Anderson & Christy: Orgies of Species
THE ORGY OF SPECIES: NOT THE BIBLE
by Benji Anderson @benjianderson3 and Matt Christy @mwchristy
Benji Anderson (b. 1996) is a self-taught artist from Nashville, TN. He explores a wide variety of mediums ranging from acrylic paintings to etch-a-sketches and comics. Inspired by visions, dreams, life, childish behavior, and other artists, he portrays graphic images with a manic imagination building worlds full of creatures, while experimenting with styles and forms.
Matt Christy is a prolific creator with a broad exhibition history, and has shown locally in Nashville at Seed Space, Red Arrow, Mild Climate, and the David Lusk Gallery, as well as nationally at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Oregon, and internationally the Mienblau Gallery in Berlin. He also writes about art, publishing Number Magazine based out of Memphis as well as in national publications like Art Papers. He grew up in Franklin Tennessee and moved back to Tennessee after completing an MFA from the University of Oregon in 2015. He lives in Nashville and teaches art at TSU and Watkins College.