Born 1979, Roanoke, Virginia
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
2007 MFA, Painting, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
2001 BA, Art and Art History, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
2003 New York Studio School, New York City Landscape Painting Marathon
2001 New York Studio School, New York City Drawing Marathon
Awards and Residencies
2021 The Fores Project, London, England
2018 Air Serenbe Colony Resident, Atlanta, Georgia
2017 Yaddo Colony Resident, Saratoga Springs, New York
2016 MacDowell Colony Resident, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2014 Commissioned Artist, New York City’s Public Art for Public Schools Program 2012 The Drawing Center, Viewing Program, Artist Registry, New York City
2011 Artist in Residence, Denniston Hill, Woodridge, New York
2011 The Renaissance Graphic Arts Award – 85th Annual Printmaking Competition (curated by Sarah Suzuki and Emi Eu)
2007 Kahn Career Entry Award Finalist, Boston University
2005-2007 Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, Boston University
2006 Hamill Prize for excellence in painting, Boston University
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Hold Tight Horizon Eyes, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
2022 This Time Again, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, Florida
2021 Kentish Town Pictures, The Fores Project, London, England
2021 Remain in Light, The Landing Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2020 Closer to Song, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2019 The Invisible Line, Palazzo Contini Martini, Mezzocorona, Italy 2018 Works on Paper, Direktorenhaus Museum, Berlin, Germany
2017 Almost Back to Normal, One River Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey 2017 Piano, piano, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
2016 Yard Sale, Devening Projects, Chicago, Illinois
2016 Comfort Inn, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City
2014 Staring At The Sun With A Penny In My Pocket, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine
2013 Small Paintings, Kate Alkarni Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2013 Both, and: Recent Paintings by Matt Phillips (Curated by John Stomberg), Branch Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts
2013 this, and then, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City
2009 Out Through The In Door, Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008 The Sun Machine is Coming Down, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, South Carolina
Group Exhibitions
2023 Twentysomethings: Works and NFTS from the Fabio Sandoval Collection, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Flordia
2023 Solidarity, Nexx Asia, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Paperworks+ III, NBB Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022 Where Forever Begins, Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, Italy
2022 Color, Culture, Feelings, Ojiri Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021 Abstract, Room 57, New York City
2021 Unearthed by J.C., Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, Florida
2021 Surfaces, Nino Mier, Los Angeles, California
2020 Look Again: A Survey of Contemporary Painting, Hollis Taggart, Southport, Connecticut
2019 Fall Group Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2019 Studio Visit: New Works by Six Painters, University of Maine Museum Of Art, Bangor, Maine
2019 Summer Selection, Hollis Taggart, New York City
2019 Summer Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2019 Yard, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City
2019 Highlight Highline, Hollis Taggart, New York City
2019 Group Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2018 Jeff Bailey Gallery, (Yevgeniya Baras, John Dilg, and Matt Phillips), Hudson, New York
2018 Highlight Chelsea, Hollis Taggart, New York City
2018 Won’t Lovers Revolt Now, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 Searching for Spring, Stone House Projects, Lower Hudson Valley, New York 2018 The Rag Trade, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City
2017 Points of Entry, Scotty Enterprises, Berlin, Germany
2017 When Y was Thus Released: Kyle Breitenbach, Matthew Fisher, Michele Hemsoth & Matt Phillips, Ampersand Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2017 Group Show, Werkartz, Los Angeles, California
2017 Say Yes (Curated by Kimia Ferdowsi Kline) Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
2017 20 x 16 (Curated by Geoffery Young) Morgan Lehman, New York City
2017 Drawings (Maria Calandra, Clare Grill, Matt Phillips, & Mason Saltarrelli), The Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Salami Salon (Curated by Robert Otto Epstein), 83 Meserole, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Ortega y Gasset Projects (About Looking: Matt Phillips & Travis Fairclough), Brooklyn, New York
2016 Chronic Blooms, Geoffery Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
2016 Hungry For Colour (Austin Eddy, Benjamin Edminston, & Matt Phillips), Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark
2016 The Tide is High (Curated by Michael Levinson, Chris Joy, and Jeffrey Mueller), Colonel’s Row, Governor’s Island, New York
2016 Fabulous You, TSA NY, Brooklyn, New York
2016 Summerzcool, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, Texas
2016 Super Sketchy (Curated by Alleyoop Projects), DCTV, New York City
2016 Rational Curves: Joy Curtis, Ryan DaWalt, & Matt Phillips (Curated by Robert Epstein), Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, New York
2016 You, Yes, You (Curated by Meghan Brady), Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, Maine
