Matthew Apol
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Matthew Apol
@matthewapol.bsky.social
Um, paintings, collage, oriented strand board.

Lancaster, PA
Watch Them Grow
17.5 x 17.5”
Acrylic on panel
2025
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It’s been a minute. Here’s a recent painting.

Itchy Commune
Acrylic on Panel, twine
8 x 10”
2025

My contribution to The Villege group exhibition which opened today at @espacio.amazonas in Madrid
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Size Matters: Black Ops
30x24”
Latex, spray paint on panel
2025
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Recent self portrait studies.
35 ish minutes each.
Limited pallets
August 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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How Do You Like Me Now?
48” x 96”
Laser engraved canvas
2025

#orientedstrandboard #patterndesign #patterntransformation #osb #drawing #painting #laserengraving #object #art
April 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Size Matters: The Iron Never Lies, Everyone Else Will
30” x 24”
Laser cut panel, latex paint, spray paint, gym chalk, reflective acrylic
2025

#painting #drawing #gymshark #fitnessindustry #attention #bodybuilding #crossfit #weighlifting #masculineconditioning #osb #selfie
April 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
April 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Size Matters: Black Ops
30” x 24”
Laser cut panel, latex paint, spray paint
2025

#painting #drawing #blackonblack #blackops #socialengineering #masculineconditioning #osb #violence #lasercutting
April 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
February 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Stu updates.

Inching closer.
February 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Recent studio stuff.

#art #studiopractice #painting
February 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Supersize me.
February 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Prime cut.
January 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
(DMP) Diffident Material Pattern
OSB, Oil paint, laser cut paper, acrylic, brass screws
10 x 10”
2024

#drawing #painting #sculpture #osb #patterndesign
January 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Lasers.
January 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A few finished collages & paintings. These four (and 28 others) will be part of an exhibition at Bloomsburg University opening on March 10.

More to come.

#collage #painting #orientedstrandboard #osb
#materialresearch
January 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Paper walls.
January 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Lasers.
January 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Working with Paul Silverman of Lirio Design House.
January 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I get overwhelmed. Sometimes in a die-by-fifty late stage capitalism kind of way, but other times in a “I’m so excited I don’t know what to do with my hands” kind of way. The moment of an incredible break through. Everything shatters, life is new again.

Cool Shift II, 2023
Acrylic on panel
40x30
January 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Starting to move things over.

Immaterial Material, 2024
Oriented strand board, chalk, oil paint
36 x 24”
January 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“How do I protect my children and teach them to protect themselves from this monstrousness at the heart of our national character, our political structure, the world on fire that we’re responsible for.”

Dr. Dan Yemin via Anti-matter
September 19, 2023 at 6:41 PM
Validation is for parking.

- Austin Kleon

Good to remember wanting attention for your art.
September 18, 2023 at 2:38 PM