Biography
Matthias Merkel Hess lives and works in New York City. His work has been exhibited at ACME., Los Angeles; Peters Projects, Sante Fe; Volume Gallery, Chicago; and James Harris Gallery, Seattle. His work is held in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, California; the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and The Nerman Museum of Art, Overland Park, Kansas, among others. Merkel Hess was born and raised in Iowa, and received an MFA in 2010 from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Works
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Small Bucket (red and brown glaze), 2025 -
6 Pack (yellow crawl), 2024
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6 Pack Holder (acid yellow), 2024
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Goddess Pouring an Offering Brute Lid (After Terracotta Kylix attributed to Villa Giulia Painter, returned from the Met Museum), 2024
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Man and Woman Reclining on A Couch Brute Lid (after Terracotta Kylix signed by Hieron and Attributed to Makron, returned from the Met Museum), 2024
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Dionysus Bucket (After Dionysus Bell Krater attributed to Python returned from Met Museum), 2023
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Sleeping Potato Head (Crawl Glaze), 2022
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Small Bucket (White), 2022
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Sarpedon Bucket (After Sarpedon Krater returned from Met Museum), 2021
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Triangle Crate, 2021
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Nova Color Bucket, 2019
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Mini Igloo Playmate Cooler, 2013
Exhibitions
Art Fairs
Press
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In Toronto, Studio Valle de Valle Brings New Life to a Historic House
Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, September 3, 2025 -
LAXArt gala serves up typing, tattoos and smashing taboos
Adam Tschorn, LA Times, September 29, 2014 -
CORPOREAL IMPULSE: Contemporary Artists Working in Clay
Allyson Unzicker, The Brooklyn Rail, April 1, 2014 -
Clash of the Items, at a Gallery Near You
Roberta Smith, The New York Times, February 24, 2014
