MATT CAULEY
Visual Artist | New York, NY | mattcauley.com | @mattcauley
ARTIST STATEMENT
Matt Cauley's work explores identity, memory, and personal narrative through portraiture, collage, and mixed media. Interested in the ways people construct meaning, belonging, and a sense of self, he creates images that move beyond physical likeness to examine the intersections of personal history, community, and lived experience. His work seeks to capture the layered realities that exist between public and private identities, memory and the present moment.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 – 2026 | Art Director, Spotify, New York, NY
1996 – 2015 | Art Director & Digital Designer, Bloomberg L.P., New York, NY
2007 – 2008 | Illustrator, Macy’s, New York, NY
2005 – 2008 | Toy Designer, Art Asylum, New York, NY
2005 – 2008 | Contributor, ToyFare Magazine, Congers, NY
EDUCATION
Parsons School of Design | BFA, Illustration, 1996
Selected Student Exhibition | Illustration Senior Show, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2008 – 2026 School of Visual Arts | Portrait Painting
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Portfolio Reviewer | Parsons School of Design
Instructor | Boys & Girls Club of Hoboken
EXHIBITIONS RECORD
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Works by Matt Cauley | The Plaxall Building, Queens, NY
2015
Matt Cauley | The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2009
Matt Cauley | The Potion Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Matt Cauley | The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1997
The Art of Matt Cauley | Barnes and Noble’s Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Queens: The Art of Drag & NYC | Culture Lab LIC, Queens, NY
The Ordinary: A Pride Group Show | Collective Z, New York, NY
Yas Queen! | The LIC-A Art Space @ The Factory, Long Island City, NY
2021
Outside/Outsider | Local Project, Queens, NY
2019
Made in New York | Avelan’Arts Gallery, Lavelanet France
LIC Fear III: Visiting Death | The Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
Members Showcase | The Powerhouse Gallery, NY
Transitions | The Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
Pairings | The Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
2018
Yours, And Always, Only Yours | The Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
LIC Arts Open | The Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
Fanniversary! | Supporting the Project Wish Upon a Star Foundation charity event | California, Nevada
2016
Show of Heads | The Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
The Coffee Art Project | The New York Coffee Festival, New York, NY
2015
Portraits of Care | Hart Senate Building | Washington, D.C.
Au Naturel | Juried Exhibition | Salt & Fat, Sunnyside, NY
2008
The Student Works Featured of John A. Parks Portrait Painting Class | The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
An Evening of Tasting Wines from Around the World | The Art Gallery & Forum, Newark, NJ
2006
The Living Dead Dolls Art Show | The Showroom NYC, New York, NY
2005
Dangenart Pilot Show | Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN
2004
Faces | Maxstyle Gallery, New York, NY
1997
One Man Show | Barnes and Noble’s Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
The Sick Sh!t Show | CBGB’s Gallery, New York, NY
1996
The Sick Sh!T Art Show and Party | CBGB’s Gallery, New York, NY
AWARDS
The New York Coffee Festival | Grand Prize: The Coffee Art Project New York 2016
Luke Adams Art Prize 2015 | Second Place
BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Parks, "Other Beings: Portraits, droids and action heroes have equal standing in the polymath world of Matt Cauley," Artists Magazine, March/April 2021, 2, 76-84.
Michael Gormley, "The New Selfie," Acrylic Artist Magazine, Winter 2016, 3, 22-33.
Jennifer Smith, Interview, "Break the Ice: How to Paint a Complete Stranger’s Portrait", Artists Network, November 22, 2016.
Michael Florio, “Local artwork on display at Salt & Fat, awards given to top artists,” Sunnyside Post, July 1, 2015
John A. Parks, “Making Dynamic Portraits in Acrylic,” American Artist Magazine, June, 2009, 3, 56-61.
Margot Hojell, “Small Mediums, Large Aspirations,” Verona-Cedar Grove Times, Vol. 62 No. 44, October 30, 2008, pA3.
The ToyFare Staff, “THE HOT ZONE: DC MiniMates are tiny figures with ENORMOUS collectibility!” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 125, January, 2008, 86-7.
P-Luv, Interview, “Custom Celebration II – Customizer Interview: Matt “Iron Cow” Cauley”, JoeCustoms.com, November, 2007.
The ToyFare Staff, “Wish / List: The Toys We Really Want To See Made…NOW!,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 123, November, 2007, 14.
The ToyFare Staff, “Marvel Minimates” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 123, November, 2007, 27.
Jed Resnik, “Our Wishes Granted: Mekka Lekka Hai, etc! We look back at 10 years of Custom Toys we wanted to see get made that did and others that are still waiting,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 122, October, 2007, 44-52.
Matt Cauley, “Customizing 101: Create an Artist-Specific Custom with Help From Matt ‘Iron-Cow’ Cauley of Iron-Cow Productions,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 119, July, 2007, 14-5.
The Wizard Staff , “We Want ‘Heroes’!,” Wizard Magazine, Vol. 186, April, 2007, 107.
Justin Aclin, “’Mate is Enough: To Build the Perfect Toy Universe in 2007, All You Need is Minimates,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 116, April, 2007, 49, 64-8.
Mike Cotton, “Raimi ‘Action!’ Figure,” Wizard Magazine, Vol. 185, March, 2007, 103.
