Artist Bio :
Artist Bio :
Matt is a Salt Lake City artist from the Guthrie Artist Studios - located downtown at 158E 200S, in SLC, Utah. These historic studios have inspired many of the city's notable artists, and have served as home base to Matt's creative work since 2009.
Matt’s expressive illustrative style not only evokes feeling, it pops with color, characters, nature, and storylines that keep the viewer returning to the art again and again. A sense of place, community, and of home, is found frequently in Matt's work, as well as multicultural artistic influences, ideas, and philosophies that rubbed off from a childhood spent growing up in places such as Okinawa, the UK, Germany, and the Philippines. Matt is an avid hiker, naturalist, and explorer - and a lover of wild Utah. This also heavily influences his work.
ARTIST CURRICULUM VITAE :
Public Art Displays, Installations & Murals :
Media & Press :
Education :
Utah State Univ. Fine Arts Scholarship 1997-1998
Univ. of Utah BA Marketing + Design
Guthrie Studios Resident Studio Artist
**Affordable prints and full-scale reproductions are available for sale for many of Matt's pieces. For more info, Matt can be contacted at mattmonsoon@gmail.com.
Artist Bio :
Matt is a Salt Lake City artist from the Guthrie Artist Studios - located downtown at 158E 200S, in SLC, Utah. These historic studios have inspired many of the city's notable artists, and have served as home base to Matt's creative work since 2009.
Matt’s expressive illustrative style not only evokes feeling, it pops with color, characters, nature, and storylines that keep the viewer returning to the art again and again. A sense of place, community, and of home, is found frequently in Matt's work, as well as multicultural artistic influences, ideas, and philosophies that rubbed off from a childhood spent growing up in places such as Okinawa, the UK, Germany, and the Philippines. Matt is an avid hiker, naturalist, and explorer - and a lover of wild Utah. This also heavily influences his work.
ARTIST CURRICULUM VITAE :
Public Art Displays, Installations & Murals :
- Boulder Elementary Mural | Boulder, Utah
- Brighton Mountain Resort Mural | Brighton, Utah
- 3 Creeks Confluence Bridge | Art Panel | Glendale, Utah
- VOA Homeless Youth Mural | VOA SLC 9th South & 4th West | SLC
- Oak Hills Elementary Mural | Bountiful, Utah
- Mural Fest 2021 | 'Towards the Light' | Bonwood Bowl, South Salt Lake
- Kearns Public Library (3 murals & 1 installation) | 4275 W 5400 S | Kearns, Utah
- Facebook Data Center (Lobby Artwork) | Eagle Mountain, Utah
- The Salt Palace Subway Mural | 200w Underpass from S Temple to 100s | SLC
- High Water Mural | 2100 South Central Point Trax Station | SLC
- Mountainscape Mural | FICE / Guthrie Alleyway (200s & 200e) | SLC
- The Red Iguana II | SLC Triptych Custom Reproduction - lobby | SLC
- SLC Triptych | SLCC Center for the Arts | SLC
- The University of Utah | Student Residential Center | SLC
- Public Art Bid Winner - Facebook Utah Tech Center Lobby Artwork | July 2019
- Public Art Bid Winner - South Salt Lake Mural Fest | May 2019
- Public Bid Winner - SL County Kearns Library | February 2019
- Finalist - SL County Kearns Library | December 2018
- UMOCA | September 2018 | Urban Plein Air Show - Sponsored by The Blocks SLC
- Super Top Secret | September 2018
- Public Art Bid Winner - 'The Salt Palace Subway' | August 2018 | A new 300-foot mural below the historic Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City.
