Matthew Leifheit

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Matthew Leifheit
Born1988 (age 35–36)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education Rhode Island School of Design
Yale University
Occupation(s) Fine-art photographer, magazine editor, professor
Employer(s)Freelance photographer, Yale School of Art, MATTE Magazine
Website www.matthewleifheit.com

Matthew Leifheit (born 1988) is an American photographer, writer, magazine-editor, publisher, and professor. He is based in Brooklyn, New York. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Leifheit was born in 1988 and raised in Chicago, Illinois. [3] As of 2022, only day (12) was publicly known of his exact birthdate. [4] He attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography. [5] [6] In 2015, Leifheit enrolled at Yale University graduating in 2017, receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree. [7]

Publishing

MATTE Magazine

In 2010, while at RISD, Leifheit founded MATTE Magazine, a magazine platform for new ideas in photography which he edits and publishes. [8] MATTE Magazine often features a photographer's work, a portrait of the photographer by Leifheit, and an interview of the artist conducted by Leifheit. [9] [10]

Vice magazine

After graduating RISD, Leifheit was hired as photo-editor by Vice. [11] While a photo-editor at Vice, Leifheit put a photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe on the cover of the 2014 fashion issue. [12] In 2016, he wrote an article featuring the work of Neil Winokur, highlighting an "overlooked" photographer with work in many museum collections including Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [13] [14]

MATTE Editions

In 2018, MATTE Editions published a monograph by Matthew Morocco titled Complicit. [15] [16] In 2019, MATTE Editions published Slow Morpheus, a monograph by photographer Rachel Stern. [17] [18]

In addition to editing and publishing, Leifheit has also written on art and photography for Time and Aperture. [19]

Photographic practice

Leifheit's photography focuses on the human figure and their lived environment; his work features a variety of locations from Fire Island, Key West, the crowds surrounding New York City's Freedom Tower, Providence, and others. [7] In addition to his fine art photography work, Leifheit works as an assignment photographer for a variety of publications including The New York Times and The New Yorker, photographing subjects such as Vince Aletti and Mary Boone. [20] [21]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2012 - Matte Magazine - Printed Matter, Inc, New York City, New York [22]
  • 2017 -Your Georgio, M.A.W. - 56 Henry St, New York City, New York [23]
  • 2018 - Fire Island Night - Deli Gallery, New York City, New York [7]
  • 2019 - Nothing More American - Florence Griswold Museum, Connecticut [24]

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2012 - :):):) - curated by Raphael Cohen and Bea Walling, RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 2014 - AA Bronson and Michael Bühler-Rose Present ‘The Botanica,’ Invisible Exports, New York City, New York [25]
  • 2015 - FOAM Talents Exhibition 2015 - Paris Photo, Brussels, London [26]
  • 2017 - The Most Beautiful Part/La Parte Mas Bella, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City [27]
  • 2018 - The Secret Gay Box, Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles, California [28]

Awards and recognition

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