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Tony Matelli Biography
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1971 |
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Born in Chicago, USA
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1991 |
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Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art - Independent Study, New York, USA
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1993 |
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B.F.A., Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Wisconsin, USA
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1995 |
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M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, USA
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Lives and works in New York, USA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2013
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White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, USA (March 16)
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2013
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A Human Echo, Bergen kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway (solo) (Feb 22 – April 28)
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2012
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Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2012
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Tony Matelli – A Human Echo, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (solo)
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2012
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Tony Matelli, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA (solo)
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2012
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He Is Transparent, Renwick Gallery, New York, USA
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2011
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Échoes, le Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris, France
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2011
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Sélestat Biennal, Curated by Hans Dünser, Olivier Grasser, Sophie Kaplan, Pierre-Olivier Rollin, Otto Teichert
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2011
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Small, Medium, Large, Donjon DeVez, France
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2011
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Personal Structures, 54th International Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
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2011
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Fragmentations, Le Frac des Pays de la Loire, France
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2011
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Tony Matelli: Mirror Paintings, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, co-curated by Rita Kersting and Marc Gloede, Art Berlin Contmeporary, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2011
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The Idiots, Leo Koenig Projekte New York, USA (solo)
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2011
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Dissipated Island, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, USA (solo)
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2011
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Tony Matelli, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2011
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Falken Rot Preis, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2010
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Tony Matelli: Mirror Paintings, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2010
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Mise en Abyme, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
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2010
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The Constant Now, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2010
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Tony Matelli, Stephanie Simoens, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
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2010
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Back to the Future, CAPC Bordeaux, France (solo)
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2010
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Hunters and Gatherers, Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland
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2010
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The Wasteland, The White Box, New York, USA
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2010
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Á vos papiers, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
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2010
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Both Sides of the Pulaski, curated by Andréa Salerno, Fine Art in Space, Long Island City, New York, USA
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2010
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Hyping the Real, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium
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2010
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Love in Vein, Gering & Lopez, New York, USA
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2010
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No Show, Spencer Bownstone, New York, USA
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2010
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Transcending…, LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2010
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Just Love Me, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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2010
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Hyping The Real, Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
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2010
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Blind Sculpture, curated by Gelitin, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
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2010
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New acquisitions of the Art Foundation Mallorca Collection, Seventy major works by fifty major artists, CCA Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
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2010
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Realismus: Das Abenteurer der Wirklichdeit, Hupo Stiftung, Munich, Germany
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2010
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Don´t Piss on Me and Tell Me It´s raining, APEX Art, New York, USA
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2010
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By-Self, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
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2010
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Time – Life, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, USA
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2010
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Mise en Abyme, stephane simoens, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium (solo)
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2009
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Realismus: Das Abenteurer der Wirklichdeit, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany.*N´importe Quoi, Musee d´Art Contemporain de Lyon, France
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2009
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N´importe Quoi, Musee d´Art Contemporain de Lyon, France
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2009
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The Figure and Dr. Freud, Haunch of Vension, New York, USA
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2009
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Chasin Napolian, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
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2009
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The Figure and Dr. Freud, Haunch of of Vensison, New York, USA
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2009
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TIME-LIFE, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, USA
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2009
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Nature en Kit, Museum MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
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2009
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Group Show, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, France
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2009
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Anything, MAC, Lyon, France
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2009
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Infinitesimal Eternity, Images Made in the Face of Spectacle, Yale School of Art, New Haven, USA
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2009
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Life and Times, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2009
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Abandon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (solo)
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2009
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The Idiot, Gary Tantisian Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
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2009
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Tony Matelli, The Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, USA (solo)
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2009
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The Effect of Modern Art on Green Cirlcles, curated by Anslem Franke, Vanmoerkerke Collection, Belgium
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2009
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Guided by Voices, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
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2009
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Ferne Nähe, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
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2009
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Time – Life, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, USA
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2009
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Persona. Image. Time. Human Representation in Art: from Modernism to Present-Day, The Cultural foundation Ekaterina, Moscow, Russia
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2008
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Tony Matelli, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden (solo)
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2008
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Tony Matelli, Gary Tatinsian Gallery, Inc., Moscow, Russia (solo)
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2008
