Matt Connors

Né en 1973 à Chicago, Illinois
Vit et travaille à New York, NY, USA

Cursus

2006
MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

1995
BFA, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Expositions de groupe à la galerie
FEED THE METER, Wandhaff
26 septembre 2015 - 30 janvier 2016


Expositions personnelles et expositions à deux personnes

2015
Bottoms, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis
Bottoms, Markus Lüttgen, Cologne, Allemagne

2014
ZONDER, KARMA Amagansett, Amagansett, Etats-Unis
Matt Connors and Bernard Piffaretti, Frank Elbaz, Paris, France
Machines, CANADA, New York, Etats-Unis
Complaints III, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis

2013
Synthesizer, Herald St, Londres, Angleterre
Reverse Telescopes with Inflected Bafes, KARMA, New York, Etats-Unis

2012
Impressionism, MoMA PS1, New York, Etats-Unis
Sandpaper Sleeve, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis
Matt Connors / Mark Hundley, Herald St, Londres, Angleterre
Matt Connors and Ian McDonald: The Turn, 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco, Etats-Unis

2011
Gas...Telephone...One Hundred Thousand Rubles, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Allemagne
Matt Connors: Line Breaks, VeneKlasen / Werner, Berlin, Allemagne
You're gonna take a walk in the rain and you're gonna get wet, Luettgenmeijer, Berlin, Allemagne
Concentrations 54: Fergus Feehily and Matt Connors, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Etats-Unis

2010
You Don't Know, CANADA, New York, Etats-Unis
Matt Connors, Four Boxes Gallery at Krabbesholm, Skive, Danemark
Dromedary Resting, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis

2008
Enjambment, CANADA, New York, Etats-Unis
Homonyms, LuttgenMeijer, Berlin, Allemagne

2007
Pre-Echo, The Breeder, Athènes, Grèce
Freely Espousing, Jef Bailey Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis


Expositions de groupe

2015
Feed the Meter, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
New York Painting, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Allemagne
Fondamenta: Matt Connors, Peter Karkawik, Matt Pareski, Peter Shire, Santa Monica, Etats-Unis
College Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, Etats-Unis
Love for Three Oranges, Gladstone Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgique
Call and Response, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, Etats-Unis

2014
The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, MoMA, New York, Etats-Unis
IN NO TIME, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Angleterre
Zero Point, Jackie Klempay Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Etats-Unis
Matt Connors, John Henderson, Lucas Knipscher, Andrea Rosen Gallery New York, New York, Etats-Unis
Outside the Lines: Painting: A Love Story, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, Etats-Unis
FEBREZE, KINMAN, London, Angleterre

2013
Painter Painter, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Etats-Unis

2012
Collaborations & Interventions, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Espagne

2011
Histories de votre vie: Darren Bader, Juliette Blightman, Matt Connors, Office Baroque Gallery, Antvers, Belgique
Matt Connors, Robert Cumming and Florian Morlat, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis

2010
Untitled, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis
Seven Card Stud, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis
Summer Teeth, The Breeder, Athènes, Grèce
Shut Your Eyes In Order to See, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree, Luttgenmeijer, Berlin, Allemagne
Portugal Arte 10, Lisbonne, Portugal

2009
Matt Connors, Arturo Herrara, Merlin James, Sikkema Jenkins, New York City, Etats-Unis
The Awful Parenthesis, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis
Coming In From The Cold, curated by Nicola Vassell, Duve, Berlin, Allemagne
Dark Side of the Moon, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienne, Autriche
Matt Connors, Nancy de Holl, Michael Rashkow, Rowan Wood, Parker Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis
Unaddressed Circumventions: Folds From a Failed Suicide, Gresham's Ghost, New York, Etats-Unis
Varda Caivano, Matt Connors, Thomas Hylander, Zak Prekop, Karyn LovegroveGallery, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis

