born 1972, Eureka, CA
studied at Cooper Union School of Art, New York, FA, 1990-1994, and Gerit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland
lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Focus: Matthew Monahan, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (forthcoming)
2005
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL (forthcoming)
2003
Commission mural for Rehabilitation Center, Leiden, NL
Container, ArtBasel Miami, FL
Anton Kern Gallery, NY
2002
Civilized Special Zone, Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen
‘Nameless man from Not-Even-Anywhere’, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL
Anton Kern Gallery, New York (With Georg Herold)
2000
Gozaimas, Bureau Stedelijk (with Lara Schnitger), Amsterdam
1999
Artist’s Proof, Buro Leeuwarden, N.H
Like Stink on a Monkey, Archipel, Apeldoorm
1998
Galerie Fons Welter, Amsterdam
Fools Gold, The Bank of Netherlands
1997
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Mum´s Tattoo, at Sien La, curated by Luc Tuymans, Antwerp (with Thomas Houseago)
Zeno´s Quiver, Solo exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, (September/Oktober 1996 Bulletin Stedelijk Museum)
Group Exhibitions
2004
Remembering, UC Riverside Gallery, curated by Charles Gaines, Riverside, CA
MB: the Mary Blair story, with My Barbarian, Redcat, Los Angeles
To Be Recycled , Six Months, Los Angeles, USA
2003
‘Tussen Droom en Daad, Fonds BK, Amsterdam, NL
2001
I Love NY, Anton Kern Gallery
Mean Mercy, Tent, Rotterdam
Free-standing, Beaver College Art Gallery, Philadelphia
11 x Dutch Art, National Center for Art, St. Petesburg
The Modern Institute, Glasgow
2000
Exorcism Aesthetic Terrorism, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam
1999
Glad Ijs/Thin Ice, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
ArtLovers, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England
Subreal/The Human Condition, LA International Bienial, Inmo Gallery, Los Angeles
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
1998
Morning Glory, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (group show)
Exterminating Angel, curated by Joshua Decter, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris (group show)
Going Up the Country, ACHK De Pavijoens, Almere
1997
Night at Life, curated by Hoyt Brown, Life, New York
Awards/Grants/Residencies
1994-96
De Ateliers, Fellowship, Amsterdam
2000
Fonds BK Grant/Residency, Kitakyushu, Japan
2002
Fonds BK Grant/Residency, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China
Publications/Catalogues
2004
Fragile Kingdom, ARTIMO Amsterdam, text: Matthew Monahan, Klaus Biesenbach
2003
10 Years SMBA, We show Art 1, Stedelijk Buro Amsterdam, Amsterdam, text Matthew Monahan
Blue Tuesdays, De ateliers 1963-2003, Amsterdam
2000
Exorcism/Aesthetic Terrorism, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
SMBA NO 55 Gozaimas, Stedelijk buro Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1999
Prix NI 99, Gallery Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
1998
Neuro-Artomnomy, Erasmus University, Rotterdam text Matthew Monahan, Lara Schnitger
1997
Stedelijk Museum Bulletin, artist’s writing
Collections
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Utrecht Museum, Utrecht
Axo-Nobel Art Foundation
The Bank of the Netherlands
Ken Freed, Boston
De Ateliers, Amsterdam
Chris Dercon, Rotterdam
Willem Oorbeek, Brussels
Luc Tuymans, Antwerp
Georg Herold, Cologne
Bernard Nadal-Ginard, Boston
Dean Valentine, Los Angeles
