Contemporary Art Portfolio by Matt Medley
My roots in art run deep, this portfolio holds the raw, surreal, and symbolic sides of my work.
From sumi ink studies to digital paintings and mixed-media hybrids, these pieces explore identity, mythology, and emotion through form and texture. Some are personal, some exhibited, some made just to process what needed processing. All of it’s intentional, and reflects how I think, feel, and see.
Prints of select works are available on INPRNT.
Shachiku Part II — The Walk Home (社畜 – “Corporate Livestock”)
A continuation of the Shachiku series, The Walk Home portrays the exhausted salaryman caught between workplace and home, a solitary figure suspended in the liminal space of burden
El Toro Es de Ella
El Toro Es de Ella (The Bull Belongs to Her) continues the exploration of land, lineage, and presence begun in Donde Viven los Toros. This piece shifts the focus from coexistence t
Shachiku Part I — The Weight (社畜 – “Corporate Livestock”)
Shachiku Part I — The Weight (社畜 – “Corporate Livestock”) is a study of the salaryman as both an individual and a symbol of Japan’s culture of overwork. The title com
Donde Viven los Toros
Donde Viven los Toros (Where the Bulls Live) explores the quiet dignity of rural life through gestural sumi ink. Influenced by the visual language of Picasso’s La Tauromaquia, th
El Toro de la Muerte
“Those who meet the bull on their path will feel the weight of fate; some may live to tell the tale, but many do not.”
Apollo Ex Mentis
It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle, Metaphysics Process Video: @med.ley APOLLO EX MENTIS (‘Apollo From the Mind’) –
Fortis Vitae
“Strength of Life” “Vires aquarum vitam sustentant.” – “The strength of waters sustains life.”
The Koi Thief
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not ~ Ernest Hemingway
Sick of These
The artwork titled “Sick of These” portrays a woman overwhelmed by exhaustion and deep contemplation. Her downcast eyes and slumped posture convey mental fatigue and frustratio
Grey Gods
Old and wise and cruel, they breathe fiery threats against the citadels of heaven.