7/10/2025
Exhibition
Matt Wedel: And They Will Bloom
July 17th – August 29th, 2025
Opening reception: Thursday, July 17th, 5-7 PM
Contemporary Art Matters is pleased to present And They Will Bloom, an exhibition of stunning ceramic sculptures by Matt Wedel. Having just returned from Madrid, where he was honored as a finalist for the prestigious Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, Wedel, an Ohio artist, debuts pieces from his acclaimed Flower Tree series in this solo show.

Matt Wedel, Flower Tree (MWS25-019) Standard & Alt View, 2025, Stoneware, 12 x 13½ x 15 in.
The exhibition will be on view at the gallery’s 243 N 5th Street, Columbus, OH location from July 17th through August 29th, with an opening reception on Thursday, July 17th, from 5-7 PM.

Matt Wedel, Flower Tree (MWS25-032) Standard & Alt View, 2025, Stoneware, 29½ x 29 x 27 in.
Matt Wedel (b. 1983, Palisade, Colorado) has exhibited his work widely, most recently in the solo exhibitions Matt Wedel: Phenomenal Debris at the Toledo Museum of Art (2023) and Matt Wedel: On the Verge at the Louisiana State University Art Museum (2019). His work is held in collections and museums internationally, including the Clay Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart, Denmark; the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada; the Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii; and the Long Beach Museum of Art, California. He earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005 and his MFA in Ceramics from California State University, Long Beach, in 2007, studying under Tony Marsh and Kristen Morgin. In addition to his studio practice, Wedel has been an educator, holding faculty positions at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the University of Colorado, Boulder. He lives and works in Athens, Ohio.