Artworks by Tony Matelli at Maruani Mercier Gallery on artnet

Tony Matelli

(American, born 1971)

Tony Matelli

Arrangement 593, 2023

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Tony Matelli

Sleepwalker, 2014

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Tony Matelli

696, 2024

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Tony Matelli

701, 2024

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Tony Matelli

Small White Orchid, 2024

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Biography

Timeline

1971: Born in Chicago, USA
1991: Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art - Independent Study, New York, USA
1993: B.F.A., Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Wisconsin, USA
1995: M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, USA
1998: NYFA Grant
: Lives and works in New York, USA

Exhibitions

2013: White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, USA (March 16)
: A Human Echo, Bergen kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway (solo) (Feb 22 – April 28)
2012: Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
: Tony Matelli – A Human Echo, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (solo)
: Tony Matelli, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA (solo)
: He Is Transparent, Renwick Gallery, New York, USA
: Falken Rot Preis, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Tony Matelli, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: The Idiots, Leo Koenig Projekte New York, USA (solo)
: Tony Matelli: Mirror Paintings, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, co-curated by Rita Kersting and Marc Gloede, Art Berlin Contmeporary, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Dissipated Island, Leo Koenig Projekte, New York, USA (solo)
: Personal Structures, 54th International Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
: Small, Medium, Large, Donjon DeVez, France
: Sélestat Biennal, Curated by Hans Dünser, Olivier Grasser, Sophie Kaplan, Pierre-Olivier Rollin, Otto Teichert
2011: Échoes, le Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris, France
: Fragmentations, Le Frac des Pays de la Loire, France
: Transcending…, LARMgalleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
: Mise en Abyme, stephane simoens, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium (solo)
: Time – Life, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, USA
: By-Self, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
: Don´t Piss on Me and Tell Me It´s raining, APEX Art, New York, USA
: Realismus: Das Abenteurer der Wirklichdeit, Hupo Stiftung, Munich, Germany
: New acquisitions of the Art Foundation Mallorca Collection, Seventy major works by fifty major artists, CCA Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
: Blind Sculpture, curated by Gelitin, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
: Hyping The Real, Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
: Just Love Me, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
: No Show, Spencer Bownstone, New York, USA
: Á vos papiers, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
: Hyping the Real, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium
: Love in Vein, Gering & Lopez, New York, USA
: Mise en Abyme, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
: The Constant Now, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
: Tony Matelli, Stephanie Simoens, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
2010: Tony Matelli: Mirror Paintings, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
: Hunters and Gatherers, Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland
: The Wasteland, The White Box, New York, USA
: Both Sides of the Pulaski, curated by Andréa Salerno, Fine Art in Space, Long Island City, New York, USA
: Back to the Future, CAPC Bordeaux, France (solo)
: Abandon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (solo)
: Persona. Image. Time. Human Representation in Art: from Modernism to Present-Day, The Cultural foundation Ekaterina, Moscow, Russia
: Time – Life, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, USA
: Ferne Nähe, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
: Guided by Voices, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
: The Effect of Modern Art on Green Cirlcles, curated by Anslem Franke, Vanmoerkerke Collection, Belgium
: Tony Matelli, The Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, USA (solo)
: The Idiot, Gary Tantisian Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
: Life and Times, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
: Nature en Kit, Museum MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
: Anything, MAC, Lyon, France
: Infinitesimal Eternity, Images Made in the Face of Spectacle, Yale School of Art, New Haven, USA
: N´importe Quoi, Musee d´Art Contemporain de Lyon, France
: The Figure and Dr. Freud, Haunch of Vension, New York, USA
: Chasin Napolian, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2009: Realismus: Das Abenteurer der Wirklichdeit, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany.*N´importe Quoi, Musee d´Art Contemporain de Lyon, France
: TIME-LIFE, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, USA
: Group Show, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, France
: The Figure and Dr. Freud, Haunch of of Vensison, New York, USA
: Philip Akkerman & Tony Matelli, Self-Portraits,Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Arts, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
: Heather Rowe, Whitney Museum at Altria, New York, NY, USA
: Betes et Hommes, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France (catalogue)
: Foundation, New York, NY
: Attention to Detail, curated Chuck Close, The FLAG Art
: Esculturismo, la Suma de Todas, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
: The Old Me, Leo Koenig Inc, New York, New York (solo)
: Undone, Tom Holmes, Tony Matelli, Eileen Quilan and
: Evolution, Max Lang, New York, NY
: Fuck You Human, Maribel Lopez Gallery, Berlin, Germany
: New Media, Stephane Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
: Another Mythology, State National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
: Faxination, Curated by Bill Saylor, Galleri LOYAL,Stockholm, Sweden
: D’une révolution à l’autre, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
: Tony Matelli, Gary Tatinsian Gallery, Inc., Moscow, Russia (solo)
2008: Tony Matelli, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden (solo)
: Contemporary Fine Arts, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
: NEW, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium
: Still Life, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
: ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
: MAD LOVE – Young Art from Danish Private Collections,
: Bad Planet, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
: Pull My Finger, curated by Joe Zane, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
: Die Macht des Dinglichen – SCULPTUR HEUTE! (The Power of the Physical – SCULPTURE TODAY!), Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
: I AM AS YOU WILL BE, Skeletons in Art, Cheim & Read, NY, New York
: New Works, Leo Koenig Inc, New York, New York (solo)
2007: Stranger than Paradise, curated by Max Henry, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
: Baroque Biology, (with Alexis Rockman), CAC in Cincinnati
: Helter, Helter, curated by Max Henry, Galerie Anne de Villepois, Paris
: Into Me/Out of Me, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
: Charlotte Moser Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
: Andrehn Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
: The Furnace, curated by Goschka Macuga, AFoundation, Liverpool, UK
2006: Abandon, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
: Hysteria Siberiana, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Arts, Lisbon, Portugal
: 5'000'000'000 d'années/5 Billion Years, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France
: Five Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. France
: Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
2005: Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
: Self Preservation Society, Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY
: Leaving Cockaigne, Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
: Fairy Tales Forever, Homage to H.C. Andersen, AroS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
: Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
: The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Consolidated Works, Contemporary Arts Center, Seattle, WA; Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX, USA
: Fucked, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (solo)
: Abandon, Centre d’Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
: Metamorphosis, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
: Making Visible, Galerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
: Altered States, Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
: Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Germany (solo)
: Abandon, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (catalogue) (solo)
: Five Billion Years, Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York, USA
: Ten Commandments, Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany
: Making Visible, Gallery Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
: The Uncanny, Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom, Curated by Mike Kelley
: I am the Walrus, Cheim & Reid, curated by Jan Avigkos, New York, USA
: Mystery Achievement, Taxter&Spengemann, New York, USA
: Me, Myself and I, Schmidt Center at Florida University, Boca Raton Florida, USA
: Contemporary Western Art Gary, Tatintsian Gallery Inc. Moscow, Russia
: Editions Fawbush, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, USA.
2004: Fucked and The Oracle, Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria (solo)
: Beautiful Grotesque, Riva Gallery, NYC, USA
: Instructions, Kunsthalle Wien, curated by Gerald Matt Vienna, Austria
: There’s always tomorrow, with Nicole Eisenman, Jeff Elrod, Torben Giehler, Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
: Liquid Sky, FRAC, curated by Marc Olivier Wahler, Dijon, France
: The Fourth Sex, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, curated by Francesco Bonami, Chicago, USA
2003: Andrehn Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
: One Hundred Artists, One Hundred T-shirts, Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
: Sies & Hoeke Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
: Total Torpor, Mad Malaise, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
: Narcissus, CRAC Alsace, curated by Hilde Teerlinck Altkirch, France
: The Happy Lion (Leo Koenig, Inc. & Galerie Michael Janssen), Los Angeles, USA
: Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome (solo)
: Sperone Jr., Rome, Italy (solo)
: Bailey Fine Art, Toronto (solo)
: The Dubrow Biennal, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, USA
: Leo Koenig Las Vegas, Neonopolis, Las Vegas, USA
2002: Artemis, Greenberg van Doren Gallery, New York, USA
: Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
2001: Art Dealers Invitational, Marseilles, France (solo)
: Leo Koenig Inc., New York, USA (solo)
: The Americans, Barbican Gallery, London, UK
: Come on, feel the noise, Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
: SQUAT, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
: Vrai que Nature, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
: Over the Edges: The Corners of Gent, curated by Jan Hoet, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
: Greater New York - New Art in New York Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, USA
: Nothing, Andrew Kreps, New York, USA
: Tomorrow, RareArt Properties, New York, USA
: Baberg, Matelli, Schabel, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, USA
: Small World, MOCA, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
: The Greenhouse Effect, The Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
: Gone, Gallery du Triangle, Bordeaux, France (solo)
: Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
: Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2000: Sies+ Hoeke Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
: Climbin' The Walls Thinking It Might Be A Way Out, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
: Basilico Fine Arts, New York, USA (solo)
: Abandon, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA (solo)
: Contemporary Public Sculpture, organized by the Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY, USA
: Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
: In the Public Realm, Public Art Fund, New York, USA
1999: Holding Court, Entwistle, London, UK
: True West, curated by Jason Murison, PPOW, New York, USA
1998: Beyond the Monument, organized by the Public Art Fund, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
: Yesterday Begins Tommorow, Bard College for Curatorial Studies, curated by Francesco Bonami, New York, USA
: Pop Surrealism, Aldrich Museum, Connecticut, USA
: Spatiotemporal - Works from the Collection 1988-1998, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Sweden
: Pollution, Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1997: To be Real, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, USA
: Bring your own Walkman, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
: Basilico Fine Arts, New York, USA (solo)
: Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, USA (solo)
1996: Clarity, Northern Illinois University, Chicago, USA
1995: Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, C.A.A. Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA

