Tony Matelli is an artist who was born in Chicago and lives and works in New York City.

Tony received his BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in 1993 and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1995. He is represented by the Marlborough Gallery.

He’s had solo shows at Marlborough, The State Hermitage Museum in Russia, The Aldrich Museum in Connecticut, The Davis Museum in Massachusetts, the Bergen Kunstmuseum in Denmark, Palais de Tokyo in Paris and many, many more.

He’s shown in group shows too numerous to list. He’s received an NYFA Grant and is in the collections of over twenty museums around the world.

Brian stopped by Tony’s Long Island City studio for a chat about art school, the lure of New York City, rock and roll, Color Aid and a lot more.

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