Tony Matelli
CV
1971
Born in Chicago, IL
Lives and works in New York, NY
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
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
Grants/Fellowships
1998
NYFA Grant
1991
Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art Independent Study, New York, NY, USA
Selected group exhibitions
2022
Infinite Flowers, part 4. Plus-One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Sausage Party. Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
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
Selected solo exhibitions
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 Bibliography
2012
Nathan Emily. ‘NYC Gallery Shows, THE NEW YORK LIST’ Artnet (April 27, 2012) [ill. Josh, Large Window] [online]
Kazakina Katya. ‘Chelsea Galleries Star Mardenʼs Marbles, Matelli, Neto’ Bloomberg Businessweek (April 25, 2012)[ill. Josh] [online]
Ribeiro Rosane. ‘Parece, mas não é’ Vogue Brasil (May 2012) [ill. Josh, The Hunter, Old Enemy New Victim]
Russeth Andrew, Rozalia Jovanovic, Michael H. Miller and Dan Duray. ’8 Things to Do in New Yorkʼs Art World Before April 16’ GalleristNY (April 9, 2012) [ill.] [online]
Baker, R.C. ‘Spring Guide 2012: No Vomiting Boy Scouts This Time from Tony Matelli’ The Village Voice (March 28, 2012) [ill.] [online]
2011
Tony Matelli, ‘Glass of Water,’ Interview by Howie Chen, Walther Konig, Koln
‘Small, Medium, Large’, exhibition cat., texts by Elen Leblond-Schrader Dowling, Faye ‘The Book of Skulls’, Laurence King Publishing, London England
‘Echoes’, Musee Nissem de Camondo
‘Personal Structures’, 2011 Venice Biennale, GlobalArtAffairs, Bonn, Germany
Artline Magazine, Cover Illustration, 19 October
Kaplan Sophie, ‘Installation de Tony Matelli’, Poly Magazine issue 143
Lʼage de Raison. Curator Interview on the occasion of Selestat Biennale. Illustration ‘Fuck it Free Yourself!!!’ p.93, Novo Magazine, Issue 16
Barrilà Silvia Anna. ‘Ad Art Cologne ricercati gli artisti italiani’ ArtEconomy 24 (April 22, 2011)
Kutscher Barbara. ‘Leben Auf Der Überholspur’ Weltkunst, No. 01: 38-40
2010
‘CCA Kunsthalle: Highlights’ CCA Kunsthalle Andratx Newsletter (November 2010)
Mosco, Steve. “Bringinʼ it All Back Home, Under the Influence of LIC (July 2010)
Delius Mara. ‘Prä-Post-Post-Kunst’ SonntagsZeitung (March 7, 2010)
Davis Jacquelyn. ‘Critics Picks, Stockholm’ Artforum (June 2010)
Johnson Ken. ‘Ahoy From Nudes, a Pirate and Scrooge McDuck’ The New York Times (March 5, 2010)
2009
‘Koeper in der Entwichlung’ Kunst + Unterricht, Heft 329/330: 2B
Panteleeva Elena. ‘Bomb: 10 Provocators’ Sex and the City, Issue #21 (October 2009) [ill. Old Enemy, New Victim; Fucked (Couple)]
Rudik Alexandra. ‘Tony Matelli’ (September 26, 2009) [ill. Weed; The Idiot]
Paikova Valeria. ‘The Idiot visits Moscow’(September 22, 2009) [ill. Weeds, The Idiot, Fuck It, Free Yourself!]
‘The Idiot. Tony Matelli’ Vash Dosug (Septemper 18, 2009)
Katina Irina. ‘Dollars Aflame at Tony Matelliʼs ʻThe Idiotʼ Show’ The Moscow Times, Issue #4272 (September 12, 2009) [ill. Fuck It, Free Yourself!, The Idiot (detail with birds)
‘Tony Matelli’ Beautiful Decay.com (June 10, 2009) [online]
Ebony David. ‘David Ebonyʼs Armory Top 10’ Art in America (March 8, 2009)
Westcott James. ‘Has the Recession Sparked a New Renaissance?’ Guardian.co.uk (March 5, 2009)
Sokoler Katie. ‘The Armory Show 2009’ The Gothamist (March 5, 2009)
Katina Irina. ‘Dollars Aflame at Tony Matelliʼs ʻThe Idiotʼ Show’, The Moscow Times, Illustrations: Fuck It, Free Yourself!, The Idiot (detail with birds), Issue #4272, September 12
Rudik Alexandra. ‘Tony Matelli’, Illustrations: Weed, The Idiot (shot in the studio), September, 26
Paikova, Valeria, “The Idiot visits Moscow”, Illustrations: Weeds, The Idiot, Fuck It, Free Yourself!, September 22
Vash Dosug, “The Idiot. Tony Matelli”, September 18
“Koeper in der Entwichlung,” Kunst + Unterricht, Heft 329/330, p. 2B
Sokoler, Katie, “The Armory Show 2009,” The Gothamist, March 5, 2009
2008
Sobaka. Illustration: Old Enemy, New Victim, Issue: September
Kulik Irina. “Sculpture in naturalistic size”, Kommersant, Issue #172, September 24
Kommersant. Illustration: Meat Head (Fresh), Issue #179, October 10
The Moscow News. Illustration: Old Enemy, New Victim, Issue #37, September 25
Blacksquare. Illustration: Old Enemy, New Victim, Issue: September
Interior+Desing. Illustration: Old Enemy, New Victim, Issue #10, September
Atlant Soyuz. ‘Succession’, Illustration: Weeds, Issue #11, September
Vash Dosug. Illustration: Old Enemy, New Victim, Issue #37, September 10-21
WhereMoscow. ‘Aggressive Student’, Issue #9, September
Balakhovskaya Faina. ‘Scare pics’, Illustration: Meat Head (Fresh), TimeOut, Issue #15, September 14 – 18
Ivanova Tatʼana. ‘Tony Matelli’, Galereya Newspaper, Issue #10, October
Watch magazine. ‘Tony Matelli at Gary Tatintsian Gallery’ (Watch Art column), Issue #4, September
Montornes Frederic. Una lucha por la supervivencia. Exit Express, Issue #36, May 2008, p. 25
Conduit, Illustration: “Sleepwalker,” Issue #19, Spring 2008
Tony Matelli. Fucked and Ancient Echo. Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati , Essay Matt Distal,(ISBN 978-0-917562-81-5)
Nilsson Håkan. ‘Underfundigt’, Dagens Nyheter, December 22
Slöör Susanna. ‘Dubbla budskap; Tony Matelli’, Uppsala Konstmuseum, 25/10 – 30/11
‘Tony Matelliʼs solo show opens today’, www.ARTinvestment.ru. Illustrations: Old Enemy, New Victim, Weeds, September 18
Arkhangelʼskaya Alla. ‘Tony Matelli’, www.gazeta.ru. September 18
‘Tony Matelli’, www.photographer.ru. Illustrations: Sleepwalker, Old Enemy, New Victim, Weed, Fucked (Couple), Double Meat Head (collage), September 18
‘Tony Matelli’, www.gif.ru. Illustrations: Weeds, Fucked (Couple), September 18
‘Tony Matelli’, www.afisha.ru. Video: Installation, September 17
‘Tony Matelli’, www.onegintime.ru. Illustration: Old Enemy, New Victim, September 18
‘Hyperrealism’ by Tony Matelli will be on view in Moscow’, www.regnum.ru (news agency), September 15
“Tony Matelli”, www.moscow-live.ru, Illustrations: Fucked (Couple), September 16
