Matt Lambert

Observing

"I went to see the art but became just as interested in the people viewing the work... what each person was thinking based on the way they stood or interacted with others." Covid 19 supermarket queues found my interest shifting to people's attitudes towards the pandemic; all inferred through their body language alone."

Origin

"We all hide aspects of ourselves. It is not that we have intentions to deceive, it is just how we have learned to interact in our social groups. We learn mask adoption early in life and my Origin Stories series signify our first steps into our alter ego existence."

Travels

Matt has spent time in Africa helping to create schools in villages ... these scenes give tiny glimpses of the life he has seen there.

Luchador

"I have always felt the push and pull between the desire to be strong and the fact that I am basically scared... Stigma is attached to vulnerability so there is pressure to put up a facade. The combination of big violent marks with areas of sensitive rendering in the Luchador's series epitomise this internal battle..."

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