Artist Bio
Michele Matthews (B. 1989) grew up and currently lives on Long Island, New York. She received her BFA from Adelphi University in 2011 and was awarded the Hugh A. Wilson Award for Excellence in Abstract Painting that same year. In recent years, she has received several merit scholarships from Urban Glass Studio in Brooklyn, allowing her to study and explore light, color, and the urban landscape using glass. The structures and subway system of Manhattan have intrigued her as she grew up and influenced her art greatly, becoming the focus of her art. Michele enjoys using gouache, acrylic, and flashe paints on paper and canvas, while also begging to incorporate glass as a new medium to further experience color, light, and the urban landscape of Manhattan.