“Everyoneʼs general state at present”, www.leluxe.ru, Illustrations: Veg. Head, September 8
“Tony Matelli at Gary Tatintsian Gallery”, www.smagazine.ru,
Illustrations: Sleepwalker (detail), Old Enemy, New Victim, Double Meat Head (collage), September 3
“Tony Matelli”, www.rusiskusstvo.ru, September 17
2007
Boutet do Monvel. Violaine, ‘Promenade: Divers lieux, New York, January 2007’, Artpress333, Paris, April
Keely Amanda, ‘A-Z from the Armory Show, New York 2007,’ Whitewall, Issue 6, Summer, pp. 158-159
‘Nar kunsten bliver en privat passion,’ Observer Denmark, Nr. 8, July 26
Thorsen Nils. ‘Farlig kunst over sofaen,’ December
Efterarets, hojdepunkter, Berlingske, September 14
Johnson Ken. ‘Pointing Out Creativityʼs Goofy Side,’ The Boston Globe,(www.boston.com), July 17
Steel Sharon. ‘Putting the ʼartʼ in ʼfart,’ The Phoenix. (www.thepheonix.com),July 6
Nungesser Michael. ‘Die Macht des Dinglichen,’ Kunstforum, May-June
Fiest Peter H. ‘Material und Ironie,’ Neues Deutschland, April 10, p. 19
Styrie Hanna. ‘Venus mit Gummiohren,’ Kolnische Rundschau, April 4, p. 11
Doring Ralf. ‘Skulptur im Aufwind,’ Neue OZ Osnabrucker Zeitung, March 30, p. 28
Nungesser Michael. ‘Das Ding an sich,’ Freitag, March 9
Heiser Jorg. ‘Meine Bronze wiegt drei Tonnen,’ Suddeutsche Zeitung, March, 5, p.11
Wefing Heinrich. ‘Ach ja, Mauschen mit Adlerschwingen,’ F.A.Z., February 22
Pruess Sebastian. ‘Die entkorkte Venus,’ Berliner Zeitung, February, 14, p. 32
Berg Ronald. ‘Einmal Luft, bitte, exakt bemessen,’ die tageszeitung, February 14, p. 17
Buhr Elke. ‘Wo ist denn hier das neue Ding?’ Frankfurter Rundschau, February 13, p. 15
Kuhn Nicola. ‘Purzelbaume der Moderne,’ Der Tagesspiegel, February 10, p. 28
Schwendener Martha, ‘Tony Matelli,’ The New York Times, February 9, p. E36
Robinson Walter. ‘Weekend Upddate,’ artnet.com, January
2006
Jacob Victoria. ‘Questions existentielles,’ Lolie, December
Artforum, January, Tony Matelli ad, p. 81
Wahler Marc-Olivier. ‘Five Billion Years,’ Palais / Magazine 01, fall-winter, pp. cover, 2, 22 – 33, 95
Edwards Natasha. ‘News: Paris,’ Contemporary, no. 86, p. 24 (image only)
Ph.D. ‘Helter/Helter,’ Galerie Anne de Villepoix, La Monde, June 22,
Adrien Torok. ‘Tony Matelli Abandon,’ a szena, pp. 38-39
Madestrand Bo. ‘Praktarsel,’ DN På Stan, October 26
Mataro Aleix. ‘Antoni Abad moviliza,’ www.abc.es, January 31
Gaush Anna Maria. ‘Mala Hierba: Tony Matelli Abandono,’ December 2005 – March 2006 (exh. dates), ABC, p. 43
2005
‘Abandon,’ le cool, December 12
Hohmann Silke. ‘Im Zoo der Kunst,’ Frankfurter Rundschau, October 22,
Nr. 246 Paumgarten Nick. ‘Salesman,’ The New Yorker, October 17, pp. 144 – 151, 153 – 155
Schreiber Anne. ‘Nicht Nur Kommerz Vor Allem Kunst,’ Artnet, October 11
‘Modern 05: Kunstmesse im kleinen Kriess,’ Welt Kompakt, October 6, p. 27
De Righi Roberta. ‘Von Cocktails und anderen Impulsen, Fluchtige Bilder: Die Mini Messe Modern 05 in der Residenz,’ Allgemeine Zeitung, Kulture, Thursday October 6
2004
Fricke Christiane. ‘Art Cologne auf dem richtigen Weg,’ Handelsblatt,October 29 – 31, Nr. 211, p. 45
Smith Roberta. ‘Rimbaud,’ The New York Times, Friday, July 30
Bisenbach Klaus. ‘Zehn Gebote,’ Charta, (cat.)
Matt Gerald. ‘Handlungsanweisungen,’ Steidl (cat.)
Eccles Tom. ‘Plop: Projects of the Public Art Fund,’ (cat.)
