Matt Connors
b. 1973, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education:
2006 MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1995 BFA, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Forthcoming, CANADA, New York, NY
Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Enjambment, CANADA, New York, NY
Homonyms, Luttgenmeijer, Berlin, Germany
2007 Pre-Echo, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
2005 Freely Espousing, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY,
Group Exhibitions:
2009 Matt Connors, Arturo Herrara, Merlin James, Sikkema Jenkins, New York City The Awful Parenthesis, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Coming In From The Cold, curated by Nicola Vassell, Duve, Berlin, Germany
Dark Side of the Moon, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
Matt Connors, Nancy de Holl, Michael Rashkow, Rowan Wood, Parker Jones
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Unaddressed Circumventions: Folds From a Failed Suicide, Gresham’s Ghost, New York, NY
Varda Caivano, Matt Connors, Thomas Hylander, Zak Prekop, Karyn Lovegrove
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paul Bloodgood, Matt Connors, Elena Pankova, Zak Prekop, Michael Wetzel, Susanne Hillberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2008 Matt Connors, Marc Hundley, Michael Stickrod, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Party at Phong’s House, Janet Kurnatowski Galeria, Brooklyn, NY
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
Deadliest Catch: Hamptons, curated by Michael Sellinger, Southampton, NY
Imaginary Realities, Max Wigram London, England
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
Matt 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
MFA Thesis Show, Green Art Gallery, Yale University School of Art
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, CA
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:
2009 Cotter, Holland, “On the Piers, Testing the Waters in a Down Art Market,” The New York Times, March 6
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.)
“Matt Connors”, The New Yorker, April 8
Morgenthau, Josh, “Matt Connors Enjambment”, The Brooklyn Rail, April (illus.)
2007 Landes, Jennifer, “A Show with Chutzpah”, The East Hampton Star, May 30, illus.
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