Born 1976, Boston, Massachusetts
Lives and works in New York City
2000
Virginia Commonwealth University, Master of Fine Arts
1998
Columbus College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Art
Solo Exhibitions:
2024
Matthew's Dream, PLATO, New York NY
Small Paintings, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2023
The Study of Shapes, SHRINE, New York, NY
2022
Lakes, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
Time and Space, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2021
The Hole East Hampton, Phase Three, The Hole, East Hampton, NY
Seas, OCHI, Los Angeles, CA
2020
The Great Fire, SHRINE, New York, NY
Four Seasons: A Solo Show, Deanna Evans Project, New York, NY
The Sameness of Every Day, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2019
After the Ice, Taymour Granhe Projects, London, UK
Soft Nature, OCHI, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Strange Light, Over Under Room, Brooklyn, NY
Into the Blue, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2017
Hello Sea, One River, Englewood, NJ
Observable Universe, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Sun, Stars, Sea, and Moon, Airlock Gallery, San Marco, CA
Ten Years, curated by Jon Lutz, Sprink Break Art Fair, New York, NY
2015
Black Water Don’t Shine Like the Moon, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
2014
If You Ain’t a Reflection, You’re a Wave, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR
2013
goodnight no one, Weird Days, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Asea, Aloof, Mulherin + Pollard Projects, New York, NY
2010
Lsot Time, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY
2009
Lonesome George, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Forever Is, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Letting Go, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
While You Were Away, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2004
Drawings and Paintings, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Paintings, Stephanie Theodore at SCOPE, New York, NY
Two Artist Exhibitions:
2022
Someday Morning, Brian Scott Campbell, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2021
NADA Miami, OCHI Projects, with Sam Shoemaker
2020
Low Tide, with Claire Colette, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
2019
Jalopies: A Tow Person Show, with Carl d’Alvia, Drive By Projects, Boston, MA
2018
Night Waves, with Casey Cook at SHRINE, New York, NY
2017
The Perfect Order of Randomness, with Julie Curtiss, Monya Rowe Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
2016
Artificial Son, with Kyle Breitenbach, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2015
The World Outside, with Ryan Schneider, Gordon Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2012
Golden Beams of a Laughing Sun, with Rob Matthews, Twist Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
Group Exhibitions:
2024
Fractals, curated by Fanny Brodar, C Squared Gallery, Taichung City, Taiwan
2023
Kids Without the Internet (group), curated by Thea Smolinski, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
Beach, curated by Danny Moynihan, Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY
Death of an Outsider, SHRINE, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Contemporary Curated: Landscape, WOAW Gallery, curated by Taymour Grahne, Hong Kong, China
Manscaping, The Hole, New York, NY and Paris, France
Double Up, My Pet Ram off site, Santa Barbra, CA
2021
Maria Calandra: Pencil in the Studio, De Pree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY
Expanded Field, OCHI Aux, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Paper View, The Hole, New York, NY
The Moon, Concord Art, Concord, MA
2018
Fiery Rain and Movies, Cooling Sun, SEASON, Seattle, WA
The Politics of Pink, The Dot Project, London, UK
Does It Make a Sound, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
The Jules Olitski Project, Curated by Vittorio Colaizzi, Gordon Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
2017
Provisional Landscapes, Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
Through the Art of Painting, Deanna Evans Projects
In Paper We Trust, The Dot Project, London, UK
When Y was Thus Released, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR
The Twenty by Sixteen Biennial, curated by Geoffrey Young, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Somewhere, curated by 106 Green, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Pro Forma: Context and Meaning in Abstraction, Curated by Vittorio Colaizzi, Work Release, Norfolk, VA
2016
In Which We Dwell, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Magic, curated by Tiffany Calvert, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
Lunacy, OyG Projects curated by Eric Hibit, Brooklyn, NY
Finding Your Way, Monya Rowe Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
Pink and Green, Eddy’s Room, Brooklyn, NY
Casino Cabaret, organized and curated by Melissa Brown, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sensorium, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
2015
The River Keeps Talking, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR
Image is Everything, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, curated by Sue and Phil Knoll
The Ocean is Double Sided, SEASON, Seattle, WA
Let’s Go Away for Awhile, One Mile Gallery, curated by Erik den Breejen and Maria Calandra, Kingston, NY
I Am What I Am Not Yet, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art Gallery, curated by Diana Buckley, Scarsdale, NY
New Narratives, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Quiet Please, RARE Gallery, New York, NY
Transcendent Landscapes, Drive By Projects, Watertown, MA
Not a Force But a Curvature, curated by Ryan Schneider, Novella Gallery, New York, NY
Interchange, Goldie Paley Gallery at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA,
Nothing But Good, Park, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2013
Endless Summer, curatred by Gary Peterson, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, New York
Chiaroscuro, Novella Gallery, New York, New York
Hydroflow, Silber Gallery at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland (catalog)
LAND, HO!, curated by Holly Coulis and Ridley Howard, VCU Fine Arts Gallery, Richmond, Virgina
Hypertrophic Visions, curated by Robin Reisenfeld, New York Center for Arts & Media Studies, New York, New York.
