Matt Bodett

Lives and works in Chicago, IL, USA

Artist statement

As an artist and Mad advocate, I disrupt the historical and material connections between Madness, privilege, and confinement.

Artwork

• whyt. stayns., 2021. Oil, acrylic, graphite, thread, and oil stick on broken canvas
• lo on, 2017. acrylic, charcoal, pencil, gesso, and collage on panel
• Portraits of the Insane (Lovers (After Gericault (After Magritte)), 2019. Found sculptures, plaster, fabric, and trace monotype
• blue hat red dress, 2017. Ceramic, collage, and found object
• Self Portrait as Rembrandt #2, 2018. Oil, gesso, and trace monotype on paper
• Self Portrait as Rembrandt #5, 2018. Oil, gesso, and trace monotype on paper
• This is Still Life, 2018. Oil, acrylic, fabric, pencil, and oil stick on canvas
• Poem with no hero, 2017. Etching and crayon on paper
• mm, 2019. Pencil, etching with chine colle, oil pastel, and acrylic on paper
• thtt, 2019. oil, pencil, and oil stick on wood panel
• spit (After Michelangelo), 2019. Oil, acrylic, oil stick, crayon, collage, and pencil on paper