About the artist:
Milo Matthieu’s practice examines the complexity of identity and the many dimensions of self, tracing how personal and collective histories are shaped by stories passed down through generations. His work engages the fragile nature of these narratives, often undocumented and sustained through memory, ritual, and everyday practices, and reflects on how their loss can lead to fragmentation when individuals become distanced from their cultural knowledge. Rooted in a desire to preserve and protect what is at risk of erasure, Matthieu’s paintings serve as acts of remembrance, holding space for ancestral presence within contemporary experience. Through an intuitive, stream-of-consciousness process, he constructs layered compositions that channel both lived and inherited memory, allowing figures and forms to emerge as vessels of history and spirit. Through his work, Matthieu reconnects with and honors the African and Caribbean traditions that have shaped him, transforming painting into a site where identity is not only examined, but reclaimed and sustained across time.
Milo Matthieu is a first-generation Haitian painter born in Los Angeles, CA in 1990. Matthieu’s work draws on the artistic traditions of his heritage to develop a vivid visual language of abstract scenery. Influenced by representational depictions of landscapes, market scenes, historical references, and sculptural objects that filled his childhood home, Matthieu constructs a deepened and spiritual connection to Haitian and African diaspora. He has presented solo exhibitions including A Note to Self (M+B Gallery, Los Angeles), Flowers Beyond the Sunset (Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels), and Silenced, Yet Celebrated (Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York) and participated in group exhibitions such as Caldonia (Salon 94, New York), Show Me the Signs (Blum and Poe, Los Angeles), The City (V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark), and No Vacancy (Historic Hampton House, Miami, Florida). His work is in collections of institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Art (Miami, Florida) The Bunker Artspace (West Palm Beach, Florida) and the Columbus Museum of Art at The Pizzuti (Columbus, Ohio); he lives and works in New York, NY.
Specs:
"01 Mask, is the first work in an on going series of African mask paintings. My fixation with the masks started at a young age. I remember growing up with African masks hanging in my family home and how I was always impressed with the craftsmanship. As I learned more about the purpose of these masks and their connections between the physical and spiritual world, i realized that my fixation was not purely an aesthetic one but a symbolic parallel to my artistic process. My process has always been very spiritual: I work in a stream of consciousness and believe that this stream is a connection for me and my ancestral bond. Each painting becomes a conversation and a story greater than my reach. At times, I question how much control i have on my story or am I just a vessel"More
- Unframed
- Signed
3:00 PM, May 14, 2026.
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