MATT PHILLIPS, US

Matt Phillips is a Brooklyn-based painter, a fellow of the Mac Dowell Colony, Yaddo, and AIR Serenbe, and a professor of art at FIT in New York City.

In the recent interview "The Spacetime of Fine Art", for Nautilus, the artist spoke about his work:
"In my own paintings, I try to hold and release time for the viewer. Many of my works have no preconceived image or preliminary drawings. Instead, I just begin working directly on a canvas.Then by adjusting the composition, revising color, painting over, and course correcting, a painting begins to tighten its orbit around a subject. This process mirrors music composition, in which disparate notes are found, revised, and placed into sequence until they create tension and resonance". 

Solo, Two-Person, & Three-Person Exhibitions

2021

• Kentish Town Pictures, The Fores 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

• Meghan Brady, Andy Ness, & Matt Phillips: New Works on Paper , Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

2008 

• The Sun Machine is Coming Down, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

• The Landing Gallery, NADA, Miami

• Abstract, Room 57, New York, NY

• Unearthed by J.C., 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, MA

• 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)

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• 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), Centotto, Brooklyn, NY

• Legend Anew (Curated by Paul D’Agostino), Third Ward Gallery, 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

• 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