Bio
b. Los Angeles, CA, 1982
Education
2008
MFA UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2004
BFA Cooper Union, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Orphic Forest, Erarta Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2020
M+B, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Rocks and Eagles, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2016
River and Sky, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2015
More Pictures from Wai’anae, Praz-Delavallade and Vedovi Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Pictures from Wai’anae, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Woodblocks, Praz-Delavallade Gallery, Paris, France
Excavations, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Lakes and Reservoirs, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Matthew Brandt: Sticky/Dusty/Wet, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (touring exhibition); Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2013
Velvet and Bubble Wrap, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
Water & Polaroid, Highlight Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
Lakes, Trees and Honeybees, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Two Ships Passing, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Chocolate, Bees, Dust, Sperm and Sprinkles, Cardwell Jimmerson Gallery, Culver City, CA
Group Exhibitions
2022
Watershed: Surfacing Histories in the Great Lakes Basin, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2021
Ansel Adams in Our Time, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Transformation, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, Blowing Rock, NC
2020
Ansel Adams in Our Time, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
On Earth – Imaging, Technology and the Natural World, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019
On Earth – Imaging, Technology and the Natural World, Les Rencontres d’Arles, France
Back to the Future: The 19th Century in the 21st Century, Mai Manó House, Budapest, Hungary
2018
Look Again: Collecting 45 Years of Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Out of the Crate: New Gifts and Purchases, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Ansel Adams in Our Time, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art, 21C Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Back to the Future: The 19th Century in the 21st Century, C/O Berlin, Germany
New Territory: Landscape Photography Today, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Back to the Future: The 19th Century in the 21st Century, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017
Dark Room, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
A Fire That No Water Could Put Out: Civil Rights Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Sun on Paper, Dresden Technical Collections, Dresden, Germany
2016
The Poetics of Place: Contemporary Photographs from the Met Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
New Matter: Recent Forms of Photography, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Material Matters: Water, Pigment, and Light, The Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Boundless: A California Invitational, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Prime Time, Volker Diehl Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Retro-spective: Analogue Photography in a Digital World, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, FL
A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
Land Escapes, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
Sun on Paper, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
Touch the Sky: Art and Astronomy, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Disorder, Somerset House, London, UK (touring exhibition); MAXXI, Rome, Italy; CAB Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
The New Pioneers, Danzinger Gallery, New York, NY
2015
I am a Lie and I am Gold, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Disorder, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville Paris, France
The Magic Medium, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Russian Doll, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mediated Images, Brand New Gallery, Milano, Italy
Thief Among Thieves, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Second Chances, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Photography and the Scientific Spirit, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Sitter, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
"Anti-Grand : Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape', Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, VA"
2014
Of My Affection, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Me and Benjamin, Curated by M+B, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Modern Alchemy: Experiments in Photography, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
Phantoms in the Dirt, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Transformational Imagemaking: Handmade Photography Since 1960, Contemporary
