Matt sesow biography

Matt Sesow discovered painting as a hobby while working at IBM. In the evenings and on weekends he played with painting and began selling his work.
I had been working as a software engineer since graduating college in 1988.
Born in 1966, Matt Sesow was raised in rural Nebraska.

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In 2009, I heard about Matt Sesow, a D.C. artist who was described to me as “a modern-day Picasso.” I was skeptical (I tend to be skeptical about most things just-met dates tell me). But when I looked at Sesow’s website, I felt as though my fingers had just been stuck into an electric outlet: the paintings’ energy pulsated, jumped and vibrated. His colors burned.

While, yes, like Picasso, Sesow does make use of icons—a bull, dogs with mouths wide open, distended bellies, wide-open, freaked-out eyes—to create the forceful and exciting paintings, Sesow’s work is very much his own. His paintings are not riffs on the work of the 20^th century Spanish painter. Sesow’s work is an arcing wire, powerfully expressive, reactive, and very much in the NOW of this turbulent world.

Recently, Matt Sesow took time to talk to me about his work…

Turner Houston:I feel SO MUCH energy when I’m near your paintings. They practically vibrate, like they can’t sit still. When you’re painting, do you feel like you’ve had a gallon of coffee, or are you rather medit

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Matt Sesow

Biography | New Artwork

Born in 1966, Matt Sesow was raised in rural Nebraska while enjoying a normal childhood. On a summer evening when he was eight at an airfield near his home, he was struck by the propeller of a landing airplane. The accident resulted in his left arm being severed and the loss of his left hand. Through the support of his family, Matt’s physical disability was minimized as he was encouraged to participate in a variety of academic and organized sporting events. Eventually he attended and graduated from University with a degree in Computer Information Systems and a professional career with IBM as a software tester.

Without formal art education, Matt Sesow discovered painting as a hobby while working at IBM. In the evenings and on weekends he played with painting and began selling his work to Self-Taught and Outsider art collectors in 1995. Throughout the 1990’s he continued to paint and participate in art exhibitions while working full-time at variety of computer firms includ

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MATT SESOW has been creating and living in Washington, DC since 1990.

NEW paintings available directly from Matt at NEW.SESOW.COM

Follow Matt Sesow on Instagram at @sesow

A Biography with some of Matt Sesow’s acheivements can be found here.

DANA ELLYN:

Dana Ellyn has been living and creating in Washington, DC since 1989.

Visit her webpage at new.danaellyn.com to see the lastest paintings and deal directly with the artist.

Wedding ceremony of Sesow and Dana Ellyn (including art exhibition) at Long View Gallery, DC

Covered in the Washington Post. February 2010:

Join us on a captivating visual journey as we delve into the world of Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn, the power art couple of Washington DC. Since 2002, this talented duo has been creating awe-inspiring paintings together, leaving an indelible mark on the art scene. With their