Matthew F Fisher

Bio

Born 1976, Boston, Massachusetts Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Adjunct Professor at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, New Jersey, 2009 – 2014.

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EDUCATION

2000

MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, CA

1998

BFA, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

The Study of Shapes, SHRINE, New York, NY

2022

Lakes, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL

Time and Space, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK

2021

The Hole East Hampton, Phase Three, The Hole, East Hampton, NY

Seas, OCHI Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2020

The Great Fire, SHRINE, New York, NY

Four Seasons: A Solo Show, Deanna Evans Project, New York, NY

The Sameness of Every Day, Taymour Grahne, London, UK

2019

After the Ice, Taymour Granhe, London, UK

Soft Nature, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2018

Into the Blue, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA

Strange Light, Over Under Room, Brooklyn, NY

Into the Blue, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA

2017

Observable Universe, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY

Hello Sea, One River School, Englewood, NJ

2016

Sun, Stars, Sea, and Moon, Airlock Gallery, San Marcos, CA

Ten Years, Curated by Jon Lutz, Spring/Break, New York, NY

2015

Dark Water Don’t Shine the Moon, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY

2014

If You Ain’t a Reflection, You’re a Wave, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR

2013

Goodnight nobody, Weird Days, Brooklyn, NY

2012

Asea, Aloof, Mulherin+Pollard Projects, New York NY

2009

Lonesome George, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

Forever Is, RARE, New York, NY

2006

Letting Go, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

While You Were Away, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

2005

Paintings, Stephanie Theodore at SCOPE, New York, NY

2004

Drawings and Paintings, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS

2023

Death of an Outsider, SHRINE, Los Angeles, CA

2022

Matthew F Fisher and Brian Scott Campbell, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA

2021

Matthew F Fisher and Sam Shoemaker, OCHI Projects, NADA Miami, Miami, FL

Double Up, My Pet Ram off site, Santa Barbra, CA

2020

Low Tide, OCHI Gallery, Ketchum, ID

Maria Calandra: Pencil in the Studio, De Pree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI

Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY

Expanded Field, OCHI Aux, Los Angeles, CA

2019

Jalopies: with Carl d’Alvia and Matthew F Fisher, Drive By Projects, Boston, MA

Paper View, The Hole, New York, NY

The Moon, Concord Art, Concord, MA

2018

Night Waves, SHRINE, New York, NY

Fiery Rain and Movies, Cooling Sun, SEASON, Seattle, WA

The Politics of Pink, The Dot Project, London, UK

Does It Make a Sound, OCHI Gallery, Ketchum, ID

The Jules Olitski Project, Curated by Vittorio Colaizzi, Gordon Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

2017

The Perfect Order of Randomness, with Julie Curtiss, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Augustine, FL

Provisional Landscapes, Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

In Paper We Trust, The Dot Project, London, UK

Through the Art of Painting, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY

When Y was Thus Released, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR

Somewhere, Curated by 106 Green, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA

The Twenty by Sixteen Biennial, curated by Geoffrey Young, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY

2016

Artifical Son, with Kyle Breitenbach, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA

In Which We Dwell, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Magic, Mercer County College, West Windsor, NJ

Lunacy, OyG Projects, Curated by Eric Hibit, Brooklyn, NY

Solar Vortex, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Finding Your Way, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Augustine, FL

Sensorium, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

Pink and Green, Eddy’s Room, Brooklyn, NY

Casino Cabaret, curated by Melissa Brown, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015

The World Outside, with Ryan Schneider, The Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

The River Keeps Talking, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR

Image is Everything, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

The Ocean is Double Sided, SEASON, Seattle, WA

Let’s GO Away for Awhile, One Mile Gallery, curated by Erik den Breejen and Maris Calandra, Kingston, NY

I Am What I Am Not Yet, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art Gallery, Curated by Diana Buckley, Scarsdale, NY

New Narratives, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY

2014

Quiet Please, RARE Gallery, New York, NY

Transcendent Landscapes, Drive By Projects, Watertown, MA

Not a Force But a Curvature, curated by Ryan Schneider, Novella Gallery, New York, NY

Interchange, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Nothing But Good, Park, Tilburg, NL

2013

Endless Summer, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY

Thirsty, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

LAND, HO!, Curated by Holly Coulis and Ridley Howard, VCU Fine Arts Gallery, Richmond, VA

Chiaroscuro, Novella Gallery, New York, NY

Ears Nose and Throat, WILDLIFE, Brooklyn, NY

2012

Golden Beams of a Laughing Sun, with Rob Matthews, Twist Gallery, Nashville, TN

I glove U, Reynolds Gallery, curated by Ridley Howard and Ester Partegas, Richmond, VA

Intramurals, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA

2011

Southern Cross, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA

Captured (A Portrait Show), Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY

The Nature of Drawing, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY

All My Friends, Small Black Door, Ridgewood, NY

2010

Flat Earth, Winona State University, Winona, MN

New Narrative, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY

Folksmusic, Daily Operation, Brooklyn, NY

Natural Reaction, Metropolitan Green, Brooklyn, NY

2009

Vintage Violence, Space 414, Brooklyn, NY

2008

The Indigenous Visitor, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY

Spot Check: Academy Contemporary, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

2007

The Comic Uncanny, Curated by Stephanie TheodoreShaheen Modern & Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

This Place is Ours! Recent Acquisitions at the Academy, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

In Summer, The Song Sings Itself, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

One Day I Will Control the Sun, The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, New York, NY

Trash Menagerie, Drake Hotel, Toronto, CA

2006

Posture and Expression, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005

Hello Sunday, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY

Casper David Séance, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY

Drawing for It 2, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Introspective Men, Madder 139, London, UK

Sasquatch Society, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY

Honeymoon With Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, CH

Folklore for a New Millennium, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Pencil on Glass, Sushi Art at Voz Alta Project, San Diego, CA

2004

The Great (Re)Masters, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

AC, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY

Pictionary, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

Toys in the Attic, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY

Death to the Fascist Insect That Preys on the Life of the People, Gallery 800, Brooklyn, NY

This is for Real: War and the Contemporary Audience, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

2003

The Winter Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY

The Next, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME

Homeland Security, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

 

The Study of Shapes, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 26 in.


The Kingdom, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 26 in.


A Day, A Month, A Year, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 26 in.


The Subject of a Dream, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 26 in.


Faith and Hope, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10 in.


That Which is Born, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 26 in.


The Sky Came Over the Land, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 26 in.


The Distance of Memory, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 26 in.


Great Neck, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 15 in.