Pretzel Logic. oil, acrylic and collage on canvas. 48 x 56 inches. 2023
Homecoming (for SJM). oil, acrylic, silkscreen and collage on canvas. 56 x 70 inches. 2021-2024
In a time when our nation—and the social fabric of the District—is experiencing deep division, artists are turning to collage as a democratic strategy to give platform to stories of rupture, repair, and reassembly. Rip! Tear! Collage as Critique calls on 23 DC-based artists who use collage as a conceptual approach to reconciling the fractured, fast-paced, and often contradictory stories and symbols of American history and modern life. The collected works stray from conventional approaches to paper collage, employing methods such as assemblage, quilting, bricolage, video, and photomontage that knowingly upset the boundaries of the genre.
Exhibited artists: Alanna Fields, Amber Janay Cooper, Amber Robles-Gordon, Andrew Kastner, Anne Bouie, Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Connor Czora, Darlene R. Taylor, Guayarmina Fernandez, Helen Zughaib, Jarvis Grant, Joana Stillwell, Joanathan Bessaci, Leniqueca Welcome, Lex Marie, Marc Choi, Mark Kelner, Matthew Mann, Michael Janis, Paula Mans, Rebecca Perez, Tim Tate, and Zsudayka Nzinga.
Curated by Michelle May-Curry, Ph.D., Curator, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Works in progress in my studio in Washington DC
While in residence at Interlude Artist Residency from June 6 - June 28th, 2026, I will be participating in Upstate Art Weekend. Please drop by and see completed and in process works.
A Passage of Force Through Matter: Current Painting at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
Featured artists: Tom Bunnell, Asha Elana Casey, Claudia "Aziza" Gibson-Hunter, Matthew Mann, Maggie Michael, and Marisa Rasum
February 14 - May 25, 2025
Art After Hours (Opening Reception): Saturday, February 22, 5pm-8pm
Artist Talk: May 10, 2025 at 3pm
A Passage of Force Through Matter asserts the ongoing vibrancy of painting within contemporary art and considers the role it can play in navigating and destabilizing our overburdened image landscape. Featuring work in both abstract and representational modes, the exhibition considers abstraction as a method of working, rather than as a descriptor to be assigned to an individual artwork. It frames abstraction as an approach that artists use to reconcile and transcend their own experiences of the visual world–both the physical world and the endless scroll of news images, selfies, digitally-generated content, and, increasingly, AI generated material that fill our various screens. The exhibition’s title is borrowed from art historian David Joselit, who described the painterly mark as “a passage of force through matter” in his essay for the 2016 exhibition Painting 2.0.
sudden spoon, a rosy charm
A group show inspired by Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons curated by Marissa Long
Participating artists include: Jotina Ballard, Daniel Bauman, Jay Bird, Jaqueline Cedar, Aaron Cunningham, Santina Dionisi, Gracelee Lawrence, Keith Lewis, Ceej Maples, Matthew Mann, Alsendoe Owens, Lucy Picasso, Eileen Schofield
In celebration of the five year anniversary of Stable. studios, Maketto is hosting an exhibition and celebration of artists working at Stable.
Participating artists include: Shaunté Gates, Molly Springfield, Leah Lewis, Noël Kassewitz, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Matthew Mann
"RSVP" asks artists from 3 thriving studio communities—Art Enables, Red Dirt, and STABLE—to please respond to each other's work in a continually-evolving installation. Over the course of 8 weeks, Art Enables artists and 13 visiting artists will expand on the imagery and mark-making they find on large sheets of paper lining the gallery walls.
The Kreeger Museum and STABLE are pleased to present INTERLUDE, an exhibition featuring fifteen artists of the STABLE studios - Nancy Daly, Leigh Davis, Rex Delafkaran, Tim Doud, Adrienne Gaither, Aziza Gibson-Hunter, K. Lorraine Graham, Jean Kim, Leah Lewis, Matthew Mann, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Gail Shaw-Clemons, Molly Springfield, Andy Yoder, and Ying Zhu - on view at The Kreeger Museum February 11 through March 25, 2023.
