托尼·麦特里1971年出生于芝加哥，生活工作于纽约。
托尼·麦特里总是对失败者感兴趣。他的超现实雕塑经常描绘的角色是那些勉强支撑，几近死亡，完全迷失或者完全无用的角色，他本人也因此类作品而出名。这些雕塑作品是一种我们自己的社会弊病和生存斗争的隐喻，并模仿荒凉，恐慌，矛盾和绝望的内心状态以及试图在我们的社会中自我定位的这样一种常态。
Tony Matelli Born 1971 in Chicago, IL
Lives and works in New York
Tony Matelli has always been interested in the underdog. He has become well known for his hyper-realistic sculptures often depicting characters and things just barely getting by; things nearly dead, hopelessly lost or otherwise totally unwanted. These sculptures serve as metaphors for our own social malaise and our general struggle for survival. They mimic inner states of desolation, panic, ambivalence and despair; frequent conditions associated with trying to locate ones self within our social world.
