeles, CA. Mattis is the youngest of four children of Lithuanian immigrants. Her experiences in a bilingual, culturally rich home in Los Angeles greatly influence her work and how she explores visual language. Mattis was a Cooper Union A.I.R. (2016) and shows extensively. Exhibitions include:&nbsp;Family Style, High Noon Gallery, New York (solo);&nbsp;Vessels, High Noon Gallery, New York (solo), 2018;&nbsp;Bona Fide, AMAG at St. Thomas Aquinas College, New York (solo), 2019; The Cooper Union A.I.R. Exhibition, New York, 2016; Art in Miami, Context, J. Cacciola Gallery, 2012; and Daina Mattis, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2010. Mattis has been featured in Design Milk, ARTnews, Art Frankly, Two Coats of Paint, and Professional Artist Magazine. Mattis was a co-founder and co-director at Undercurrent in DUMBO, NY. She is a Part-time Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design, at The New School in New York, NY. In conjunction with her granted 2024 sabbatical leave, Mattis will be pioneering a new arts residency in Kochertürn, Germany. https://dainamattis.com/Project-Nav Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:24:21 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/Project-Nav Index &nbsp; &nbsp; Next ︎ https://dainamattis.com/Family-Style Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:29:08 +0000 dainamattis.com https://dainamattis.com/Family-Style <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/425d2d44d0352c5a61efcdf0600d0d009a971320d18e378d41c59f507d31b52d/04-DainaMattis_Untitled.JPG" data-mid="90092916" border="0" alt="Untitled, 2020, chalk, 112&quot; x 36&quot;" data-caption="Untitled, 2020, chalk, 112&quot; x 36&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/425d2d44d0352c5a61efcdf0600d0d009a971320d18e378d41c59f507d31b52d/04-DainaMattis_Untitled.JPG" /> <img width="4000" height="3573" width_o="4000" height_o="3573" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4844a753e59026a17146cc3308fb184f1440a4edda2be105a89e08f9f580cd4/Daina-Mattis---Descent.jpg" data-mid="90092922" border="0" alt="Descent, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 54 x 60 in" data-caption="Descent, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 54 x 60 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4844a753e59026a17146cc3308fb184f1440a4edda2be105a89e08f9f580cd4/Daina-Mattis---Descent.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2668" width_o="4000" height_o="2668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7083e0d22b0a3612b14bb3bc3d72ad13e08ad7550b64ef11e6a4b114f56fb6fa/Family-Style-install-2.jpg" data-mid="90092981" border="0" alt="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" data-caption="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7083e0d22b0a3612b14bb3bc3d72ad13e08ad7550b64ef11e6a4b114f56fb6fa/Family-Style-install-2.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="3300" width_o="3300" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/298fcc590d53b5934fea19208c69ea4dbc89c29c2a586208a9b0eb3c7c88894f/Daina-Mattis---Wounded-Table-closed.jpg" data-mid="90092972" border="0" alt="Wounded Table (closed), 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, 29 x 32 x 43.5 in" data-caption="Wounded Table (closed), 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, 29 x 32 x 43.5 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/298fcc590d53b5934fea19208c69ea4dbc89c29c2a586208a9b0eb3c7c88894f/Daina-Mattis---Wounded-Table-closed.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04a7c6e3065b9ffac31fd7a31559c6dd7fcaae193d29142aa8ab133977f4a7e6/Family-Style-install-7.jpg" data-mid="90092987" border="0" alt="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" data-caption="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04a7c6e3065b9ffac31fd7a31559c6dd7fcaae193d29142aa8ab133977f4a7e6/Family-Style-install-7.jpg" /> <img width="2660" height="4000" width_o="2660" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/497a7715e4da0207ed61047bbd7bba6d9d902b188fd6b58ec2e87c7ee3d565f8/Daina-Mattis---Tourmaline.jpg" data-mid="90092953" border="0" alt="Tourmaline, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" data-caption="Tourmaline, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/497a7715e4da0207ed61047bbd7bba6d9d902b188fd6b58ec2e87c7ee3d565f8/Daina-Mattis---Tourmaline.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b40a50c98e86dc3922ca03afd402310ca5bb2d0b3c8d2c705bed17cb4772ccb0/Mattis---Tourmaline-detail-2.jpg" data-mid="90102212" border="0" alt="Tourmaline, 2020, oil and flock on linen, detail" data-caption="Tourmaline, 2020, oil and flock on linen, detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b40a50c98e86dc3922ca03afd402310ca5bb2d0b3c8d2c705bed17cb4772ccb0/Mattis---Tourmaline-detail-2.