Matt Paweski (b. 1980, Detroit, Michigan) lives and works in Los Angeles. He received an MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. Paweski is represented by Gordon Robichaux, New York and Herald St, London. Trained in carpentry and fabrication, Paweski’s works often suggest functionality, referencing industrial design and furniture making, yet they emerge from an intuitive, manual process of drawing, cutting, painting, reconfiguration, and experimentation. The objects are usually small in scale, presented on pedestals or mounted on walls, which invites close visual engagement and physical navigation to inspect them from different vantage points. The physical intimacy that the works facilitate, coupled with their uncanny familiarity, is crucial to their potential meaning, opening up an ambiguous space in which the sculptures encourage us to look at the architectures and designs around us with new eyes.