Matt Zigler

Chapel Hill, NC, United States

About the Artist
Matt Zigler is a painter, installation artist and writer who explores the complex relationships we have with animals and nature and the resulting attitudes towards the environment. He is the creator of a year long travelling installation called The Pigeon PODS of Red Lahore which was on view in Philadelphia, Greensboro, NC, the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC. He has been in group shows at The Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Viridian Artist’s Inc. in New York, and Green Hill Art Center in Greensboro, NC. He has made installations at the University of the Arts, Made in the USA, NC at William Cozart Manufacturing in Raleigh, and at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, NC. He earned his BA in fine art with a minor in philosophy at Elmira College in Elmira, NY, and his MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. To connect with Matt, go to mattzigler.com or twitter @mattziglerart.