Matthew Brandt: From the Ashes
Overview
Matthew Brandt, January Sky XXIX, 2025
Matthew Brandt, January Sky XXIX, 2025
Haines Gallery is pleased to present From the Ashes, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with Los Angeles–based experimental photographer Matthew Brandt (b. 1982), known for his inventive, materially driven processes that merge subject and substance. From the Ashes brings together five interrelated bodies of work, including San Francisco Dust, January Skies, Florida Strangler, Eagles, and Wai‘anae — each defined by the artist’s characteristic fusion of conceptual rigor and material experimentation. Taken together, these series explore how photography’s physical and chemical foundations can mirror the social, environmental, and political realities of the world they depict.
 

The Opening Reception will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

 

Press Release (PDF)

Selected Works
  • Matthew Brandt Panama Pacific International Fair_AAE-02851, 2025 Gum bichromate print on paper with dust swept from Richardson Auto Service garage 34.5 x 43.5 inches
    Matthew Brandt
    Panama Pacific International Fair_AAE-02851, 2025
    Gum bichromate print on paper with dust swept from Richardson Auto Service garage
    34.5 x 43.5 inches
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  • Matthew Brandt Wai’anae 92610, 2015 Chromogenic print buried in Wai'anae, Hawaii 92 x 60 inches
    Matthew Brandt
    Wai’anae 92610, 2015
    Chromogenic print buried in Wai'anae, Hawaii
    92 x 60 inches
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  • Matthew Brandt January Sky XXXXXII, 2025 Pigment and plaster on cement board
    Matthew Brandt
    January Sky XXXXXII, 2025
    Pigment and plaster on cement board
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  • Matthew Brandt January Sky XXXXXXIX, 2025 Pigment and plaster on cement board 32 x 34
    Matthew Brandt
    January Sky XXXXXXIX, 2025
    Pigment and plaster on cement board
    32 x 34
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