MatWay
Dance of Horses
135 × 390 cm
Neograttage, engraved acrylic on canvas
Private Collection, Denmark
MatWay (Matvey Slavin) is a German-Danish painter based in Copenhagen.
He develops Neograttage, an incision-based painting method in which the image emerges through irreversible intervention into wet acrylic.
His works operate as tactile, layered structures af gesture and time.
Selected exhibitions include Kunsthal Aarhus, Kunsthal Vejle, JANUS - Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Gammelgaard, and Galerie Provence.
2026 — Commission: Dance of Horses (Monumental Triptych), Copenhagen
February. Permanent installation. Private Collection, Denmark.
2026 — Corner Exhibition, Dahlerup’s Basement, Copenhagen
Group exhibition. 08–30 August 2026.
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