Mathew Paul Jinks is an International artist based in
Chicago, utilizing video, sound, sculpture and
performance to explore themes of myth, belief
systems, loss and memory. In all his work Mathew
plays the role of conduit between spaces and horizon
points related to this theme. He combines both
historical and fictional narratives with his own to
foster new ones, to explore ontological potential: the
nature of being. Mathew is working with the idea of
autobiography and the problems of mythologizing
the past. The autobiographical text serves as a
blind-spot from which to access his studio practice.
The materiality of brass, oak and light play a role
in Mathews story and, in turn, their own stories: their
life as materials mined and milled, managed as
resources and used historically. Mathew completed
his undergraduate studies at The Glasgow School
of Art in Scotland U.K, in 2005. He then moved to
the U.S and completed his MFA at the University of
Illinois at Chicago in 2008. Mathew has exhibited
both in the U.K and the U.S and has solo shows
planned for 2009 in Chicago at both Green Lantern
Gallery and Gallery 400 At The Edge Series.