TimeOut. ‘Picks: I am the Walrus,’ June, 15
Levin Kim. ‘Voice Choices,’ Village Voice, July 7 – 13
The New Yorker. Galleries-Downtown, ‘Altered States,’ July 12 – 19
Harris Jane. ‘Truth Teller, mischief maker: Artist as clown and vice versa,’ The Village Voice, July 7 – 13
Ribas Joao. Time Out New York, Reviews – ‘Beautiful Grotesque,’ July 8 – 15, p. 55
Mueller Vanessa Joan. ‘The Uncanny,’ Texte zur Kunst, June, Volume 54, p. 206 – 208
Wendland Johannes. ‘Armut fressen Ethik auf,’ Kunstzeitung, June
Farquharson Alex. ‘The Uncanny,’ Frieze Magazine, May, Issue 83 P. 91
Johnson Ken. ‘Five Billion Years,’ The New York Times, Friday April 16
2003
Sammlung Melitta. Melitta, publisher (cat.)
Musial Robert. ‘Cranbrook Art Museum Celebrates the Big 100,’ Marquee, Section E, pp. E14 – 15, Friday December 12
Collins Lisa. ‘A Centuryʼs Treasure,’ Metro Times,December 10 – 16, p. 44
Detroit Free Press. December 21, Section E, p.2
Jones Ronald. FRIEZE Magazine, June-July-August, P. 118
Paderni Marinella. ‘Thereʼs always Tomorrow,’ Tema Celeste, Aug., p. 89
Tony Matelli. Catalogue, Foreword by Toby Kamps, Essay by Lisa
Fischman, NYC: Leo Koenig Inc., and Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther Koenig
PLOP Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund, curated by Tom Eccles, New York: Merrell, pp. 155 – 159
Ducklo Matt. ‘The Surreal Thing,’ Surface Magazine, pp. 147 – 158
Delin Martin. ‘Baby, Jag Gillard et Rat,’ Bon, Summer, pp. 68 – 80
Cresci Simona. ‘Tony Matelli-Sperone,’ Timeout Rome, June – Aug. p. 33
Tony Matelli. Flash Art. May June, p. 125 Expressen, April, 22
Bonami Francesco. ‘The Fourth Sex,’ Charta, (cat.)
2002
Bell Harry. ‘La Foire de Bale reussit…’ Le Monde, Dec. 13
Romeo Filippo. Tony Matelli. Artforum, November, p. 193
Johnson Ken. ‘Linger,’ Art Guide, The New York Times,June 28
Twardy Chuck. ‘Downtown Imports,’ Las Vegas Weekly, May 30
F. Maxwell Douglas. ‘Sexual Sunrise, Tony Matelli,’ NY Arts, Feb., p. 69
Trainor James. ‘Tony Matelli,’ Tema Celeste, March – April,#90, p. 80
Schwabsky Barry. ‘The Americans. New Art,’ Art Press, p. 76, Feb.
Bonacossa Ilaria. ‘The Americans: New Art,’ Flash Art, Jan / Feb, p. 48
Mahoney Robert. TimeOutNY. Dec.27-Jan.3,2002, Issue No.326
Scott Andrea. The New Yorker, Jan.7, 2002, p. 14 2001
Schwendener Martha. ‘Fabrice Gygi and Tony Matelli,’ Time Out NY, July 26 – August 2
Luceie-Smith Edward. ‘At Tomorrow,’ Vilo Intl. Publishers (cat.)
Ratnam Neru. The Face. London, p. 174 – 186
Guner Fisun. Art Review, Metro, London, Oct. 26
Sladen Mark. ‘Young Americans,’ Blue Print, London, Nov., p. 50
Corris Michael. Art Monthly, London, Jan. 1001-1002, p. 30
Herbert Michael. ‘States of the Art,’ Art Review, London, Fall, p. 51
Jones Jonathan. The Guardian, Oct. 23
Thorburn Hedwig. ‘Humor I Ung Amerikansk Konst,’ Svenska
Dagbladet Malmo. Sweden, Nov. 15
Chapman Peter. ‘Going Out,’ Independent, London, Oct. 20, p. 12
Thorburn Hedvig. Goteborgs – Posten, Nov.15
Guner Fisun. ‘The Americans – New Art,’ Whatʼs On, London, Nov.