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63d883a87215a7bc33ceb5e7dc30531c200b90a8ed98fceff923775a8ec7c73c/Family-Style-install-8.JPG" data-mid="90092988" border="0" alt="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" data-caption="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63d883a87215a7bc33ceb5e7dc30531c200b90a8ed98fceff923775a8ec7c73c/Family-Style-install-8.JPG" /> <img width="2646" height="4000" width_o="2646" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25a43eda612a64a36272519c6209ed6c0038f45f4faa0446f6fb09a56372af1e/Daina-Mattis---Opal.jpg" data-mid="90092940" border="0" alt="Opal, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" data-caption="Opal, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25a43eda612a64a36272519c6209ed6c0038f45f4faa0446f6fb09a56372af1e/Daina-Mattis---Opal.jpg" /> <img width="2629" height="4000" width_o="2629" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0914b06051fe7b69de724eb5fa9c5e10283f37ea453f1b124b1111bc1663ab7/Daina-Mattis---Amber.jpg" data-mid="90092920" border="0" alt="Amber, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" data-caption="Amber, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0914b06051fe7b69de724eb5fa9c5e10283f37ea453f1b124b1111bc1663ab7/Daina-Mattis---Amber.jpg" /> <img width="2670" height="4000" width_o="2670" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7024a10cb692ede622eb2e52c800653a04ffb94e3f700f6568ef772b21967450/Daina-Mattis---Topaz.jpg" data-mid="90092944" border="0" alt="Topaz, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" data-caption="Topaz, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7024a10cb692ede622eb2e52c800653a04ffb94e3f700f6568ef772b21967450/Daina-Mattis---Topaz.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2775" width_o="4000" height_o="2775" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e69c5627f06f8685d95b9d459a509838ba1f19ef41de0d11f2efafc00b520d7d/Family-Style-install-5.jpg" data-mid="90092985" border="0" alt="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" data-caption="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e69c5627f06f8685d95b9d459a509838ba1f19ef41de0d11f2efafc00b520d7d/Family-Style-install-5.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3e4c7ef1df610515418ce5f75795e87e29e696476a096662c2df5c97c242e3d/Mattis---Legacy-Cookies-under-glass.JPG" data-mid="90093002" border="0" alt="Legacy Cookies, 2020, sugar, flour, clarified butter, cocoa powder, and the &quot;white stuff,&quot; and a glass dome, 1 3/4 x 1/3 in " data-caption="Legacy Cookies, 2020, sugar, flour, clarified butter, cocoa powder, and the &quot;white stuff,&quot; and a glass dome, 1 3/4 x 1/3 in " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3e4c7ef1df610515418ce5f75795e87e29e696476a096662c2df5c97c242e3d/Mattis---Legacy-Cookies-under-glass.JPG" /> <img width="3900" height="3900" width_o="3900" height_o="3900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdfca7096ff5796f34b4ced379af9d95047a5f4b327ea3805c904f73ac446ca8/Mattis---Legacy-Cookie-2.jpg" data-mid="90093001" border="0" alt="Legacy Cookies, 2020, sugar, flour, clarified butter, cocoa powder, and the &quot;white stuff,&quot; 1 3/4 x 1/3 in" data-caption="Legacy Cookies, 2020, sugar, flour, clarified butter, cocoa powder, and the &quot;white stuff,&quot; 1 3/4 x 1/3 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cdfca7096ff5796f34b4ced379af9d95047a5f4b327ea3805c904f73ac446ca8/Mattis---Legacy-Cookie-2.jpg" /> <img width="2630" height="4000" width_o="2630" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b95157f9b706abc8e32c58e5c05cb5d3d77237694e6ec7af8bb38ae680f9cbb/Daina-Mattis---Emerald.jpg" data-mid="90092923" border="0" alt="Emerald, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" data-caption="Emerald, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b95157f9b706abc8e32c58e5c05cb5d3d77237694e6ec7af8bb38ae680f9cbb/Daina-Mattis---Emerald.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74822065399f921866e4e3c7db48f4f8d8595de5d9eeacb6b219fdf91ab74f9d/Mattis---Legacy-Cookies.jpg" data-mid="90093003" border="0" alt="Legacy Cookies, 2020, sugar, flour, clarified butter, cocoa powder, and the &quot;white stuff,&quot; 1 3/4 x 1/3 in" data-caption="Legacy Cookies, 2020, sugar, flour, clarified butter, cocoa powder, and the &quot;white stuff,&quot; 1 3/4 x 1/3 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74822065399f921866e4e3c7db48f4f8d8595de5d9eeacb6b219fdf91ab74f9d/Mattis---Legacy-Cookies.