Matthew Kandegas

Matthew Kandegas
Born	29 December 1960 (1960-12-29) (age 50) White Center, United States
Nationality	Finnish
Field	Conceptual art, installation art, Postminimalist
Training	Atelier of Sharon Munger, Atelier of Norman Lundin
Movement	Postminimalist
Works	Trombones Rouge, Figures of Stadium Rock
Patrons	Form/Space Atelier
Awards	Form/Space Atelier Artist Residency

Postminimalist Artist Matthew Kingston Kandegas was born December 29, 1960 in a poor section of south Seattle called White Center. Kandegas is a native speaker of Suomi. He formally trained with Seattle art instructors Norman Lundin and Sharon Munger. Kandegas' work reflects the Postminimalist echo of simpler times when the hand was used to create things, such as works on paper, and how the obsolescence of paper (and the paper-clip by extension) fulfills the ultimate Postminimalist destiny of complete separation of artist and artwork. He had his first exhibit of his work in November 2007 at Form/Space Atelier at the advanced age of 45 and is represented by Form/Space Atelier, Seattle. He has become known for his paintings of paperclips and association with Kyle MacDonald, a performative artist and author of One Red Paper Clip... a book detailing MacDonalds art performance wherein he traded 14 times from a paperclip to a house. Kandegas is in the private collections of MacDonald and Lindsay Daniel, and the public collections of the Low Income Housing Institute, Cascade People's Center and other charitable organizations. His next scheduled exhibit is February 2010 at Form/Space Atelier, Seattle.

External links

• On Behalf of Matthew Kandegas, Form/Space Atelier Donates Painting To Strangercrombie 2009. <http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Special/Strangercrombie?page=search&oid=2843199>
• The Stranger, February 2009. <http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/today_the_stranger_suggests_245>
• Matthew Kandegas Institute, <http://www.superpages.com/bp/Medina-WA/Matthew-Kandegas-Institute-L2114278994.htm?CP=Arts+%26+Entertainment%2FVisual+Arts%2FGalleries+%26+Dealers&lbp=1>
• Boston University Theology Library Archives, <http://sthweb.bu.edu/archives/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=December_29>
• Matthew Kandegas Exhibit With Kyle MacDonald Lecture. <http://www.artspan.com/community/showthread.php?t=2243>
• One Red Paperclip Website. <http://www.oneredpaperclip.com>
• The Seattle Times, February 2009. <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mbase/cgi-bin/DisplayPage.pl?document_id=2008712207>
• Artist Trust, February 2009 and November 9, 2007. <www.artisttrust.org/node/9868>, <http://www.artisttrust.org/node/4644>
• The 1 Second Film, February 2009. <http://www.the1secondfilm.com/taxonomy/term/61>

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Name	Kandegas, Matthew
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Date of birth	29 December 1960
Place of birth	White Center, United States
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