Hardly at all and through and through
Chason Matthams
17 September – 8 November 2025
17 Goulston St
Preview: 17 September 2025, 6-8 pm
Chason Matthams' focus is on capturing the ephemeral experience of consciousness and pointing to its fragmentary nature. While at first glance his paintings seem to be contemplative experiments in mimesis, prolonged looking reveals threatening undertones. Matthams’ employs specific combinations of colors, angles of perspective, and exhaustive detail to anthropomorphize each of his subjects, rendering them just barely sinister. Flitting between mechanical and organic objects, Matthams’ exacting brushwork is the connective thread leading our eye through every sumptuous detail.
Matthams graduated with a BFA in Fine Art from New York University in 2004 and an MFA from New York University in 2012. Previous solo and two person exhibitions include Agape in the Spectrum, Magenta Plains, New York, NY (2024); Independent New York with Stan VanDerBeek, Magenta Plains, New York, NY (2023), Glimpse, Magenta Plains, New York, NY (2022); A Hell for Rainbows, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY (2019); Tyler Wood Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2019, 2013); and Advances, None Miraculous, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY (2015).
Chason Matthams, 'Hardly at all and through and through', 2025, installation view, Union Pacific.
Chason Matthams, Corsage (blue), 2025, oil on linen over panel, 45.7 x 61 cm
Chason Matthams, 'Hardly at all and through and through', 2025, installation view, Union Pacific.
Chason Matthams, Amethyst with Winslow Homer's Northeaster, 2025, oil on linen, 68.6 x 91.4 cm
Chason Matthams, 'Hardly at all and through and through', 2025, installation view, Union Pacific.
Chason Matthams, Banded Carnelian (yellow) with Hyacinthe Rigaud's Study of flowers , 2025, oil on linen over panel, 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Chason Matthams, Purple Nautilus Shell, 2025, oil on linen over panel, 27.9 x 35.6 cm
Chason Matthams, Banded Carnelian (green) with Hyacinthe Riagud's study of flowers, 2025, oil on linen over panel, 45.7 x 35.6 cm
Chason Matthams, Tridacna Shell with Adrien van der Spelt's Trompe-l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain, 2025, oil on linen, 127 x 152.4 cm
Chason Matthams, Untitled (Pentaflex 16, purple/green/orange), 2025, oil on linen, 71.1 x 53.3 cm
Chason Matthams, Untitled (Konvas Automat, purple/green/orange), 2025, oil on linen, 68.6 x 91.4 cm
Chason Matthams, 'Hardly at all and through and through', 2025, installation view, Union Pacific.
Chason Matthams, An Egyptian Mug with Jan Sanders van Hemessen amalgamation , 2025, oil on linen over panel, 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Chason Matthams, 'Hardly at all and through and through', 2025, installation view, Union Pacific.
Chason Matthams, Orange Nautilus Shell, 2025, oil on linen over panel, 20.5 x 35.6 cm