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14062168e23d3db37b49a8e829c4a84772e89b2aa16e55dcd26f38ffd94fc672/Family-Style-install-1.jpg" data-mid="90092979" border="0" alt="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" data-caption="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14062168e23d3db37b49a8e829c4a84772e89b2aa16e55dcd26f38ffd94fc672/Family-Style-install-1.jpg" /> <img width="4984" height="1764" width_o="4984" height_o="1764" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b71e0db389fcd6dea4c51dc72788a12b727b8ec189c6207b7ec3551b05b368c/Daina-Mattis---Flocked-Vinyl-series-full.jpg" data-mid="90092924" border="0" alt="Endless, Eternal, Evergreen, Everlast, Enduring, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in each" data-caption="Endless, Eternal, Evergreen, Everlast, Enduring, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in each" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b71e0db389fcd6dea4c51dc72788a12b727b8ec189c6207b7ec3551b05b368c/Daina-Mattis---Flocked-Vinyl-series-full.jpg" /> <img width="2704" height="4000" width_o="2704" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bbb337626b2e9d57510d7190ba82270dd0e15cedf52f39e3ef26cd80bdcca61/Daina-Mattis---Sapphire.jpg" data-mid="90092943" border="0" alt="Sapphire, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" data-caption="Sapphire, 2020, oil and flock on linen, 30 x 19 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bbb337626b2e9d57510d7190ba82270dd0e15cedf52f39e3ef26cd80bdcca61/Daina-Mattis---Sapphire.jpg" /> <img width="2667" height="4000" width_o="2667" height_o="4000" 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<img width="3300" height="4032" width_o="3300" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c117c4627397cbcbad6ab3933b58ba04a3298ae0a82d11f74b7a2e174dd0f36e/Mattis---Wounded-Table-label.JPG" data-mid="90140078" border="0" alt="Wounded Table, 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, detail" data-caption="Wounded Table, 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c117c4627397cbcbad6ab3933b58ba04a3298ae0a82d11f74b7a2e174dd0f36e/Mattis---Wounded-Table-label.JPG" /> <img width="1947" height="2596" width_o="1947" height_o="2596" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30d76bd9f96f1f0cc67b4862e31ec62dd4e91a301a30bd0cfd4782a62798512f/IMG-8924.JPG" data-mid="90140046" border="0" alt="Wounded Table, 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, detail" data-caption="Wounded Table, 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30d76bd9f96f1f0cc67b4862e31ec62dd4e91a301a30bd0cfd4782a62798512f/IMG-8924.JPG" /> <img width="3037" height="3037" width_o="3037" height_o="3037" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee761a69313930f95fdf69a1bf3115787ee1649b8744993aadc73ca0b6479344/Daina-Mattis---Wounded-Table-full.jpg" data-mid="90092973" border="0" alt="Wounded Table (open), 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, 29 x 32 x 43.5 in" data-caption="Wounded Table (open), 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, 29 x 32 x 43.5 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee761a69313930f95fdf69a1bf3115787ee1649b8744993aadc73ca0b6479344/Daina-Mattis---Wounded-Table-full.jpg" /> <img width="3139" height="3139" width_o="3139" height_o="3139" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3e55cfb430af5d71ccf20a50eaf58fed0ec6db1c464a25f3b26368cee537776/Daina-Mattis---Wounded-Table-half.jpg" data-mid="90092976" border="0" alt="Wounded Table (half-open), 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, 29 x 32 x 43.5 in" data-caption="Wounded Table (half-open), 2020, antique Maddox table and high-density polyethylene, 29 x 32 x 43.5 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3e55cfb430af5d71ccf20a50eaf58fed0ec6db1c464a25f3b26368cee537776/Daina-Mattis---Wounded-Table-half.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e68ad9276d0e81405be6536934ffecdff86807af86e58f66d8e7bbf323d7d99c/Family-Style-install-3.jpg" data-mid="90092983" border="0" alt="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" data-caption="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e68ad9276d0e81405be6536934ffecdff86807af86e58f66d8e7bbf323d7d99c/Family-Style-install-3.