Photography and Visual Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Homeland [IN]security: Vanishing Dreams, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
The Fifth Season, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
BURNED BY THE SUN / QUEMADOS POR EL SOL, Mallorca Landings, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Process Priority, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
After Ansel Adams, Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, CA
NADA New York 2014, NY
What is a Photograph?, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Beyond Earth Art, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Process, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Out of the Ordinary, The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC
Trouble with the Index, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
2013
The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Reality Check, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Dwelling in Erasure, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Staking Claim: A California Invitational, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Rouge Wave ’13: 15 Artists from Los Angeles, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
Currents: Photographs from the collection of Allen Thomas Jr., Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Raleigh, NC
Land Marks, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Unique, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
The Black Mirror, Diane Rosenstein Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Surface Tension, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
New Photography in Palma, Mallocra Landings, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
After Image, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos CA
MOTA, See Line Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Crystal Chain, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY
Photography Is, Higher Pictures, New York, NY
2011
Every Photograph Is In Visible, Churner and Churner Gallery, New York, NY
Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from South California, Fred Torres Collaborations, New York, NY
Of Memory and Time, Hendershot Gallery, NY, NY
2010
Bedtime for Bonzo, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Studies, Cardwell Jimmerson Gallery, Culver City, CA
Edges of Light, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from South California, Fotofest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX
.matrix, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Capitalism In Question (Because It Is), Pitzer Art Galleries, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
A about Bauhaus…harm neu tues, Cardwell Jimmerson Gallery, Culver City, CA
2009
Shock and Awe, Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Chef’s Theory, 533 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Some Young LA Artists, Cardwell Jimmerson Gallery, Culver City, CA
Laboratory: UCLA Thesis Exhibition, Wight Gallery, UCLA Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Greater Los Angeles Masters of Fine Art Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA
The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe, Apexart, New York, NY
2005
Art Auction of the ‘Peter Coopers,’ Cooper Union Art Action, New York, NY
2004
Thesis Exhibition, Cooper Union, New York, NY
2001
Ryman-Carroll Foundation Group Exhibition, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Post-Ryman Group Exhibition, Schombury Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000
Emerging Young Artist Fund and Scholarship Exhibition, Colburn Performing Art Centers, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Pro and Protégés, Barnsdale Metropolitan Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Permanent Collections
Art in Embassies, US Department of State, Washington, DC
Art Gallery of South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Bidwell Projects, Ohio
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Detroit Institue of Arts, Detroit, MI
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Jimenez- Colon Collection, Ponce, PR
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
UBS Art Collection, New York, NY
Royal Danish Library, National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sir Elton John Photography Collection, London, UK
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Statoil Collection, Stamford, CT
Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
The Wieland Collection, Atlanta, GA
Bibliography
2021
Bishai, Trevor. “The Earth: Matthew Brandt.” Musée Magazine 21 April 2021
Aviv, Rachel. "How Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory." The New Yorker 29 March 2021
Mooallem, Jon. "Matthew Brandt." Element: A Yoffy Press Triptych featuring Matthew Brandt, Chris McCaw and Meghann Riepenhoff. Yoffy Press, March 2021 [book]
2018
“Listen to the World: Voyages 2018.” The New York Times Magazine 23 September 2018
Bichler, Gail. “Behind the Cover: Ears Wide Open.” The New York Times Magazine 20 September 2018
Cascone, Sarah. “The Detroit Institute of Arts Has Bought Murky Photographs That an Artist Developed in Water From Flint, Michigan.” Artnet News 8 August 2018
