artist, curator, writer
co-founder of
International Objects
and
International Waters
email matt [at] objects.international
“On the bases of this mobile civilization, architecture will, at least initially, be a means of experimenting with a thousand ways of modifying life, with a view to an ultimate mythic synthesis.”
2014 Columbia University, MFA
2012 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2011 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Event Horizon, Andrew Erdos and Matt Taber, Newtown Radio, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The world is yours if you are real, Chimney Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 In through the out door, Secret Dungeon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Hacienda 2, curated by Nate Heiges for the Interiors series, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Naked Earth, with Scott Nadeau, Elevator Mondays, Los Angeles, CA
2017 The Hacienda, with Scott Nadeau, Holiday Forever Gallery, Jackson, WY
2016 I want You to want Me, YOUNGWORLD, Detroit, MI
2011 Wall in the Hole, Autumn Space Gallery, 1700 W Irving Park, Chicago IL
2011 THE MACHINE OR THE CONCRETE MASS OF NEGATION AS THE DREAM OF A PRODUCT THAT EXISTS ACCORDING TO THE STATUTE OF THE THING:
A Collaborative Exhibition with Sophie Marie Hammer and Matt Taber, Alte Saline, Austria
2011 Distribution, Studio 1020, 1020 Marshfield, Chicago IL
2010 10 Faces, Studio 1020, 1020 Marshfield, Chicago IL
2009 Studio at the Studio 1020, Studio 1020, 1020 Marshfield, Chicago IL
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Supergroup, Curated by Superhouse, 15 Ingraham, Brooklyn, NY
2019 The Chimney X Ulmer Arts, 81 Beaver St., Brooklyn, NY
2019 Pant Show, Blue Star Complex, San Antonio, TX
2018 Fire in the Mountains, Holiday Forever Gallery, Jackson, WY
2018 Endnotes, Chimney Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Tense, Secret Dungeon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Backyard Biennial, Curated by Patrice Helmar, Backyard, Queens, NY
2016 Forest of My Dead Cells, Curated by Korakrit Arunanondchai, 032c Workshop, Berlin, Germany
2016 FIVE, The Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2016 All-Over #10, Secession, Vienna, Austria
2015 The Christmas Show; GUCCIVUITTON, Miami, FL
2015 All-Over #9, Schwarzwaldallee, Basel, Switzerland
2015 Blood Suckers: A Show About Vampires, Good Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Kingston Sculpture Biennial, curated by Bennett Wine, Kingston, NY
2015 Beverly's at the Skowhegan Awards Dinner, 4 World Trade Center, New York, NY
2014 Columbia University MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center For Contemporary Art, Long Island City, NY
2014 Networking Tips for Shy People, 200 Livingston Street, Brooklyn NY
2014 Pyramid Scheme, 204 25th Street, Brooklyn NY
2013 Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Curated by Phong Bui, Presented by The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Ora Serrata, 461 W 126, New York, NY
2013 Gramsci Monument, A work in Public Space by Thomas Hirschorn, Bronx, NY
2013 Ken Johnson's Ball and Cone, Beverly's, 21 Essex, New York, NY
2013 Silhouettes, Fort Hamilton, 3021 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Devil's Tower Camp, Beverly's, 21 Essex Street, New York, NY
2013 After a Pause, It Continued, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Autumn Space Benefit, Autumn Space, Chicago, IL
2012 The More Is More Show, Hauser Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 O Fortuna, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
2012 O Fortuna, 26 Leroy Street, New York, NY
2012 Nite Slutz, A Bar Curated by John Walter, Skowhegan, ME
2012 Paper View, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2011 Zeichen Klub Münster (ZKM), FB69, Münster, Germany
2011 Stowage, Gallery Alcatrez, Alte Saline, Hallein, Austria
2011 Documents, Studio 1020, 1020 Marshfield, Chicago IL
2011 SAIC Undergraduate BFA Show, Sullivan Gallery, 33 S State St, Chicago IL
2010 Fuck Art Chicago, Studio 1020, 1020 Marshfield, Chicago IL
2010 Context, Studio 1020, 1020 Marshfield, Chicago IL
2009 Grid, Studio 1020, 1020 Marshfield, Chicago IL
2009 Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc. Presidential Awards Exhibition, Chicago IL
2009 White on White, Studio 1020, 1020 Marshfield, Chicago IL
2009 Hyde Park Community Exhibition, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago IL
2009 Response, Southern Graphics Conference, 280 S Columbus, Chicago IL
2009 Fresh Prints, Southern Graphics Conference, 280 S Columbus, Chicago IL
2008 Ki Art, Flatiron Gallery, Chicago IL
2008 Artbash, 280 S Columbus, Chicago IL
2008 Mosaics, 162 N State St, Chicago IL
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2017 Teton ArtLab, Jackson Hole, WY
2015 The Corporation of Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
2013 The Fallen Tower, Intensive Residency with Matthew Ritchie, Detroit, MI
2012 Leroy Neiman Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2012 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2011 Internationale Sommeracademie, Salzburg Austria
2011 Austrian American Prize for Fine Art, Austrian American Foundation
2009 Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc. Presidential Award Recipient, Chicago IL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 The Chimney, Curbed, New York Magazine
2020 SUPERGROUP, LA GALLERIA CHE OMAGGIA IL RADICAL
DESIGN, DAL MONDO DIGITALE SBARCA A BROOKLYN; Ciro Marco Musella; Elle Decor
2020 SUPERHOUSE LAUNCHES INAUGURAL GROUP SHOW WITH 50+ ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS; Artfix Daily
2018 MATT TABER'S "THE WORLD IS YOURS IF YOU ARE REAL" AT BROOKLYN'S CHIMNEY GALLERY; David Graver; Cool Hunting
2018 Editor's Picks: 17 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week; Sarah Cascone; Artnet
2018 Interview with Matt Taber; Seymour Polatin; Ant
2018 HOW ARTISTS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WITH ALTERNATIVE EXHIBITION SPACES; PDN
2017 Matt Taber + Scott Nadeaus pastiche of the American West in NAKED EARTH at LAs Elevator Mondays; AQNB
2017 A Cowboy from the Future Lifts Weights in an LA Elevator Gallery; Matt Stromberg, Hyperallergic
2015 I want You to want Me; All-Over: Magazin für Kunst und Ästhetik, allover-magazin.com
2012 Pleasure 2012; Pleasure Editions, pleasureeditions.com