2008
Matt Connors, Marc Hundley, Michael Stickrod, Cherry and Martin, L.A., Etats-Unis
Party at Phong's House, Janet Kurnatowski Galeria, Brooklyn, NY Unnameable Things, Art Space, New Haven, Etats-Unis
Bianca Beck, Josh Brand, Matt Connors, Zak Prekop, Hayley Tompkins, Sue Tompkins, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, Etats-Unis
Deadliest Catch: Hamptons, curated by Michael Sellinger, Southampton, Etats-Unis
Imaginary Realities, Max Wigram London, England 2007 TENDERLOIN, The Breeder, Athènes, Grèce
ab strac tion, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angels, Etats-Unis
Abstract Paintings and a Sculpture, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, Etats-Unis
Matt Connors, Ryan McLaughlin, Shannon Mustipher, Stanley Whitney, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, Etats-Unis

2006
CMYK, CANADA, New York, Etats-Unis
When the Moon Shines on The Moonshine, The Breeder, Athens, Greece Smoking Mirrors, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis
25 Bold Moves, House of Compari, New York, Etats-Unis
Turn the Beat Around, Sikkema Jenkins and Co. New York, Etats-Unis
MFA Thesis Show, Green Art Gallery, Yale University School of Art, Etats-Unis

2005
Fresh Direct, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY Mystic Truths, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Etats-Unis

2003
I'm just saying, curated by Ryan Kitson, 84 ROEBLING, Brooklyn, Etats-Unis

2002
SILKIES, Matthew Connors and Lizzie Scott, organisé par Josh Blackwell, Hot Coco Lab 962 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis

Prix

2012
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship 2006 Alice Kimball
English Traveling Fellowship
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award Nominee

2005
Artist Pension Trust, New York Gamblin Paint Award
Bibliographie


2014

Rosenberg, Karen. "Matt Connors: 'Machines'", The New York Times, 15 mai, 2014
Russeth, Andrew. "'Matt Connors: Machines' at Canada", Gallerist, 30 avril, 2014
Walker Art Center's Untitled Blog, Minneapolis, MN, 2014

2013
Connors, Matt. "Conversation between Bernard Piffaretti and Matt Connors" in Bernard Piffaretti: Report. Los Angeles: Cherry and Martin, 2013, p. 35-44
Byrne, Emmet. "2013: The Year According to Matt Connors", article en ligne
"Exhibitons in Brief," Art+Auction, septembre 2013, p. 151
Wilk, Deborah. "50 Under 50 Next Most Collectible Artists: Matt Connors," Art+Auction Magazine, juin 2013, p 123
Crosby, Eric. "Matt Connors." Painter Painter: Notes for an Exhibition." Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2013, p. 4-5
Travaglini, Cristina. On Exhibitions: Walker Art Centers exhibition Painter Painter, Kaleidoscope, hivers 2012/2/13, Issue 17 pp. 128-134

2012
Bedford, Christopher. Dear Painter...,Frieze, mars 2012, Issue 145, pp.98-105

2011
Burbon, Matthew. "Matt Connors and Fergus Feehily," Artforum CRITIC'S PICKS, juin 2011
Hudson, Suzanne. Matt Connors: Canada, Artforum, janvier 2011, pp. 221-222

2010
Phelps, Calvin, "Matt Connors at Cherry and Martin," Artslant, 2010
Werthern, Wilhelm, "Kunstler der aktuellen Ausgabe: Matt Connors," Le Monde diplomatique, 14 janvier 14, 2010

2009
Cotter, Holland, On the Piers, Testing the Waters in a Down Art Market, The New York Times, 6 mars 2009

2008
Smith, Roberta, Is Painting Small the Next Big Thing? New York Times, 19 avril 2008
Maine, Stephen, A Landslide and a Cocktail Party, The New York Sun, 20 mars 2008
Matt Connors, The New Yorker, 8 avril 2008

2007
Morgenthau, Josh, Matt Connors Enjambment, The Brooklyn Rail, avril (illus.) 2007
Landes, Jennifer, A Show with Chutzpah, The East Hampton Star, 30 mai 2007

2002
The Turntable is Working, Drawings by Matt Connors & Marc Hundley 1995 Zing Magazine, Issue #1, Drawings: Surrealism and the Current Vernacular, curated by Amy Sillman