The Artist's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy

 
Matt Jones
born in Rochester, New York in 1980
lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education

Cooper Union School of Art; New York, New York (BFA)
Yale Summer School of Painting, Norfolk, CT

Selected Exhibitions

2010
in Dialogue, The American Academy of Art, New York (forthcoming) (catalog)
Quick While Still, Heist Gallery, New York (catalog)
The Artist's Guide to the L.A. Galaxy, West LA College Art Gallery, Los Angeles (catalog)

2009

Hope Blossoms, Margulies Warehouse, Miami, Florida
Quick While Still, Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan
Matrilineage Symposium, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
THREE PAINTERS, BUIA Gallery
IN YOUR FACE, BUIA Gallery

2008

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

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, NY (solo)
Breezer, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
New Videos, Monkey Town, Brooklyn
Fred and Friends, Shephard University, West Virginia
Forest, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York

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 Ring, 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, HEREart, 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

Bibliography

peng, qi. Interview, The Examiner, Salt Lake City, Utah. February 2009
Schwendener, Martha, The New Yorker. April 2, 2007
Rogers, Melissa. The whimsical world of Fred and Friends, Picket. February 1, 2006
Robinson, Walter. Weekend Update, Artnet. November 2005
Finch, Charlie. The Decline and Fall of Painting, Artnet. May, 2005
Smith, Roberta. Making an entrance at any age, New York Times. May 6, 2005
Laster, Paul. NINETEENEIGHTY, Flavorpill. July 23, 2004