MATTHEW SWARTS A magazine with a white cover featuring a high-contrast black and white photo of two thorny plants. The title GUP, in bold white letters at the bottom center, highlights striking contemporary visual artistry.

Matthew Swarts + GUP Magazine (The Netherlands)

Very excited to announce the publication of my work in GUP Magazine #45 Evolution out of The Netherlands. Special and sincere thanks to Katherine October Matthews for discovering my work and publishing this portfolio and interview! From the supporting text for GUP #45/EVOLUTION: “Change alone is unchanging,” spoke the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. And so it…

MATTHEW SWARTS Lenscratch logo on a teal background, with the words LENSCRATCH in large white letters and FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY in smaller text underneath, celebrating VISUAL ART and ARTIST creativity.

Matthew Swarts + LENSCRATCH

It is an incredible honor (and a delight!) to be featured on Lenscratch today! My sincere and special thanks to the ever-incredible Aline Smithson! http://lenscratch.com/2015/04/matthew-swarts-beth-and-the-alternatives/ “Matthew Swarts has a current exhibition at the Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles that runs through April 18th featuring two projects, Beth and Alternatives. With both projects, Matthew reconsiders photographic…

MATTHEW SWARTS Screenshot of a webpage for the Flash Forward Boston event, featuring ART by PHOTOGRAPHER MATTHEW SWARTS in the exhibition “[Photo]gogues: New England (Part 3)” with a colorful pixelated artwork and event information about dates, location, and featured artists.

Matthew Swarts + Griffin Museum of Photography + [Photo]gogues 2015

Incredibly honored to be included amongst photographic educators in the New England area showing work in Paula Tognarelli’s and Frances Jakubek’s [Photo]gogues 2015:, part of the FLASH FORWARD BOSTON festival! Dates Apr 24–May 15, 2015 Hours Mon-Thurs: 10 AM–9 PM Fri-Sat: 10 AM–9:30 PM Sun: 10 AM–9 PM Location Lafayette City Center Passageway (links Macy’s…

MATTHEW SWARTS Exhibition poster with distorted pixel art portraits, bold text reading PHOTOGRAPHER MATTHEW SWARTS PROCESSING, and event details for Kopekin Gallery in Los Angeles, March 7–April 18, 2015.

Matthew Swarts: PROCESSING @ Kopeikin Gallery (Los Angeles)

I am thrilled to announce my first exhibition with Kopeikin Gallery (Los Angeles): Matthew Swarts: PROCESSING (Beth and the Alternatives), March 7th through April 18th, 2015. My most sincere thanks to Paul Kopeikin, whose collaboration and support for this work have made all things newly possible! Friends and followers near Los Angeles, please join me at Kopeikin…

MATTHEW SWARTS A person with wet, messy hair is shown against a pale background; their face is obscured by colorful, pixelated digital distortions, creating a glitch effect. The overall tone is ethereal and abstract, evoking a sense of contemporary art.

Matthew Swarts + RADICAL COLOR

I am incredibly honored to be a part of Jon Feinstein’s ground-shaking exhibition: RADICAL COLOR @ Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon. Opening Friday, February 6th, 2015 and on view until March 30th, 2015. From the essay that accompanies the exhibition: Radical Color: A Continuous Black Hole Color photography and its relationship to the…

MATTHEW SWARTS A pixelated, grayscale image of a person’s face and upper body, with their features obscured by square grids, creates a blurry and abstract effect evocative of contemporary art.

Matthew Swarts + BETH + Featureshoot.com!

Very grateful for the kind and thoughtful words of artist and writer Pelle Cass about BETH for featureshoot.com: http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/07/portrait-of-partnership-a-photographers-homage-to-a-failed-relationship-nsfw/ “A woman stands against a gray sky, the low light of the sinking sun glints off her glasses. Her hair is in a bun. She is attractive, but not conventionally beautiful. It’s the same person in…

MATTHEW SWARTS Screenshot of a web article titled What Makes A Great Portrait Is Your Willingness To Take What You Want from A Photo Editor, discussing how a photographer’s desire shapes the quality of contemporary visual portraits.

Matthew Swarts and Beth | Conscientious Photography Magazine + APhotoEditor

Really delighted to discover the discussion about Joerg Colberg’s musings on portraiture (and BETH) continues on APhotoEditor. http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2013/09/30/what-makes-a-great-portrait-is-your-willingness-to-take-what-you-want/ Special thanks to Rob Haggart for bouncing this out!

MATTHEW SWARTS Three people with backpacks stand closely together, observing framed photographs by a contemporary artist on a gallery wall. Two photos are visible: one features a person at the beach, the other shows an outdoor scene.

Matthew Swarts + Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition/Texas Woman’s University

Honored to have been selected by Sarah Kennel, Associate Curator in the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), to be a part of this exciting exhibition at Texas Woman’s University. Love this image of guests in front of Beth, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, 2012! http://www.twu.edu/visual-arts/joyce-elaine-grant.asp http://www.lightleaked.com/2013/02/curator-sarah-kennel.html?spref=fb