Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2008 | Kindred, Daniel Cooney Fine Arts, NYC, NY |
| --- Victor R. Small House, Clinton, NC | |
| 2007 | Knoxville Girl, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA |
| other venues: | |
| --- Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA | |
| ---- Sarah Moody Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL | |
| ----- Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ | |
| 2005 | The Assumption, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2004 | The Dumbest Man, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2003 | Holy Smokes, Gallery 817, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1998 | My Bucket's Got a Hole in It, M Goodman Gallery, Richmond, VA |
| Sleepwalking, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN | |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2009 | Casual Males, Sherman Gallery, Boston University |
| The Philadelphia Story, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ | |
| Consequential, Addams Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | |
| My Certain Fate, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Beautiful Humans, Haverford College, Haverford, PA | |
| Contemporary Drawing, Elder Gallery, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE | |
| 2008 | More Stories, Todd Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco |
| ¡Fake!, Frieze Art Fair courtesy of Museu de Arte Contemporaneo de Castille Y Leon | |
| La Main qui dessinait toute seule, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France | |
| The Drawing Narrative, Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Philadelphia PA | |
| Spot Check: Academy Contemporary, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia PA | |
| The Strange Place, Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL- curated by Dayton Castleman | |
| 2007 | This Place is Ours, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
| The Blogger Show, Agni Gallery, New York, NY | |
| On the Mark!, Turchin Center for the Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC | |
| The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2006 | Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings from Durer to Doig, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA |
| 181st Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC, NY | |
| On Line: Contemporary Drawing, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | |
| Drawn, Art Murmur, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Everyday, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA | |
| Fine Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, NYC, NY | |
| Posture and Expression, Gallery 817, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2005 | O, Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ- curated by MatCh Art |
| In a Series, Adam Baumgold Gallery, NYC | |
| Torrid, Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA | |
| 2004 | Anonymous Returns- 2004 WPA\C Benefit, Hemphill Gallery, Washington, DC |
| The Great Remasters, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Sunday Afternoon, Match-Art, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Summer Show, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Figure Out, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Arcadia Works on Paper, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA- curated by Jordan Kantor | |
| Wagons East, King Fisher Projects, Ridgewood, NY | |
| First Person, Gallery Schlesinger, NYC, NY | |
| Small Works, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2003 | ACRIA’s Unframed First Look, Lehmann Maupin, NYC, NY- curated by Peter Halley, Sue Williams, Ross Bleckner |
| I Saw the Light, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA- curated by John Caperton | |
| Drawing For It, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Bling Bling, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2002 | Philly: People, Places, Things, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| Greater Philadelphia, Paley and Levy Galleries at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA | |
| The Photographic Process, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Summer Mish Mosh, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Hopscotch: Associative Leaps in the Construction of Narrative, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA- curated by Ellen Rosenholtz | |
Public Collections |
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| North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA | |
| Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA | |
| de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA | |
Select Bibliography |
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| 2009 | Rosof, Libby, "Small Is Big at Gallery Joe," The Art Blog, September 4, 2009 |
| Rosof, Libby, "Beautiful inside, outside, anytime, anywhere–Beautiful Human at Haverford," The Art Blog, October 1, 2009 | |
| Newhall, Edith, "Galleries: Six Artists Shine a Positive Light on the Human Image," Philadelphia Inquirer, September 27, 2009 | |
| Berendt, Chris, “A Portrait of Family,” Sampson Independent, June 16, 2009 | |
| 2008 | Hill, Lori, “Just Desserts: Choice Awards ’08, “ City Paper, September 25- October 2, 2008 |
| Hoggard, Barry, “Graphite Is Hot,” Bloggy.com, Oct. 19, 2008 | |
| Stockton-Moore, Cindy, “Faithfully Observed,” Ducts.org, Dec. 2008 | |
| 2007 | Fallon, Roberta, "Gray's Anatomy," Philadelphia Weekly, December 5 2007 |
| Rosof, Libby, “Murder and excess--Matthews and Holsing at Gallery Joe,” http://fallonandrosof.artblog.com, November 5, 2007 | |
| Newhall, Edith, “Ballad of Murder Unfolds in Drawings,” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 23, 2007 | |
| Hill, Lori, “Lori Hill’s First Friday Hit List”, City Paper, October 30, 2007 | |
| Fallon, Roberta and Libby Rosof, “Look! It’s Libby and Roberta at Gallery Joe”, Video review at http://fallonandrosof.blogspot.com, November 24, 2007 | |
| 2006 | Fallon, Roberta, “Art Pilgrimage,” Art Review, September 2006 |
| Pressler, Jessica, “The Philly School,” Philadelphia Magazine, May 2006 | |
| “Artists Making Their Mark: Three to Watch,” Fine Art Connoisseur, Nov/Dec 2006 | |
| 2005 | Hagen, Susan, “Pencil Him In,” City Paper, April 14-21, 2005 |
| Fallon, Roberta, “Faith-Based Initiatives,” Philadelphia Weekly, April 13-19, 2005 | |
| Rosof, Libby, “Visions of Heaven and Hell on Earth”, Artblog, www.fallonandrosof.com/artblog, March 31, 2005 | |
| Sozanski, Edward, “Literal Devotions”, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 8, 2005 | |
| 2004 | Fallon, Roberta, “A Pose by Any Other Name”, Philadelphia Weekly, May 19-25, 2004 |
| Hagen, Susan, “Ghostland”, City Paper, May 27-June 2, 2004 | |
| Fallon, Roberta, “Flown of Arcadia”, Philadelphia Weekly, January 28, 2004 | |
| Sozanski, Edward J., “Imagination Abounds in Arcadia Show”, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 6, 2004 | |
| 2003 | Bostick, Alan, “You’re Getting Sleepy, Very Sleepy”, The Tennessean. August 24, 2003 |
| Hagen, Susan, “Simply Illuminating”, City Paper. April 3-10, 2003 | |
| Fallon, Roberta, “In the (Edward) Hopper”, Philadelphia Weekly. April 2, 2003 | |
| Rosenthal, James, “I Saw the Light” www.inliquid.com | |
| Fallon, Roberta, “Sketches-See Spots Run”, Philadelphia Weekly. March 22-29, 2003 | |
| 2002 | Auspitz, Debra and David Warner. “Paint the Town”, City Paper. November 14-21, 2002 |
Awards |
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| 2009 | Pew Fellowship in the Arts |
| 2008 | Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship |
| 2004 | Philadelphia Museum of Art purchase award- Works on Paper, Arcadia University |
| Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship | |
ROB MATTHEWS
born in Wilson, NC- 1974
lives in Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATION
Virginia Commonwealth University
MFA- Painting and Printmaking
University of Tennessee- Knoxville
BFA- Painting
WORK EXPERIENCE
Please email for work/teaching experience.
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