Laboratory
Since childhood Matthew Schreiber has had a dual interest in art and science. His interest in basic principles of nature has led to a deep and continued investigation of light. Concurrent with this study has been a formal training in art, art theory and art history. By having an actual laboratory and a foothold in the basics of nature, Schreiber continues to feed and inspire his art.
Holography:
Schreiber Holography and Optical Laboratory is located in Brooklyn, NY. His work within the field of real or “wavefront recording” holography began in 1985 under the tutelage of WWII radar specialist Dr. S.S. Ballard at the University of Florida. From there Schreiber trained with Larry Lieberman at Holographic Images in Miami, Florida, developing many advances in pseudo-color holography techniques. He went on to the School of the Art institute of Chicago where he studied primarily with Edward Wesley, peers such as Dean Randazzo and Eduardo Kac, and secondarily with Dr. TJ Jeong of Lake Forest College, and eventually on to the Royal College of Art with peers such as Jeffery Robb, Patrick Boyd and Margaret Benyon.
Schreiber formed C-Project between 1995-2000 with founding members Frank Millman, Larry Lieberman, Tim Hanners, Ron Mallory, Lee Laffin, Dean Randazzo and Guy Barron. C-Project worked with 17 curated internationally recognized contemporary artists such as Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Louise Bourgeois, Roy Lichtenstein, Dorothea Rockburne, Robert Ryman and James Turrell. He also worked with John Perry of Holographics North producing some of the largest holograms ever made, for Juliao Sarmento, James Turrell and his own fine art work.
The C-Project Holography Archive was permanently acquired by the Getty and GRI museums in Los Angeles, CA in 2018.
Schreiber continues to advance the possibilities and use of holography within Fine Art. His latest works, Orders of Light, is a culmination of nearly 10 years of research into gratings and transmission, multi-step holography as a deep dive into previous work of artist Rudie Berkhout. He is also fine-tuning his 35mm optical mechanism for animated stereographic holography. The core of Schreiber’s work as a fine artist is based in this holography practice. His archive consists of hundreds of holograms spanning transmission and reflection holography on silver halide, photoresist on glass, silvered and shimmed to nickel.
Schreiber Laboratory recently worked with Inaki Beguiristain on advanced improvements, along with the skills of Cody Boyce. The Lab produces fine art holography on a curated and invited basis. Current artists include Paul McCarthy, Ed Ruscha, and Deana Lawson.
Light Experiments, Architecture and Design:
Matthew Schreiber worked with James Turrell from 2000-2013.
Schreiber formed Baltic Studio within the Laboratory as the design and production arm of Turrell’s international practice. Baltic Studio’s work culminated in the coast to coast retrospective of James Turrell, 2013.
Matthew Schreiber’s recent work for the London Mithraeum within Bloomberg’s European Headquarters, London, has won many top international design and architectural lighting awards, including the Lumen Award of Excellence, 2018.
Schreiber developed a working method to use laser light as a sculptural and architectural medium. This very large scale work continues to be exhibited internationally including permanent works in Basel, Switzerland and Upstate, NY.
Light Experiments and consulting with leading architects and designers is on-going.
