MATTHEW RONAY
B 1976, Louisville, Kentucky
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

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    LIGATURES

     

    Betrayals of and by the Body

     

    Sac, Cyst, Sachet

    Matthew Ronay | ArtForum

    Matthew Ronay | The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an Ode | Nasher Sculpture Center

    Matthew Ronay | Artforum

    Cactus Magazine: Matthew Ronay

    Art in America: Matthew Ronay

    BOMB: Matthew Ronay

    The New York Times: Matthew Ronay

    ARTNEWS: Matthew Ronay Is Now Represented by Casey Kaplan

    Clavis

    2024

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    29.5 x 34 x 5" / 74.9 x 86.4 x 12.7cm

    INSTALLATION VIEW: MATTHEW RONAY, WHEN FORMS COME ALIVE, HAYWARD GALLERY, LONDON, FEBRUARY 7 - MAY 6, 2024

    Modal Module - Body Impermanence

    2024

    HAND-PAINTED FEDRIGONI PAPER, FABRIC AND CARDBOARD SLIPCASE

    CLOSED: 31 x 23 x 3.5 CM 12.2 x 9 x 1.4”
    UNFOLDED: 31 x 23 x 35 CM 12.2 x 9 x 13.8”
    EDITION OF 5 + 3 AP

    Installation View: Matthew Ronay: Sac, Cyst, Sachet, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 7 - April 14, 2024

    Remediating

    2023

    BASSWOOD, DYE, FLOCKING, COTTON, PLASTIC, STEEL

    48 x 18.25 x 10.5” / 121.92 x 46.35 x 26.67 CM

    Installation View: Matthew Ronay: Sac, Cyst, Sachet, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 7 - April 14, 2024

    Doff

    2023

    BASSWOOD, DYE, FLOCKING, PLASTIC, STEEL

    66 x 97 x 4” / 167.64 x 246.38 x 10.16 CM

    The Rub

    2023

    BASSWOOD, DYE, EPOXY, STEEL, SHELLAC-BASED PRIMER, ACRYLIC PAINT

    47 x 15.5 x 12” / 119.38 x 39.37 x 30.48cm

    The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an Ode

    2022

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, cotton, epoxy, HMA

    37.75 x 284 x 13" / 95.9 x 721.4 x 33cm

    The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an Ode (detail)

    The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an Ode (detail)

    Hephaestus, 2022

    Basswood, dye, plastic, steel, steel wool, shellac-based primer, primer

    51.5” x 20.5” x 12.5” /130.81 x 52.07 x 31.75cm

    Hephaestus (Detail), 2022

    Basswood, dye, plastic, steel, steel wool, shellac-based primer, primer

    51.5” x 20.5” x 12.5” /130.81 x 52.07 x 31.75cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    Filterer

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    16.25 x 55.25 x 16” / 41.28 x 140.34 x 40.64cm

    Filterer (detail)

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    16.25 x 55.25 x 16” / 41.28 x 140.34 x 40.64cm

    Recursionizer

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, epoxy

    16.25 x 59 x 12” / 41.28 x 149.86 x 30.48cm

    Recursionizer (detail)

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, epoxy

    16.25 x 59 x 12” / 41.28 x 149.86 x 30.48cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    Pipes, Pads, Staff

    2020

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, permanent marker

    13 x 15 x 4.5” / 33.02 x 38.1 x 11.43cm

    Fornax

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, HMA

    18.5 x 19.5 x 8.75” / 46.99 x 49.53 x 22.23cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    Castrum

    2021

    Basswood, dye, flocking, plastic, steel, HMA

    24 x 15.5 x 6.5” / 60.96 x 39.37 x 16.51cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    3VL

    2021

    Basswood, dye, plastic, steel

    14.75 x 12.75 x 14.75” / 37.47 x 32.39 x 37.47cm

    Winnower

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, steel

    13 x 17 x 9.5” / 33.02 x 43.18 x 24.13cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    Forces

    2020

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    14 x 11.5 x 9” / 35.56 x 29.21 x 22.86cm

    Torso

    2020

    Basswood, dye, gouache, steel, plastic

    14.5 x 14.25 x 11” / 36.83 x 36.2 x 27.94cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    The Lobes

