Matt Hoyt

Bureau is pleased to announce Matt Hoyt's solo exhibition composed of a suite of new works, arranged atop simple tables within the architecture of the space. Each tabletop will support a group arrangements, those composed of precisely arranged, small abstract sculptures that are often first mistaken for found objects. Hoyt's minute hand-made pieces have a kind of magnetism, pulling the viewer in to discover and summon a quiet reverence while also emphasizing the dynamic connection of the hand and eye. The artist sculpts each work very slowly, sometimes over many years – putting one down, to work on another – creating a kind of slow evolution of material within his studio practice. He invents abstract forms that sometimes relate to organic objects or complex geometric shapes, sculpting volumes by fusing and manipulating a variety of substances. The arrangements can resemble archeological displays and the objects themselves also conjure forms such as rocks, seed pods, bones, or sometimes shapes that seem to have performed a symbolic function for an unknown society. There is a powerful resonance to the works, as they rest potently in their groupings but seem to move continually in and out of focus, approaching and refuting recognizability.

Matt Hoyt (b. 1975, Mount Kisco, NY) lives and works in Brooklyn. Hoyt received his BFA in 2000 from the School of Visual Arts. Selected exhibitions include: The Whitney Biennial (2012); Greater New York, MoMA|PS1, NY (2010); 2006-2011, Bureau, NY; Mind is Outer Space, Casey Kaplan, NY; Matt Hoyt, Dave Miko, Tom Thayer, Doyers Space, NY; Addicted to Highs and Lows cur. by Richard Aldrich, Bortolami, NY; On Top of the Whale, Cur. Olivia Shao, Mitchell Algus, NY; Escalator to Common Art w/ Mark Yetter, Dispatch, NY. His work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2013 Hoyt was awarded the Foundation for Contemporary Arts' Grants to Artists Award.