Tony Matelli
CV
B. 1971, Chicago, IL, USA
Lives and works in New York, NY, USA
Education
1995
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan
1993
B.F.A., Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Wisconsin
1991
Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art-Independent Study, New York
Grants/Fellowships
1998
NYFA Grant
1991
Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art Independent Study, New York, NY, USA
Selected public collections
• Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
• ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark
• Bonnier Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
• CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
• CURIOUSLY STRONG Altoids Collection, (New Museum) New York, NY
• The Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow, Russia
• Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook, MI
• FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
• Fundacion La Caixa Madrid, Spain
• FRAC Bordeaux, France
• Musee dʼarte Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
• Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
• Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
• State National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
• Skive New Art Museum SNYK, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Sundsvalls Kommun, Sundsvall, Sweden
• Uppsala Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
Selected solo exhibitions
2023
Tony Matelli: Displacement Map. Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Paris, France
Timelines. Maruani Mercier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2022
Arrangements. Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2020
Tony Matelli – Abandon. Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Paris, France
2019
Tony Matelli. Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
Tony Matelli: Lapses. Pilevneli Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Tony Matelli. Real Estate Fine Art, Brooklyn, USA
Tony Matelli: I Hope All Is Well… 500 Capp Street, San Francisco, USA
2017
Tony Matelli: Past-Life, Marlborough Contemporary, London, United Kingdom
2016
Garden. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA
2015
Garden, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York
2014
Tony Matelli: New Gravity, The Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
2013
Stephane Simoens Contemporary, Knokke, Belgium
White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, Missouri
Tony Matelli – A HUMAN ECHO, Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway
Windows, Walls and Mirrors, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2012
Tony Matelli: A Human Echo. ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Echoes. Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm Sweden
Windows, Walls and Mirrors. Leo Koenig Inc, New York, New York
Windows, Walls and Mirrors. Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2011
Tony Matelli. Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Tony Matelli. Selestat Bienniale, Selestat, France
2010
The Constant Now. Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm Sweden
Mise en Abyme. Stephane Simoens Contemporary, Knokke Belgium
2009
Yesterday. Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Idiot. Gary Tatintsian Gallery Inc., Moscow, Russia
Life and Times. Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
Abandon. Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2008
Tony Matelli. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Inc., Moscow, Russia
Tony Matelli. Uppsala Kunstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
The Old Me. Leo Koenig Inc, New York, New York
Self Portraits, with Phillip Akkerman. Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
2007
New Works. Leo Koenig Inc, New York, New York
2006
Andréhn – Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2005
Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery, Paris, France
Abandon. Centre dʼArte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
2004
Abandon. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (cat.)
Fucked and The Oracle. Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Austria
2003
Andréhn – Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Sies & Hoeke Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
2002
Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery, Paris, France
Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome
Sperone Jr., Rome, Italy
Bailey Fine Art, Toronto
2001
Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY
Art Dealers Invitational, Marseilles, France
2000
Sies + Hoeke Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
Ten in One Gallery, NYC
Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Gallery du Triangle, Bordeaux, France
1999
Abandon. University of Buffalo Art Gallery, New York, NY (cat.)
Andréhn Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY
1997
Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY
Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected group exhibitions
2023
L’autre musée, the treasures of a major contemporary art collection. FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
Lush. Hashimoto Contemporary, New York, USA
Beach. Nino Mier Gallery, New York, USA
La Cinquième Saison, Paris+ by Art Basel / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
HYPERSENSIBLE. Musee d’Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
Pleasure Principle. François Ghebaly, New York, NY, USA
The Flower Show, LA Louver, Los Angeles
Reshaped Reality: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculptre, Palazzo Bonaparte, Rome Italy
2022
Infinite Flowers, part 4. Plus-One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Sausage Party. Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Come As You Are. Anthony Gallery @ Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago, IL, USA
Weeds & Spores. Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Among Friends: Three Views of a Collection. Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Janus, Morgan Presents. New York, NY, USA
Taxonomies of Imagination. Make Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021
Flowers In Art. Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark
Escultura Monumental II. Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2020
Ngv Triennial. National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia
Chapter THREE. Het HEM, Zaandam, Netherlands
2019
People: Figurative Sculpture. Jeffrey Deitch Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2018
Death Is Irrelevant, Figurative Sculptures from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection, 1975-2018. Hudson Valley MOCA, Hudson Valley, USA
Relics, Ceysson & Bénétière. Paris, France
Landscapes After Ruskin: Redefining The Sublime. Grey Art Gallery, New York, USA
People: Figurative Sculpture. Jeffrey Deitch Projects, New York, USA
This Is A Pipe: Realism And The Found Object In Contemporary Art. Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, USA
Collection David H. Brolliet, Geneve. Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis France
2017
This is a Pipe: Realism and the Found Object in Contemporary Art. Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL USA
Beyond Nature. Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris France
Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros. Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT USA
The Transported Man. Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, USA
Beheaded. Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA USA
No Place Like Home. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, ISR
Reshaped Reality. 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
Gosh! Is It Alive? Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark
2016
God’s Waiting Room. Bill Brady Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Mystifiers, NCCA, Moscow, Russia
Forever. Bubox, Kortrijk, Belgium
So I turned myself to face me. Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
Home Improvements. Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Wanderlust. The High Line, New York, NY, USA
Mystifiers. NCCA, Moscow, Russia (cat.)
