Education:

 September 1998 - June 2002

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN                                    

      BFA, Illustration

 

Exhibition List:

 

Solo Exhibitions:

 

2010

Time Before Time, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan, Italy

These Songs Are True, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

2008

The Great Gates of Zenith, Roberts and Tilton, Culver City, CA

The Righteous Age, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY

 

2006

The Promise of the North, Roberts and Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

2004

Untitled, Wrong Gallery, New York, NY

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

 

2011

Paper Chasers, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD

Twin Infinities, Nomad, Los Angeles, CA

Facemaker, Royal/T, Los Angeles, CA

Art Machine, The Hole, New York, NY

 

2010

Party Crashers, Artisphere, Arlington, VA

Doubting Thomases, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD

Not Quite Open For Business, The Hole, New York, NY

Some People I Met Rolling Around On The Ground: Another MOVE Exhibition, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA

 

2009

Uncharted, University Art Museum, University at Albany, NY

Rites De Passage, SCHUNCK Glaspaleis, Heerlen, The Netherlands

Visions of the Frontier, curated by Robert Wilson, IVAM, Valencia, Spain

 

2008

Fun House, Park Life, San Francisco, CA

Macrocosm, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA

Crocodile Tears, Giant Robot, New York, NY

Road Works, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY

I Think He Said ‘Until We Meet Again, But Under Different Circumstances (Or Something Like That), Nog Gallery, London, England

MOVE 16: Don’t Paint Your Teeth, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Group Sects, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA

Draw, Stolen Space Gallery, London, England

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue,  Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy

 

2007 

On Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY

Hey You Guyyyyys!, Community Outreach, Toronto, Canada

Snack Isle, Giant Robot, New York, NY

In Full Cry, curated by Matt Leines and Taylor McKimens, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Tiger in a Tropical Storm, Riviera, Brooklyn, NY

Dream & Trauma; Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Kunsthalle Wien and MUMOK,Wien, Austria

4 Large Works, Community Outreach Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada

Jungleland, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA

Look Behind You, Giant Robot, New York, NY

Crystal Crunch, Perugi Arte Contemporanea. Padova, Italy

MOVE 15: These Bagels Are Gnarly, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

2006 

Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

A Piece Apart,  Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY

Do Not Stack, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

HENTEKO Pop & Psychedelic, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

If You Want To Hear Something Just Yell, Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany

Young Lions, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden

Oval, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY

Fine Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY

 

2005 

Sometimes I Just Want a Hug, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY

Loyal and His Band: Hand Painted Covers, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden

Carry On, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY

Some of My Best Friends Are American, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Mystery Meat, Future Prospects Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

MOVE 13,  Clementine Gallery, NY

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden

New Image Art @RVCA, RVCA Clothing, Costa Mesa, CA

Drone, Vilma Gold, London, England

MOVE 12: Raw Dogs, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2004 

MOVE 11,  96 Gillespie, London, UK

Eye of the Needle, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

Trunk of Humors, Deitch Projects, New York, NY

Dreamland Artists Club, Creative Time, Coney Island, NY

Good World, Publico, Cincinnati, OH

Majority Whip, White Box, New York, NY

2003 

The Russian Doll Show, 65 Hope St. Gallery, New York, NY

Today’s Man, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Beam Me Up, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Dirt Wizards, Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., Brooklyn, NY

MOVE 9: Lead Poisoning (The Pencil Drawing Show), New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Crazy Bastard, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Dimebag,  The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY

Assembly, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY

 

2002 

Monster Mash, 5024SF, San Francisco, CA

The Giant Electric, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

Panorama Project, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY/ 69a,  San Francisco, CA

           

Residencies:

 

2007

Watermill Center. Watermill, NY

 

Bibliography:

 

2011

Drawn In: A Peek into the Inspiring Sketchbooks of 44 Fine Artists, Illustrators, Graphic Designers, and Cartoonists, Minneapolis: Quarry Books, 2011               

 

2010

Macomber, Ashley Snow, “Matt Leines.” Blisss Magazine November 2010: 22, 64-69

The Exquisite Book.  San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2010

 

2009 

Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma (MACRO). New York Minute. New York: O.H.W.O.W., 2009 

Institut Valencia d’Art Modern (IVAM). Confines/Valencia09: Pasajes de Las Artes Contemporaneas. Valencia: Laimprinta CG, 2009

Uncharted. University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2009

“Matt Leines in the Eye of the Tiger” Lowdown magazine No. 65 2009: 18-20, 94-95

 

2008 

Laguna Art Museum. In the Land Of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor. Berkeley: Ginkgo Press, Inc., 2008.

Beasts! Book 2. “Tarasque.” Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2008

Gavin, Francesca. “Leine on Me” Dazed and Confused Vol. 2 Issue 68 2008:60

Rhodes, Dusti. “Matt Leines signs ‘You Are Forgiven’.” Houston Press December 10, 2008

Leines, Matt. You Are Forgiven. featuring Panter, Gary. “The Culture of Mr. Leines;” McKimens, Taylor “Cult of Detail.”  Philadelphia: Free News Projects, 2008.

Strange, Patrick. “A Change of Heart.” Filter Holiday 2008: 72-76

2007

Deste Foundation For Contemporary Art. Panic Room: Works From the Dakis Joannou Collection. New York: Deitch Projects, 2007

Revisionaries: A Decade of Art in Tokion. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2007

Charlwood, Lindsay. “Macho Man, The Simpsons, GI Joe and the Kid Inside Matt Leines.” Juxtapoz September 2007: 80-91

Lukas, Alex. “Matt Leines.” Swindle No.11 2007: 86-90, cover

Noland, Amber. “Rackroom: Matt Leines.” artslant.com March-April 2007

 

2006 

Charlwood, Lindsay. “The Promise of the North.” NYArts Magazine November/December 2006

“Showstoppers.” Juxtapoz September 2006: 60-63

ArtReview, Calendar, July 2006: 151, 153

 

2005 

Loyal and His Band. Stockholm: Galleri Loyal, 2005

“The Mystical Geometry of Matt Leines.” The Drama Issue 4 2005: 64-73, cover

“Work in Progress: Matt Leines” ANP Quarterly issue 3 December, 2005: 8-9

Arkitip Issue 23, 2005

Towhidy, Mandana. “Dreamland Artist Club.” Anthem #14, 2005: 36-39

Tucker, Annie. “Pretty On the Inside: The Beautiful Losers Art Tour.” While You Were Sleeping No. 30, 2005: 50-55

Tucker, Annie. “Island Fever: The Dreamland Artist Club.” Juxtapoz Summer 2005

Flash Art Vol. XXXVII, No. 237, 2005: 63

Arkitip, Issue 21, 2005

 

2004 

Vallee, Andrew. “Young Artists Get Personal with Politics in Group Show.” NYArts Magazine Vol 9, 7/8, July/August 2004

Powhida, William. “Matt Leines and Keegan McHargue, Large Dudes, The Wrong Gallery.” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2004

 

2003 

Saltz, Jerry. “Babylon Rising.” The Village Voice September 10-16, 2003

Hughes, John (as J.L. Hudson) BWP TWO 9 illustrations with “Tit Jar” Broken Wrist Project 2003

Loyal Magazine Issue #6, 2003

“Down, Down to Hell and Say Matt Leines Sent Thee Thither.” Vice Magazine, Vol. 10, #3, 2003

Smith, Roberta. “ART REVIEW; A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks.” The New York Times, July 18, 2003