Artist Profile: Matt Furman
Overview
Matt Furman is a Queens-based painter whose vibrant, character-driven work draws on a playful visual language of abstraction, repetition, and surreal figuration. Often working with oil on canvas, Furman creates immersive compositions that balance chaos and control, whimsy and weight. His work is rooted in the graphic intensity of pop culture and animation but elevated through rhythmic structure and painterly technique.
In Pink, Furman presents a densely packed sea of wide-eyed figures—part bird, part mask, part dream—woven into a pulsating, candy-colored tapestry. The piece revels in visual overload, yet each form feels intentional, as if caught in a synchronized act of performance or protest. With its hypnotic patterning and saturated palette, Pink invites viewers to explore the tension between uniformity and individuality, abstraction and identity, surface and meaning.
Featured Artwork
Bushwick Gallery
- Artwork Title: Pink
- Year of Creation: 2024
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 1 inches
- Location: Astoria, Queens, NY