Detail: Mister Wiggler. Gouache and acrylic on paper.12 x 9 in. 2019
Curated by Zoë Charlton and Tim Doud of | ‘sindikit |
and Greater Reston Arts Center
Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE) is pleased to announce that artists Rahne Alexander, Matthew Mann, Omolara Williams McCallister, Zia Palmer, and Mojdeh Rezaeipour have been selected to participate in the biannual Mary B. Howard Invitational: An Excellent Thought About a Quality Idea. The selected artists will present a new project referencing an artwork they have created in the past (a previous “quality idea” for which they now have an “excellent thought” on how it may be reimagined or redeveloped.
In alignment with the ‘sindikit project’s commitment to supporting studio research and experimentation with an emphasis on gender, sexuality, and race, artists were invited to submit a proposal for the exhibition using the title, An Excellent Thought About a Quality Idea, as a prompt. The artists will have investigated, explored, and developed concepts, receiving feedback from the Guest Curators along the way, to culminate into new work to be presented in the exhibition at GRACE.
THIS EXHIBITION IS POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19. STAY TUNED FOR RESCHEDHULING.
THE BUBBLER AT MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY
201 West Mifflin St. Madison, WI 53703
*more information to follow
On View February 1 - 28
Reception for the Artist
Tuesday, February 25th, 12:15 - 1:15pm
featuring Adrienne Gaither, Dean Kessmann, Matthew Mann, Nara Park, Rex Delafkaran, and Tom Bunnell
November 9 - December 15, 2019
Group Exhibition curated by Jordan Amirkhani to commemorate the opening of STABLE.
More details to follow.
Group exhibition Curated by Dr. Jordan Amirkhani
Featuring:
Damon Arhos, Stephen Benedicto, J Carrier, Nancy Daly, Leigh Davis, Rex Delafkaran, Tim Doud, Nekisha Durrett, Colin Faust, Emily Francisco, Adrienne Gaither, Shaunté Gates, Katherine Mann Matthew Mann, linn meyers, Melvin Nesbitt, Charles Jean Pierre, Caitlin Teal Price, Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Gail Shaw-Clemons, Crystal Sanchez, Molly Springfield, Matt Storm, Holly Trout, Andy Yoder, Ying Zhu
Solo Exhibition : Matthew Mann
Curated by Blair Murphy
Opening Reception: Friday, October 4th, 7-9pm
On view through Wednesday, October 30th.
https://www.trestlegallery.org/
More details to follow.
3614 Saint Claude Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70117
info@brickredgallery.com
917.628.5588
Hours:
Saturday - Sunday: 12-5
(except Second Saturdays: 6 - 10pm)
Thursday/Friday: by appointment
Please join us for a Reading / Discussion by the Artist on Thursday, October 11, 7 - 9pm.
Artist, Matthew Mann, will be reading from literature that inspires his work. We invite guests to join in by bringing something inspiring to read as well. A discussion and conversation will follow. Please join us!
WAS gallery
5110 Ridgefield Road
Suite 208, Bethesda, MD 20816
In Westwood Center II
For inquiries please contact Joumana Moukarim: wasgallery@gmail.com / 202.361.5223
Hours: Saturdays 2-6pm and by appointment
Matthew Mann
Sept. 15 - Oct. 27, 2018
Opening Reception Sat. Sept. 15, 6.30 -- 8.30pm
Twee Brutalism: In Situ brings together paintings, drawings and mixed media works on paper that consider the use of aesthetic and cultural touchstones in the marketplace of urban redevelopment, lifestyle branding, luxury goods and cultural production itself. With bold colors and what the artist describes as “disjointed horizons, incised images, and improbably organized topographies”, Matthew Mann’s positions as an artist and a citizen are visually, intuitively, and delightfully stated.
In this solo show at WAS gallery, one finds an eclectic array of subjects and references that reflect Mann's preoccupations as an artist. Brutalist architecture, 19th century wallpaper, minimalist artworks, commercial photography and punk ephemera are all deployed here, with their uses and intent humorously undermined. By reframing these subjects as appliances, decorations, toys, and confections, Mann not only questions the value society places on aesthetic objects and spaces but also explores the role of art within retail and lifestyle marketing contexts.
WAS gallery
5110 Ridgefield Road
2nd Floor, Bethesda, MD 20816
Hours: Saturdays 2-6pm and by appointment
tel. 202.361.5223
