OVERVIEW | CV | PRESS | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
b. Boston, MA
lives and works in San Diego, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 P&!NTING, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2021 and and and, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2020 P & Ting, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 Monster A., with Victoria Fu, Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA
Friends With The Monster, with Victoria Fu, Station Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
2018 J A Zed Zed, devening projects + editions, Chicago, IL
Monster A., with Victoria Fu, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (catalog)
Fat Flat, Appendix Gallery, Columbus, OH
2017 Yup Yup, with Victoria Fu, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Inhibited Bites, Victoria Fu/Matt Rich, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Versify, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Tilt & Table, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 Moon Mutt, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Ampersand, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2013 Lookout Parade, Emerson-Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Matt Rich,Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
Razors & Vapors, devening projects + editions, Chicago, IL
2012 Patriot & Hatchet, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Ghost Muscle, Samsøn, Boston, MA
VOLTA/NY Art Fair, Samsøn solo booth, New York, NY
2011 Splitting, Nancy Lincoln Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA
2009 IRE & ICE, Samsøn, Boston, MA
Blind Spot, devening projects + editions, Chicago, IL
2008 Flatmosphere, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
2006 Painted Sculptures, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Ten Years, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2020 New Visions: Photo Triennial, with Victoria Fu, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway (catalog)
2019 Vanishing Act, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
This Skin of Ours, with Victoria Fu, The Miller ICA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
Forces of Nature, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA
Byron Kim, Steve Locke, Matt Rich, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
Recent Acquisitions, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
The Student Lending Art Program Exhibition, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
Summer, with Victoria Fu, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Hog’s Curve, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Being Here With You, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
High-Key Color in Southern California, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
San Diego Art Prize, with Victoria Fu, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
2017 Brass Tacks, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
Flat Fix, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Personals, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
Pink Cloud, Best Practice, San Diego, CA
Art.Now., Hearst Tower, New York, NY
2016 Shapes, curated by Ellie Rines, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Flat Fix curated by Ryan Steadman and Ryan Wallace, CODE, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 The Physicality of Color, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Recent Acquisitions, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
This Is Boston Not LA, Zevitas/Marcus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pattern Chaos, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Making Strategies, Geary Contemporary, New York, NY
2014Shapeshifters, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
2013 My Crippled Friend, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
Paint Off/Paint On, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Flat Field, Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York, NY
Gallery Artists, Samsøn, Boston, MA
Fiction Alters Form, .T.F.R. Gallery, Encinitas, CA
2012 To The Venetians II: Chris Martin, Matt Rich, Ruth Root, curated by Carrie Moyer and Dennis Congdon, RISD Painting Gallery, Providence, RI
Size Matters, DODGEgallery, New York, NY
Temperature, Projekt 722, Brooklyn, NY
Michele Grabner: The Inova Survey, , Milwaukee, WIInternational Print Center, New York, New York, NY
2011 The Thingness of Color, DODGEGallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Garden/Painting Show, Iceberg Projects, Chicago, IL
Anthony Greaney x samsøn x DAN GRAHAM @ Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
Open Daybook Project, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
The Wrong Miracle, NoMíNIMO Espacio Cultural, Guayaquil, Equador
Mass Cultural Council Visual Arts Award Recipients, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
2010 James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Where There Is, Galerie oqbo, Berlin, Germany
Back and Forth, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
The Hendersons Will All Be There, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Get It Together, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Riches, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA (two-person)
2009 Strange Loops, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Drawings that Work, 21st Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Mundane Shift Shape Placement, Park Life, San Francisco, CA (curated by Brion Nuda Rosch)
One Loses One’s Classics, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
Censor Approved, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2008 Fabrications, O.H+T Gallery, Boston, MA
This is Boston Not LA, LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, MA
Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Cleaner Heart A Do It, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Boston Does Boston, Proof Gallery, South Boston, MA
2007 Sum, Julian Scott Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
Selected Works, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 Moreover: Practicing Representation+Abstraction, The Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL (curated by Michelle Grabner)
PRESS
2023 Combs, Seth, Art of the City: The Shapes and Sizes of San Diego Abstractionist Matt Rich, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 16, 2023.
Duyao, Justin, HereIn, Editors Club #25, July, 2023.
