ARTIST TALK: Matt Eich

Friday, November 14th, 2025 at 5:30pm
Free & open to the public

Ryan Bell, 9, holds his lamb, Dodge, after competing in the Market Bred and Owned category at the Clarke County Fair in Berryville, Virginia on August 16, 2022. Dodge won 2nd and 3rd place in his weight class.

©Matt Eich

Join us at VCP on Friday, November 14th at 5:30 pm for an artist talk with photographic essayist Matt Eich, who will be sharing an overview of 20 years of his creative practice, from past books including The Invisible Yoke series and I Love You, I’m Leaving, to ongoing projects. Eich is currently on a multi-week road trip through the Northeast and this visit with VCP will mark his first public presentation of work in Vermont

 

Matt Eich (b. 1986, Richmond, Virginia) is an American photographic essayist working on long-form photobook works related to memory, family, community, and the American condition. He is the author of five books of photographs. Eich’s work has been exhibited in more than 30 solo shows and more than 100 group exhibitions and festivals. His prints are held in public collections including the Chrysler Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Portland Art Museum and others. Matt’s projects have received support from an Aaron Siskind Fellowship, two Getty Images Grants, two VMFA Professional Fellowships and an Aperture/Google Creators Lab Photo Fund Grant. He was an artist in residence at Light Work in 2013 and at a Robert Rauschenberg Residency in 2019. Eich is an Associate Professor at Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at the George Washington University, makes books under the imprint Little Oak.PRESS and resides in Virginia with his family.

Find a recording of the talk here: https://youtu.be/FKNsLmfKXoU