DAY TRIP investigates the moment before arrival rather than the destination. Matt Murphy presents a series of 15 paintings, each a meditation on color and perspective, which invites us to sit still inside a place where time slows, eyes widen and expectations buzz with newness. Through stripped-back landscapes and distilled forms, each work evokes the essence of a place not yet reached and a moment yet to unfold.

Come see the show:
March 28th - May 3rd, 2025
PIECE X PIECE
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm / Tuesday by appointment only
720 Lincoln Blvd Venice, CA

Matt Murphy (b. 1976) is multi-disciplinary artist based in LA who embraces diverse and dynamic mediums including street performance, graphic design, sculpture and drawing. His core focus over the last seven years has been painting—specifically landscapes. Inspired by the universality of ambient light, each painting is equal parts observed and manufactured, re-imagining optical effects from nature through his masterful hand-layering of paint while distilling landscapes into their simplest, most evocative forms. This is Murphy’s fourth solo exhibition.

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info@mattmurphyart.com

Below is a small selection of paintings from previous shows

Abstract painting with large dark curved shapes on a gradient background from pink to orange.
Abstract painting of a stylized cactus with a gradient background
Abstract landscape art with gradient sunset colors and layered hills.
Abstract painting of green seaweed against a blue background
Stylized green cactus illustration with blue shadows and X marks on a light background.
Abstract painting with gradient red and black background, featuring wavy dark shapes resembling mountains.
Abstract landscape painting with pink sky, red sun, and dark rolling hills.
Minimalist landscape painting with arches and sunset gradient background
Abstract landscape painting with a gradient sunset sky and dark blue rolling hills.
Abstract landscape art with gradient sunset and curved shapes, dark foreground.
Abstract landscape painting with a gradient sky and colorful rounded hills in purple and pink shades.
Abstract landscape painting with curved dark shapes framing a gradient sky and pink cloud-like forms.
Abstract landscape with silhouettes of hills against a gradient sunset sky in red, purple, and blue hues.

In 2024, I was involved in an incredible group show:
Hollywood Dream Bubble:
Ed Ruscha’s influence in Los Angeles and beyond

This show was an art-star studded lineup, masterfully curated by Gallucci Tull,
sure to prove out Ed’s massive creative influence.

In 2022, I was included in a group show, MANSCAPING, at the Hole Gallery in LA.



It featured an amazing group of artists, organized around the common theme of how landscape is impacted by mankind.

In 2022, I was included in Symbiosis, at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens. Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, this was a very special exhibit that aimed to fuse art and nature.

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