Public Collections

: Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
: FLAG Art Foundation, NYC, USA
: The Cultural Foundation Ekaterina, Moscow, Russia
: CURIOUSLY STRONG Altoids Collection, (New Museum) NYC, USA
: Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook, MI, USA
: CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
: Bonnier Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
: ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark
: Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
: Uppsala Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
: Sundsvalls Kommun, Sundsvall, Sweden
: Skive New Art Museum SNYK, Copenhagen, Denmark
: State National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
: Musee d’arte Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
: Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
: FRAC Bordeaux, France
: Fundacion La Caixa Madrid, Spain

Literature

2008: Montornes, Frederic, Una lucha por la supervivencia, Exit Express, Issue #36, May 2008, pg 25
: Conduit, Illustration: “Sleepwalker,”, Issue #19, Spring 2008
: Matelli, Tony, Tony Matelli, Fucked and Ancient Echo, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati , Essay Matt Distal,(ISBN 978-0-917562-81-5)
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 Danmark, Nr. 8, July 26
: Thorsen, Nils, “Farlig kunst over sofaen,“ December
: “Efterarets, hojdepunkter, Berlingske, September 14
: Johnson, Ken, “Pointing Out Creativity’s Goofy Side,“ The Boston Globe,(www.boston.com),July 17
: Steel, Sharon, “Putting the ’art’ in ’fart,’“ The Pheonix, (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

Tony Matelli

(American, born 1971)

Tony Matelli

Tony Matelli

Tony Matelli

Tony Matelli

Tony Matelli

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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