Tyler Matheson

Tyler Matheson (he/him) is a queer interdisciplinary research-based artist, educator, and culture worker residing in the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. Matheson received his BFA from York University and his MFA from the University of Waterloo. His work has been exhibited at Orchid Contemporary, Hamilton; Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga; Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury; The University of Waterloo Art Gallery; Hamilton Artists Inc.; Art Gallery Burlington; Art Gallery of Mississauga; Art Mûr, Montreal; and the plumb, Lonsdale Gallery, Gallery TPW, Stephen Bulger Gallery, and Trinity Square Video, all Toronto. Matheson has participated in residencies at McMaster University (Hamilton), Plug In ICA Summer Institute (Winnipeg), and Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto). Matheson’s work has been published in Cornelia, Femme Art Review, Off Centre, Peripheral Review, and dArt Magazine. Tyler is a founding member of the multi-artist collaboration QueerSoftOrange, and actively works under this pseudonym.

Matheson’s practice has been supported by the Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts funding.