Landscapes After Ruskin: Redefining The Sublime. Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT, USA
Realisms. The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Insolite, Art & Public – Cabinet P.H., Geneva, CH
Escultura hiperrealista 1973-2016. Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Summer School. FLAG Art Foundation, New York City, NY, USA
Silleteros. KINMAN, London, UK
6’s & 7’s. Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
No Man is an Island – The Satanic Verses. ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
SMS SOS: Text, Texture, Gesture. Marlborough Chelsea, New York City, NY, USA
Human condition. The hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Fountain of Youth. Bill Brady – Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Reshaping Reality. 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture. Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, A.C., Mexico
2015
Greater New York – MoMA PS1, New York City, NY
2014
Tony Matelli, Olaf Bruening, John Miller, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Walk-ins Welcome, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY, USA
Another Look at Detroit, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY, USA
Vintage Violence, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY, USA (cat.)
About Sculpture #1, Galerie Ronaldo Anselmi, Berlin, Germany
Baroque, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
Double Hamburger Deluxe, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
UNCANNY, Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs, CT
Director’s Choice 7-9-13, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
SOMETHING ABOUT A TREE, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
A STUDY IN MIDWESTERN APPROPRIATION, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Pizza Time!, Marlborough Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
Beer Show, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
De leur Temps 4, Association pour la Diffusion International de l”Art Francais, Paris, France
Quiet Works, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Desire, El Segundo Museum of Art, CA
LOST (in LA), Flax (France Los Angeles Exchange), Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park
Cultural Freedom in Europe, Goethe Institut and Sint Lukas Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Tony Matelli – A HUMAN ECHO, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Windows, Walls and Mirrors, Leo Koenig Inc, New York, New York
The End of Everything, LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
He Is Transparent, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
you, your sun and shadow, curated by Michael Jones McKean, VCUarts Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011
Personal Structures, 54th International Venice Biennale, Venice Italy
Fragmentations, Le Frac des Pays de la Loire, France
echos, Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris, France
Small, Medium, Large, curated by Francis Briest and Susanne van Hagen, Donjon, France
Pretty on the Inside, curated by Erik Parker and KAWS, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Sculptures, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, France
Impossible Vacation, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
December, curated by Howie Chen, Mitchell-Innes and Nash, New York, NY
Dark Christmas, Leo Koenig, New York, NY
2010
Hunters & Gatherers, Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland
Á vos papiers, Galerie Charlot Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
Transcending…, LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Love in Vein, Gering & Lopez, New York, NY
No Show, Spencer Brownstone, New York, NY
Just Love Me, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Hyping The Real, Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Buy-Self, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Donʼt Piss on Me and Tell Me Its Raining, APEX Art, New York, NY
Realismus: Das Abenteurer der Wirklichdeit, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany (cat.)
Nʼimporte Quoi, Musée dʼart Contemporain de Lyon, France (cat.)
Both Sides of the Pulaski, curated by Andréa Salerno, Fine Art in Space, Long Island City, NY
The Wasteland, The White Box, New York, NY
Blind Sculpture, curated by Gelitin, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
2009
Ferne Nähe, KunstMuseum,Bonn, Germany (cat.)
Infinitesimal Eternity, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
The Effect of Modern Art on Green Circles, curated by Anselm Franke,Vanmoerkerke Collection, Belgium
The Figure and Dr Freud, Haunch of Venison, New York, NY
Time-Life, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
Guided by Voices, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
DARK FAIR, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Submerging Artists, Curated by General Store, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Chasing Napoleon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Persona. Image. Time. Human Representation in Art: from Modernism to
Present-day, The Cultural foundation Ekaterina, Moscow, (cat.)
Another Mythology, State National Centre of Contemporary Art Moscow, Russia (cat.).
Nature en Kit, MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
2008
Contemprorary Fine Arts, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
Evolution, Max Lang, New York, NY
Bad Planet, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Esculturismo, la Suma de Todas, Madrid, Spain (cat.)
Attention to Detail, curated by Chuck Close, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY (cat.)