Nisha Gopalan, “First Look! Toy Fair ’07”, Entertainment Weekly (EW.com), February, 2007.
Jon Gutierrez, “MARKET WATCH: TOYS – New Star Wars exclusives and G.I. Joe Sigma 6 soldiers invade the toy market, while Cylon MiniMates sport hard-to-find-cuteness”, ToyFare Magazine, February, 2007.
Crowell, Aaron and Hanneman, Nathan, “HorrorHound Invades the Living Dead Dolls Art Show,” HorrorHound. No. 5, (Spring 2007): pp. 24-25.
Zach Oat, “In Living Color: Artists make a killing at Living Dead Dolls Art Show,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 114, February, 2007, 42.
The ToyFare Staff, “DC Minimates ,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 114, February, 2007, 23.
The Wizard Universe staff, “DC MINIMATES WAVE 5 – The DC Universe just got smaller — and more collectible!”, Wizard Entertainment, January, 2007.
The ToyFare Staff, “INCOMING: DC MINIMATES -Deadman, Bane, Wildcat and Spectre among the two-packs to roll out in the fourth wave of DC MiniMates… “, ToyFare Magazine, December, 2006.
The ToyFare Staff, “Wish List,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 111, November, 2006, 9.
The ToyFare Staff, “INCOMING: DC MINIMATES -DC heroes (and villains) return in new Minimates line from Art Asylum… “, ToyFare Magazine, October, 2006.
Jed Resnik , “Friends in Need: DC Super-Friends Will Be Giving Us Our Cute Hero Fix… But Here Are Three We Don’t Think We’ll Be Seeing,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 110, October, 2006, 54-5.
The ToyFare Staff, “Wish List,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 109, September, 2006, 10.
Jed Resnik , “Make Mine, Hasbro!” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 108, August, 2006, 52-3.
Cynthia McMullen, “Go Figure “, Time Dispatch, July, 2006.
The ToyFare Staff, “Incoming! DC Minimates” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 107, July, 2006, 32.
The ToyFare Staff, “Wish List” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 107, July, 2006, 7.
Fujis, “Contest Gone AWOL: Subcultures Tentacles Mired in the Create-A-Mate Competition”, Minimate Headquarters, May, 2006.
The ToyFare Staff, “Vote X!” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 106, June, 2006, 82.
“In the next thrilling issue of ToyFare Magazine…,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 105, May, 2006, 87.
The ToyFare Staff, “They Took Manhattan!!,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 105, May, 2006, 38.
The ToyFare Staff, “Wish List,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 105, May, 2006, 7.
Craig Brownlie , “Comment dites-vous “Action Figure”?,” City Newspaper: Rochester’s Alternative Weekly, Fiz, February 22, 2006.
“TF 2006 – Art Asylum Takes on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA New and Old,” Media Coverage, Figures.com, February, 2006.
Zach Oat, “Wish List,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 104, April, 2006, 7.
Zach Oat, “Wish List,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 103, March, 2006, 7.
Zach Oat, “Wish List,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 101, January, 2006, 7.
The 190 North Staff, “FUNNY CLUB 2005 at Rotofugi” 190 North, ABC-7, March 27, 2005.
“Big news from the Subcultures front this month…,” Lee’s Toy Review, Vol. 141, 30.
Tom Root, “Custom Corner: Want More Minimates? Make ‘Em Yourself,” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 83, July, 2004, 56.
Keith Chow , “Rogue Gallery: Toy exhibit opens to record turnout” ToyFare Magazine, Vol. 82, July, 2004, 18.
“Trendy Toys Are Cool Collectibles,” Press Release, Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, February, 2004.
Michael Crawford, Interview, “Toybox by Michael Crawford”, Movie Poop Shoot, July, 2004.
J. Manuel Gonzales, Editor-in-Chief, Columbia: A Journal of Art And Literature, Issue Thirty Six, 2002, pp. 303-4.
Tim Leighton, Interview, Toon Zone, Part II, August, 2001.
Tim Leighton, Interview, Toon Zone, Part I, July, 2001.
Gwamba, “Street Fighting Band: A Night of Ugliness on the Road (Art: Matt Cauley),” POPSmear Magazine, Issue 16.0, July / Aug 1998, pp.36-7.
Dr. X, “Do The Right Thing: A Quiet Struggle of Doctor’s Etiquette vs. One Person’s Survival (Art: Matt Cauley),” POPSmear Magazine, Issue 15.0, May / June 1998, pp.46-7.
Cover artwork, POPSmear Magazine, Issue 11.0, Spring, 1997.
James, “The Sick Shit Art Show & Party at CBGB’s Gallery Nov 9th 1996,” POPSmear Magazine, Issue 10.0, Winter 1997, pp.40-1.
PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES
Digital Marketing & Production
Project Management
Team Management
Client Relations
Social Media
Brand Continuity
Mentoring
Creative Direction
TECHNICAL ABILITIES
Adobe Creative Suite:
Photoshop
InDesign
Illustrator
Flash
After Effects
Dreamweaver
Wordpress
HTML
CSS
ADDITIONAL ABILITIES
Illustration
Photo Retouching
Motion Graphics
Storyboarding
Styleguide Creation
Wireframes
Toy Design
Portrait Painting