    2020

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, cotton

    11 x 16.5 x 5” / 27.94 x 41.91 x 12.7cm

    Pluralizer

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, cotton, epoxy, HMA

    21.5 x 57.5 x 19.25” / 54.61 x 146.05 x 48.9cm

    Pluralizer (detail)

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, cotton, epoxy, HMA

    21.5 x 57.5 x 19.25” / 54.61 x 146.05 x 48.9cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Ligatures, Casey Kaplan, New York (2021)

    Reinstantiationizer

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, cotton, epoxy, HMA

    13.5 x 56.5 x 8.75” / 34.29 x 143.51 x 22.23cm

    Reinstantiationizer (detail)

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, cotton, epoxy, HMA

    13.5 x 56.5 x 8.75” / 34.29 x 143.51 x 22.23cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Casey Kaplan Viewing Room, New York, May 1 - July 30, 2021

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Casey Kaplan Viewing Room, New York, May 1 - July 30, 2021

    Gemels

    2020

    Basswood, dye, gouache, steel

    19.75 x 10 x 9.5”/ 50.17 x 25.4 x 24.13cm

    Linen and Leather Membrane

    2020

    Basswood, dye, plastic, steel, cotton

    13.5 x 15.25 x 7.25”/ 34.29 x 38.74 x 18.41cm

    Recumbent Effigy

    2019

    Basswood, dye, flocking, plastic, steel, gold leaf, HMA

    8.5 x 15.75 x 9.5”/ 21.59 x 40 x 24.13cm

    Installation view, Matthew Ronay, Casey Kaplan Viewing Room, New York, May 1 - July 30, 2021

    Inner, Outer, Hydro, Tropo, Expo

    2021

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, epoxy

    15.5 x 13.5 x 7.5”/ 39.37 x 34.29 x 19.05cm

    Horizon Candelabra

    2015

    Basswood, copper, steel, dye, gouache

    24 x 13 x 5’’ / 60.9 x 33 x 12.7cm

    Doorbell

    2019

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, steel

    10 3/8 x 6 7/8 x 7” / 26.35 x 27.62 x 17.78cm

    Trickling Clump Protuberances

    2016

    Basswood, dye, canvas, plastic, steel

    36 x 26.25 x 10.25” / 91.4 x 66.7 x 26cm

    Trickling Clump Protuberances

    2016

    Basswood, dye, canvas, plastic, steel

    36 x 26.25 x 10.25” / 91.4 x 66.7 x 26cm

    Ancestral Morphogen

    2015

    Basswood, dye, gouache

    13 x 9.5 x 2” / 33.02 x 24.13 x 5.08cm

    Irregular Shape

    2019

    Basswood, dye, steel, plastic, flocking

    8 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 3/8” / 21.28 x 12.06 x 3.5cm

    Nodulation Factor

    2021

    Basswood, dye, steel

    16 x 12 x .75” / 40.64 x 30.48 x 2cm

    Earplug Stands

    2020

    Large Stand: 9 1/2 x 6 x 3 1/2 Basswood, dye, flocking, steel, foam earplugs

    Small Stand: 8 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 Basswood, dye, flocking, steel, HMA, foam earplugs

    Eight Tissues One Wand

    2020

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, epoxy, HMA

    12 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 9

    Impulsive Intermittoid

    2020

    Basswood, dye, steel

    20 1/4 x 21 3/4 x 11 1/2

    Accelerometer

    2020

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, cotton

    17 x 10 1/2 x 12 1/2

    Sending and Taking

    2020

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    35 3/4 x 73 x 15 1/2

    Opportunitrophs

    2019

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, cotton

    29.5 x 18 x 10.5" / 74.93 x 45.72 x 26.67cm

    Opportunitrophs

    2019 (Detail)

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, cotton

    29.5 x 18 x 10.5" / 74.93 x 45.72 x 26.67cm

    Oviposit

    2019

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    20.25 x 37 x 9" / 51.43 x 93.98 x 22.86cm

    Oviposit

    2019 (Detail)

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    20.25 x 37 x 9" / 51.43 x 93.98 x 22.86cm

