Born in Eureka, CA, USA, 1972
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Education
1990-1994 Cooper Union School of Art, New York; and Gerit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Solo Exhibitions
2012
KaiKai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2011
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2010
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
Mineral Spirits: Anne Chu and Matthew Monahan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2009
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2008
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007
Focus: Matthew Monahan, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
African Masks and Fetishes, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2005
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003
Commission mural for Rehabilitation Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Anton Kern Gallery, Project Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
Civilized Special Zone, Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China
Nameless Man from Not-Even-Anywhere, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2000
Gozaimas, Bureau Stedelijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999
Artist’s Proof, Buro Leeuwarden, Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Like Stink on a Monkey, Archipel, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
1998
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fools Gold, The Bank of Netherlands, Netherlands
1997
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA
Mums Tattoo, curated by Luc Tuymans, Sien La, Antwerp, Belgium
Zeno’s Quiver, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2012
Tracing the Century: Drawing from Tate Collection, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
It’s Always Summer on the Inside, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2011
We Will Live, We Will See, Zabludowicz Collection Curatorial Open 2011, London
The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London
Statuesque, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, USA
The Artist's Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2010
Outside the Box, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
OH CRISIS!, Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam, Netherlands
At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Marty and Rebecca Eisenberg, Bard College, New York, NY, USA
Statuesque, Public Art Fund, New York, NY, USA
2009
Il Giardino dei Lauri, Citta della Pieve, Italy
Between Art and Life: The Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Collection, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
California Maximalism, Nyehaus, New York, NY, USA
2008
Sonsbeek Sculpture Exhibition, Arnhem, Netherlands
Family and Friends, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Kaikai Kiki Artists, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Ma Bete Noire, Phil Art/Objects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sphinxx, Curated by Alexis Vaillant, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican, London Sonsbeek Sculpture Exhibition, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, Netherlands
7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
2007
Unmonumental: Falling to Pieces in the 21st Century, Curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman and Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum, New York, NY, USA
Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Fractured Figures, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Effigies, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Uneasy Angel/Imagine Los Angeles, Sprueth Magers, Munich, Germany
Fine Art Fair Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Hammer Contemporary Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Eight Sculptors from Los Angeles, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
2006
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA
USA Today, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Red Eye, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA
Berlin Biennial, various venues, Berlin, Germany
2005
Both Ends Burning, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004
Remembering, curated by Charles Gaines, UC Riverside Gallery, Riverside, CA, USA
MB: the Mary Blair story, with My Barbarian, Redcat, Los Angeles, CA, USA
To Be Recycled, Six Months, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Tomorrows Fish and Chips, Simplonstr, Berlin, Germany
2003
Tussen Droom en Daad, Fonds BK, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001
I Love NY, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Mean Mercy, Tent, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Free-standing, Beaver College Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
11 x Dutch Art, National Center for Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
2000
Exorcism Aesthetic Terrorism, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1999
Glad Ijs/Thin Ice, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ArtLovers, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
Subreal/The Human Condition, LA International Bienial, Inmo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
Morning Glory, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Exterminating Angel (curated by Joshua Decter), Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Going Up the Country, ACHK De Pavijoens, Almere, Netherlands
1997
Night at Life, curated by Hoyt Brown, Life, New York, NY, USA
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Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Education
1990-1994 Cooper Union School of Art, New York; and Gerit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Solo Exhibitions
2012
KaiKai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2011
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2010
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
Mineral Spirits: Anne Chu and Matthew Monahan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2009
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2008
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007
Focus: Matthew Monahan, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
African Masks and Fetishes, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2005
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003
Commission mural for Rehabilitation Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Anton Kern Gallery, Project Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
Civilized Special Zone, Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China
Nameless Man from Not-Even-Anywhere, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2000
Gozaimas, Bureau Stedelijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999
Artist’s Proof, Buro Leeuwarden, Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Like Stink on a Monkey, Archipel, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
1998
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fools Gold, The Bank of Netherlands, Netherlands
1997
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA
Mums Tattoo, curated by Luc Tuymans, Sien La, Antwerp, Belgium
Zeno’s Quiver, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2012
Tracing the Century: Drawing from Tate Collection, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
It’s Always Summer on the Inside, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2011
We Will Live, We Will See, Zabludowicz Collection Curatorial Open 2011, London
The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London
Statuesque, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, USA
The Artist's Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2010
Outside the Box, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
OH CRISIS!, Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam, Netherlands
At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Marty and Rebecca Eisenberg, Bard College, New York, NY, USA
Statuesque, Public Art Fund, New York, NY, USA
2009
Il Giardino dei Lauri, Citta della Pieve, Italy
Between Art and Life: The Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Collection, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
California Maximalism, Nyehaus, New York, NY, USA
2008
Sonsbeek Sculpture Exhibition, Arnhem, Netherlands
Family and Friends, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Kaikai Kiki Artists, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Ma Bete Noire, Phil Art/Objects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sphinxx, Curated by Alexis Vaillant, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican, London Sonsbeek Sculpture Exhibition, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, Netherlands
7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
2007
Unmonumental: Falling to Pieces in the 21st Century, Curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman and Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum, New York, NY, USA
Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Fractured Figures, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Effigies, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Uneasy Angel/Imagine Los Angeles, Sprueth Magers, Munich, Germany
Fine Art Fair Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Hammer Contemporary Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Eight Sculptors from Los Angeles, Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
2006
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA
USA Today, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Red Eye, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA
Berlin Biennial, various venues, Berlin, Germany
2005
Both Ends Burning, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004
Remembering, curated by Charles Gaines, UC Riverside Gallery, Riverside, CA, USA
MB: the Mary Blair story, with My Barbarian, Redcat, Los Angeles, CA, USA
To Be Recycled, Six Months, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Tomorrows Fish and Chips, Simplonstr, Berlin, Germany
2003
Tussen Droom en Daad, Fonds BK, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001
I Love NY, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Mean Mercy, Tent, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Free-standing, Beaver College Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
11 x Dutch Art, National Center for Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
2000
Exorcism Aesthetic Terrorism, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1999
Glad Ijs/Thin Ice, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ArtLovers, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
Subreal/The Human Condition, LA International Bienial, Inmo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
Morning Glory, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Exterminating Angel (curated by Joshua Decter), Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Going Up the Country, ACHK De Pavijoens, Almere, Netherlands
1997
Night at Life, curated by Hoyt Brown, Life, New York, NY, USA
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