MATT JONES
B. 1980, Rochester, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

1998-2002
Cooper Union, BFA

2001
Yale University School of Art: Norfolk, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Grant

Selected Exhibitions

2013
Magic Kingdom, Old School, New York (curated by Myla Dalbesio)
The Example, Bleecker Street Art Club, New York
About Space, The ArtBridge Drawing Room, New York (catalog)
Painted Perfect, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

2012
The Dinner Party, Anonymous Gallery, New York (solo, performance)
News from Chicago and New York, organized by Henning Strassburger, Fiebach Minninger, Cologne
Evil Dead 2, Horton Gallery, Berlin, Germany (two person show with Kadar Brock)
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York
The Visitor, Black and White, Brooklyn
Art Live, Miami, FL
Powerplay - A Radical Sculpture Park, Hayground, Bridgehampton, NY
The Usual Suspects, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn
Cosmic Architecture, Artists Wanted, Long Island City, New York
The Final Frontier, The Atlantic Conference, Brooklyn
casas de empeño, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
casas de empeño (pop-up), Anonymous Gallery, New York
Momenta Art Benefit, Momenta Art, Brooklyn

2011
..., The Hole, New York, NY
Between Two Friends, Varet Space, Brooklyn, NY
Control Alt Delete, HKJB, Brooklyn, NY
Multiverse, Freight + Volume, New York, NY (solo)
Outer Space (Benefit), Exit Art, New York, NY

2010
Inner Space, House Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (solo) (catalog)
Recent Requisitions, Twenty Twenty Projects, Miami, FL
Third Annual Holiday Benefit Exhibition, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
Banzai!, Red Lotus Room, Brooklyn, NY
in Dialogue, Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Quick While Still, Heist Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Graphomania, Garbageman Astronaut Project Space, Portland, OR
The Artist's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy, West LA College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)

2009
Hope Blossoms, Margulies Warehouse, Miami, FL
Quick While Still, Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan
Matrilineage Symposium, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Three Painters, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
In Your Face, Buia Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Everlasting, Buia Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
TIMELESS, Morris Museum, Morris, NJ
Exit Art Benefit Auction, Exit Art, NY
BOS Benefit Auction, Brooklyn, NY

2007
Holiday!, Buia Gallery, NY
Sunny, Clear, and Cool, Buia Gallery, NY
Quotidian, Buia Gallery, NY
Invisible Jet, Buia Gallery, NY

2006
Death by Misadventure, Buia Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Breezer, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
New Videos, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY
Fred and Friends, Shephard University, WV
Forest, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY

2005
The Last Days of Terror Mansion, Artists Space, New York, NY (performance)
Human After All, Buia Gallery, New York, NY (two person show with Kadar Brock)
NBC, Buia Gallery, New York, NY
In the Buia, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Crystalis, The Peekskill Project, Peekskill, NY
NINETEENEIGHTY: Art Show, RARE, New York, NY
New York to Portland, Disjecta, Portland, OR
Dum Dum Grown-Up Art, Here Art, New York, NY
Ides of March, ABC No Rio, New York, NY

2003
[r]evolution-warface, Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York, NY
Waco Show, Ann Street Gallery, New York, NY
Goya is Way Better than You, Box Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (solo)
We Do What We Like and We Like What We Do, Atlantic Conference, Brooklyn, NY
The Beginning is the End, Atlantic Conference, Brooklyn, NY

2002
August Arts, Raw Space, New York, NY
Painting Pals, The Cooper Union, New York, NY (two person show with Kirsten Deirup)

2001
Summer Group Show, Yale, Norfolk, CT
Intercollegiate Group Show, Pratt Institute, New York, NY

Selected Bibliography

2013
Ross, Cody, Contra. System Overload - Artist Matt Jones

2012
Thomas, BreakThru Radio. Art Uncovered: Matt Jones (internet radio interview: http://breakthruradio.com/#/post/?blog=64&post=1362)
Harrison, Helen, Sag Harbor Express. Eye on Art - The Power of Sculpture. July 25
Ulrich, Jorge, NY Arts Magazine, 30 Artists to Watch
Sutphin, Eric. Beard and Brush. Noted: Seeing Stars - The Atlantic Conference Presents: The Final Frontier
Fitzgerald, Ali. Daily Serving. Evil Dead 2 at Horton Gallery Berlin
Calandra, Maria. Pencil in the Studio. Matt Jones
Atkins, Devin Elise. Berline Art Link. EVIL DEAD 2: Matt Jones and Kadar Brock at Horton Gallery
Simkover, Rachel. Pigs (Berlin). Evil Dead 2 @ Horton Gallery
Taylor, Leah. Flavor Pill. Meditating in Space

2011
Bernstein, Julia. Purple Diary. Matt Jones at the Hole
Finch, Charlie. Art Net. Drink Your Lola Cola
Ross, Cody. i-D. Party in the city where the heat is on" & "Welcome to Miami Part II
Russeth, Andrew. 16 Miles of String. "Control Alt Delete": A One-Night HKJB Show in Bushwick
Sutphin, Eric. Beard and Brush. Review: Matt Jones Multiverse at Freight + Volume
Sutphin, Eric. Artcritical. Punk Rock Nirvana: Matt Jones' Multiverse
Locascio, Monica. Paper Magazine. Word Up! Last Call Gallery Hop!
Nalley, JD. Leaves of Glass. Multiverse: In the Plywood Forest of Matt Jones

2010
Staker, Brian. Salt Lake City Weekly. The Essentials - Matt Jones: Inner Space

2007
Schwendener, Martha. The New Yorker. Reviews

2006
Rogers, Melissa. Picket. The whimsical world of Fred and Friends

2005
Robinson, Walter. Artnet. Weekend Update
Finch, Charlie. Artnet. The Decline and Fall of Painting
Smith, Roberta. New York Times. Making an entrance at any age
Laster, Paul. Flavorpill. NINETEENEIGHTY