Matt Gondek

Matt Gondek is a pop artist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1982. He began his career as an illustrator before becoming a painter and muralist. He now lives and works in Los Angeles. His artistic practice is rooted in both urban and pop art. Using bright colors, he appropriates cartoon, comic book and comic strip characters such as Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and The Simpsons. He enjoys deconstructing them, depicting them as exploding, melting or collapsing. His approach is one of rebellion and destruction, inspired by the popular images of the 90s. Close to the punk movement, his art has a protest value of expression and questioning of contemporary phenomena, in an almost political approach. Gondek's work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, notably in Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong.