Chad Alexander Matha is a sculptor and textile artist living and working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born 1998 in Watertown, New York, he uses found objects and materials to reconsider his environs and navigate the world as a Queer person of Ho-Chunk and Italian descent.
Chad earned a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design with a focus on sculpture, textiles, and soft-goods design. He is a recipient of the 2024 International Outstanding Student Sculptor Award (ISF), the 2024 Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix grant (Milwaukee, WI), a 2024/25 artist-in-residence of Bridgework 10: Plum Blossom Initiative (Milwaukee, WI), a 2023 artist-in-residence at Yale Norfolk School of Art (Norfolk, CT), and a 2018/19 artist-in-residence at Redline MKE (Milwaukee, WI). His work has been exhibited throughout the Midwest, including solo exhibitions at Usable Space Gallery (Milwaukee, WI) and Redline Gallery (Milwaukee, WI). He has worked on various corporate commissions, including a mural for the Mandel Group in 2022 and a textile installation for SRh Creative Marketing Agency in 2023.
For inquiries, please email chadalexanderart@gmail.com
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
Plum Blossom Initiative presents….
BRIDGEWORK 10: ‘Yard Work’
Var Gallery / 643 S 2nd St. Milwaukee, WI
Opening Reception:
Saturday October 12th, 2024
6-9p
Installation for Bridgework 10: ‘Yard Work’ at Var Gallery in Milwaukee, WI.
11.17.24