Monday, July 16, 2007

Matt DeFord: sculpture from a nationally-shown multi-media artist at Artspace; reception Th, July 20, 6 pm

Matt DeFord is a mixed-media sculptor who lives and works in Natchitoches, Louisiana. An exhibit of his works opens at Artspace Thu, July 20, says Bonne Summers.

DeFord, well-regarded for his ceramic sculpture, says Bill Gingles, joined the art faculty at Northwestern State University in 2005. Matt received his M.F.A. in Sculpture at Kansas State University in December 2004, and a B.F.A. in Sculpture at Brigham Young University in August 2001.

DeFord's work is "an amalgamation," he says, "of found objects, cast metal, sound, light, wood, cast silicone and welded steel. It touches on mortality and its limitations, the transition to death, and then to rebirth. Matt’s work has been exhibited from New Jersey to New Mexico, from Kansas to Canada."

He also says he is happily married to a beautiful Canadian named Julie. They have four children.

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