Boy, is it cold in Chicago! Though, it is actually colder in Madison, Wisconsin where I was recently invited along with my friends Jay Ryan and Diana Sudyka as visiting artist by the graduate print department and the University's Fresh Hot Press. Honestly, I don't know how those people do it. . . it is like, North Pole cold there, it must be the Cheese. Anyhow, while there we made a small edition of a new art print entitled "Susie Vs. The Jungle" which you'll find in the PRINTS section of the site. After returning home I began work on a commissioned work that led me into brand new territory as far as my process goes. The result is the 2 monoprint images featured both on the front page and in the MONOPRINT section of the site. These prints are my first attempt to officially approach screenprinting from the standpoint of a painter. These images are made up of hundreds of individual impressions utilizing 6 different simple shapes on 6 different small screens printed directly onto the paper on the wall. I'm excited by the results and the freedom this allows me to have in my work. I hope you like them as well. Tally Ho!

December 21

Hello! It's been a crazy year. . . perhaps the craziest year of my life ever. I got married and bought a house. This Summer my wife started a new business, a storefront called Renegade Handmade, and then 2 weeks ago I moved into a new studio, bought a giant screen printing press and started my own business. It's been a whirlwind certainly. I've finally had a chance to update the site with all of the actual artwork I've managed to make this past year. There are new Posters, Art Prints, and Paintings and more Monoprints will be added very shortly. Also, whilst moving my studio, I found a few copies of 2 previously sold out posters, the Vandermark 5 Meets Atomic poster with the tidal wave on it, and the Taking Pictures/Balloons tour poster with the volcano on it are now for sale again. I'm really excited for whatever 2008 will bring. I've got some plans to make some larger scale screen prints and monoprints with the new press. Keep checking back as I'm hoping to update the site more regularly this new year. Thank you for coming!

February 22

Hi there, I'm currently working on adding some new work to the site. In the meantime, my show at the atelier has come to an end. I'm happy to say that my work has found a permanent home at the gallery, so, at least part of me lives where it is warm out all the time. Here in town I participated in 2 shows recently, one, a group self-portrait show entitled I Low at cytO Gallery, and the other, entitled "Joined At The Hip" at Country Club Chicago. Before these I spent 2 sleepless weeks designing and printing 1100 seven color posters for the Doug Aitken "Sleepwalkers" event at the MoMA. The event was a huge success and all attendees received a free poster. I owe thanks to everyone involved for being so generous and fun to work with. This Friday is the opening of a group silkscreened print show at Lula Cafe in Logan Square, Chicago which I have a number of large pieces in as well as some posters. The show also features work by the print artistsNick Butcher, and Dan MacAdam as well as others. Check it out!

December 8

Hi There, Please go and see my new show of prints at the atelier 1423 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA. I'm super excited about my first LA solo exhibition. I'm showing 10 new Monoprints and a pile of artprints, rare posters and not so rare posters. the show opens tonight, Friday December 8th and will run for at least a month. Also, The Green Lantern , Chicago is having an open house tonight that corresponds with a Wicker Park gallery walk. My Painting show "Out of the Woods" is still hanging up, if you haven't seen it, go check it out. I'm currently getting ready for the Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale which is happening at Pulaski Park Field House tomorrow and Sunday, December 9 + 10. I'll be there selling posters along with a whole bunch of others including Jay Ryan, Nick Butcher, Nadine Nakanishi, Dan Grzeca, Delicious Design, and Crosshair Press. It's a busy busy weekend!

November 26

I'm happy to announce that "Out of the Woods," my new show of paintings is up and hanging at The Green Lantern gallery at 1511 N. Milwaukee Ave in Chicago. I'll post photos of the 6 paintings and 1 screenprint as soon as I've had a chance to get some nice ones. In other news, I'm excited to have been asked by the Museum of Modern Art, NYC to design and print a poster for their upcoming Doug Aitken Installation this winter. I'm also working on a new poster for the upcoming Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Sale which will happen on December 9 & 10 at the Pulaski Park Field House in Chicago. I will be there selling posters, possibly dressed as a dirty Santa Claus. All New work will be posted within a month or so, so check back and sign the mailing list (in the "Contact" section).

October 21

Hello, thanks for checking out matdaly.com. Please check out some new work in the Poster and Monoprint sections. I've had a busy Summer and Fall and am currently getting ready for my first solo painting exhibition entitled Out of the Woods, at The Green Lantern Gallery in Chicago on November 17th. The show will feature paintings, at least one screenprint, and the debut of two books of fiction that I'm designing and screenprinting covers for. This Summer I was chosen as a finalist by the Chicago Public Art Council for a mural I proposed for a new CTA train station, a sample of which is featured on the frontpage. I exhibited poster work in The Hague, Miami, Chicago, and Montreal as well as participating in The Renegade Craft Fairs (both New York and Chicago) and Flatstock 11 in Hamburg, Germany. My work will be featured in the upcoming editions of MOLLUSK (an art periodical curated and published by Bongout (amazing poster artists and bookmakers from Berlin) and Meshcount Magazine (a Brooklyn based art screenprinting magazine). I think that is all the news for now, I've got to go make some paintings. Please sign the mailing list to keep updated. More new work will be added soon. Thanks,
Mat

March 3

Thanks for checking out my website. This section will feature news about what I'm up to, upcoming exhibitions, and any other related or interesting things. As of right now, I'm just glad this is finished, and am looking forward to making some new paintings and prints this Spring. The Bird Machine (Jay Ryan, Diana Sudyka, and myself) will be showing and selling posters and prints at Flatstock 8, the bi-annual poster convention held in conjunction with Austin Texas' South-by-Southwest music festival. Come check us out March 16, 17, and 18 in the Austin Convention Center.