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D’une révolution à l’autre, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
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2008
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Faxination, Curated by Bill Saylor, Galleri LOYAL,Stockholm, Sweden
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2008
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Another Mythology, State National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
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2008
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New Media, Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
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2008
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Fuck You Human, Maribel Lopez Gallery, Berlin, Germany
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2008
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Contemporary Fine Arts, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
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2008
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Undone, Tom Holmes, Tony Matelli, Eileen Quilan and
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2008
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Heather Rowe, Whitney Museum at Altria, New York, NY, USA
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2008
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The Old Me, Leo Koenig Inc, New York, New York (solo)
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2008
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Evolution, Max Lang, New York, NY
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2008
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Esculturismo, la Suma de Todas, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
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2008
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Attention to Detail, curated Chuck Close, The FLAG Art
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2008
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Foundation, New York, NY
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2008
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Betes et Hommes, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France (catalogue)
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2008
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Philip Akkerman & Tony Matelli, Self-Portraits,Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Arts, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
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2007
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Stranger than Paradise, curated by Max Henry, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
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2007
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New Works, Leo Koenig Inc, New York, New York (solo)
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2007
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I AM AS YOU WILL BE, Skeletons in Art, Cheim & Read, NY, New York
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2007
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Pull My Finger, curated by Joe Zane, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
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2007
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Die Macht des Dinglichen – SCULPTUR HEUTE! (The Power of the Physical – SCULPTURE TODAY!), Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
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2007
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Baroque Biology, (with Alexis Rockman), CAC in Cincinnati
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2007
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Bad Planet, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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2007
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MAD LOVE – Young Art from Danish Private Collections,
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2007
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ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
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2007
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Still Life, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
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2007
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NEW, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium
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2006
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Abandon, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2006
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5'000'000'000 d'années/5 Billion Years, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France
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2006
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Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
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2006
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Hysteria Siberiana, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Arts, Lisbon, Portugal
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2006
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Five Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. France
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2006
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The Furnace, curated by Goschka Macuga, AFoundation, Liverpool, UK
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2006
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Helter, Helter, curated by Max Henry, Galerie Anne de Villepois, Paris
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2006
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Andrehn Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2006
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Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2006
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Into Me/Out of Me, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Self Preservation Society, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY
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2005
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Leaving Cockaigne, Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
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2005
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Fairy Tales Forever, Homage to H.C. Andersen, AroS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
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2005
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Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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2005
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The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Consolidated Works, Contemporary Arts Center, Seattle, WA; Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX, USA
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2005
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Fucked, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Abandon, Centre d’Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2004
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Fucked and The Oracle, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria (solo)
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2004
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Editions Fawbush, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, USA.
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2004
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Contemporary Western Art Gary, Tatintsian Gallery Inc. Moscow, Russia
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2004
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Me, Myself and I, Schmidt Center at Florida University, Boca Raton Florida, USA
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2004
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Mystery Achievement, Taxter&Spengemann, New York, USA
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2004
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I am the Walrus, Cheim & Reid, curated by Jan Avigkos, New York, USA
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2004
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The Uncanny, Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom, Curated by Mike Kelley
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2004
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Beautiful Grotesque, Riva Gallery, NYC, USA
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2004
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Making Visible, Gallery Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2004
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Metamorphosis, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
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2004
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Ten Commandments, Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany
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2004
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Five Billion Years, Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York, USA
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2004
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Abandon, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (catalogue) (solo)
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2004
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Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Altered States, Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
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2004
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Making Visible, Galerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2003
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Andrehn Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2003
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Sies & Hoeke Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Instructions, Kunsthalle Wien, curated by Gerald Matt Vienna, Austria
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2003
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One Hundred Artists, One Hundred T-shirts, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
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2003
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Narcissus, CRAC Alsace, curated by Hilde Teerlinck Altkirch, France
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2003
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The Fourth Sex, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, curated by Francesco Bonami, Chicago, USA
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2003
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Liquid Sky, FRAC, curated by Marc Olivier Wahler, Dijon, France
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2003
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There’s always tomorrow, with Nicole Eisenman, Jeff Elrod, Torben Giehler, Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
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2003
