Tres Hombres, 2023
Matthew Marquis 42 is an American contemporary artist that inspires his oil paintings on canvas with a wide range of grotesque figures with bulging eyes, bulbous cheeks, proliferating limbs, and fractured faces evoke the allure and abjection of a carnival.
Marquis has been painting for over 20 years in his hometown of Telford, Pennsylvania of the United States.
The talented Marquis takes inspiration from artists including Pablo Picasso and George Condo integrating tenets of abstraction into a practice that ranges from macabre portraiture to more geometrical, less representational compositions.
Marquis has referred to his surrealistic style as a unique humoured twist on cubism which attempts to capture a subject’s multiplicity, and “artificial realism” that offers a simulated, distinctly American take on European art.
Yield Gallery are very excited to be working exclusively with Marquis and showcasing his amazing artworks.