    Thermonasty

    2019

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    20.5 x 27.75 x 16.5" / 52.07 x 70.48 x 41.91cm

    Thermonasty

    2019 (Detail)

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    20.5 x 27.75 x 16.5" / 52.07 x 70.48 x 41.91cm

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Acoustic Encoder

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, shellac-based primer

    13.5 x 16.5 x 12"/ 34.29 x 41.91 x 30.48 cm

    Oophagy

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    20.75 x 31 x 12.25"/ 52.70 x 78.74 x 31.11 cm

    Engorged Follicle (Corazoni)

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    24.5 x 11.25 x 7"/ 62.23 x 28.57 x 17.78cm

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Ovulated Anaphora

    2018

    Basswood, dye, steel

    14 x 16.25 x 10.25"/ 35.56 x 41.27 x 26.03 cm

    Organism Refractor

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    20 x 8.5 x 8.5"/ 50.8 x 21.59 x 21.59 cm

    Organism Refractor (detail)

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    20 x 8.5 x 8.5"/ 50.8 x 21.59 x 21.59 cm

    Extended Phenotype

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    24 x 20.75 x 17.5"/ 60.96 x 52.70 x 44.45 cm

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Attuned Unmade

    2018

    Basswood, dye, shellac-based primer, steel

    39.25 x 18.25 x 8"/ 99.69 x 46.35 x 20.32 cm

    An Autumn

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    27.5 x 23.5 x 7"/ 69.85 x 59.65 x 17.78 cm

    An Autumn (detail)

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    27.5 x 23.5 x 7"/ 69.85 x 59.65 x 17.78 cm

    Flexed Poised Breached Swollen

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, plastic, steel, cotton

    26.5 x 19.5 x 24.25"/ 67.31 x 49.53 x 61.59 cm

    Sagged Silver Cybernation with Sentry

    2018

    Basswood, dye, flocking, plastic, steel, shellac-based primer

    25.25 x 24 x 11.25"/ 64.13 x 60.69 x 28.57 cm

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Grandmother with Pestle

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    36.75 x 48 x 17"/ 93.35 x 121.92 x 43.18 cm

    Grandmother with Pestle (detail)

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    36.75 x 48 x 17"/ 93.35 x 121.92 x 43.18 cm

    CBRNTCTx

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    22 x 49.25 x 8.75"/ 55.88 x 125.09 x 22.22 cm

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    The Small Circle of Living Matter Inside a Crowd of Tiny Scars

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, steel

    19.5 x 17.75 x 4" / 49.53 x 45.08 x 10.16 cm

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Cassandras

    2018

    Basswood, dye, flocking, plastic, steel

    11 x 16.75 x 19.25"/27.94 x 42.54 x 48.85 cm

    Kassandras

    2018

    Basswood, dye, flocking, plastic, steel

    26.25 x 27 x 7"/ 66.67 x 68.58 x 17.78 cm

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Gymnasium

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    17.5 x 14.25 x 11” / 44.45 x 36.2 x 27.94cm

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Installation View, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2019

    Gymnasium

    2018 (detail)

    World of Joined Coupling

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    13 x 17.5 x 15.5” / 33.02 x 44.45 x 39.37cm

    World of Joined Coupling

    2018

    They Convene

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    20.5 x 15 x 19” / 52.07 x 38.1 x 48.26cm

    Song of the Umbilicus

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel

    21.75 x 55.5 x 14.25'' / 53.34 x 140.97 x 36.2cm

    Horned Abnormal Adjacent Red Pitted Landmark

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, shellac-based primer

    24.5 x 22.75 x 10''/ 62.23 x 57.79 x 25.4cm

    Horned Abnormal Adjacent Red Pitted Landmark

    2018 (detail)

    Announcement | Incarnation

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gold leaf, flocking, shellac-based primer, steel

    19 x 23 x 21'' / 48.26 x 58.42 x 53.34cm

    Billow

    2018

    Basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, shellac-based primer

    19 x 14.5 x 18.25''/ 36.83 x 48.26 x 46.36cm

    Lamentation

    2017

    Basswood, dye, flocking, steel, plastic, polycarbonate

    26 1/2'' x 21'' x 16''

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