Foto: Paulina Jasso

Matthew Phipps

My work is the product of all of my life experiences. I started traveling when I was 15 years old.  Since then, my skateboard and my camera have taken me to more than twenty countries around the world. A documentarian by nature, my films and photographs have given me permission and a reason to put myself in some beautiful, intense and sometimes crazy situations. I am there, present in the moment in order to capture the image that tells the most profound story. 

The camera allows me to fully open my eyes, while I continue to develop the way I see and feel the world around me. I am interested in showing the wide range of human emotions we all experience on a daily basis and the conditions we live in. I want to highlight the joy and underline the suffering that goes on around us at all times. 

My desire to comunícate what I see pushes me to go out and work every day, searching for the extraordinary situations that occur in this complex world. I walk or I wait, always ready with my camera, my reflexes waiting for the moment to react. It’s not just all colors and shapes. I want to go deeper. I dive in, ask questions and make friends while pushing myself visually and culturally into new worlds. My explorations have taught me a lot, not only about my subjects, but also about myself as a person..

I capture complex scenes, often involving more than one subject, layered across multiple visual planes. I am interested in the interactions and intersections that happen between humans as we experience this world. My work is focused on the truth, not creating illusions or showing a mythical world based on fantasy. I believe there is great beauty in the reality of the world. 

SOLO SHOWS - PAST SHOW PHOTOS

Every Day Is Babylon - Book Presentation
May 2022 - Centro De La Imagen - Ciudad de México

Every Day Is Babylon - Expo And Book Release
October 2022 - Contact Gallery - Brooklyn, New York City

Every Day Is Babylon
May 2022 - Center For Public Secrets - Tulsa, Oklahoma

Every Day Is Babylon
September 2021 – Casa De Cultura San Rafael – Ciudad de México

Un Maestro y Un Joven Fotografiando El Mundo (Leo Matiz y Matthew Phipps) 
July/August 2021 – Galeria Centro Deportivo Israelita – Ciudad de México

Obsessive Observations
May 2018 – Rogoish Studios – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Every Day Is Babylon (duo) – part of the Conciliation Series
May 2019 – Black Wall Street Gallery – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Obsessive Observations
May 2018 – Rogoish Studios – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Obsessive Observations
January 2017 – Chimera Gallery – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Obsessive Observations
September 2016 – Alte Lederei Köln – Cologne, Germany

Wiener Hund – The Story of the Beloved Viennese Dog
April 2012 – GitWit Gallery – Tulsa, Oklahoma

GROUP SHOWS/CURATION

Visibilizando Mujeres
Mach 2023 – Museo De La Memoria y Tolerancia – Mexico City, Mexico

John Hope Franklin National Symposium on Race Reconciliation
May/June 2018 – Hyatt Hotel – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Examining Change: A Photographic Examination of North Tulsa
June 2017 – Living Arts Gallery – Tulsa, Oklahoma

John Hope Franklin National Symposium on Race Reconciliation
May/June 2017 – Hyatt Hotel – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Street Dogs Group Foto Show – Curator
July 2016 – Casa Batsú – San José, Costa Rica

Art Party 3 Group show – Curator
January 2014 – Rusty Crane Gallery – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Art Party Group Show – Curator
June 2012 – Art Church – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Street Hassle Group Art Show – Curator
June 2011 – Fransen Gallery – Tulsa, Oklahoma

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