Matthew Benedict (b. 1968, Rockville, Connecticut) studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The New School for Social Research, New York. Benedict has had several exhibitions of his paintings and sculptures at Alexander and Bonin, New York, and Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich. In 2008, a large survey exhibition of Benedict’s work was presented at the Von der Heydt-Museum/Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal, accompanied by The Mage’s Pantry, a monograph published by Hatje Cantz. “Dramatis Personae,” an exhibition of his photographs, was on view at Alexander and Bonin in 2010. In 2014, he completed a commissioned mural for the Smyth Hotel Evening Bar in Tribeca. Stene Projects, Stockholm, presented solo exhibitions of his work entitled “Land’s End” (2013) and “Based on The True Story” (2016). Benedict’s most recent solo show, “Manifestations,” took place at Alexander and Bonin, New York, in 2021. Benedict’s works are included in the permanent collections of the FRAC de Picardie, Amiens; the Dallas Museum of Art; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the NASA Art Program, Washington, D.C.