MATTHEW BRANNON BIOGRAPHY Born 1971, St. Maries, ID. Lives and works in New York, NY. EDUCATION 1995 BA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1999 MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2007 -Where Were We, Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, NY -Try and Be Grateful, AGYU, Art Gallery of York University/Toronto, Toronto, Canada 2006 -Cum Together, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY. -Shoegazers & Graverobbers, Art 37 Basel: Statements, David Kordansky Gallery, Basel, Switzerland -Hyena, Jan Winkelmann / Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2005 -Meat Eating Plants, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. -Penetration, Jan Winkelmann / Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2004 -Exhausted Blood & Imitation Salt, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY. 2003 -Tatum O'Neal's Birthday Party, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL. 2000 -Soft Rock, Künsterhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany EXHIBITIONS (2-3 Persons) 2008 -One Morning I Woke Up Very Early, with Tony Conrad & Nathan Hylden, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium 2006 -Social Design, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany - Matthew Brannon , Wade Guyton, Patrick Hill, United Artists. Ltd., Marfa, TX 2004 -If Direction is a Look (with Sarah Morris), Galería Javier López, Madrid, Spain 2003 -Snowblind, with Wade Guyton & Mungo Thomson, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS (* indicates a publication) 2008 -Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.  -Uncertain States of America*, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic; Songzhuan Art Center, Beijing, China  2008-2007 -Mutliplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. 2007 -USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery*, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia -On The Marriage Broker Joke, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium -Uncertain States of America*, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland; Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia; Le Musee de Serignan, Serignan, France; Herning Art Museum, Denmark; Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France -ETATS, curated by Peter Coffin, Palais de Tokyo Museum, Paris, France(the) Melvins @ (the) Mandrake, The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA 2006 -USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery*, Royal Academy of Arts, London -Bring the War Home, Q.E.D, Los Angeles, CA, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY. -Uncertain States of America*, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery, London, England, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY -6.6.06, curated by Jan Tumlir, Gayle and Ed Roski Fine Arts Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA. -An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, Paula Cooper Gallery, curated by Bob Nickas, New York, NY -Exquisite Corpse, Mitchell Algus Gallery, curated by Bob Nickas, New York, NY. -Slow Burn, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, curated by Jonah Freeman, Geneva, Switzerland 2005 -Uncertain States of America*, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway -Suspended Narration, curated by Maureen Mahoney, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX. -Passion Beyond Reason, Wallstreet 1, a Miller/Rockenschaub Project, Berlin, Germany -Temporary Import, Art Forum Berlin, Special Exhibitions, curated by Susanne Titz, Berlin, Germany -Threshold, MW Projects, London, England -New Tapestries, Sarah Meltzer, New York, NY -We Could Have Invited Everyone*, curated by Peter Coffin, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY -The Most Splendid Apocalypse, curated by Jason Murison, PPOW, New York, NY -Post No Bills, White Columns, New York, NY, curated by Matthew Higgs -There is a City in My Mind, Southfirst: Art, New York, NY Wordplay, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY -Lesser New York*, A Fia Backström Production, New York, NY -Greater New York*, PS1/MoMA, Queens, NY -We Love Amerika, Jan Winkelmann / Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2004 -Halloween Horror Films, Southfirst:art, New York, NY -Besides, popularity is rather a lumpy concept, no?