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ABOUT PLAID COLUMNS

Matre Gallery owner Rob Matre has been making mixed-media paintings for over thirty years, and since 2013 under the name Plaid Columns. The unique moniker came about when he began making artworks in collaboration with Evan Jones. “Plaid Columns”, an old band name that Matre never used from his music days, simply seemed like more fun than “Rob & Evan”. The name came to define the style and subject matter of the series, so the Plaid Columns name stuck even after Matre returned to making works on his own when it came time for Evan to focus on his own burgeoning career.

Matre’s Plaid Columns paintings were featured in a ten-year retrospective at The Albany Museum of Art in early 2024, in his hometown of Albany, Georgia.

collections:
American Express
Google
Wells Fargo
Truist
The University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Cousins Properties
Selig Enterprises
CWC
Brand Properties
Carter USA (Atlanta)
Savills (Atlanta)
Tanner, Balle & Maloof (Atlanta)
The Baldwin Group (Atlanta)
Ogara Jets (Atlanta)
Arkadios Capital (Atlanta)
Infinity Funds (Atlanta)
J. Christopher’s
Peach State Pride (Watkinsville, GA)
Empire South (Athens, GA)
Dick Ferguson’s (Athens, GA)
Albany Museum of Art (Albany, GA)
Albany Chamber of Commerce (Albany, GA)
Live Oak Bank
Capital City Club
Atlanta Athletic Club
Atlanta Country Club
The Standard Club
Ansley Golf Club
Idle Hour Club (Macon, GA)
Ballen Isles Country Club (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)