Matthew Ritchie

(British, born 1964)

Matthew Ritchie is a contemporary British artist whose work explores the visual expression of systems. Utilizing installation, painting, performance, sculpture, and film, Ritchie attempts to describe the intangible links between information and collective thought. “The way my work works is: I’ve tried to build a model that can incorporate as much as it possibly can,” he has explained. “It’s like this constantly expanding information structure that can just keep (theoretically) soaking up everything—but inside a way of seeing, so it doesn’t just become this barrage.” Born in 1964 in London, United Kingdom, he received his BFA from Camberwell College of Arts in 1986. Relocating to New York in 1989, he had his first solo exhibition in 1995, where he presented Working Model, at Basilico Fine Arts. In the decades that followed, Ritchie has continued his investigation into the visual language of symbols, much like his contemporary Julie Mehretu. The artist has collaborated with specialists in various fields, including scientists, computer programmers, and architects to realize large-scale installation works such as The Morning Line (2008). Ritchie resides in New York, NY. Today, his works are included in the collections of the Goetz Collection in Munich, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, among others.

Matthew Ritchie Artworks

Matthew Ritchie (82 results)
The Damned III and The Wheel (2 works), 2006

Matthew Ritchie

The Damned III and The Wheel (2 works), 2006

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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Going South, 2000

Matthew Ritchie

Going South, 2000

Sale Date: May 9, 2012

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The new place, 1996

Matthew Ritchie

The new place, 1996

Sale Date: March 8, 2012

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The works, 1996

Matthew Ritchie

The works, 1996

Sale Date: March 7, 2012

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Kokabel (in 7 parts), 1995

Matthew Ritchie

Kokabel (in 7 parts), 1995

Sale Date: September 22, 2011

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Untitled (in 7 parts), 1995

Matthew Ritchie

Untitled (in 7 parts), 1995

Sale Date: September 14, 2011

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Legion 19, 2003

Matthew Ritchie

Legion 19, 2003

Sale Date: August 11, 2011

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The measures IV, 2005

Matthew Ritchie

The measures IV, 2005

Sale Date: May 11, 2011

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The personal virtue, 2006

Matthew Ritchie

The personal virtue, 2006

Sale Date: May 11, 2011

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Holy smoke, 1998

Matthew Ritchie

Holy smoke, 1998

Sale Date: April 20, 2011

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Holly smoke, 1998

Matthew Ritchie

Holly smoke, 1998

Sale Date: September 29, 2010

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The salt pit, 2008

Matthew Ritchie

The salt pit, 2008

Sale Date: April 22, 2010

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The midnight line (collab w/Aranda Lasch), 2008

Matthew Ritchie

The midnight line (collab w/Aranda Lasch), 2008

Sale Date: February 12, 2009

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Astoreth (in 7 parts)

Matthew Ritchie

Astoreth (in 7 parts)

Sale Date: November 12, 2008

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Going south, 2000

Matthew Ritchie

Going south, 2000

Sale Date: November 13, 2008

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Untitled

Matthew Ritchie

Untitled

Sale Date: September 27, 2008

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Untitled

Matthew Ritchie

Untitled

Sale Date: September 27, 2008

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Untitled, 1990–1991

Matthew Ritchie

Untitled, 1990–1991

Sale Date: September 27, 2008

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The bad need, 2001

Matthew Ritchie

The bad need, 2001

Sale Date: September 11, 2008

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Legion 93, 2003

Matthew Ritchie

Legion 93, 2003

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Untitled - Tamau (7 parts), 1995–1996

Matthew Ritchie

Untitled - Tamau (7 parts), 1995–1996

Sale Date: February 7, 2008

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The big life, 2002

Matthew Ritchie

The big life, 2002

Sale Date: November 14, 2007

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Mastermind, 2002

Matthew Ritchie

Mastermind, 2002

Sale Date: October 13, 2007

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#12 (+ #14; 2 works), 2003

Matthew Ritchie

#12 (+ #14; 2 works), 2003

Sale Date: June 2, 2007

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