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb1aedab1b8939c8412c92dc1f9f7a41e21819056df3585523aad2db2133a0eb/Mattis---Descent-angle-detail.JPG" data-mid="90092991" border="0" alt="Descent, 2020, oil and flock on linen, detail" data-caption="Descent, 2020, oil and flock on linen, detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb1aedab1b8939c8412c92dc1f9f7a41e21819056df3585523aad2db2133a0eb/Mattis---Descent-angle-detail.JPG" /> <img width="2656" height="3541" width_o="2656" height_o="3541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f0a408bea4bd1bc793d667dff22fb42bd93cc141615679dad3579f3e93a5656/Mattis---Endless-15x12.jpg" data-mid="90092993" border="0" alt="Endless, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in" data-caption="Endless, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f0a408bea4bd1bc793d667dff22fb42bd93cc141615679dad3579f3e93a5656/Mattis---Endless-15x12.jpg" /> <img width="2656" height="3541" width_o="2656" height_o="3541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f1c51d7184c852f86beccb8351e9ab78600517730929efa31a72dfcfb3d1d8c/Mattis---Eternal-15x12.jpg" data-mid="90092995" border="0" alt="Eternal, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in" data-caption="Eternal, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f1c51d7184c852f86beccb8351e9ab78600517730929efa31a72dfcfb3d1d8c/Mattis---Eternal-15x12.jpg" /> <img width="2656" height="3541" width_o="2656" height_o="3541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdb4067a9e4ce7da70f36e0c3e4d88cfcde150d61f6fb978fc6c0255d28ff8e6/Mattis---Evergreen-15x12.jpg" data-mid="90092996" border="0" alt="Evergreen, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in" data-caption="Evergreen, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdb4067a9e4ce7da70f36e0c3e4d88cfcde150d61f6fb978fc6c0255d28ff8e6/Mattis---Evergreen-15x12.jpg" /> <img width="2656" height="3541" width_o="2656" height_o="3541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b987f621504dedf9dd1031ca66a838f273e4de30a244405242abf014d65827d9/Mattis---Enduring-15x12.jpg" data-mid="90092994" border="0" alt="Enduring, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in" data-caption="Enduring, 2020, flock, plastic casing, zipper, and fabric on linen 15 x 12 in" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b987f621504dedf9dd1031ca66a838f273e4de30a244405242abf014d65827d9/Mattis---Enduring-15x12.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2987" width_o="4000" height_o="2987" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a3efc36b287e3fcfa8326ebef6441c40a5eee713ee7d45bdd7613f1172cdc7c/Family-Style-install-6.jpg" data-mid="90092986" border="0" alt="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" data-caption="Family Style installation at High Noon Gallery, New York, NY" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a3efc36b287e3fcfa8326ebef6441c40a5eee713ee7d45bdd7613f1172cdc7c/Family-Style-install-6.jpg" /> &nbsp; Daina Mattis I Family Style August 6 - September 20, 2020 High Noon Gallery, New York, NY Though if a kitchen and a plate of macaroni cheese are a phantasm, maybe, just maybe, they are more exciting than when they stretch before you as your settled and invariable fate. - A.S. Byatt High Noon’s new location at 124 Forsyth Street will open with&nbsp;Family Style,&nbsp;Daina Mattis’s&nbsp;second exhibition with the gallery, consisting of experimental paintings, food, sculpture, and design. Originally scheduled to open in April, the show’s content takes on new meaning in a post-quarantine New York City, as all the work is connected through the compulsion to domesticate nature by bringing the Great Outdoors into our homes through imitation, alteration, and possession. Mattis postures this emulation of nature through faux-marbleized paintings, flocked floral wallpaper, a modified drop-leaf table, and ivy wreathes around university brands reimagined as cookies created from production molds.&nbsp;Family Style&nbsp;borrows its name from a cross-cultural style of dining with shared serving plates, wherein proportions are individually established. Through use of material and metaphor, the works in the exhibition become conduits of discussion around perceived value and how social/familial practices and priorities are shaped and impacted in the current cultural and economic climate. Ross Douthat, author of The Decadent Society wrote that, “Stagnation is often a consequence of previous development: The decadent society is, by definition, a victim of its own success.” Taking their titles from precious/semi-precious stones gemstones (they mean the same thing), the flocked, faux-marble paintings— a dozen total in the series— intentionally decorate and embrace kitsch and garishness, unpacking fashion, craft, and excess. Layers of stylistic flare indicative of various trends are peeled away or hap-hazardously covered over, the repetition connecting patterns of