BIOGRAPHY
Matt Johnson (b. 1978, New York, NY) received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD and his MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, CA. His work has been celebrated in recent group exhibitions such as The Artist is Present, curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China (2018); 99 Cents or Less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI (2017) [...]
BORN
1978, New York, NY
LIVES AND WORKS
Los Angeles, California
AWARDS & EDUCATION
Education
2003 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Artist residency, Fondazione Ratti, Como, Italy
2000 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1999 New York Studio Program (AICAD), New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Friend of Ours, organized by Benjamin Godsill and Joel Mesler, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2019
303 Gallery: 35 Years, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2018
This is a Pipe: Realism and the Found Object in Contemporary Art, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fool the Eye, curated by Franklin Hill Pereel with Debbie Wells, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
An Homage to Hollis Benton, curated by Aaron Moulton, Over the Influence, Los Angeles, CA
The Artist is Present, curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Seeing Eye Awareness, curated by Aaron Moulton, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Death is Irrelevant, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY
2017
Concrete Island, Venus Over Los Angeles, CA
Jump Ball, Dio Haria, Mykonos, Greece
99
Cents or Less, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI
alt-facts, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
2016
6s and 7s, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Wanderlust, High Line Art, New York, NY
Phoenix Rising: The Valley Collects, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
2015
Love or the Lack of It, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
Small Sculpture, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014
Broadway Morey Boogie, Broadway Malls, New York, NY, presented by Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
2012
Eagles, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Funny., FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
The Perfect Show, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
Lifelike, Walker Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN; traveled to New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, TX
Blind Cut, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Object Fictions, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Burning, Bright: A Short History of the Light Bulb, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
Greater LA, 2nd Floor of 483 Broadway, New York, NY
2010
11th Triennale für Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany (exh. cat.)
2009
Abstract America, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Second Nature: The Valentine-Adelson Collection, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Born in the Morning, Dead by Night, Leo Koenig, New York, NY
2008
PM Dawn, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, UK
The Form Itself, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
Making Do, Yale University School of Art Gallery, New Haven CT
All About Laughter: Humor in Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (exh. cat.)
Makers and Modelers, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Objects, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
Sculptors' Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Time Difference, The Frank Cohen Collection, Initial Access Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
2006
The World is Round, Public Art Fund, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY (exh. cat.)
Clarissa Dalrymple’s Exhibition of Young Artists to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Bortolami Dayan, New York, NY
2005
Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium, Astrup Fearnley, Oslo, Norway; traveled to Bard College, New York, NY; Serpentine Gallery, London, UK; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland; Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic (exh. cat.)
Art Rock, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Sutton Lane in Paris, Sutton Lane c/o Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Thing, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (exh. cat.)
2004
Magic Show, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mystery Achievement, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Project, New York, NY
Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown’s Passerby, New York, NY
Nature Study: A Selection of Artists' from New York and Los Angeles, California State University, Bakersfield, CA
2003
Another Sculpture Show, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
Buy Contortions, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
Threedimetrical, Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
California Welcomes You, Scope, Los Angeles, CA
Ordinary Uncanny, Scope, New York, NY
Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
2002
Four Times One Minus One, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fondazione Ratti, Como, Italy
Nanotechnology, The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Everything Everywhere, The H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Matt Johnson: 19 Sculptures, The Ranch, Montauk, NY
Project Room: Matt Johnson, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Project Room: Matt Johnson, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2018
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
2017
Wood Sculpture, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Lautner Beams, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
2014
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2012
303 Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2009
Matt Johnson: Super System, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
2006
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
2004
Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway
Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
INTERNATIONAL BIENNIALS
2023 The Desert Biennial: Desert X, Coachella Valley, CA
