Matthew Carter
mcarter0512@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2010
Master of Fine Arts
Otis College of Art and Design, MFA Fine Arts
2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts- Painting
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, School of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Arte Expuesto, Monterrey, MX
2015
Grotesque, Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
2014
hellequinharlequinclown, Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Crystal Meth Napoleon, Proxy Gallery, Culver City, CA
2010
For a Good Time Call, Neon Gallery, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Insincere Utopias, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Glitter Nazi, Mix Gallery, Carterville, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
California Sober, The Floating Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Matthew Carter)
Clutch, The Floating Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
The Floating Gallery Presents, The Floating Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Bondage and Freedom, Sidebar, Culver City, CA
2018
Indulge, ArtMovement, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Visual Consumption, O.R Gallery, Culver City, CA
GlitterBold, Jai & Jai Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
EXPO. Chicago, Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles
Holdings: Selections From MCASD’s Collection, Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
2015
Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic L.A., PIASA, Paris, FR, Curated by Rene-Julien Praz
Cut From The Same Cloth, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
UNTITLED. Miami, Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles
Dragnet, Manhattan Beach Art Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
Inaugural Exhibition, O.R Gallery, Culver City, CA
Perform Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
LA n CV, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA
C-Note, JAUS, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Hostile Hospitality, Highland House Project, Upland, CA
MAS Attack 3, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
The Road, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Seance, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
Happening 2013, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
MexiCali Biennial, Juried Exhibition, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park, CA
2012
Shangri-La, Joshua Tree, CA
Monster Drawing Rally, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
If you can’t fake it, then make it, JAUS, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Painting.Design.Speculation.Generosity, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010
Sisters, Brothers, and Others, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
All Together Now, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2009
MFA Mid Residency Show, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Paint Snob Invitational, Mclennan Community College, Waco, TX
32nd Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Augustana Art Museum, Rock Island, IL
2007
Salon Show, Leger Gallery of Fine Arts, Davenport, IA
2006
That Show, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery at the End of the World Bi-Monthly, Gallery at the End of the World, Altadena, CA
See You in Hell, MF Gallery, New York City, NY
Everything But the Kitschen Sync, Juried Exhibition, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Up Your Gary Glitter, Upside Downtown, Carbondale, IL
Rickert-Ziebold, Juried Exhibition, Surplus Gallery @ the Glove Factory, Carbondale, IL
REVIEWS/ PUBLICATIONS
2015
Maria Brito, “15 Young Artists To Watch Now” goop.com, Oct 2015
Steve Gibson, “Matt Carter” mockingbirdthoughtz.blogspot.com, Oct 11, 2015
Beatrice Chassepot, “Emerging Selection 2015” beartmagazine.com, Oct 2015
LVL3 Gallery, “Artist of the Week: Matthew Carter” lvl3media.com, May 2015
2014
James Scarborough, “Matthew Carter: “hellequinharlequinclown” art ltd, Sept / Oct 2014, p.33
Steve Gibson, “Matt Carter” mockingbirdthoughtz.blogspot.com, August 16, 2014
Joel Pollak, “Abstraction, Unnerving: Matthew Carter’s Scary Clowns” Breitbart, August 22, 2014
Christopher Knight, “His Work Shapes Up Differently” Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2014
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, “Art Talk” KCRW- RADIO, July 31, 2014
2013
Carol Cheh, “MexiCali Biennial 2013: Cannibalism In The New World” Artillery, March 2013, p.46
2013 Artist-in-Residence, ESMoA, El Segundo, CA
2011-12 Teaching Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2011 The Golden Glue Gun Award, Neon Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2010 Anderson Ranch Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2008 Betty and Monte Factor Graduate Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, MFA Fine Arts
2008 Children's Choice Award, 32nd Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Juried Exhibition
2000-02 Talent Scholarship Award, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, School of Art and Design
RESIDENCES, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2024 Spring Break Art Fair. with The Floating Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 TRYST. with The Floating Gallery, Torrance, CA
2016 EXPO. with Luis De Jesus, Chicago, IL
2014 UNTITLED. with Luis De Jesus, Miami, FL
FAIRS