Solo Exhibitions

2008 Kindred, Daniel Cooney Fine Arts, NYC, NY
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

2008 More Stories, Todd Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco
  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

  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
  de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Select Bibliography

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

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.

matthewstheyounger@gmail.com

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