Matt Waruszynski
Art specialisms: Painting

2024 – Ironstone Art Prize – Shortlist
2023 – Raw Umber Studio – Image Prize Finalist
2023 – Rugby Open
2023 – Connections Exhibitions, Milton Keynes
2023 – Art in the Park, Northampton
2016 – Art Academy end of year show, London
2016 – Sir Philip Trousdell Prize for Portraiture
Biography:
I am an oil painter specialising in figurative work and portraits.
I’m really interested how the body and face tell the story of our lives.
Our body keeps the score of all of our traumas, joys, struggles and triumphs and use painting and drawing as a way to understand and reflect this.
I’m also fascinated by the materiality of paint which I like to apply paint thickly in an impasto style and as such I see my method as sculpting with paint. With a background in animation, I am drawn to fast, energetic marks to give a sense of life and movement in my work.
I also like to teach and get others involved in painting and drawing. In 2015 I set up Life Drawing MK and I also teach regularly at Westbury Arts Centre and am involved with Drink Draw Northampton.
Contact details:
matt@mw-artist.com
07718644666