Matt Duffin

Matt Duffin was born in 1968 and grew up in Houston, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Houston. He never practiced as an architect, choosing instead to become an artist. Through art, he found that he could easily combine his tendency toward right angles and perspective drawing with the more human themes of solitude and irony. Over time, his medium has evolved from charcoal to encaustic wax, but he continues to dwell in the realm of dark recesses and stark contrasts.

Over the years, Duffin's work has received noteworthy critical recognition from several museum curators and private collectors of national acclaim including: Tracy Bashkoff, Associate Curator for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; Michael Govan, Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); Lynda and Stewart Resnick of the Roll International Corporation Collection and the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Pavilion of LACMA; Carlie Wilmans, director of the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation and granddaughter of the late San Francisco arts benefactor Phyllis Wattis; Eleanor Notides Senior Vice President of Christie's in New York; and Marcy Friedman, principal benefactor and campaign co-chair of the 2010 expansion of the Crocker Art Museum. His work has been included in other notable collections as well: the Progressive Art Collection, the Howard Tullman Collection of Contemporary Art, and the Crocker Art Museum.

Duffin currently splits time between Barcelona, Spain and Guadalajara, Mexico with his wife, adult children and Jupi, the beloved family pug.