2.  Born in London, England in 1964.  Currently lives in New York.  Got his BFA from Camberwell School of Art, London and also attended Boston University.  Has had exhibitions at Dallas Museum of Art; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; MASS MoCA; SFMoMA; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami  Also has had exhibitions at the Whitney Biennial (1997), Sydney Biennale (2002), and São Paulo Bienale (2004)  Worked as a building superintendant before exhibiting art. http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/ritchie/index.html

3. No Sign of the World 2004, Oil and marker on canvas, 99 x 154 inches http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/ritchie/index.html

4.  Working in a morgue before becoming an artist showed him that all lives must die. He uses the idea of death as a concept in his works.  Principles of Thermodynamics and Quantum physics are worked into his paintings.  Mythological and religious explanations for the way things are part of his works. http://www.matthewritchie.com/pdf/remote_viewing.pdf

5. Jeremy Mores McWreath Exploding Right This Minute, 2006 oil and ink on canvas 36 x 36 inches Mary Iverson Cargo 2, 2008 Oil and ink on canvas. 48 x 60 inches. http://www.davidsongalleries.com/artists/iverson/iverson.php http://www.willwestlake.com/art_34.html

6. (left) The Dead: Belphegor 2004, Ink and graphite on Denril, 54 x 36 inches (below) detail of drawing “…I draw out all these different motifs, and then I lay them on top of each other...Out of that, you can pull this form that turns into the sculpture or the painting. It’s literally like pulling the narrative out…” http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/ritchie/index.html

7.  Paper  Prints  Light-box drawings  Floor-to-wall installations  Freestanding sculpture  Web sites  Short stories  Drawing is central to his work. He scans his drawings into the computer so that images can be blown up, taken apart, made smaller or three-dimensional, re- shaped, transformed into digital games, or given to someone else to execute. One ongoing work that Ritchie calls an endless drawing contains everything he has drawn before. www.pbs.org/art21/artists/ritchie/index.html

8.  Judaeo-Christian religion  Occult practices  Gnostic traditions  Scientific elements and principles. http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/ritchie/index.html

9. Place? Time? Ecology? Power? Paradox? Humor? Stories? Spirituality? Structures?

10. STRUCTURES!

11. His techniques http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/rithie/index.html

12. What is a structure? Is structure always a physical element? How is structure important?

13. Collaboration with Another Artist Interview with Ritchie