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
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
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
(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 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