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Born: Lyons, NY
Lives: Brooklyn, NY
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1988����������� M.F.A. University of North Carolina
1980����������� Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1977����������� Portland School of Art, ME
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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
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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 LettersTen 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
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1985��� N.O.P.O on the Congo Gallery. Portland, ME
1982��� Maine Biennial, Gorham, ME
1981��� Barridorf Gallery, Portland, ME
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2008��� Maine, Stephen, “Matthew Blackwell at Edward Thorp”, Art in America, March 2008.
Naves, Mario, “Strange Pastoral”, The New York Observor, October 1, 2007.Harris, Jane, “Mathew Blackwell, ‘Over younder in the Minor Key’ “, Time Out New York, September 27th– October 2nd, 2007
2005 �� Glueck, Grace. “Et in Arcadia Ego”, New York Times, April 1, 2005.
Goodrich, John, “Savoring Many Flavors of Sculpture”, The New York Sun, Vol. 121, #129, October 20, 2005
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, 2004
2000��� “Art Galleries: Brooklyn,” New Yorker, June 2000
����������� Freedman, Matt, “Matt Blackwell,” New Art Examiner
����������� Hegarty, Lawrence, “Matt Blackwell,” Art Papers, Nov- Dec 2000
����������� Suhll, Chris, “Lost and Found,” Wichita Eagle, May 21, 2000
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, 1997
1996��� Smith, Roberta, “Culture and Commerce Live side by side in Soho: Brookworld,” New York Times, Sept. 13, 1996
����������� Harrison, Helen, “Artists who make work out of play” New York Times, January 7, 1996
1995���� Lovelace, Cary, “Imagination at Play in the Fields of Recreation,” Long Island Newsday, December 29, 1995
����������� Hess, Elizabeth, “Never-Never Wasteland,” Village Voice, May 23, 1995
����������� Glueck, Grace, “To be Young, 3-D and Way Cook,” The New York Observer, May 29, 1995
1994��� Greenleaf, Ken, “Two Artists under the Influence,” Maine Sunday Telegram, April 3,1994
1992���� Isaacson, Philip, “A Treat with Dutch Roots: Artists Celebrate the Home,
�Maine Sunday Telegram, April 12,1992
����������� Raynor, Vivienne, “Politics of Blame on Display in Hartford” New York Times, February 16, 1992
1991��� Beem, Edgar Allen, “Of White Rooms and Mean Streets,” Maine Times, April, 1991
1984��� Beem, Edgar Allen, “Artists and their Island: Monhegan,” Maine Times, October 1984
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