Logan, Liz. “These Artists Are Changing the Nature of Landscape Photography.” Introspective
29 July, 2018
Delson, Susan. “In Denver, Landscapes Soaked, Digitized and Irradiated.” The Wall Street Journal 8 June 2018
Zara, Janelle. “Meet the Los Angeles Artist Taking Photography to New Heights.” Galerie Spring 2018
Keats, Jonathan. “Printed With Tap Water From Flint, Michigan, These Pictures Show Why Film Photography Still Matters.” Forbes, 26 February 2018
Clifford, Eva. “Foam Goes Back to the Future to Show Cutting-edge Contemporary Artists Alongside Photography’s Pioneers.” British Journal of Photography 16 January 2018
Tsomondo, Dzana. “Matthew Brandt Uses Unique Silver Printing Technique for New Series.” Photo District News, 9 February 2018
Dickson, Andrew. “Time Travel for Photographers.” The New York Times, 26 January 2018
2017
Ollman, Leah. “Rematerializing Photography.” Art in America, 1 June 2017
Cash, Stephanie. “Q&A with Photographer Matthew Brandt.” Burnaway, 26 May 2017
“Readings.” Harper’s, January 2017
2016
Sanchez, Gabriel. “Matthew Brandt’s Poison Pictures.” Aperture, 13 December 2016
“River and Sky.” LensCulture, 3 December 2016
Woodward, Richard B. “Matthew Brandt, River and Sky.” Collector Daily, 28 November 2016
Yerebakan, Osman Can. “Matthew Brandt.” Artspeak, 3 November 2016
Hodara, Susan. “At Vassar, Seeing the Heavens with Paint, Pencil and Cocaine.” The New York Times, 4 June 2016
2015
Harren, Natilee. “'Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography.'” Artforum, September 2015
Ollman, Leah. “’Light, Paper, Process’ an inventive subversion of photography,” Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2015
Adamek, Pauline. “'‘Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography’ at the Getty – Los Angeles photo exhibition review,'” Arts Beat LA, 30 April 2015
Schoener, Allon. “'Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography at The Getty,'” Cultural Weekly, 30 April 2015
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Riefe, Jordan. “Lights! Camera! Bodily Fluids! Photographers bend the rules.” The Guardian, 17 April 2015
Keats, Jonathon. “Darkroom, Redux? Chemistry Bests Megapixels at the Getty’s New Photography Show.” Forbes, 14 April 2015
2014
Brandt, Matthew. Lakes and Reservoirs, Damiani/ Yossi Milo Gallery [book]
Laster, Paul. “'Review: Matthew Brandt at Yossi Milo.'” Modern Painters, June 2014
“Matthew Brandt.” The New Yorker, 5 May 2014
Bates, Rebecca. “Artist Matthew Brandt Revives the History of Early Photography.” Architectural Digest, 27 March 2014
Robertson, Rebecca. “A Developing Love Affair with Film.” ARTnews, February 2014
2013
Brandt, Matthew and Emily Anne Kuriyama. Rising Dust: Public Library, Golden Spike Press, Los Angeles, CA 2013 [book]
“'Matthew Brandt: Sticky/Dusty/Wet.'” Art Speaks, November/December 2013
Colman, David. “20 Artists to Collect Now.” Architectural Digest, December 2013
“The Next Most Collectible Artists.” Art and Auction, June 2013
Adducci, Shannon. “Brandt’s Waterworks.” Departures, May/June 2013
Namias, Sara. “Matthew Brandt.” Zoom, Winter 2013
2012
Lowry, Vicky. “Matthew Brandt.” Elle Décor, November 2012
Di Nardo, Arianne. “'Mixed Media: Matthew Brandt'” Lay Flat, 8 October 2012
“'EK Interview: Matthew Brandt.'” Empty Kingdom, 24 August 2012
“'Matthew Brand: Lakes, Trees, Honeybees.'” Le Journal de la Photographie, 21 July 2012
“Matthew Brandt.” Time Out New York, 5 July 2012
Dykstra, Jean. “Matthew Brandt.” Photograph Magazine, July/August 2012
Gopnik, Blake. “Self-portraits with Buzz.” The Daily Beast, 28 June 2012
“Matthew Brandt.” The New Yorker, 25 June 2012
“'Matthew Brandt: Lakes, Trees, Honeybees.'” Le Journal de la Photographie, 21 June 2012
Shaheen, Suzanne. “'Water Works: Matthew Brandt’s Experimental Landscapes.'” The New Yorker, 5 June 2012
Johnson, Elizabeth. “Lakes, Trees and Honeybees.” CNN Photos, 23 May 2012
Rothman, Lily. “'‘Lakes, Trees and Honeybees’: Matthew Brandt at Yossi Milo Gallery.'” Time LightBox, 22 May 2012
DB, Leigha. “Edible Silk Screens + Lake Water Photographs by Matthew Brandt.” Designboom, 20 May 2012
“Matthew Brandt Selection.” Designitecture, 18 May 2012
“Matthew Brandt’s ‘Lakes, Trees And Honeybees’ At Yossi Milo Gallery.” The Huffington Post, 8 May 2012
Delaney, Joseph. “Matthew Brandt” STAMP, April 2012
Schwendener, Martha. “Closing Generation Gaps.” The New York Times, 29 March 2012
Blind Spot, Issue 45 [Cover Image], New York, NY
2011
“'30 Under 30: Art & Design.'” Forbes, 19 December 2011
Padington, Fred. “'Rise: Matthew Brandt [interview].'” Dazed Digital, 12 August 2011
2010
Robinson, Edward. FotoFest 2010 Biennial: Contemporary U.S. Photography, Amsterdam: Schilt Publishing, 2010.
Capitalism in Question (Because It Is), Claremont, CA: Pitzer College Press, 2010.
Davies, Stacy. “Really Want the Red Pill.” Inland Empire Weekly, February 2010
Brandt, Matthew. Hands Up, Self-published, 2010.
2009
Choate, Andrew. “'Review of Chocolate, bees, dust, sperm & sprinkles at Cardwell Jimmerson.'” Art Ltd, July/August 2009
2008
Cunningham, Mark. “'Surface Tension: Matthew Brandt’s Lake and Reservoirs 2.'” Octopus, 4 Fall 2008.