2019 Entry Points, Miller/ICA Podcast, This Skin of Ours, Liz Park (Jan 2020)
Review, Miller Institute for Contemporary Art opens two very different exhibits with This Skin of Ours and Intersections, Amanda Waltz, Pittsburgh City Paper, October 9, 2019.
Review, O.C. Museum of Art opens season 2 at its ‘Expand’ location, Richard Chang, Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2019.
2018 San Diego Art Prize winners‘ work on view at Athenaeum until June 9 in La Jolla, La Jolla Light, Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, June 1, 2018.
2017 Featured Artist, Contemporary Art Daily, December, 2017.
Review, Brass Tacks: 22 Jul 19 Aug 2017 at Anat Ebgi in Los Angeles, United States, Wall Street International, August 19, 2017.
2016 Review, Matt Rich: Tilt & Table at Holly Johnson Gallery, John Zotos, artltd, May, 2016.
2015 Review, Action Kits Inspires Creativity, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, March 24, 2015.
2013 Critic‘s Pick, Artforum, December 2013.
Review: Matt Rich/Devening Projects + Editions, NewCity Art, June 4, 2013.
Geometric Abstraction, Artsy.net, curated by Matthew Israel, 2013.
Publisher’s Pick: Matt Rich, New American Painting Blog, June 10, 2013.
Matt Rich: Razors & Vapors at devening projects + editions, Art Blog Art Blog, June 13
2012 Goergen, Hamptons Magazine, July, 2012.
Matt Rich, Review, Stephen Squibb, Modern Painters, June, 2012.
MATT RICH: Ghost Muscle, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, April 18, 2012.
Fascinating Rhythms: Matt Rich, Greg Cook, The Boston Phoenix, April 13, 2012.
10 Must-See Painting Shows: April 2012, Steven Zevitas, The Huffington Post, April 11, 2012.
2011The Thingness of Color at Dodge Gallery, New American Painting Blog, April 8, 2011.
11 To Watch in 2011: Editor’s Picks, New American Painting Blog, January 10, 2011.
2010 Eyes on the Prize: Ranking this Year’s Foster Finalists, Sebastian Smee, Boston Globe, September 24, 2010.
Bleak Houses, Cute Creatures, Greg Cook, The Boston Phoenix, August 26, 2010.
Blurred Boundaries, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, August 25, 2010.
Becoming A Guerrilla Curator, The Northeastern Voice, March 12, 2010.
No Embarrasment for Riches, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, February 7, 2010.
Review: Matthew Rich, Evan J. Garza, Art Papers, January/February, 2010.
2009 The Best Exhibitions of the Year, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, December 30, 2009.
Challenging viewers to jump through ‘Loops‘, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, December 16, 2009.
Opposites, Successfully Married, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, November 11, 2009.
Weather Reports, Greg Cook, The Boston Phoenix, October 9, 2009.
Matthew Rich at devening projects + editions, James Yood, Artforum, Summer, 2009.
Matthew Rich at devening projects + editions, Claudine Ise, bad at sports, March 23, 2009.
FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
2019 Fellowship, Howard Foundation, Brown University, Providence, RI
2018 San Diego Art Prize, San Diego Visual Arts Network, San Diego, CA
2014 Residency, A Ship In The Woods, Del Mar, CA
2010 Finalist, James and Audrey Foster Prize, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Resident, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Artist Fellowship, Painting Category, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
2009 Finalist, Sculpture/Installation Category, Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship, Boston, MA
Winner, Meserve Mural Competition, Northeastern Creates, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Summer Residency, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2003 Summer Residency and Fellowship, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Giverny, France
COLLECTIONS
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Art Collection, Boston, MA
List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Longview Museum of Art, Longview, TX
PUBLICATIONS
2019 As part of the exhibitions at OCMA and Station Gallery, three performers were commissioned to engaged with the installations and objects: Backhausdance Summer Intensive Program, Orange, CA
Matt Savitsky (aka Minty), Los Angeles, CA; Marcus Civin, Las Vegas, NV.
