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Self taught American Artist - Painter |
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Matt
Sesow
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1851
Columbia rd NW, #603
Washington, DC 20009
United States of America
202-319-1459
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Selected
Exhibitions/Awards 2001-2003
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SOLO SHOW:
Corcoran Museum "White Walls"
Gallery , Washington, DC (2001) , over
45 works
SOLO SHOW,
windows at 14th and G downtown, 30+
works, Feb - April 2002 (Washington,
DC)
SOLO SHOW:
'CDW', 30th and M Street in Georgetown:
Jan6 2002 thru March3 (Washington, DC)
Group Show:
"OUTSIDE/IN: Visionary Artists
and Virginia Collectors", Contemporary
Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach)
SOLO SHOW:
'the ottobar', March 2003, over 20 works
(Baltimore, MD)
SOLO SHOW:
at Aroma in Washington, DC. 30+ works
, March14 thru May 14 2003
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"Hell Bound" and "Bunny
Collector" selected for "Revelations
and Reflections of American Self-Taught
Artists" ExhibitsUSA museum
exhibit, April 2002 thru May 2005
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Sept 01, 2002 - Oct 20, 2002: The
Arkansas Arts Center (Little Rock,
AK)
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Nov 10, 2002 - Jan7, 2003: Stedman
Art Gallery (Camden, New Jersey)
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Jan 28, 2003 - Mar 16, 2003: Southern
Ohio Museum (Porstmouth, Ohio)
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June 16, 2003 - Aug 11, 2003: Union
College (Schnectady, NY)
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Sept 1, 2003 - Oct 20, 2003: UNLV Barrick
Museum (Las Vegas, NV)
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Feb 1, 2004 - Mar 20, 2004: Paris
Gibson Square Museum of Art (Great
Falls, Montana)
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Apr 6, 2004 - Aug 11, 2004: The Middlebury
College Museum of Art (Middlebury,
Vermont)
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Sept 01, 2004 - Oct 20, 2004: Hearst
Art Gallery (Moraga, CA)
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Nov 10, 2004 - Jan 07, 2005: Loveland
Museum and Gallery (Loveland, Colorado)
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Apr 06, 2005 - May 25, 2005: Museum
of the Southwest (Midland, TX)
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Jun 16, 2005 - Aug 14, 2005: Art
Museum of Southwest Texas (Beaumont,
TX)
BEST
IN SHOW: Awarded 'Best in
Show', national juried exhibition ('Before
and After' + 2 others), at Viewpoint
Gallery showing in Schenectady, New
York (May-July 2002) Curator: Ruth Daly
JUROR'S CHOICE
AWARD: Awarded 'Best in Show',
national juried exhibition ('Nobody's
Pushover, etc), at Viewpoint Gallery
showing in Schenectady, New York (May-July
2003)
2ND PLACE AWARD:
"Adams Morgan Day" Washington,
DC (Sept 7 - 8, 2002)
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Group Show: "In Response",
national juried exhibition, ("To
Hell and Back" and "America
Recovers"), SCAD Red Gallery,
Savannah GA(Sept4-Nov5 2002) Jurors:
Robin Cembalest(executive editor of
ArtNews), Jeremy Strick (director of
Museum of Contemporary Art, LA)
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"Join Hands" selected for
"Breaking through the Walls of
Bias" show at Hofstra Univ. April-August
2002 (New York) Curator: Marcus Schubert
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Group Show: "9/11 - Memorial Exhibition",
291 Broadway at Reade, NYC, (Sept11-Sept30
2002), New York City
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Group Show: "ARTISTS WITH (dis)ABILITIES",
America Oh Yes!, Washington, DC (Sept5-Nov30
2002)
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Group Show: 'Political Bodies', SEATTLE,
WA: sponsored by CARA (Communities Against
Rape and Abuse), show runs Jan13-Feb23,
2003
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Publications
/ Other Media
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New Art International,
Volume VIII, 2002-2003: Book Art Press,
p17
WASHINGTON
DC: feature article in 'Northwest
Current News', weekly paper (Oct 9,
2002)
INTERVIEW:
article interviewing Sesow in 'Get Underground'
magazine by Star Jewel Smith
Self Taught,
Outsider, and Folk Art, McFarland Press,
Betty-Carol Sellen, 2000
BigNews
(cover and article), New York City,
February 2002
Brutarian,
No.28, Washington, DC, August 1999
San Jose Mercury
News, November 1998
The Hartford
Courant, Hartford CT, January
1998
Folk Art Finder,
Winter 1996
Raw Vision
#17, #19, #21, #37 (continuous)
Folk Art,
Museum of American Folk Art, New York
City, Spring & Summer 1997, Winter
1998
New York City
Gallery Guide, March, April,
May, June, and July 1997
Art Review
Magazine, fall 1997
Creating Internet
Entertainment, Wiley Publishing,
1997
"The Sadist,"
DVD film box cover art, AllDay Entertainment,
(1997)
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For
a more detailed biography and further information
on Matt Sesow,
visit his personal website
www.sesow.com
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