Nearly Neutral, Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York (catalog)
2012
I glove U, curated by Ridley Howard and Ester Partegas, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Intramurals, AFA Gallery, Scranton, Pennsylvania (catalog)
Wide Field, curated by Joe Ballweg and Andrea Bergart, Joe Balwegs Studio, Ridgewood, New York
2011
Southern Cross, Grizzly, Grizzly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (catalog)
The Nature of Drawing , Dowling College, Oakdale, New York
2010
Flat Earth: Still Life as Landscape, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota
Folksmusic, curated by Jon Lutz, Daily Operation, Brooklyn, New York
Natural Reaction, curated by Elizabeth Heskin at Metropolitan Green, Brooklyn, New York
2009
Beautiful Human, curated by Shelley Spector, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania (catalog)
Vintage Violence, curated by John Gauld, Space 414, Red Hook Brooklyn, New York,
2008
Political Winter Redux, Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Center, New York
The Indigenous Visitor, Heskin Contemporary, New York, New York
The Drawing Narrative, Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (catalog)
Spot Check: Academy Contemporary, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007
The Colonial Show, curated by Leah Stoddard, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia (catalog)
The Comic Uncandy, curated by Stephanie Theodore, Shaheen Modern & Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
In Summer, The Song Sings Itself, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Place is Ours! Recent Acquisitions at the Academy, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One Day I Will Control the Sun, The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, New York, New York
2006
Posture and Expression, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005
Pencil on Glass, Sushi Art at Voz Alta Project, San Diego, California
Folklore for a New Millenium, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angles, California
Introspective Men, Madder 139, London, England, curated by David Kefford
Drawing for It 2, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Casper David Séance, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York
Hello Sunday, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Holly Coulis
2004
This is for Real: War and the Contemporary Audience, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Death to the Fascist Insect That Preys on the Life of the People, Gallery 800, Brooklyn, New York
Toys in the Attic, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, New York, curated by Stephanie Theodore
Pictionary, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Andy Cross
AC, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, New York
The Great (Re)Masters, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005
Honeymoon With Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland, curated by Holly Coulis
Public Collections:
2017
NYC Department of Education
2014
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
2009
Dogfish Head, Milton, Delaware
2007
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Residences and Awards:
2016
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
2015
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
2010
Fellowship in Painting, New York Foundation for the Arts
2007
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
2005
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont
Publications and Press:
2015
Wolin, Joseph. ‘Art Review’. Time Out New York, Issue 989, February 12-18, 2015.
New American Painters, 2015, Issue 116.
2014
“If You Ain’t a Reflection, You’re a Wave: Interview With Matthew Fisher”, by Ridley Howard, Huffington Post, March 14, 2014
2009
Wolin, Joseph R. “Artform.com Critic Picks”. 26 April 2009.
2008
Newhall, Edith.‘Drawing on Their Love For the Illustrative Art’, The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 23, 2008: W24.
Utter, Douglas Max. ‘The Comic Uncanny’, Art Papers, March/April 2008. Pages 56-57.
2007
Fallon, Roberta, ‘Breezy Does It’, Philadelphia Weekly, July 11, 2007
Rapa, Patrick. In Summer, the Song Sings Itself. Philadelphia City Paper. July 5 12, 2007. Page 28.
2006
New American Paintings, 2006, Issue No 62.
2005
Art Listings: East End. Time Out London, October 5 12 2005. Issue No.1833. Page 48.
Nüsseler, Hannes. Honeymoon with Romeo. Basler Zeitung. August 11, 2005. Seite 23.
2004
Art Listings: Chelsea & vicinity. Time Out New York, August 1926, 2004. Issue No. 464. Page 64.
Cotter, Holland. Death to the Fascist Insect That Prey on the Life of the People, New York Times, June 25, 2004 (E 33).
Johnson, Ken. Toys in the Attic. New York Times. July 30, 2004 (E 34).
Fallon, Roberta. Copy Right. Philadelphia Weekly. December 1-7, 2004. Page 42.
Fallon, Roberta. Romance Language. Philadelphia Weekly. October 27, 2004.
Vassallo, Christina. Alls Fair in Art and Politics, NY Arts Magazine, September/October 2004. Volume 9, Number 9/10.
2007
Strauss, R.B. Some First Friday Jewels for July. University City Review. July 4, 2007. Page 11.