Faxination, curated by Bill Saylor, Gallerie LOYAL, Stockholm, Sweden
New Media, Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Fuck You Human, Maribel Lopez Callery, Berlin, Germany
2007
Betes et Hommes, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France (cat.)
Undone, Whitney Museum at Altria, New York, NY
Movement, Evolution, Art, The Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow (cat.)
Stranger than Paradise, curated by Max Henry, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
I AM AS YOU WILL BE: Skeletons in Art, Cheim & Read, New York, NY(cat.)
Pull My Finger, curated by Joe Zane, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
The Power of the Physical – SCULPTURE TODAY!, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
Baroque Biology (with Alexis Rockman), CAC in Cincinnati (cat.)
Still Life, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2006
Hysteria Siberiana, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Cristina Guerra
Contemporary Arts, Lisbon, Portugal
Five Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
The Furnace, curated by Goschka Macuga, AFoundation, Liverpool, UK
Helter, Helter, curated by Max Henry, Galerie Anne de Villepois, Paris
Into Me, Out of Me, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, PS1 / MOMA, Long Island City, NY
Create Your Own Museum, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow (cat.)
2005
Self Preservation Society, Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
Leaving Cockaigne, Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
It’ll Cost You…, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, LLC, NYC, USA.
Fairy Tales Forever, Homage to H.C. Andersen, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (cat.)
Figure It Out, Hudson Valley Center For ContemporaryArt, Peekskill, NY,
The Altoids Collection, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
Baroque and Neo-Baroque. The Hell of the Beautiful, Domus Artium 2, Centre of Contemporary Art of Salamanca,
Salamanca, Spain
We Can Do It!, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow (cat.)
2004
Altered States, Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
Making Visible, Galerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Ten Commandments, Die Zehn Gebote, Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany (cat.)
Editions Fawbush, Sandra Gering Gallery, NYC
Western Art Gary, Gary Tatintsian Gallery Inc. Moscow, Russia
I am the Walrus, curated by Jan Avgikos, Cheim & Reid Gallery, NYC
Beautiful Grotesque, Riva Gallery, NYC
What is Art Good For? 100 x Kunst am Karlsplatz, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Five Billion Years, Swiss Institute, curated by Marc Olivier, NYC
Extra, Swiss Institute, curated by Marc Olivier, NYC (cat.)
The Uncanny, Tate Liverpool, curated by Mike Kelley, England (cat.)
Metamorphosis, John Michael Koehler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2003
101 Treasures of The Cranbrook Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (cat.)
100 artists, 100 T-Shirts, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, NYC
The Fourth Sex, curated by Francesco Bonami, MOCA Chicago (cat.)
Instructions, Kunsthalle Wien, curated by Gerald Matt Vienna, Austria.
PLOP – Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund, curated by Tom Eccles, NYC
Liquid Sky, Frac, Dijon, France, curated by Marc Olivier Wahler (cat.)
Narcissus, CRAC Alsace, curated by Hilde Teerlinck Altkirch, France.
Thereʼs Always Tomorrow, Nicole Eisenman, Jeff Elrod, Torben Giehler, Tony Matelli, Galeria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
2002
Artemis, Greenberg van Doren Gallery, NYC
Barrocos y Neobarrocos, El Infierno De Lo Bello, Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain (cat.)
Leo Koenig Las Vegas, Neonopolis, Las Vegas
The Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, NYC
2001
Vrai que Nature, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
The Americans, Barbican Center, London (cat.)
Come on, Feel the Noise, Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000
Climbing the Walls Thinking It Might be a Way Out, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Boberg, Matelli, Schabel, Paul Morris Gallery, New York
Tomorrow, curated by Andrea Salerno and Mari Spirito, RareArt Properties, NYC (cat.)
The Greenhouse Effect, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
Greater New York, PS1/MOMA, Long Island City, NY (cat.)
Nothing, Andrew Kreps, NYC
Small World, MOCA, San Diego (cat.)
Over the Edges: the Corners of Gent, curated by Jan Hoet, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (cat.)
1999
True West, curated by Jason Murison, PPOW, NYC
Holding Court, Entwistle, London, UK
In the Public Realm, organized by the Public Art Fund, NYC
1998
Beyond the Monument, organized by the the Public Art Fund, Metrotech, Brooklyn
Yesterday Begins Tomorrow, curated by Franceso Bonami Bard College for Curatorial Studies, New York
Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum, CT (cat.)
Spatiotemporal-Works from the Collection 1988-1998, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthalle, Sweden
Pollution, Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (cat.)
1997
To be Real, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Bring your own Walkman, W139, Amsterdam
1996
Clarity, Northern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
1995
Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art., CAA Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan