Matthew F Fisher was born in 1976 in Boston, MA and received his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design (1998), followed by his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (2000). He has been the recipient of residencies and awards from the Pollock Krasner Foundation (2016), Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York (2015, 2007) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (2010), among others. Recent solo exhibitions include Into the Blue, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA (2018) and Group shows include Pro Forma: Context and Meaning in Abstraction, curated by Dr Vittorio Colaizzi, Work Release, Norfolk, VA (2017). 

Matthew stopped in while in from LA for his two person show at Shrine Gallery on the Lower East Side with Casey Cook and he spoke about coming up with titles for work, sports radio, NY vs LA and much more.