Born: Lyons, NY
Lives: Brooklyn, NY
1988
M.F.A. University of North Carolina
1980
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1977
Portland School of Art, ME
2011
Tour and Trance, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Pine-ing, Forge Gallery, Milford, PA
2010
Horsepower, with Greg Eltringham, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
World Wide Detour, with John Bjerklie, Brooklyn
2009
Baked and Raw, Matt Blackwell, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2008
Whoop Em Up Cindy, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Over Yonder in the Minor Key, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Et in Arcadia Ego, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Ghost Catcher, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, (with Patrick O’Hare)
2000
Sleds, Boats, and Beaters, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Matt Blackwell, Rosie Cutler, New York, NY
Greenpiece Project, Wichita, KS
1998
Matt Blackwell/Lawrence Hegarty, PS 122, New York, NY
1994
Town and Country, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, ME
1989
Bank Street Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1983
Maine State House, Commission of Arts and Humanities, Augusta, ME
2010
Ten Years Hunting, Parkers Box, Brooklyn, NY
Four Artists, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Why Go Anywhere Else? touring show, Montenegro and Serbia
Story Time, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
About Face, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Put it on Paper, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2008
From Brooklyn with Love, Parkers Box, Brooklyn, NY
New Works by Gallery Artists, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
MECA Print Portfolio, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME.
Worth A Thousand Words, Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT
2007
Summer Group Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp, Belguim
2006
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Ten New Paintings, Parkers Box, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Flavor Intensive: 5 Sculptors, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Greetings from Chelsea, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Enriched, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Artists Choose Artists, Courthouse Gallery. Lake George, NY
2002
Made in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Rail Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Picture This, Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Resident Group Show, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Trailer, Theresa Luisotti, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Helix Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999
Cremolata Flotage, Staten Island Ferry, NY, (organized by Sue Spaid)
Drawing Show, N3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Wanderlust, N3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Eros, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, ME
1998
Artist of the Week, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
The Word on Art, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, ME
Making it, Work Space Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Microcosmic Cryptozoic, Here, New York, NY
Summer Sculptural Exhibition (curated by Mariam Griffiths), Long Island University, NY
The Eccentric Image, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, ME
1996
Brookworld, Soho Arts Festival, New York, NY
Central Industrial Supply Show, New York, NY
Chamber (8), New York, NY
Skowhegan- Fifty Years, Maine Coastal Artists, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Sandbox, Mare Libertum, New York, NY
Waterline, Black and Herron Space, New York, NY
Crest Hardware Show, Brooklyn, NY
Wish you Were Here, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Recreation/Creation, Islip Museum, Islip, NY
Form Follows Dysfunction, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Hick, E.S. Vandam, New York, NY
Way Cool, Exit Art, New York, NY
Works for a Fun House, E.S. Vandam, New York, NY
1994
This Time its Personal, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Selections from the Artist’s Files, O.I.A., New York, NY
Alienated Labor, Chamber Two, New York, NY
1993
Group Exhibition, Chamber One, New York, NY
Joke Show, Four Walls Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1992
The Order of Things: Towards a Politic of Still Life, Real Art Ways, Widener Gallery/Trinity College, Hartford,
Connecticut
Neurotic Art Show, Artist’s Space, New York, NY
Salon of the Mating Spider’s, Herron Test Site, Brooklyn, NY
Home, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, ME
Multicultural Art Exhibition, Kings Community, Briarcliff Manor, NY
1991
Hands Off, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Ego Show, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Some Brooklyn Artist, Brand Name Damages Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1989
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Fulton Street, Cleveland, OH
1987
Inside, Outside: Private Art, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
(catalogue by Lucy Lippard)
1985
N.O.P.O on the Congo Gallery. Portland, ME
1982
Maine Biennial, Gorham, ME
1981
Barridorf Gallery, Portland, ME
2008
Maine, Stephen, “Matthew Blackwell at Edward Thorp”, Art in America, March
2007
Naves, Mario, “Strange Pastoral”, The New York Observor, October 1
Harris, Jane, “Mathew Blackwell,‘Over younder in the Minor Key’ “, Time Out New York, September 27th-
October 2nd
2005
Glueck, Grace. “Et in Arcadia Ego”, New York Times, April 1
Goodrich, John, “Savoring Many Flavors of Sculpture”, The New York Sun, Vol. 121, #129, October 20
2004
Wilkin, Karen, The Hudson Review, “A Nourishing Summer Meal,” Autumn, p.492
Johnson, Ken, “Art Review,” New York Times
Cotter, Holland, “Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper of Eclectic Flames,” New York Times, January 23rd
2000
“Art Galleries: Brooklyn,” New Yorker, June
Freedman, Matt, “Matt Blackwell,” New Art Examiner
Hegarty, Lawrence, “Matt Blackwell,” Art Papers, Nov- Dec
Suhll, Chris, “Lost and Found,” Wichita Eagle, May 21
1998
Bassett, Hilary, “The Eccentric Image,” Art New England, Dec 1997/Jan 1998
1997
Smith, Roberta, “Sculpture Adorns the Urban Terrain: Long Island University,” New York Times, August 8
1996
Smith, Roberta, “Culture and Commerce Live side by side in Soho: Brookworld,” New York Times, Sept. 13
Harrison, Helen, “Artists who make work out of play” New York Times, January 7
1995
Lovelace, Cary, “Imagination at Play in the Fields of Recreation,” Long Island Newsday, December 29
Hess, Elizabeth, “Never-Never Wasteland,” Village Voice, May 23
Glueck, Grace, “To be Young, 3-D and Way Cook,” The New York Observer, May 29
1994
Greenleaf, Ken, “Two Artists under the Influence,” Maine Sunday Telegram, April 3
1992
Isaacson, Philip, “A Treat with Dutch Roots: Artists Celebrate the Home, Maine Sunday Telegram, April 12
Raynor, Vivienne, “Politics of Blame on Display in Hartford” New York Times, February 16
1991
Beem, Edgar Allen, “Of White Rooms and Mean Streets,” Maine Times, April
1984 Beem, Edgar Allen, “Artists and their Island: Monhegan,” Maine Times, October