Matt Hansel (b. 1977, West Virginia) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He earned an MFA from Yale University School of Art and a BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art. Hansel has had solo shows nationally and abroad at galleries including The Hole, New York (2019), Brand New Gallery, Milan (2018), PM/AM Gallery, London (2017), Wasserman Projects, Detroit (2015), and Yuka Contemporary, Tokyo (2010). Hansel received a grant from New York Foundation for the Arts in 2011 and has been included in the White Columns Artist Registry since 2017. Hansel’s work has been written about in publications including The New York Times, Blouin Artinfo, Vice, Time Out New York, and The Brooklyn Rail.