OM.2026.101 - Celeyce Matthews - USA

OM.2026.101 - collage on panel - 8 x 8 inches - Untitled - Celeyce Matthews - USA - Visual Poetry and Color

 Celeyce Matthews (professionally known online as Cyeece) is a contemporary American mixed-media artist, textile specialist, educator, and registered nurse. Her artwork translates a lifetime of observant healthcare practice, dual professional careers, and an acute interest in color into highly layered, intuitive abstract collages. [1, 2]

Fine Art Background & Style

Matthews's aesthetic practice heavily values unexpected texture, composition shifts, and experiments with historic materials. Her signature visual approach incorporates:

• Vintage Challenges: She frequently works with retro source materials, transforming unexpected historical ephemera—such as 1963 British football magazines—into modern abstract commentary to intentionally subvert classic mid-century kitsch. [1]
• Color as a Catalyst: Every composition begins entirely with a color story, utilizing rich, "luscious" acrylic paint accents to contrast against underlying sepia tones and physical paper layers. [1]
• Hardwood Mounting: While historically crafting work on traditional paper backings, her recent studio output features high-dimension mixed-media collages mounted onto thick wood panels finished with hand-painted edges and structural varnishes. [1]

Professional Dualism & Education

Her artistic identity is uniquely intertwined with an extensive background in early education, textiles, and clinical medicine:

• Textile Roots: She holds a formal Art Degree in Textiles, an educational foundation that directly informs her highly tactile, pattern-conscious paper layouts. [1]
• Art Educator: Before stepping fully into contemporary gallery circles, she spent years working as a children's art teacher. Her moniker, "Cyeece," originates from the phonetic way young children would mispronounce her real name, Celeyce. [1]
• Healthcare Career: In tandem with her studio output, Matthews works actively as a Registered Nurse and has dedicated extensive time as a hospice care volunteer. She cites the raw, stripped-down vulnerability of patient care as a major element that feeds the emotional presence of her art. [1, 2]

Digital Presence & Features

Matthews connects with global collage networks digitally while practicing from her home studio: [1]

• Media Publications: Her creative methods and portfolio pieces have been highlighted by international design outlets, including features in Contemporary Collage Magazine.
• Portfolios: She self-publishes essays, art reflections, and visual galleries under her nickname via her personal website Cyeece.com and on Instagram under her studio handle @cyeeeece. [1, 2, 3]