*, curated by Ralf Brog & Petra Rinck, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany -Summer Summary, curated by Roger White, temporary space, New York, NY -Noctambule, D'Amelio Terras at the Fondation Dosne-Bibliotheque Thiers, Paris, France -Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, curated by Bob Nickas & Steve Lafreniere, PS1, New York, NY -Tapestry From An Asteroid, Golinko Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA -Hohe Berge, Tiefes Tal, curated by Markus Draper, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany -Collection: How I Spent a Year*, curated by Bob Nickas, PS1/MoMA, New York, NY -Lumpen Decadents, curated by Gean Moreno, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL -Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY 2003 -Kult 48 Klubhouse*, curated by Scott Hug, Deitch Projects, New York, NY -My people were fair and had cum in their hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs), curated by Bob Nickas, Team Gallery, New York, NY -Inaugural Exhibition, Golinko Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA -I'm Afraid of Everything, Blonde Revolution, New York, NY -Escape from New York*, curated by Jason Murison, Summit Art Center, NJ -Corporate Profits vs. Labor Costs, D'Amelio Terras, New York, NY -Parking Lot, Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY -The Melvins*, curated by Bob Nickas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY -Late to Work Everyday, Curated by Noah Sheldon, DuPreau Gallery, Chicago, IL -Talking Pieces, Text and Image in Contemporary Art*, curated by Ute Riese, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany 2002 -Triple Theatre, with Heidie Giannotti, Triple Candie, New York, NY -Dark Spring, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen & Liam Gillick, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany 2001 -Dedalic Convention, curated by Liam Gillick and Annette Kosak, MAK, Vienna, Austria 2000 -Luggage, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany -@, curated by Jason Murison, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY -23rd New Museum Benefit Gala, curated by Stefano Basilico, New Museum, New York, NY 1999 -Made Especially for You*, curated by Jenelle Porter, Artists Space, New York, NY -The Wight Biennial*, curated by Mungo Thomson, The New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA -MFA Thesis Exhibition*, curated by Thelma Golden, Columbia University, New York, NY 1998 -1+3=4x1, collaboration with Liam Gillick, curated by Susanne Gaensheimer, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst Liepzig, Germany -Oh My God, I live on the thirteenth floor in Holland, doesn't exist in the United States, or no?, collaboration with George Rush, H. Cleyndertweg 13 space, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1996 -Paint as Purpose, curated by Roger Ray and Jesse H. Rivard, Galerie Purple Gallery, Los Angeles, CA -New Memory, curated by Slater Bradley, Spanish Kitchen Studios, Los Angeles, CA 1995 -The 1995 Banale, curated by Michelle Alpern, RE: Solution Gallery, Los Angeles, CA PUBLICATIONS 2007 -“Out-of-Body Experience, The Artist and Poet Matthew Brannon Invests Fall’s Silhouettes With An Inner Life,” The New York Times Magazine, August 26, 2007, pp. 276-279  -"Who Is Guy de Cointet?" Artforum, Summer 2007, p. 412 2006 -North Drive Press, interview & multiple, Issue 3, New York, NY -LAB Magazine, insert, Issue 1, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris 2005 -Parkett, insert, Issue 73, New York/Zurich, NY./Switzerland -SITE, insert, Issue 8, Düsseldorf, Germany -Mixburgh, cassette, curated by Tyson Reeder, General Store at SPACE, Pittsburgh, PA -On The Beach, wallpaper, curated by Justin Lowe, Printed Matter, New York, NY 2003 -Poster Project in 3 Locations, curated by Ralf Brog & Petra Rinck, -SITE Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf, Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt & Reg Vardy Gallery, London -K48, Religion & Cult Issue, K48 Magazine, New York, NY -Charley Magazine, Ed. Maurizio Cattelan, Bettina Funcke, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick 2002 -SITE, insert, Issue 8, Düsseldorf, Germany -Open City, Insert, Ed. Mungo Thomson, Issue 16, New York, NY 2001 -The UKS Biennial, book jacket, collaboration with Heidie Giannotti, Norway CURATOR 2005 -Good Titles from Bad Books, [Carol Bove, Peter Coffin, Liam Gillick, David Noonan, Michael Phelan, Heather Rowe, Ed Ruscha, Noah Sheldon, Haim Steinbach], Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL 2000 -Luggage, [ Matthew Brannon , Jason Dodge, Heidie Gionatti, Karston Konrad, George Rush], Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin, Germany 1999 -Fuck Yourself, Theater Space, Columbia University, New York, NY 1998 -exhibition|EXHIBITION 1998, Theater Space, Columbia University, New York, NY -This Description, Theater Space, Columbia University, New York, NY 1997 -Thug Life, or How I Learned to Draw, Watson Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY DESIGN (Selected Projects) 2005 - Matthew Brannon , Wade Guyton, Patrick Hill, United Artists Ltd., Poster -Uncertain States of America / Adverts & Poster, for Astrup Fearnley Museet for Kunst , Oslo, Norway -Carol Bove, Adam McEwen, Seth Price / Poster, for United Artists Ltd. -New Art Dealers Alliance / NADA Identity & Fair Catalogue, for New Art Dealers Alliance -Law Sex & Christian Society / Richard Phillips, Poster, for Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY -Almost Vegetarian / Noah Sheldon, Poster, for Southfirst:art, New York, NY 2004 -Sam Gordon, Poster, for Feature Inc. New York, NY -Lost Weekend / Sarah Morris, Poster, for Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY -The Armory Show, All Printed Material, for The Armory Show Owners & MoMA, New York, NY. -IV / Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Poster, for