Matthew Mark
Biography
Artist Matthew Mark (MCM) hails from the great white north of Canada. MCM is a visual artist and painter working in contemporary art within the new age of “metamodernism,” a term coined by cultural theorists Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker. It is what comes after the postmodern era, moving through the 2020s and beyond in the arts.
This includes technological breakthroughs to which the visual art world will need to continue to adapt and evolve as society keeps advancing. It involves continuing with past art genres and traditions while exploring and expanding them even further, merging and reconstructing those concepts and ideas with what is currently happening in our world. These realms include digital and social media, virtual and mixed realities, AI, robotics, and the post-industrial information age. These are among the reasons for the emergence of metamodernism.
MCM is multifaceted in his discipline and art practice. His experiences growing up in Western Canada are reflected throughout his artwork. When it comes to the visual arts, Matthew focuses on his own style of painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and installation.
He observes light and dark themes and everything else in between. MCM experiments with mediums such as acrylic, charcoal, graphite, ink, and sculpture. Influences from Expressionism and Fauvism are interwoven throughout his work and articulated through a distinct artistic vision, with touches of spontaneity, playfulness, and rawness.
It is a true indication of the artist being creative, honest, sincere, passionate, authentic, real, and free. His work captivates the mind and leaves room for ambiguity and imagination when immersed in MCM’s artworks. The works range from figurative and abstract to mixed media art.
As of late, MCM has taken his art across Canada, showcasing his work. His art has also been exhibited internationally in places including Munich, Germany; Vienna, Austria; London, England; Rome, Milan, and Venice, Italy; San Diego, Miami, and Los Angeles, USA; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France; Dubai; and New York City, where his work was featured in a digital art exhibition at Times Square.
Artist Statement
“When I make art, I try to think about it as something separate from the normal world, as if art is a world of its own. My goal is to create artwork that is meaningful, powerful, influential, and symbolic, and that will have an impact on the world.
I explore humanity through my thoughts, feelings, and emotions subjectively. I take what I have seen, heard, read about, or experienced and incorporate these elements expressively back into my art.
I delve into the realms of light and dark and everything else in between. My art is disclosing what is already known and also the unknown.
“I see colors, I see clearly, I drip and paint, passionately…”
Matthew C. Mark
Aurora Lights (2021)
Aurora Lights 5 (2025)
The Still of the Night (2021)
Snowy Snow (2020)
American Dark (2022)
Lokomotive (2021)
DNA (2020)
Manifestation (2021)
Dragonz (2024)
Nightlife (2022)