domesticity to patterns of nature. The colors are saturated to an almost sickly point and the flocked walls strut like costume jewelry, suggesting the home as the flocked interior of a jewelry box. The vents, placed life-sized at the bottom of the composition create the illusion of space and use it to link representational painting and design as a type of camouflage, each relying on the creators influence over unconscious perception. The largest painting, Descent, is a standalone piece highlighting Mattis’s layered surrealist narratives. Picture frames hang salon-style on a faux-marbleized wall scattered with the ghostly shapes of past hangings, their silhouettes revealed by the portion of wall they preserved from discoloration. Within the frames, flocked mats border nothing but a blank linen foundation, the contrast of velvety and raw surfaces accentuate the absence of photographs. Set against the scene is the soft cast shadow of a railing, eerily defining the vacuity of the space while implying mobility as an illusion. Mattis’s 2D work acts as a blueprint for her 3D work. Everyday generic objects are reconfigured through scale, shape, or media to emphasize corporate branding’s dominion over societal contracts. Legacy Cookies are edible Oreo-style cookies embossed with Ivy League seals. Both brands’ etymology is speculative— one tied to ivy, the other laurel leaves; one destructive, the other symbolizing victory. Both brands are their industry’s zenith— prestige, legacy, nepotism, and celebrity bribery scandals are topics clouting these accessible cookies feigning exclusivity, while the actual cost of higher education provides a questionable return on its investment. Anchoring the exhibition is Wounded Table, a title derived from Frida Kahlo’s 1940 painting of the same name, which depicts the artist seated at a bleeding table with human legs following her divorce from Diego Rivera. Like Kahlo’s painting, which also serves as a commentary on performative culture, Mattis’s sculpture references a socio-political superstructure designed to give the illusion of order. She alters an antique, mahogany dining room table by replacing the original leaves with CNC-machined high-density polyethylene, cut to appear as two halves of an enlarged plastic, disposable plate. When both leaves are up, the oval shape of the table is whole, the mechanics and material of the work highlighting space and consumption. Encouraged by corporate interests, urgency of consumption branded as luxury and freedom is an inescapable negotiation of capitalism, the failures of which have never been more apparent than in the U.S. government’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. While more than 45 million Americans lost their jobs, the country’s richest citizens saw their wealth increase by more than half a trillion dollars. Now, exhibited post-lockdown but still in the midst of a pandemic and a looming financial meltdown that the federal government seems remiss to resolve, the work in Family Style&nbsp;echoes the past systems which generated and perpetuate these 21st century concerns of wealth inequality, social and environmental justice, and fair housing, and asks the viewer to reconsider “value” in navigating towards a more sustainable future. Daina Mattis (b. 1984) is a Brooklyn-based artist born in Los Angeles, CA. She is the youngest of four children to Lithuanian immigrants. Her experiences in a bilingual, culturally rich home in Los Angeles greatly influence her work and how she explores visual language. Mattis was a Cooper Union A.I.R. (2016) and shows extensively. Notable exhibitions include&nbsp;Vessels, High Noon Gallery, New York (solo), 2018;&nbsp;Bona Fide, AMAG at St. Thomas Aquinas College, New York (solo), 2019; The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; The Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Art Miami - Context, Miami, FL; The Cooper Union A.I.R. Exhibition, New York, NY; Marymount University of California, San Pedro, CA; Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA; J. Cacciola Gallery, NY, NY and Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Her work is found in private and public collections. Mattis has instructed as an Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University, as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kutztown University, PA, and as a Drawing Instructor at The Cooper Union Outreach Program. She is currently a lecturer at Parsons School of Design, at The New School in New York, NY. Design Milk | The "Double Take" Art of Daina Mattis: Flocked Paintings and a Plate Table by David Behringer