Deitch Projects, New York, NY 2003 -I'm So Happy I Could Die / Pia Dehne, Catalog, for Laura Mars Group & Art Berlin, Berlin, Germany -Clear Structures for a New Generation / David Altmejdt, Poster for Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY -Lisa Ruyter, Poster, for Slater Bradley and Ardnt & Partner Galerie, Berlin, Germany 2002 -Everybody Now, Poster and Catalog, for Katy Siegel and Hunter College, New York, NY -America / Richard Phillips, Poster, for Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY 2001 -Medium, Poster, for Heidie Giannotti for Columbia University -Wall Labels & didactics, New School University, New York, NY. Commissioned by Stefano Basilico SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (* indicates non-periodical book, catalog, or other publication) 2008 -Rimanelli, David. 2008 Whitney Biennial, Artforum, January 2008, p. 128 2007 -Wolff, Rachel. Young Masters, New York Magazine, October 15, 2007, p.48  -Dupuis, Isabelle. Reviews: Matthew Brannon , Flash Art, October 2007, p.123 -Schmidt, Jason. Work in Progress, V Magazine, Fall Preview, 2007, p.69 -Brown, Nicholas. The Language of Success: Anxiety and Excess in Matthew Brannon 's 'Try And Be Grateful', Color Magazine, vol. , issue no. 2, July 2007, pp. 98 - 107 -Kunitz, Daniel. A Wicked Ventriloquist, The New York Sun, June 14, 2007, Arts and Letters section. -Ratner, Meghan. Tongue in Radical Chic, Art on Paper, May/June 2007  -Scott, Andrea K., Matthew Brannon ,‘Where Were We’, Time Out New York, issue 602, April 12 – 18, 2007 -Schwendener, Martha. Material Muse for Some Strange Bedfellows, The New York Times, April 6, 2007, E34 -Milroy, Sarah. A Riot of Dark Fragments, The Globe and Mail, March 1, 2007 -Fox, Dan. USA Today, Frieze, Issue105, March 2007  - Matthew Brannon , Elle, March 2007, p. 196 -Dailey, Maghan, and Norman Rosenthal. USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery,* Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 2007  2006 -Weiner, Emily. Painting the town, Time Out New York, November 16 - 22, 2006, p. 89 -Jungen Edition, Texte Zur Kunst, September 2006 -Searle, Adrian. Rebels Without a Cause, The Guardian, September 12, 2006 -Muhle, Maria. Mood Swings - Maria Muhle über Matthew Brannon bei, Texte zur Kunst, September 2006, pp.194-196 -Selected by the stars: celebrities and art world professionals choose their favorite works of art, The Art Newspaper Basel Daily Edition, June 16-18, 2006, pp. 6-7 -Thornton, Sarah. Sarah Thornton behind the scenes at Art Basel, ArtForum.com, June 13, 2006 - Oward, Ossian. Matthew Brannon : impenetrable collectible, The Art Newspaper Art Basel Daily Edition, June 14, 2006, p.8 -Pavone, Rosa Vanina. Innocent, Accidental, Unintentional, Indulgent. Never. An Interview with Matthew Brannon , UOVO, Issue 11, 2006, pp. 138-155 -Blom, Ina. The Young Americans, Texte Zur Kunst, March 2006 -Tumlir, Jan. Jan Tumlir on Matthew Brannon (Openings), Artforum, February 2006, pp. 196-197 2005 -Blacklist Picks: Table for One. Blackbook Magazine Online, December 2005 -The Artists' Artists, Artforum, December 2005, pp 104 -108 -Birnbaum, Daniel. "Top Ten: Best of the Year 2005," Artforum, December 2005, p. 260 -Birnbaum, Daniel. Gunnar B. Kvaran, and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Uncertain States of -America,* Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art; Oslo, Norway -Morris, Sarah. Artist's Favorites, Spike Art Quarterly, Summer 2005 -Petrovich, Dushka. Greater New York, N+1, 2005 -Torres, Andrea. Wynwood Gallery Goes New York, The Miami Herald, April 7, 2005 -Henninger, Petra. Die Macht der Schatten, Artnet.de Magazin, April 5, 2005 -Top 15 Ausstellungen, Monopol, April/May 2005 -Tollmann, Vera & Anne Krause. Im Zeichen des Messers, Berliner Zeitung, March 30, 2005 -Clewing, Ulrich. Die Nächste Gründerwelle, Tagesspiegel, March 19, 2005 -Clewing, Ulrich. Die Grosse Runde, Tagesspiegel, March 5, 2005 -Eleey, Peter. False Invitations, Fictional Films, Alcoholism and Self-doubt, Frieze, April 2005 2004 -Valdez, Sarah. Matthew Brannon at John Connelly Presents, Art in America, December -Nickas, Bob. Collection Diary, Catalog, jrp|ringier, December 2004 -Sánchez, Alberto. Matthew Brannon y Sarah Morris, Exit Express, October, 2004 -Robinson, Walter. Weekend Update, Artnet.com, September, 2004 -Murphy, Robert. Going Goth, Women's Wear DailyWomens Wear Daily, June 24, 2004 -White, Robert. In Conversation, www.brooklynrail.com, May 2004 2003 -Bischoff, Dan. Escape from New York, Star Ledger, September 2003 -Parking Lot, The New Yorker, July 28, 2003 -Velez, Pedro. A Tale of Two Fairs, artnet.com May 10, 2003 -Ocana, Damarys. Artseen, Miami Street, July 18-24, 2003, -Gross, Roland. Buchstaben, Westfalischer, February 20, 2003 -Riese, Ute. Talking Pieces, Catalog, January 2003, p. 29-30 2001 -Phillips, Richard.Top Ten, Artforum, November 2001 1999 -Porter, Janelle. Made Especially for You, Artists Space Newsletter, November 1999 -Thomson, Mungo. The Wight Biennial, Catalog, September 1999 RESIDENCIES 2005 -AGYU Art Gallery of York University (with Liam Gillick), Toronto, Canada