Matt was born in Phoenix, AZ in the early '80's, to talented, artistic parents. He grew up in Utah, enjoying a vast array of varying landscapes and developing a love for the out-of-doors.

"From the surreal shapes of redrock country in southern Utah, to the rural farms of central Utah. From the sharp granite cliffs of the Wasatch Mountains to the green forests of the northern Uinta Mountains, Utah has it all."

Matt paints only in oils, usually on mounted linen. His paintings are characterized by a strong sense of design and composition, bold brushstrokes and the subtleties of atmosphere. He often paints plein air (outside on location) and uses his color studies for larger studio paintings. His subject matter is usaully scenes of the intermountain west or the southwest deserts. His paintings range from the intimacy of the Arizona "prickly pear cactus" to rugged expanse of the Grand Tetons.

"My goal is not just to "depict" the landscape, but to capture the inherent beauty and perfection of nature in a way that exhibits artistic merit and communicates emotionally with the viewer."--Matt Warren

Besides landscapes, Matt paints portraits, figurative, and narrative-religious works. He served an LDS (Mormon) mission for two years in Budapest, Hungary. While there he was able to visit the prestigious Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, and discovered the late great Hungarian artist, Benczur Gyula.

Matt enjoyed advanced art classes in high school and recieved an art scholarship to the University of Utah. Matt has participated in a number of shows since he began painting full-time.. Some highlights of his career have been:

-Draper Arts Foundation Scholarship (2001)

-Art Departmental Scholarship to Unversity of Utah (2001)

-Deseret Morning News Landscape Show (2003-2007--award of merit)

-Springvill Museum of Art Spiritual and Religious Art Show ('06-'08)

-LDS Museum of Church History and Art International Religious Art Show ('06, '09))

-recipient of the Scottsdale Artists School scholarship (2008)

-attended a workshop at the S.A.S (above) by artist John Poon

-First Place Award- Wasatch Plein Air Paradise exibit (professional/studio art catagory) (2008)

-Second Place Award- Wasatch Plein Air Paradise exhibit (" " ") 2009

-Springvill Museum of Art, "Spring Salon" (2009)

 

Matt is represented by the following galleries:

-Southam Gallery (southamgallery.com)

-Apple Frame Gallery (appleframegallery.com)

-Authentique Gallery (authentiquegallery.com)

-Williams Fine Art (WilliamsFineArt.com)

 

Matt and his beautiful wife currently reside in Salt Lake City, Utah.