Matthew Ronay (born 1976) is an American artist who lives and works in New York. Born in 1976 in Louisville, Kentucky, Ronay studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art, before earning his Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 2000.Art in America. Matthew Ronay: In a Dark Wood.Retrieved 2019-08-21
Career Ronay has exhibited at institutions including Kunstverein Lingen, Germany; University of Louisville, Kentucky; Artspace, San Antonio; Matthew Ronay. Artspace 2019-08-21 Serpentine Gallery, London; Sculpture Center, New York; Matthew Ronay. Retrieved 2019-08-21 Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; Crystal Bridges Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-08-21 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Matthew Ronay. KMAC Museum. Retrieved 2019-08-21 and Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London. Matthew Ronay. Parasol unit. Retrieved 2019-08-21 Ronay participated in the 2013 Lyon Biennale, curated by Gunnar Kvaran, Biennale de Lyon 2013. Retrieved 2019-08-21 and the 2004 Whitney Biennial. Whitney Biennial 2004. Retrieved 2019-08-21 In 2017 his work was the subject of solo-presentations at the Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, Texas Matthew Ronay. Blaffer Art Museum. Retrieved 2019-08-21 and the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida. Project Gallery. Matthew Ronay. Perez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2019-08-21
Ronay creates organic sculptures, which are carved by hand from sections of basswood. The sculptures originate from drawings, typically rendered in charcoal, gouache or graphite, and then sculpted into three-dimensional form. Ronay's sculptures become densely textured objects that are dyed in a variety of vibrant colors. His references are broad, adopting methods of conceptualism and minimalism along with interests in folk tradition, psychedelia, mythology and non-Western techniques. Diana Nawi, Matthew Ronay, exhibition catalogue, Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2017, pp11-15
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