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Matthew Hebert is an artist and educator living in San Diego, CA. He grew up in various parts of the world, but almost entirely in California. His work meanders around the mundane, the weird, and the spooky while maintaining a focus on the lived experiences of our built environments and the histories of art and design. A background in architecture and furniture design and fabrication allows him to work in a range of materials and forms, from small-scale craft objects to room-size immersive installations. It is not uncommon for his work to employ interactive technologies to create immersive and generative content that unrolls over time and through space. He explores how spaces and objects can allow for solitary or social experiences. Lately his work has dealt with the notion of our contemporary times being haunted by the utopian dreams of the past.
Matthew Hebert’s work has been exhibited at venues including The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The Berkeley Art Museum, The Milwaukee Art Museum, The Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco; The California Center for the Art, Escondido; The Chicago Cultural Center, and Core77 in New York. Additionally, Matthew is a member of the collaborative public art team, Unmanned Minerals, with Reno based poet Jared Stanley and Los Angeles based artist Gabie Strong.
Matthew received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley; and his Master of Fine Arts from California College of the Arts. He has taught at several schools including the University of Wisconsin – Madison, CalArts, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently Associate Professor of Art at San Diego State University.
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