Darwent Charles. The Independent on Sunday, London, Oct.28
Packer William. Financial Times, London, Oct.30, p.20
Ratham Neru. The Face, London, “Oh Please Let It All Mean Something”, Fall
2001
Kino Carol. Art in America, ‘Surveying the Scene II,’ June, pp. 45 – 49
Hirschmann Thomas. Weekend Post, ‘At the Galleries,’ August 5, p.W14
Lewison David. Artweek, ‘Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art at MCA San Diego,’ March
Weiner Jessica. The Weekly, ‘Itʼs a Small World After All: Dioramas in Contemporary Art,’ 11 – 17 Feb., p. 6
Flaunt Magazine. ‘Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art,’ Feb.
2000
Ollman Leah. Los AngelesTimes. ‘Tiny Worlds Create Great Illusions,’ Jan. 23, p. 69
Flash Art. ‘Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art, March – April, p. 125
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Rugoff Ralph, Kamps Toby. ‘Small World,’ Exhibition cat., San Diego MCA, San Diego CA
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Thirteen / WNET. New York. ‘Egg the arts show,’ nationwide public television, Jan. 13
Artforum. ‘Winter Preview,’ Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art, Jan., p. 33
1999
Vendrame Simona. TemeCeleste. ‘Manichini,’ December, pp. 88 – 97
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McCarthy Gerard. Art in America. ‘Tony Matelli at Basilico,’ July, p. 90
Fugimori Manami. Bijustu Techo. ‘World Report,’ April, pp. 132 – 133
Galloway Munro. Artpress. ‘Tony Matelli,’ April, p. 245
Coomer Marin. TimeOut London. ‘Holding Court,’ Feb., 3 p. 49
Whatʼs On. ‘Holding Court,’ January 27 – February 3, pp. 20 – 21
Dillon, Theresa, Cakewalk. ‘Tonyʼs Weed,’ winter, pp. 14 – 20
Cotter Holland. New York Times. ‘Changes Aside, Soho is still Very Much Soho, Feb. 12, p. E1, 37
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Maxwell Douglas. Review, ‘The Full Monica,’ Feb., 1, pp. 1, 5 – 6
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1998
Jones Ronald. Artforum, ‘The best of 1998’ December, p. 108
Harperʼs Magazine, ‘Sʼmores: The Day After,ʼ August, p. 32
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Avgikos Jan. Sculpture, ‘The Shape of Art at the End of the Century,’ April, pp. 46 – 53
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Jana Reena. Flash Art, ‘To Be Real,’ March / April, 1998
1997
‘To be Real,’ exhibition brochure, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Saltz Jerry. TimeOut NY, May 8 – 15, p. 48
Levin Kim. The Village Voice, ‘Choices,’ April, 29, p. 16
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Jones Ronald. Siksi Magazine, ‘A Fresh Hell,’ XII No.1, spring pp. 10 – 11
1996
Hixon Kathryn. The New Art Examiner, ‘Clarity,’ May 1996, pp. 42 -4 3
Lectures / Seminars
2012
Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
2011
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2010
Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2009
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
School Of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2008
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2007
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal , Montreal, Canada
The Whitney Museum, New York, NY
FIT Parsons, New York, NY
Penn State University, Philadelphia, PA
Cincinnati University, Cincinnati, OH
SUNY New Paltz, NY
Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Yale University, New Haven, CT
CalArts, Los Angeles, CA
CAC, Cincinnati, OH
2006
HVCCA, Peekskill, NY
Hunter College, NYC
2005
Parsons School of Art, NYC
2004
Pratt, Brooklyn, NY
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2003
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2002
Columbus School of Art, Columbus, OH
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Columbia University, NYC
2001
Public Art Fund Seminar, Cooper Union, NYC
Parsons School of Art, NYC
Empire Studio Program, NYC
2000
School of Visual Arts, NYC
Beaux Arts de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
New York Studio Program, NYC
1999
University of Buffalo, New York
SUNY Albany, NY
1998
Aldrich Museum, CT