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Matt Phillips’ works often employ fundamental elements of painting: simple shapes, modulated values and color relationships.
About Matt Phillips
Matt Phillips is a painter living in Brooklyn, NY. His works often employ fundamental elements of painting: simple shapes, modulated values and color relationships. These rather rudimentary components are combined and remixed to produce unexpected outcomes. Color, shape, mark and form engage one another in both strange and familiar ways, becoming tense, humorous, quirky and ultimately meaningful.
Matt Phillips has had solo exhibitions at The Landing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA; Direktorenhaus Museum, Berlin, Germany; Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy; Devening Projects, Chicago, IL; Zillman Art Museum, Bangor Maine; and Steven Harvey, New York, NY. He has participated in group exhibitions at Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Hollis Taggart, New York, NY; Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY; and Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR. Phillips has been an artist-in-residence at The Fores Project, Yaddo, and the MacDowell Colony.
Matt Phillips CV
Select Solo, Two-Person, & Three-Person Exhibitions
2021
Kentish town Pictures, The Fires Project, London, England
Remain in Light, The Landing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Closer to Song, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019
Matt Phillips: The Invisible Line, Palazzo Contini Martini, Mezzocorona, Italy
2018
Yevgeniya Baras, John Dilg, and Matt Phillips, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
Matt Phillips: Works on Paper, Direktorenhaus Museum, Berlin, Germany
2017
Almost Back to Normal, One River Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Piano, piano, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
About Looking:Matt Phillips & Travis Fairclough, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Yard Sale, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
Comfort Inn, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
2014
Staring At The Sun With A Penny In My Pocket, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
2013
Matt Phillips: Small Paintings, Kate Alkarni Gallery, Seattle, WA
Both, and: Recent Paintings by Matt Phillips (Curated by John Stomberg), Branch Gallery, North Adams, MA
this, and then, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
2009
Out Through The In Door, Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Sun Machine is Coming Down, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2008
The Sun Machine is Coming Down , Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
Select Group Exhibitions
2021
The Landing Gallery, NADA, Miami, FL
Abstract, Rom 57, New York, NY
Unearthed by JC, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Surfaces, Nino Mier, Los Angeles, CA
Arte Fiera Bologna, Bologna, Italy (Studio d’Arte Raffaelli)
2020
Look Again: A Survey of Contemporary Painting, Hollis Taggart, Southport, CT
2019
Fall Group Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Studio Visit: New Works by Six Painters, University of Maine Museum Of Art, Bangor, ME
Summer Selections, Hollis Taggart, NY, NY
Summer Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Yard, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY,NY
Highlight Highline, Hollis Taggart, NY, NY
Group Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa (Studio d’Arte Raffaelli)
2018
Arte Verona, Verona, Italy (Studio d’Arte Raffaelli)
Highlight Chelsea, Hollis Taggart, NY, NY
Won’t Lovers Revolt Now, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Searching for Spring, Stone House Projects, Lower Hudson Valley, NY
NADA Fair, NY, NY (Steven Harvey Projects)
The Rag Trade, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy (Studio d’Arte Raffaelli)
2017
Arte Verona, Verona, Itay (Studio d’Arte Raffaelli)
Points of Entry, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin, Germany
When Y was Thus Released: Kyle Breitenbach, Matthew Fisher, Michele Hemsoth, & Matt Phillips, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Show, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA
Say Yes (Curated by Kimia Ferdowsi Kline), Wayne State University, Detroit MI
20 x 16 (Curated by Geoffery Young), Morgan Lehman, NY, NY
Drawings (Maria Calandra, Clare Grill, Matt Phillips, & Mason Saltarrelli), The Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
Art Herning, Herning, Denmark (With Charlotte Fogh Gallery)
Salami Salon (Curated by Robert Otto Epstein), 83 Meserole, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Chronic Blooms, Geoffery Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Hungry For Colour (Austin Eddy, Benjamin Edminston, & Matt Phillips), Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
The Tide is High (Curated by Michael Levinson, Chris Joy, and Jeffrey Mueller), Colonel’s Row, Govenor’s Island, NYC
Fabulous You, TSA NY, Brooklyn NY
Summerzcool, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
Super Sketchy (Curated by Alleyoop Projects), DCTV, New York, NY
Rational Curves: Joy Curtis, Ryan DaWalt, & Matt Phillips (Curated by Robert Epstein), Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
You, Yes, You (Curated by Meghan Brady), Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
Only Lovers, Le Coeur, Paris, France
2015
I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work (Curated by Austin Eddy), Bannerette, Brooklyn, NY
Small Works, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME
Printer’s Proof : 30 Years at Wingate Studio, Boston University Stone Gallery, Boston, MA
Market Art + Design Fair, Bridgehampton, NY (with Steven Harvey Projects)
Let’s Go Away For Awhile (Curated by Erik den Breejen and Maria Louisa Calandra), One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
Living Threads, New York Studio School, NY, NY
Alumni Exhibit, Hampshire College Gallery, Amherst, M
B Sides (Curated by Steven Gavino), Third Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
JustMad Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2014
Miami Project Art Fair, Miami, FLA (with Steven Harvey Projects)
Clouds are Our Mountains (Curated by Austin Thomas and Steven Harvey), The Jade, Miami, FLA
Back to the Future, Life on Mars, Brooklyn, NY
EAB Fair, New York, NY (with Wingate Studio)
Diamonds and Doughnuts, Geoffery Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
To Tiger With Love, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
The Jam 3.0 (Group Exhibit with Site-Specific Mural created and executed with Andrea Bergart), Steven Harvey Projects, New York, NY
The Jam 2 (Group Exhibit with Site-Specific Mural created and executed with Andrea Bergart) Curated by Joan Backes, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
Second Sight (Sean Green, Matt Phillips, and Russell Tyler) Catalogue essay by Geoffrey Young, Brian Morris Gallery, NY, NY
Mix Tape (Curated by Sophia Alexandrov and Todd Bienvenu), Third Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Legend Anew (Curated by Paul D’Agostino), Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
Select Fair, New York, NY (with Wingate Studios)
Group Show (A Woodpoint and Kingsland Production), DeBuck Gallery, New York, NY
Projector 237 (Peter Acheson, Lester Johnson, Kurt Knobelsdorf, Lauren Luloff, Sangram Majumdar, and Matt Philips), Steven Harvey Projects, New York, NY
2013
Flat Files: Year One, TSA New York, Brooklyn, NY
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
Above the Surface, Below the Surface: Prints by Wingate Studios, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
Summer Group Show, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
Love at Home, Kate Alkarni Gallery, Seattle, WA
Dooroomwindow, Pulse Fair, NYC with Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
Artist Series Project with Woodpoint and Kingsland, Artware Editions, New York, NY
Correspondence I, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
Folk Appeal (Curated by Sean Gallery), Mingo Gallery, Beverly, MA
Editions Artists’ Books Fair, New York, NY (With Wingate Studio)
2012
Fresh Prints, Feinberg Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel
Against the Grain (Benefit Show curated by Amir Fallah), Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Jam, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
The Irreconcilable (with Jennifer Abessira, Avner Ben Gal, Matt Phillips, Tal R, Jonas Wood, and Guy Yanai), The Spaceship at Ha Yarkon 70, Tel Aviv, Israel
Meta-Decorative, Scope Art Fair, New York, NY (with Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects)
Faculty Show, Mt. Holyoke College Museum, South Hadley, MA
2011
Collage (Curated by Klaus Postler), Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Printmaking!, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Long Beach, NJ
Mix and Match, Atelier 030202, Bucharest, Romania
Printmaking! (Curated by Sarah Suzuki and Emi Eu), The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Get on the Block (Curated by Lauren van Haaften-Schick), Camel Arts Space, Brooklyn, NY
Fist City: EJ Hauser, Logan Grider, Matt Phillips, and Nathlie Provosty, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Invitational Exhibit, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2010
Keep the Home Fires Burning, Fowler Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Pictured Thoughts (Curated by Sean Greene), University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
Good to Pull, Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Block Party, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
40th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
Reunited, Denise Bibro Fine Art, NY, NY
2009
Printer’s Proof: Selections from the Wingate Studio Archive, Rhodes Art Center Gallery, Gill, MA
Faculty Show, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
Meghan Brady, Andy Ness, & Matt Phillips: New Works on Paper, Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Cadaver Corpse, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
Out of Sight, Wunderarts, Amherst, MA
1000 Days, Scion Installation LA, Los Angeles, CA
Cadaver Corpse, Golden Age, Chicago, IL
Old School, Jack the Pelican, Williamsburg, NY
Sound & Vision: Circuit, Tube, and Prism (Curated by Gideon Bok), Space Gallery, Portland, ME
2008
Redux Benefit Auction, The Art Institute of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Gangbusters, Plane Space Gallery, New York, NY
Transit Antenna Big Tent Revival Auction, Redux Art Center, Charleston, SC
2007
Faculty Show, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
Petra Projects Presents Matt Phillips and Eliza Stamps, Petra Projects at Mehr Gallery, New York, NY
Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University 808 Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Boston University 808 Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
Education
2007
Boston University, Boston, MA M.F.A in Painting
2003
New York Studio School, New York, NY Landscape Painting Marathon
2001
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA B.A. in Art/Art History
2001
New York Studio School, New York, NY Drawing Marathon
Publications, Collaborations, & Public Projects
2017
Piano, Piano – Exhibition Catalogue. Interview by Timothee Chaillou
About Looking:Matt Phillips & Travis Fairclough. Essay by Eleanor Ray
2016
San Marco – Archival digital edition published by Exhibition A
Comfort Inn – Exhibition Catalogue. Essay by Roger White
2014
The Jam 2.0 & 3.0 — Two site-specific murals created and executed with Andrea Bergart at New Bedford Art Museum and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
2012
Ditzydos — A site-specific mural installed at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects during the exhibition The Jam. Created and executed with Andrea Bergart.
Paper Monument’s “Draw It With Your Eyes Closed – Contributing writer to book of essays.
2011
Sheltering Sky — A site-specific mural on the interior of a swimming pool conceived and executed with Andy Ness at Denniston Hill Artist Residency
2010
Modular Mural — An installation and video produced with Meghan Brady at SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
Guitar — A suite of color etchings published by Wingate Studios
Hampshire College Mural Project — A collaborative mural created with Hampshire College art students and artists Seth Gadsden and Seth Curcio.
2009
Woodblock Print — A collaborative woodblock print executed with Meghan Brady and Andy Ness on the occasion of the exhibit: Meghan Brady, Andy Ness, & Matt Phillips; New Works on Paper. Ganser Gallery, PA
1,000 Days — Exhibition Catalogue
2008
The Sun Machine is Coming Down — Exhibition Catalogue. (Essays by Seth Curcio & Dushko Petrovich)
New Exchange — A folio showcasing 20 artists curated by Meghan Brady and Louise Kohrman (edition of 20)
2007
The Kite Project — A collaborative print project with Josef Kristofoletti. An edition of 50 woodblock prints crafted into kites and flown over Cambridge, MA.
