Yes,  you can parse the list and save the items to embedded data fields.  Then pipe those fields into your matrix on a subsequent page:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {
  "${e://Field/cslist}".split(",").forEach(function(val,i) {
     Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData("stmt"+(i+1),val);
  });
});

Great! Is there a way to skip the pipe action (manually) and automatically populate statements in the matrix question using the generated embedded data fields?

Yes, you can update the innerHTML of the labels.  You still might want to set embedded data fields to record what statements were shown to the respondents.