Artist Project, Deutsche Bank for Frieze Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition Catalog, This Skin of Ours, published by Miller ICA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Exhibition Catalog, Monster A., published by University Hall Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
2018 Exhibition Catalog, Being Here With You: 42 Artists from San Diego, published by Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Exhibition Catalog, Hog‘s Curve, published by Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
SD Art Prize (2017) Catalog, published by the San Diego Visual Arts Network
2017 Artist Project, organized by Rakish Light, X-TRA Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Authored Essay, Incident Report, Hudson, NY about an installation by Marcus Civin
Exhibition Catalog, MATT RICH: Tilt & Table, Published by Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 Exhibition Catalog, Ampersand, published by The La Jolla Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
2014 Authored Essay, Benefits of Friends Collected, v. 2. Project X Foundation for Art, X-Tra, Los Angeles, CA about the paintings of Caitlin Lonegan
Featured Aritst, Benefits of Friends Collected, v. 2. Project X, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Exhibition Catalog, Matt Rich: Patriot & Hatchet, Halsey McKay, New York / East Hampton, NY
2013 Exhibition Catalog, Matt Rich: Ghost Muscle, Samsøn, Boston, MA, essay by William Pym
Exhibition Catalog, Matt Rich: Patriot & Hatchet, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, interveiw with Evan J. Garza
2011 Exhibition Catalog, Sculpture Garden/Painting Show, Iceberg Projects, Chicago, IL
2010 Essay, Becoming A Guerrilla Curator, The Northeastern Voice, March 12
Featured Artist, Can I Come Over to Your House?: The First Ten Years of The Suburban
2009 Catalog Essay, Joseph Hart: Stagecraft, David Krut Projects, New York, NY
Featured Artist, Lines & Shapes, Volume 10
2008 Featured Artist/Interview, Freight and Volume Magazine, Issue 2, Winter 07/08
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2019 Lecture with Victoria Fu, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Lecture, Advanced Painting, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Lecture and Workshop, Advanced Painting, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Lecture w/Victoria Fu, Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture, w/Victoria Fu, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Panelist, An Artist’s Perspective: Materiality and Process, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Panelist, Monster A., University Hall Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture, with Victoria Fu, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Panelist, High-Key: Color in Southern California, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Presenter, The Idea of Beauty Series: Beauty and Art, Humanities Center, University of San Diego, CA
2017 Performer, Ways of Seeing, KCHUNG, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Organizer and Moderator, Panel Discussion: ACTION KITS: What do we mean when we talk about participatory art?, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Visiting Critic, MFA Program, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Visiting Critic, Studio Program, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Presenter, 1 Image, 1 Minute, Project X Foundation for Art & Criticism, Japanese American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Double Visions Lecture Series, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Reading, Project X Foundation for Art & Criticism, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Artist Lecture, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Juror, Mortimer Hays Travel Fellowship, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2012 Artist Lecture, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Artist Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artist Lecture, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
Artist Lecture, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
2011 Guest Artist, Woodcut Edition, Ningyo Editions, Watertown, MA
Juror, Painting Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Providence, RI
Juror, Boston Young Contemporaries Exhibition, Boston University, Boston, MA
Artist Lecture, Boston University, Boston, MA
Artist Lecture, American University, Washington, DC
2012 Faculty, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY Artist-in-Residence, Dept. of Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 Resident Visiting Artist, Department of Art, American University, Washington D.C.
Juror, Painting Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Providence, RI
Juror, Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University, Boston, MA
Artist Lecture, Boston University, Boston, MA
Artist Lecture, Beaver Country Day, Chestnut Hill, MA
Artist Lecture, American University, Washington, DC
Visiting Artist, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Artist Lecture, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH Visiting Artist, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Visiting Artist, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2010 Board Member, Proof Gallery (a not-for-profit exhibition space), Boston, MA
Artist Talk, Art Institute of Boston, MA Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Institute of Boston, MA
Artist Talk, Simmons College, MA
2009 Board Member, Proof Gallery (a not-for-profit exhibition space), Boston, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
Artist Talk, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Artist Talk, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2018 Making Social, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2015 Action Scripts, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2013 No Excuse For What I Do In Private, Delicious Spectacle, Washington DC (featuring: Louis Gabriel, Arthur Henderson, Carlos Jimzénez Cahua, Joshua Miller, Celia Pym)
2012 Line, Ryder Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2007 Sum, Julian Scott Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
2005 Slow Down – Contemporary Abstraction from Chicago, Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX (co-curated with Howard Fonda and featuring: Joe Baldwin, Marie Krane Bergman, Bill Gerhard, Michelle Grabner, Carrie Gundersdorf, Andy Hall, Aliza Nisenbaum, Clarie Sherman)
2003 The Stage @ The Stray Show, Chicago, IL (a collaboration with Shana Lutker)