- Gateway Art Shop Project | Spring/Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Winter 2020
- Cannella's Restaurant | Fall-Winter 2017
- The Gallery at Library Square - Main Library SLC | Mar-April 2017 | 'Sleeping Giants' - works by the artist Matt Monsoon
- Church and State, SLC | Dec 2016
- Avenues Street Fair, SLC | 2014 - 2017 (People's Choice & 2nd Place Winner)
- FICE Gallery, SLC | 2014, 2016, 2017
- Nostalgia Coffee, SLC | May 2015 Solo Show titled "Mercury in Retrograde"
- SLCC President’s Art Show, SLC | 2014-2016 (2nd Place Winner)
Media & Press :
- KSL News 2021
New Mural Tour Aims to show Salt Lake's Creative Reality - The Salt Lake Tribune 2021
Three old streams bring one sparkling new attraction to Salt Lake City’s west side - The Salt Lake Tribune 2021
Photos: South Salt Lake gains several new murals, which bring art ‘to the street level’ - 15 Bytes | Artists of Utah
Brooklyn Ottens and Matt Monsoon’s “Towards the Light” - The Globe 2020
The Globe : SLCC Professor Helps Bring New Life to the Kearns Library - The Blocks SLC, 2018 “Urban Plein Air Artists Profile’
https://theblocksslc.com/2018/09/urban-plein-air-in-the-blocks-artist-profile/ - Building Salt Lake - City Looks to Art to Activate Dead Spaces:
www.buildingsaltlake.com/officials-looking-to-art-and-the-public-to-activate-dead-space/
- The Salt Lake Tribune - Dozen of Murals Making SLC a ‘Free Outdoor Museum’
https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2019/08/18/dozens-murals-are-making/ - The Blocks SLC - Salt Palace Subway Artists Profile :
theblocksslc.com/2018/07/200-west-community-mural-artist-profile/ - The Deseret News 2018 :
www.deseretnews.com/article/900025556/photos-community-colors-local-artists-invite-the-public-to-fill-paint-by-numbers-mural.html - The Salt Lake Tribune 2018 :
https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2018/09/20/artists-tried-capture-the-vibe-of-downtown-SLC/ - The Blocks SLC / Downtown Magazine - In Fashion at Library Square :
theblocksslc.com/2018/06/in-fashion-at-library-square/
- SLUG Magazine, 2014 ‘Gods, Heroes and Monsters’
https://www.slugmag.com/photos/gods-heroes-and-monsters-art-exhibit-studio-elevn-05-17/ - PBS - Downtown SLC Garden Stroll
https://www.pbs.org/video/contact-in-the-community-downtown-slc-garden-stroll-opmh3k/ - Downtown Magazine, 2017 “In Fashion at Library Square” https://downtownslc.org/downtown-events/news-and-blog/1572-in-fashion-at-library-square
- Park City Record -SLCC Team Gives CCPC a Makeover : https://www.parkrecord.com/news/christian-center-boutique-gets-a-makeover/
- Macy’s Annual Main Street Candy Windows : https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900041318/tis-the-season-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-macys-iconic-candy-window-displays.html
- SLUG Magazine, 2014 ‘Gods, Heroes and Monsters’ :
https://www.slugmag.com/photos/gods-heroes-and-monsters-art-exhibit-studio-elevn-05-17/ - KRCL 90.9FM, 2017 - RadioActive Broadcast on ‘Local Made Holidays in SLC’
https://krcl.org/blog/radioactive-december-22-2017/ - Building Salt Lake :
www.buildingsaltlake.com/officials-looking-to-art-and-the-public-to-activate-dead-space/ - The Gateway, 2018, ‘Gateway Art Shop Project’
http://shopthegateway.com/calendars/the-gateway-art-stroll/2018-07-20/ - Salt Lake Magazine, 2012 “A Sweet Return” http://slmag.com/blog/2012/11/13/a-sweet-return/
- https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900041318/tis-the-season-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-macys-iconic-candy-window-displays.html
Education :
Utah State Univ. Fine Arts Scholarship 1997-1998
Univ. of Utah BA Marketing + Design
Guthrie Studios Resident Studio Artist
**Affordable prints and full-scale reproductions are available for sale for many of Matt's pieces. For more info, Matt can be contacted at mattmonsoon@gmail.com.
