Matthew Walton's 'Froot Loops' Celebrates Everyday Queerness
Toronto-based emerging artist Matthew Walton, a Sheridan College animation graduate, has been selected as a 2025 Art & Photo Book Award winner by Booooooom. With support from Bookmobile, his project 'Froot Loops' has been turned into a book. The series features mixed-media works on paper that reimagine mundane moments through a bold, graphic, and vibrant technicolor lens, blending camp and Cubist-coded figures. Walton's practice merges drawing and painting, exploring authentic self-expression and the liminal space between public and private.
Key facts
- Matthew Walton is an emerging artist based in Toronto.
- He holds a B.A.A. (Hons.) in Animation from Sheridan College.
- His mixed-media practice combines drawing and painting.
- Walton was selected as a 2025 Art & Photo Book Award winner.
- Bookmobile supported the publication of 'Froot Loops' as a book.
- 'Froot Loops' is a series of mixed-media works on paper.
- The series highlights the quiet charm of everyday queerness.
- The work features camp and Cubist-coded figures.
Entities
Artists
- Matthew Walton
Institutions
- Sheridan College
- Boooooom
- Bookmobile
Locations
- Toronto
- Canada