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Total Torpor, Mad Malaise, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2003
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The Happy Lion (Leo Koenig, Inc. & Galerie Michael Janssen), Los Angeles, USA
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2002
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Artemis, Greenberg van Doren Gallery, New York, USA
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2002
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Leo Koenig Las Vegas, Neonopolis, Las Vegas, USA
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2002
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The Dubrow Biennal, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, USA
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2002
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Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome (solo)
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2002
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Sperone Jr., Rome, Italy (solo)
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2002
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Bailey Fine Art, Toronto (solo)
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2001
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Art Dealers Invitational, Marseilles, France (solo)
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2001
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Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA (solo)
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2001
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The Americans, Barbican Gallery, London, UK
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2001
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Come on, feel the noise, Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2001
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SQUAT, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2001
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Vrai que Nature, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
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2000
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Sies+ Hoeke Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
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2000
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Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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2000
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Gone, Gallery du Triangle, Bordeaux, France (solo)
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2000
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The Greenhouse Effect, The Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
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2000
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Climbin' The Walls Thinking It Might Be A Way Out, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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2000
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Baberg, Matelli, Schabel, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, USA
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2000
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Tomorrow, RareArt Properties, New York, USA
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2000
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Nothing, Andrew Kreps, New York, USA
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2000
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Greater New York - New Art in New York Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, USA
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2000
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Small World, MOCA, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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2000
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Over the Edges: The Corners of Gent, curated by Jan Hoet, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
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1999
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Holding Court, Entwistle, London, UK
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1999
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In the Public Realm, Public Art Fund, New York, USA
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1999
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True West, curated by Jason Murison, PPOW, New York, USA
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1999
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Contemporary Public Sculpture, organized by the Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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1999
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Abandon, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA (solo)
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1999
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Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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1999
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Basilico Fine Arts, New York, USA (solo)
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1998
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Beyond the Monument, organized by the Public Art Fund, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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1998
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Yesterday Begins Tommorow, Bard College for Curatorial Studies, curated by Francesco Bonami, New York, USA
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1998
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Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum, Connecticut, USA
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1998
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Spatiotemporal - Works from the Collection 1988-1998, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Sweden
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1998
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Pollution, Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
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1997
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To be Real, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, USA
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1997
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Bring your own Walkman, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1997
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Basilico Fine Arts, New York, USA (solo)
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1997
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Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, USA (solo)
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1996
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Clarity, Northern Illinois University, Chicago, USA
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1995
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Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, C.A.A. Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
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Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Musee d’arte Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
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Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
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State National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
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Skive New Art Museum SNYK, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Sundsvalls Kommun, Sundsvall, Sweden
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Uppsala Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
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Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
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Bonnier Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
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CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
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Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook, MI, USA
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CURIOUSLY STRONG Altoids Collection, (New Museum) NYC, USA
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The Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow, Russia
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FLAG Art Foundation, NYC, USA
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Fundacion La Caixa Madrid, Spain
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| Literature |
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2008
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Montornes, Frederic, Una lucha por la supervivencia, Exit Express, Issue #36, May 2008, pg 25
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2008
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Conduit, Illustration: “Sleepwalker,”, Issue #19, Spring 2008
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2008
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Matelli, Tony, Tony Matelli, Fucked and Ancient Echo, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati , Essay Matt Distal,(ISBN 978-0-917562-81-5)
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2007
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Boutet do Monvel, Violaine, “Promenade: Divers lieux, New York, January 2007,” Artpress333, Paris, April
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2007
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Keely, Amanda, “A-Z from the Armory Show, New York 2007,“Whitewall, Issue 6, Summer, pp. 158-159
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2007
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“Nar kunsten bliver en privat passion,“ Observer Danmark, Nr. 8, July 26
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2007
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Thorsen, Nils, “Farlig kunst over sofaen,“ December
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2007
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“Efterarets, hojdepunkter, Berlingske, September 14
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2007
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Johnson, Ken, “Pointing Out Creativity’s Goofy Side,“ The Boston Globe,(www.boston.com),July 17
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2007
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Steel, Sharon, “Putting the ’art’ in ’fart,’“ The Pheonix, (www.thepheonix.com), July 6
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2007
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Nungesser, Michael, “Die Macht des Dinglichen, Kunstforum, May-June
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2007
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Fiest, Peter H., “Material und Ironie,” Neues Deutschland, April 10, p. 19
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2007
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Styrie, Hanna, “Venus mit Gummiohren,” Kolnische Rundschau, April 4, p. 11
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