professional artist/muralist based in oakland…
commissions - murals - hand painted signage
like murals, but smaller…
about the artist…
Oakland based artist Matthew Floriani has been honoring his skills in painting and drawing for a little over a decade. Originally a largescale studio painter, Matthew has blended his studies focusing on walls as his main area of attraction and creation for public murals. Matthew uses the dynamic of the communities surrounding his site-specific pieces to create thoughtful and meaningful murals that relate not only to the people of those communities, but also the histories of those public arenas.
Matthew’s evolution into mural painting allowed him to introduce elements of adversity to this union and extend the range and details of his talent even further. His use of line and achromatic painting skills allows Matthew to depict diverse communities within his aesthetic, utilizing a gothic inspired style to tell stories, which explore the depths of community and diversity.
artist statement…
A house is never as secure as it might appear. I have always felt an immediate connection to home, a place not only of comfort, but a place of order. But a closer look inside the cracks and windows might just reflect the erratic and volatile chaos of the outside world. The sense of order and control, in whatever form it takes, acts as a mask, a shelter, a protective façade, for those who live inside.
My recent illustrations and mural paintings suggest the complicated existence of what lies behind an architectural mask. Delving into notions of family and loss, these life-sized works convey multiple levels of human emotion. These drawings and paintings are rendered to evoke a sense of comfort and domesticity through the use of color theory to resemble my childhood home, and the contortions of the human figure in various states of disarray.
I find that human connection and community is rather important in these paintings. Making the connection between stress and anxieties in humans to suggest the similarities, and yet, the major differences between our own phobias, interlocking our identities.
A house is never as secure as it might appear. Behind closed doors lies something deeper and more complicated. Order and control seep into the cracks and hide side-by-side beneath the floorboards and barricades of the home.
artist features…
publishings…
coming soon, Issue 52 publication of studio visit magazine, 4 page spread…
murals…
for the past ten years i have had a passion for the creation of murals for all to see. currently i have been working on several different projects, including work in: emeryville, ca, oakland, ca, seaside, ca, and redwood city, ca…
new work, upcoming shows and events…
i am currently working on a new body of work that juxtaposes exuberant color with the struggling figure. please click on the link below to see current exhibitions, and upcoming shows and projects …