Matt Connors
Born in 1973
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2006 MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1995 BFA, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Enjambment, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
LuetgennMeijer, Berlin, Germany
2007
Pre-Echo, The Breeder, Athens
2005
Freely Espousing, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2009
Dark Side of the Moon, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
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
Cherry & Martin, Los Angeles
Arcade Fine Arts, London
Shane Campbell gallery, Chicago
Unnameable Things, ARTSPACE, New Haven, Connecticut
Imaginary Realities: Constructed Worlds in Abstract & Figurative Painting. Max Wigram, London
Karyn Lovegrove, Los Angeles
Party at Phong’s House, Janet Kurnatowski Galeria, Brooklyn, NY
Deadliest Catch: Hamptons, curated by Michael Sellinger, Southampton, NY
2007
Tenderloin, The Breeder, Athens Greece
Abstract Paintings and a Sculpture. Curated by Avo Samuelian. Fireplace Projects. East Hampton, New York
Ab-Stract-ion, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.
2006
Ragged, Kate MacGarry Gallery, London, UK
Smoking Mirrors, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
CMYK, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
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
Mystic Truths, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
SILKIES, Matthew Connors and Lizzie Scott, organized by Josh Blackwell, Hot Coco Lab, Los Angeles, CA
Awards / Honors
2007
Louis Comfort Tiffany Artist Grant, Nominee
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
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
Matt Connors, Vanity Frame, 2007, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 cm
Matt Connors, Sunless, 2007, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Matt Connors, Scorpio, 2005, oil on canvas, 20 x 26 cm
Matt Connors, Penguin Palermo, 2007, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 cm
Matt Connors, Guillotine ball frame motif, 2007, oil on canvas, pencil, 40 x 30 cm
Matt Connors, Black Ships, 2007, oil on canvas, 31 x 31 cm
Matt Connors, Pre Echo, 2007, Installation view, The Breeder
Matt Connors, Brown Dazzle, 2006, oil on canvas, 30 x 23 cm
Matt Connors, Pre Echo, 2007, Installation view, The Breeder
Matt Connors, Web, 2005, oil on cloth, 41 x 36 cm
Matt Connors, Untitled, 2007, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Matt Connors, Pre Echo, 2007, Installation view, The Breeder
