Matthew Walton is an emerging artist based in Toronto. He holds a B.A.A. (Hons.) in Animation from Sheridan College. His mixed-media practice combines drawing and painting, often merging the human form with a distinct graphic sensibility. The result is figurative compositions that strike a distinct textural contrast between softness and hardness. Embracing gestures and mannerisms once repressed, his work is also a celebration of authentic self-expression.
Froot Loops features Matthew’s mixed-media-work-on-paper series highlighting the quiet charm of everyday queerness. Each piece reimagines a separate mundane moment, transformed by Matthew’s bold, graphic approach to figuration and his vibrant technicolor lens. These vignettes invite viewers into intimate, relatable scenes that blur the line between public and private space. It is within this liminal realm that Matthew’s camp and Cubist-coded figures live—uninhibited; a world all its own, where everyone is welcome to step inside.
Matthew Walton was selected as one of our 2025 Art & Photo Book Award Winners! With support from Bookmobile, we helped Matthew turn his project into a book! If you want the opportunity to publish a book of your own work, you can apply for our 2026 Art & Photo Book Awards here. See more from Froot Loops as well as our full interview with Matthew below!
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