2016 Only Lovers, Le Coeur, Paris, France
2015 I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work (Curated by Austin Eddy), Bannerette, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Small Works, Periter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2015 Printer’s Proof: 30 Years at Wingate Studio, Boston University Stone Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2015 Let’s Go Away For Awhile (Curated by Erik den Breejen and Maria Louisa Calandra), One Mile Gallery, Kingston, New York
2015 Living Threads, New York Studio School, New York City
2015 Alumni Exhibit, Hampshire College Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts
2015 B Sides (Curated by Steven Gavino), Third Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Clouds are Our Mountains (Curated by Austin Thomas and Steven Harvey), The Jade, Miami, Florida
2014 Back to the Future, Life on Mars, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Diamonds and Doughnuts, Geoffery Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
2014 To Tiger With Love, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014 The Jam 3.0, Steven Harvey Projects, New York City
2014 The Jam 2 (Curated by Joan Backes), New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts
2014 Second Sight, (Sean Green, Matt Phillips, and Russell Tyler) Catalogue essay by Geoffrey Young, Brian Morris Gallery, New York City
2014 Mix Tape (Curated by Sophia Alexandrov and Todd Bienvenu), Third Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Legend Anew (Curated by Paul D’Agostino), Centotto, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Group Show (A Woodpoint and Kingsland Production), DeBuck Gallery, New York City
2014 Projector 237 (Peter Acheson, Lester Johnson, Kurt Knobelsdorf, Lauren Luloff, Sangram Majumdar, and Matt Philips), Steven Harvey Projects, New York City
2013 Flat Files: Year One, TSA New York, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1, Industry City, Brooklyn, New York
2013 Above the Surface, Below the Surface: Prints by Wingate Studios, Washington, Art Association, Washington Depot, Connecticut
2013 Summer Group Show, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City
2013 Love at Home, Kate Alkarni Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2013 Artist Series Project with Woodpoint and Kingsland, Artware Editions, New York City
2013 Correspondence I, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 Folk Appeal (Curated by Sean Gallery), Mingo Gallery, Beverly, Massachusetts
2012 Fresh Prints, Feinberg Projects, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 Against the Grain (Benedit Show curated by Amir Fallah), Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2012 The Jam, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City
2012 The Irreconcilable (Jennifer Abessira, Avner Ben Gal, Matt Phillips, Tal R, Jonas Wood, and Guy Yanai), The Spaceship at Ha Yarkon 70, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 Faculty Show, Mt. Holyoke College Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts
2011 Collage (Curated by Klaus Postler), Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
2011 Printmaking!, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Long Beach, New Jersey
2011 Mix and Match, Atelier 030202, Bucharest, Romania
2011 Printmaking! (Curated by Sarah Suzuki and Emi Eu), The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011 Get on the Block (Curated by Lauren van Haaften-Schick), Camel Arts Space, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Fist City: EJ Hauser, Logan Grider, Matt Phillips, and Nathlie Provosty, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Invitational Exhibit, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2010 Keep the Home Fires Burning, Fowler Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York 2010 Pictured Thoughts (Curated by Sean Greene), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
2010 Good to Pull, Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 2010 Block Party, Space Gallery, Portland, Maine
2010 40th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts
2010 Reunited, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City
2009 Printer’s Proof: Selections from the Wingate Studio Archive, Rhodes Art Center Gallery, Gill, Massachusetts
2009 Faculty Show, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts
2009 Cadaver Corpse, Space 1026, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009 Out of Sight, Wunderarts, Amherst, Massachusetts
2009 1000 Days, Scion Installation LA, Los Angeles, California
2009 Cadaver Corpse, Golden Age, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Old School, Jack the Pelican, Williamsburg, New York
2009 Sound & Vision: Circuit, Tube, and Prism (Curated by Gideon Bok), Space Gallery, Portland, Maine
2009 Ganser Gallery, (Meghan Brady, Andy Ness, & Matt Phillips: New Works on Paper), Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania
2008 Redux Benebit Auction, The Art Institute of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
2008 Gangbusters, Plane Space Gallery, New York City
2008 Transit Antenna Big Tent Revival Auction, Redux Art Center, Charleston, South Carolina
2007 Faculty Show, Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts
2007 Petra Projects Presents Matt Phillips and Eliza Stamps, Petra Projects at Mehr Gallery, New York City
2007 Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University 808 Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2007 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Boston University 808 Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts