About

My current practice is an endeavor to articulate gesture through the act of movement. I utilize the human body as a mark making tool and I am interested in activating the body through its physicality as a production mechanism. I have begun the process of documenting the body as an artifact within the conceptual context of a bodiless future.

My process attempts to push past rational approaches through the use of duration in my performances. By exhausting the body, the process fatigues the mind further into an unconscious mode. Body automation develops and influences a specific gestural movement chosen for the event. My approach considers the constructed space as an influence on my body. These works record the visual remnant of our flesh. A static image inactivated by the built environment.

Matthew Thorley is an Australian-born visual artist working in the USA. Thorley responds to the built environment through the use of his body as an art tool. He has exhibited internationally, including Australia, America, United Kingdom and Asia. At PS Art Space he invited an award-winning dance team to respond to his Structural Dependency installation. Structural Dependency Performance was nominated for 4 Awards including Best Production and Best New Work. Most recently Thorley's work has been selected for 2024 juried exhibitions at ARC Gallery in Chicago and SITE: Brooklyn Gallery. Collaborative video work with Hallie Maxwell Mapping The Field, was recently selected to exhibit at the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum in South Korea and Field Work at the Sun Valley Museum of Art.