Matthew Plaza
Featured in the following exhibitions:
Up In Smoke explored smoke as both subject and metaphor: transformation, ritual, rebellion, celebration, escape, destruction, healing, memory, and impermanence. Featuring artists working across a wide range of media, the exhibition embraced the cultural, political, medicinal, and symbolic meanings of smoke without prescribing a single narrative.
Throughout history, artists have documented injustice, challenged power, inspired movements, and given shape to ideas that words alone could not express. Protest: The Art of Activism celebrated that legacy through a powerful exhibition of contemporary protest art and activist artwork from more than 60 artists working across Southern California and beyond.
Red Light District was an adults-only exhibition exploring intimacy, desire, identity, power, fantasy, vulnerability, and the complicated relationship between sexuality and censorship. Featuring artists working across a wide range of mediums, the exhibition invited viewers to move beyond shock value and into conversations that are often hidden behind closed doors.