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1978
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Born in New York, NY
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1999
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New York Studio Program (AICAD), New York, NY
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2000
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
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2002
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Artist residency, Fondazione Ratti, Como, Italy
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2003
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Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
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Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
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2011 |
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11th Triennale für Kleinplastik (Triennial of small scale sculpture), Fellbach, Germany (forthcoming) |
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2010 |
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Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK (solo) |
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2009 |
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Matt Johnson: Super System, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY (solo) |
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2009 |
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15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA |
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2009 |
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Abstract America, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK |
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2009 |
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Second Nature: The Valentine-Adelson Collection, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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2008 |
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The Form Itself, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY |
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2008 |
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Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY |
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2007 |
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all about laughter, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
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2007 |
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Makers and Modelers, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY |
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2007 |
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Sculptors' Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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2007 |
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Time Difference: The Frank Cohen Collection, Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK |
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2006 |
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Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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2006 |
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Clarissa Dalrymple’s Exhibition of Young Artists to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Bortolami Dayan, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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The World is Round, The Public Art Fund, Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn, NY |
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2005 |
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Uncertain States of America – American Art in the 3rd Millennium, Astrup Fearnley, Oslo NO; travelled to Bard College, New York, NY; Serpentine |
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2005 |
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Gallery London, England; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik IS; Herning Art Museum, Herning DK; CCA Warsaw, Warsaw PL; Le Musée de Sérignan, Sérignan FR; Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague CZ; Songzhuan Art Center, Beijing CN |
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2005 |
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Sutton Lane in Paris, Sutton Lane c/o Galerie Ghisloine Hussenot, Paris, France |
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2005 |
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Thing, curated by James Elaine, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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2005 |
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Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY (solo) |
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2004 |
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Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY (solo) |
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2004 |
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Magic Show, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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2004 |
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Mystery Achievement, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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Drunk vs. Stoned, curated by General Store and Emily Speers Mears, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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Nature Study: A selection of artists from New York and Los Angeles, curated by Sarah Vanderlip, California State University, Bakersfield, CA |
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2003 |
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Another Sculpture Show, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX |
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2003 |
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Buy Contortions, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Threedimetrical, Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA |
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2003 |
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California Welcomes You, curated by Pascal Spengemann for Scope, Los Angeles, CA |
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2003 |
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Ordinary Uncanny, curated by Pascal Spengemann for Scope, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Group show curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA |
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2002 |
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Four Times One Minus One, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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2002 |
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Group show curated by Giancinto Di Pietrantonio and Angela Vettese, Fondazione Ratti, Como, Italy |
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2002 |
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Nanotechnology, curated by Nick Barna, The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD |
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2002 |
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Everything Everywhere, curated by Nick Barna, The H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD |
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2009 |
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Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: Matt Johnson", New York Times, 13 February 2009 |
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2009 |
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Finch, Charlie. "Pascal’s Puzzles", Artnet.com, 3 February 2009 |
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2009 |
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"Reviews: Matt Johnson", The New Yorker, 21 – 27 January 2009 |
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2007 |
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O' Reilly, Sally. "Funny Guys: All About Laughter", Art Review, January 2007 |
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2007 |
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McElheny, Josiah. "Readymade Resistance", Artforum, October 2007 |
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2006 |
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Campagnola, Sonia. "Focus on Los Angeles", Flash Art, January/February 2006 |
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2006 |
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Casadio, Mariuccia. "Intimacy", Vogue Italia, February 2006 |
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2006 |
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Knight, Christopher. "Daring to tread on the turf of a master", LA Times, 6 October 2006 |
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2005 |
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Finkel, Jori. "First Come the Dealers, and Then the Diplomas", New York Times, 3 July 2005 |
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2005 |
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Harvey, Doug, "Good Thing: Emerging L.A. Sculptors at the Hammer", LA Weekly, 4 – 10 February 2005 |
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2005 |
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Holte, Michael Ned. "Scene & Herd: West Coast Thing", 10 February 2005 |
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2005 |
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Knight, Christopher, "The Next Big ‘Thing’ in LA", LA Times, 9 February 2005 |
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2005 |
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Miles, Christopher. "The Idolaters’ Revenge", Flash Art, May/June 2005 |
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2005 |
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"News: On Now, On Soon," Flash Art, March/April 2005 |
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2005 |
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THING: NEW SCULPTURE FROM LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles: Armand Hammer Museum of Art, 2005, p.42-45 |
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2004 |
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Cattelan, Maurizio, Ali Subotnick, and Massimiliano Gioni, "Everybody was There: The Wrong Guide to New York in 2004", Artforum, December 2004 |
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2004 |
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DiSilverio, Victoria, "A Night Out With: New Artist in Town", New York Times, 21 March 2004 |
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2004 |
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Mears, Emily Speers, "Critics’ Picks New York: Mystery Achievement", Artforum.com, 5 October 2004 |
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2004 |
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Saltz, Jerry, "An Artist Worms into Some Nicely Dicey Sculptural Terrain", Village Voice, 6 April 2004 |
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2004 |
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Sholis, Brian, "Critics’ Picks New York: Matt Johnson", Artforum.com, 31 March 2004 |
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