Matt Donovan & Hallie Siegel are a Toronto-based arts collaborative who take the long view to explore the hopes and anxieties brought about by major technological disruptions. In blending 2D and 3D, text and sculpture, narrative and gesture, they create seamless hybrids that deconstruct material expectations and defy simple classification.
They make “slow art” that has materialized out of over 20 years of conversation at the interface of art and communication. Their approach is not one of juxtaposition, but rather of synthesis; they know that a work is complete when they can no longer distinguish where one discipline leaves off and another begins.
Their work is held in private and public collections, and has shown across North America and in Europe, where they were featured artists at the 2016 Edinburgh Arts Festival. In 2017 they were awarded a New Chapter Grant, a one-time program from the Canada Council created on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. They have been represented by the Olga Korper Gallery (Toronto) since 2007.
Matt & Hallie wish to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, as well as the generous support of friends and family.
Available Artworks
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Portrait Project: I Am A Man (Printing Device + Print), 2012
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelmaple, aluminum, steel, hand-printed paper, ed. of III 50” x 24” x 12”
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Portrait Project: The March of the Nucleotides (Printing Device + Print), 2012
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelmaple, aluminum, steel, hand-printed paper, ed. of III 50” x 16” x 12”
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Portrait Project: Petits Gens (Printing Device + Print), 2012
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelmaple, aluminum, steel, hand-printed paper, ed. of III 50” x 16” x 12”
25 Rotations (Air), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelset of 25 handprints on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 2 6.5" x 6.5" each
25 Rotations (Star), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelset of 25 handprints on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 2 6.5" x 6.5" each
25 Rotations (Like), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelset of 25 handprints on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 2 6.5" x 6.5" each
25 Rotations (With), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelset of 25 handprints on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 2 6.5" x 6.5" each
Original Six (Air), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelhandprint on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 3 10.5" x 11"
Original Six (Stars), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelhandprint on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 3 10.5" x 11"
Original Six (In), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelhandprint on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 3 10.5" x 11"
Original Six (We), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelhandprint on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 3 10.5" x 11"
Original Six (Like), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelhandprint on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 3 10.5" x 11"
Original Six (With), 2007
Matt & Hallie Donovan / Siegelhandprint on New Kitakata gampi, ed. of 3 10.5" x 11"
