Matt Frieburghaus has exhibited nationally and internationally at festivals, galleries, and museums including ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY; Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA; Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial, New York, NY; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; FILE, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Festival Miden, Kalamata and Chios, Greece; Field Projects, New York, NY; Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire; Hartell Gallery, Cornell University; HVCCA, Peekskill, NY; Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY; Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY; ODETTA, Brooklyn, NY; Simultan Festival, Timisoara, Romania; WAAM in Woodstock, NY, and Work • Ann Arbor, University of Michigan. His awards and residencies include Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont; and Nes Artist Residency in Skagaströnd, Iceland. His work has appeared in several Hudson Valley publications, Arte Fuse, and Volume One Magazine. He received an MFA in Computer Art from Syracuse University and a BFA in Animation from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He is Professor of Digital Media at Marist College.
Exploring landscape, nature, and the sky, Frieburghaus produces video, sound, print, and objects as a response to sensory experiences. He observes newly discovered places and natural phenomenon that demand attention and presence. While on location, he records video and audio and uses the gathered media clips to investigate time, color, light, and sound. Digital techniques and memory are used to generate new perspectives that ultimately reveal relationships between sight and sound, producing new visual and aural landscapes. A reduction of color and shape, visually communicates the allure of natural forms and vast spaces while sound drives the motion and context of the work. Static works become collage, digital print and 3D objects. When the component of time is a factor, his works become single or multi-channel video on screens, as projections, or installations.