MATTHEW SHLIAN
Matt Shlian folds paper. Archival paper and sometimes metallic foils. Sounds simple, yet he creates stunning bas-relief sculptures. Shlian folds predominately by hand, but occasionally uses bone folders, blades, creasing tools, and Reverse Action Tweezers. Informed by architecture, engineering, and Islamic design, the geometric compositions also fuse the concepts of origami with Kirigami (the Japanese technique of folding paper). Early in his career, Shlian began taking apart pop-up books, disassembling them to see how they worked. This curiosity evolved into investigation of how the brain anticipates repetitions and understands mirroring. His sculptures have an inherent kinetic energy that engages the mind’s predisposition for pattern-seeking. Paper is transformed from a flat and one-dimensional medium into something 2-d that is intricate and complex. “It’s never just about the paper. It is about light and form and structure.” His portfolio extends from smaller works to large-scale installations while his paper prototypes have helped scientists with research in cancer and Alzheimer’s research as well as studies in nanotechnology.
AVAILABLE ARTWORKS
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Ate The Last One And Broke The Dish
48 x 37.5 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper with archival spray paint
$28,000 -
Omoplata 270 In Mist Blue
17 x 16 x 4 inches
folded papers on paper
$2,500 -
Omoplata 99 In Icy Blue
26 x 26 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$4,000 -
Vault In Amazon
20 x 20 x 5 inches
paper
$2,400 -
Ara 715 in Steel Grey
20.5 x 18 x 1.5 inches
folded papers on paper
$3,200 -
Omoplata 272 in Alaska Blue
28 x 20 x 2 inches
folded papers on paper
$4,200 -
Omoplata 303 in Marrs Green with False Shadow
34 x 22 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$5,600 -
Omoplata 305 in Felt Grey Paper with False Black Shadow
27 x 18 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$4,200 -
Percussive Foraging 2
20 x 20 x 1.5 inches
folded papers on paper
$2,800 -
Post Chapel 12 (in Mist Blue & Copper)
31 x 22 x 1.5 inches
folded papers on paper
$8,500 -
Post Chapel 13 (in Mist Blue & Metallic Pink)
23.5 x 20 x 1.5 inches
folded papers on paper
$3,600 -
Post Chapel 16
32 x 21 x 2 inches
folded papers on paper
$6,000 -
Post Chapel 20
21 x 19 inches
folded papers on paper
$2,800 -
Omoplata 6 (Cloud) in Bubblegum Pink
30 x 24 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$3,200 -
Ara 707
36 x 31.5 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$12,500 -
Unholy 369
48 x 48 x 3 inches
folded papers on paper
$48,000 -
Omoplata 251 The Hands of the Dog
26 x 19.5 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$3,600 -
SCSC 52 in Dark Grey
18 x 18 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$2,200 -
Ara 667 Ambergris
43 x 32 x 2 inches
folded papers on paper
$10,000 -
The Candle, The Clock, The Knife, The Smooth Rock (Ara 675)
29 x 26 x 1 inches
folded celadon papers on paper
$6,500 -
Omoplata 201 Sage Green
18 x 16 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$2,200 -
Ara 520 The Unknown in Marrs Green
30 x 25 x 1 inches
folded papers on paper
$10,000 -
Omoplata 184 in Copper Metallic
24 x 24 x 2 inches
folded papers on paper
$5,200 -
As Long As We’re Here in Dark Grey
32 x 68 x 2 inches
folded papers on paper
$16,000 -
Omoplata 172 in Copper Metallic
24 x 24 x 1 inches
folded metallic papers on paper
$6,500 -
Ara 600
38 x 24 x 2 inches
folded papers on Gatorfoam board
$6,500 -
Ara 511 All Possibilities
26 x 21 x .5 inches
folded papers on Gatorfoam board
$4,800 -
Ara 556
48 x 48 x 3 inches
folded papers on Gatorfoam board
$28,000 -
Inchoate (Brooke Didonado)
48 x 48 x 1 inches
folded papers on Gatorfoam board
$28,000 -
Ara 543 Thummin in Iridescent Black
48 x 48 x 3 inches
folded papers on Gatorfoam board
$34,000 -
Ara 543 Urim in Iridescent Flash White
48 x 48 x 3 inches
iridescent flash white paper on paper
$34,000
COMMISSION SAMPLES | for reference only
Apophenia
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Ara 211
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Ara 106
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Ara 114
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Unholy 112
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Unholy 124
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Omaplata 21
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Ara 170 (blue, silver, gun metal)
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Unholy 38
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Unholy 46
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Unholy 126, Lord Look Away
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Unholy 75
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COMMISSION PRICING
AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE
Size (inches)
24 x 24
30 x 30
30 x 40
40 x 40
48 x 48
48 x 60
48 x 72
48 x 84
48 x 96
60 x 60
Retail Price
$2,500 | $2,600
$3,900 | $4,000
$5,200 | $5,400
$6,950 | $7,150
$10,000 | $10,200
$12,500 | $12,800
$15,000 | $15,300
$17,500 | $17,800
$20,000 | $20,300
$16,625 | $16,925
RLLR (YELLOW)
Size (inches)
24 x 24
30 x 30
30 x 40
40 x 40
48 x 48
48 x 60
48 x 72
48 x 84
48 x 96
60 x 60
Retail Price
$1,400 | $1,500
$2,150 | $2,250
$2,850 | $3,050
$3,790 | $4,000
$5,450 | $5,650
$6,850 | $7,150
$8,150 | $8,450
$9,500 | $9,800
$10,900 | $11,200
$9,550 | $9,850
SOME CATERPILLARS
Size (inches)
24 x 24
30 x 30
30 x 40
40 x 40
48 x 48
48 x 60
48 x 72
48 x 84
48 x 96
60 x 60
Retail Price
$3,600
$4,000
$5,400
$7,150
$10,200
$10,800
$15,300
$17,800
$20,300
$16,925
OMAPLATA
Size (inches)
24 x 24
30 x 30
30 x 40
40 x 40
48 x 48
48 x 60
48 x 72
48 x 84
48 x 96
60 x 60
Retail Price
$3,500 | $3,600
$3,900 | $4,000
$5,200 | $5,400
$6,950 | $7,150
$10,000 | $10,200
$12,500 | $12,800
$15,000 | $15,300
$17,500 | $17,800
$20,000 | $20,300
$16,625 | $16,925
UNHOLY 227
Size (inches)
36 x 36
48 x 48
60 x 60
72 x 72
Retail Price
NOT POSSIBLE
$56,000 | $60,000
$72,000 | $76,000
$88,000 | $92,000
ARA 356
Size (inches)
24 x 24
30 x 30
30 x 40
40 x 40
48 x 48
48 x 60
60 x 60
Retail Price
$6,000 | $6,100
$7,500 | $7,600
$8,400 | $8,600
$10,000 | $10,200
$12,000 | $12,200
$13,500 | $13,800
$15,000 | $15,300
STUDIO | INSTALL IMAGES
“My interest in geometric form led me to paper – then paper led me to pop-up books… I begin with a system of folding and, at a particular moment, the material takes over.”