2006
December — A book of original poetry by Brandy Barents with seven intaglio etchings by Matt Phillips (open edition)
Curatorial Projects
2019
Dana Frankfort: Wrangler, D6 Gallery at FIT, NY, NY
2018
Co-Founder of TSA New York. A Brooklyn cooperative gallery, performance, and exhibition space. (2012-2018)
MAAKE Magazine Co-juror for issue #7
Meghan Brady : Free Forming, TSA, Brooklyn, NY
Gideon Bok: Dirt Farmer, D6 Gallery at FIT, NY, NY
2017
EJ Hauser : what all you took, D6 Gallery at FIT, NY, NY
Clare Grill : The Tree That Ate The Fence, D6 Gallery at FIT, NY, NY
2016
Joe Ballweg: Jazz Burger Drool, TSA, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Artist Run Miami- An international showcase of 40 artist-run spaces in a repurposed hotel
Juror — Boston Young Contemporaries
TSA NY consultant to the Select Art Fair (NYC) – in addition to having a booth in the fair, TSA organized various lectures, a panel discussion, and performances
Andy Ness – Nothing Nice and Easy, TSA, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Sump Pumped Sentiments — a group exhibition featuring Todd Bienveneu, Gideon Bok, Shara Hughes, and Jason Mones, TSA, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Split Seven — a group exhibition featuring the work of Yevgeniya Baras, Michael Kennedy Costa, Ariel Dill, Dana Frankfort, Sean Greene, Clare Grill, Jessie LeBaron, Russell Tyler, Keith J. Varadi, and Joel Werring, Fowler Arts, Greenpoint Brooklyn
2006
Co-Founder Boston Young Contemporaries — A juried exhibition showcasing 12 New England Area MFA programs
Public Collections
Memorial Sloan Kettering David H. Koch Cancer Center
University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
Commissioned Artist for a large-scale ceramic tile mosaic at PS106X through New York City’s Public Art for Public Schools Program
United Fidelity Bank, Chicago, IL
Awards & Residencies
2021
The Fores Project, London, England
2018
Air Serenbe Colony Resident, Atlanta, GA
2017
Yaddo Colony Resident, Saratoga Springs, NY
2016
MacDowell Colony Resident, Peterborough, NH
2014
Commissioned Artist, New York City’s Public Art for Public Schools Program (a large-scale ceramic tile mosaic at PS106X)
2012
The Drawing Center, Viewing Program, Artist Registry, New York, NY
2011
Artist in Residence, Denniston Hill, Woodridge, NY
The Renaissance Graphic Arts Award – 85th Annual Printmaking Competition (curated by Sarah Suzuki and Emi Eu)
2007
Kahn Career Entry Award Finalist (Boston University)
Constantin Alajalov Scholarship (Boston University) (2005-2007)
2006
Hamill Prize for excellence in painting (Boston University)
Visiting Artist/ Lecturer
2021
Visiting Artist: R.I.S.D, Providence, RI
Visiting Artist: University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2020
Visiting Artist: Columbia University (MFA), NY,NY
Visiting Artist: MICA, Baltimore, MD
Visiting Artist: Purchase College, Pruchase, NY
2019
Visiting Artist: New York City Crit Club, NY, NY
Visiting Artist: Maharishi University, Fairfield, IA
Guest Lecturer: Penn State University, State College, PA
2018
Visiting Artist: Marywood University, Scranton, PA
Visiting Artist: Boston University MFA Program
Visiting Artist: Columbia University Sumer School of Art
2017
The Jewish Museum: Florine Stettheimer: Painters Respond
One River School of Art, Englewood, NJ
Guest Lecturer: Penn State University, State College, PA
2016
Visiting Artist, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
2013-2014
Visiting Artist Boston University
2009-2013
Visiting Artist: R.I.S.D, Providence, RI (Sophomore Sculpture)
2012
Visiting Artist: Marlboro College
2010-2011
Visiting Artist: Smith College
2011
Visiting Artist: Mt. Holyoke College
2010
