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 CenterManhattan 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