Born 1973 in Chicago, IL Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA EDUCATION: MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, 2006 BFA, Bennington College, Bennington, VT 1995 SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2008 "Enjambment", CANADA, New York, NY 2007 "Pre-Echo", The Breeder, Athens, Greece 2005 "Freely Espousing", Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2008 "Unnameable Things", Art Space, New Haven, CT (catalogue) "Bianca Beck, Josh Brand, Matt Connors, Zak Prekop, Hayley Tompkins, Sue Tompkins", Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL LuttgenMeijer, Berlin, Germany 2007 "TENDERLOIN", The Breeder, Athens, Greece "ab strac tion", Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angels, CA "Abstract Paintings and a Sculpture", The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY M"att Connors, Ryan McLaughlin, Shannon Mustipher, Stanley Whitney" Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI 2006 "CMYK", CANADA, New York, NY "When the Moon Shines on The Moonshine", The Breeder, Athens, Greece "Smoking Mirrors", China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA "25 Bold Moves", House of Compari, New York, NY "Turn the Beat Around", Sikkema Jenkins and Co. New York, NY 2005 "Fresh Direct", Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY "Mystic Truths", Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 "I’m just saying…", curated by Ryan Kitson, 84 ROEBLING, Brooklyn, NY 2002 "SILKIES", Matthew Connors and Lizzie Scott, organized by Josh Blackwell, Hot Coco Lab 962 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CAk AWARDS/HONORS 2006 Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship Joan Mitchell Foundation Award Nominee Panelist; “Abstraction and the Sign”. Yale University School of Art. Panel Discussion featuring; Peter Halley, Jessica Stockholder, Fabian Marcaccio, Shirley Tse, David Reed and Christine Mehring. 2005 Artist Pension Trust, New York Gamblin Paint Award BIBLIOGRAPHY 2008 Smith, Roberta, “Is Painting Small the Next Big Thing?”, The New York Times, April 19 Maine, Stephen, “A Landslide and a Cocktail Party”, The New York Sun, Mar. 20, (illus.) Morgenthau, Josh, “Matt Connors Enjambment”, The Brooklyn Rail, April (illus.) The New Yorker, "Matt Connors", April 14 2007 Landes, Jennifer, “A Show with Chutzpah”, The East Hampton Star, May 30, illus. Group Show at Michael Kohn, LA Weekly 2002 “The Turntable is Working”, Drawings by Matt Connors & Marc Hundley, Artist Book 1995 “Zing Magazine”, Issue #1, Drawings: Surrealism and the Current Vernacular, curated by Amy Sillman