Visiting Artist: Swarthmore College
Visiting Artist: Amherst College
2007-2010
Five College Drawing Faculty (Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, Smith & University of Massachusetts)
Teaching Experience
2016- present
Assistant Professor of Art, FIT, NYC
2016
Drawing Marathon Instructor, New York Studio School, NY, NY
2011-2015
Visiting Professor in Art and Art History, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
2007-2011
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Press & Media
2021
Zappas, Lindsay “ Matt Phillips at The Landing” KCRW Events
2018
Contributing writer for Nautilus’ package exploring the theme of “time” – Other contributors included Philip Glass, Ivan Amato, and Heather Berlin
Osbborne, Rosy “Matt Phillips” Freespirits.com
2017
“Piano,Piano arriva Phillips” Corriere del Trentino
Dogliani, Jenny “Slow Painting” Il Giornale Dell’Arte
2016
Baras, Yevgeniya “Yevgeniya Baras with Matt Phillips” Paintingisdead.com
2014
Smith, Roberta “The Jam 3.0” New York Times
Editor’s Pick “Best Summer Group Show” The L Magazine
Laluyan, Oscar “Sight Un-Scene at Brian Morris Gallery” artefuse.com
Schwendener, Martha “ Chasing a Dream and an Unalloyed Ethos: A Critic’s Picks in Brooklyn” New York Times
Yanai, Guy “Sump Pumped Sentiments: Curated by Matt Phillips @ TSA, NY” The Telavivian
2013
Seven, John “Matt Phillips: Impersonal Simplicity Sparks Personal Complexity” North Adams Transcript
Featured Artist for the Harvard Business Review (pp 9,61,62,63,65,81,88,140)
Hartley, Melissa “Love at Home” Mode Magazine
Gorky’s Grandaughter Interview: http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2013/11/matt-phillips-nov-2013.html
Yanai, Guy “Matt Phillips – This and Then at SHFAP” The Telavivan
Krarup, Benjamin “Five Questions : Matt Phillips.” five-questions.net
Butler, Sharon, “Matt Phillips” Two Coats of Paint (.com)
Kirkland, Allegra, “The Scattered Geometries of Matt Phillips” dailyserving.com
2012
National Daily Globes, Tel Aviv, Israel. “Fresh Prints”
Esplund, Lance “The Jam” Bloomberg
Samet, Jen “Matt Phillips: Beer with a Painter ” http://realartrealfood.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html
Maariv National Daily. Tel Aviv, Israel. “The Irreconcilable.”
Anaba.blogspot.com, “Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects at Scope.”
2011
Museum Nerd.wordpress.com, “The Best Art Exhibits of 2011.”
Wilson, Michael, “Upstate Downstate” artforum.com
Donohoe, Victoria “Print Center’s Venerable Small Show is big on Sophistication” Philadelphia Inquirer
Anghelescu, Victoria “Mix and Match, o lume construita din fragmente.” Cotidianul
Nathan, Emily “Brooklyn Local” Artnet.com
James Kalm Rough Cuts. “Fist City at Folwer Arts.”
Kalm, James “Brooklyn Dispatches” The Brooklyn Rail
Meier, Allison “Wandering Through Bushwick Open Studios” hyperallergic.com
2010
Dodge, Matt “Block Party (steam) Rolls into Town” The Portland Daily Sun
Keyes, Bob “New Kids on the Block” The Portland Press Herald
Gray, Christopher “Block Party Consumes the Arts District” The Portland Phoenix
2009
Breor, Melissa, “Driven to Abstraction.” Daily Hampshire Gazette
Campoy-Leffler, Nicole “Color Blocking is the New Black” Fine Arts LA
Juxtapoz “Behind the Scenes at Scion Space : 1,000 Days”
2008
Curcio, Seth “The Sun Machine is Coming Down” dailyserving.com
Smith, Nick “The Pursuit of Business” Charleston City Paper
Hawkins, Ken “The Sun Machine: Experience a contemporary exhibit where two young artists aren’t afraid of painting outside of the lines” Charleston Magazine
Pool, Olivia, “Here Comes the Sun” Charleston Post Courier
2007
Curcio, Seth “Daily Serving Interview with Matt Phillips” dailyserving.com
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