![BIO Matthew Mann is a painter based in Washington DC. Taking inspiration from a range of visual media: quatrocento frescos, Looney Toons cartoons, photography, and graphic design, Mann has built an expanding vocabulary of subjects: architecture, birds, punk ephemera and other artworks to deploy within his work. In Mann’s paintings, these subjects, their environments and adjacencies reflect his pleasure in free association, humor and his experiences as an artist and citizen. Mann has exhibited in a variety of contexts from art fairs, commercial galleries and artist-run spaces. Recent exhibitions include Luxury Trouble at Studio 1469 in Washington DC (2017); Strange Landscapes at Arlington Arts Center Arlington, VA (2016); Shape Play at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Philadelphia, PA (2015); Associative Fugue at Project 4 Gallery in Washington DC (2014); and Salon of Little Deaths at Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington, DC (2013). Contact: mann[dot]matthewj[at]gmail[dot]com](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d70c489f7266bd5d5fd305/t/5b7ac8ab8a922da6925615e8/1534773968066/web_Self.jpg)
BIO
Matthew Mann is a painter based in Washington DC. Taking inspiration from a range of visual media: quatrocento frescos, Looney Toons cartoons, photography, and graphic design, Mann has built an expanding vocabulary of subjects: architecture, birds, punk ephemera and other artworks to deploy within his work. In Mann’s paintings, these subjects, their environments and adjacencies reflect his pleasure in free association, humor and his experiences as an artist and citizen.
Mann has exhibited in a variety of contexts from art fairs, commercial galleries and artist-run spaces. Recent exhibitions include Luxury Trouble at Studio 1469 in Washington DC (2017); Strange Landscapes at Arlington Arts Center Arlington, VA (2016); Shape Play at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Philadelphia, PA (2015); Associative Fugue at Project 4 Gallery in Washington DC (2014); and Salon of Little Deaths at Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington, DC (2013).
Contact: mann[dot]matthewj[at]gmail[dot]com
Solo +Selected+
2017 Luxury Trouble, Studio 1469, Washington DC
2016 Topocosm, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2014 Associative Fugue, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC
2013 Salon of Little Deaths, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
2012 Buddy Pictures, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
2010 The Cinecitta Chapel, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
Group +Selected+
2016
Strange Landscapes, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2015
Shape Play, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Real/Surreal, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ballet X, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Working It Out, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Obstructions, Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, DC
Small Stories, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2012
Call and Response, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
2011
New/Now, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
Strictly Painting 8, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Visiting Artist/Guest Lecturer
2017
George Washington University, Washington DC
2016
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2014
MFA Critique Panelist, American University, Washington, DC
2012
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
American University, Washington, DC
Towson University, Towson, MD
2011
Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
2009
Penn State University, Harrisburg, PA
Teaching
2014-2016
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, Painting, American University, Washington DC
2002-2004
Life Drawing; Drawing I & II, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2017
Joya: Arte Y Ecologia, Almeria, Spain
2016
Artist Fellowship Program Grant - DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
2014
Artist Fellowship Program Grant - DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
2013
Trawick Prize Semi-Finalist
2011-2013
Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship
2011
Creative Communities Fund Grant
2009
Young Emerging Artist Grant - DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Education
2002 MFA American University, Washington, DC
1999 BFA Central Missouri University, Warrensburg, MO
Biblio
2016
Andrew Nunes, 11 Artists Give Landscape a Much-Needed Makeover,
The Creators Project, August 12, 2016
Paul Shortt, Twee Brutalism, bmoreart.com, April 25, 2016
2015
Kristen Page-Kirby, Uncensored: Information Antics at MLK Library,
Washington Post, September 24, 2015 +Curated+
Nancy Gravitt, Uncensored: Information Antics, American Libraries,
September 28th, 2015 +Curated+
2014
Michael Iacovone, Tenuous Narratives, Bmoreart.com,
September, 2014
Jenkins, Mark, In the Galleries, Washington Post, October 10, 2014
2013
Ian McLean Davis, “I Will Not Think Bad Thoughts”, What Weekly, May 30, 2013
Louis Jacobson, “Reviewed: Matthew Mann at Hamiltonian Gallery”, Washington City Paper, May 23, 2013
2012
Jennifer Sergent, Art Basel’s Razzle Dazzle, DC Modern Luxury, December 3, 2012
2010
Michael O’Sullivan, “A Cryptic ‘Cinecitta Chapel’, The Washington Post,August 13, 2010
Louis Jacobson, “‘Cinecitta Chapel’ at Flashpoint”, Washington City Paper,
September 1, 2010
Karel Appel: Un Geste de Couleur by Jean-François Lyotard. (Jean-François Lyotard: Writing on Contemporary Art and Artists). Leuven University Press, dist. by Cornell University Press, January 2010 +reviewed for ARLIS/NA+
2009
Victoria Donohoe, "Come to the 'Circus", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 10, 2009