The history of any land begins with nature, and all histories must end with nature.
J. Frank Dobie, 1943
The last battle of the colonized against the colonizer will often be the fight of the colonized against each other.
Frantz Fanon, "The Wretched of the Earth"
Upcoming and Current Shows:
Asea, Aloof, Solo show at Mulherin + Pollard Projects, 187 Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002, 26 April – 1 June, 2012
I glove U, curated by Ridley Howard and Ester Partegas, Reynolds Gallery, 1514 West Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23220, May 4 – June 15, 2012
Intramurals, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA, May 3 - 26, 2012
TBD (two-person show with Rob Matthews), Twist Gallery, Nashville, TN, October 2012
Recent Shows:
Work Hard, Jon Lutz's Daily Operation at Wildlife, 245 Varet St, Second Floor, Brooklyn, NY, November 5, 2011, 7-9 pm
Southern Cross, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA, December 2 - 18, 2011
Wide Field, curated by Joe Ballweg and Andrea Bergart, Saturday, 31 March, 2012, 7 – 10 pm, Joe Balweg’s studio, 680 Ridgewood, NY
Southern Cross at Grizzly Grizzly reviewed by Jeffrey Bussmann for Title Magazine and Dennis D’Alessandro for The Art Blog.
The Unfunny Show at Small Black Door reviewed on Two Coats of Paint and Bushwick Daily
Matthew Fisher featured in Paper Monument, Brooklyn Aesthetics by Ryan Steadman
Matthew Fisher is a 2010 Fellow in Painting from New York Foundation for the Arts