Matt Scobey

Matt Scobey
b. 1979, Danville, IL
lives and works in Marfa, TX

Matt Scobey received a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts from Colorado State University. After college he worked as a studio assistant for artist Ray King in Philadelphia before spending many years in Denver, Colorado working primarily in Graphic Design, Illustration, and Publishing . He participated in and contributed to all levels of the Denver art scene from DIY warehouse spaces, commercial galleries and working with Denver Art Museum, Public Art Denver Arts and Venues, and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

Matt Scobey creates work in series, installations and furniture that invite curious interaction. Responsive to public space and everyday materials, his work experiments with how to frame the encounter in projects that range from sculptural interventions in a grocery store; to a cardboard living room where museum goers can relax from social media; to high design objects reconceived with Arte Povera materials.

Since 2018 he has been living and working in Marfa, TX. Utilizing an undeveloped lot as both studio and exhibition space. Working on self initiated projects that explore material energy, transmission, site, form, and scale.  His studio practice often results in stacked sculptural work in concrete, stone, wood, cast acrylic, neodymium magnets, and cast earth that transmit and reflect natural light dependent on where the sun is located in relation to the viewer and the work.