BIOGRAPHY
MATT SAUNDERS
Born 1975, Tacoma, WA
Lives and works in Berlin
EDUCATION
2002 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT (MFA Painting / Printmaking)
1997 Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (BA, Summa Cum Laude, Visual and Environmental Studies)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Renaissance Society, Chicago
2009
Binsey Poplars, Harris Lieberman, New York
2008
Art Statements, Art|39|Basel, Basel
Gallery Andreas Grimm, Munich, Germany
2007
Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
Prison Scene, Martin Asbaek Projects, Copenhagen
House Arrest, Homie, Berlin
2006
Harris Lieberman, New York
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Grimm / Rosenfeld, Munich
2004
Grimm / Rosenfeld, Munich
Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
2003
Slept, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
Two Videos, Sert Gallery, Harvard University Art Museums,
Cambridge, MA
2001
Screen Test, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
1999
Matt Saunders, In Vitro Alternative Space, Geneva
(organized by Ada Polla)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Untitled (History Painting): Painting and Public Life in
the 21st Century, University of Michigan Museum of Art
PRIVATE VIEW II, Andreas Grimm Munchen, Munich, Germany
Unaddressed Circumventions: Folds From a Failed Suicide,
Gresham’s Ghost, New York
A Twilight Art, Harris Lieberman, New York
2008
Passageworks: Contemporary Art from the Collection, San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Politics, Maisterra Valbuena Galeria, Madrid, Spain
Freeway Balconies, curated by Collier Schorr, Deutsche
Guggenheim, Berlin
2006
Back to the Figure: Contemporary Painting, Kunsthalle der
Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
Liquid Paper - Pure Land, Ratio 3, San Francisco
2005
Founders Day, Grimm/Rosenfeld, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont.)
The Parable Show, Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Log Cabin, Artists Space, New York
2004
Hotel Hollywood, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis,
Bregenz, Austria, curated by Swetlana Heger
She’s Come Undone, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
Works on Paper, Southfirst, Brooklyn
2003
Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennial 1, National Gallery
Veletrzni Palac, Prague, curated by Lauri Firstenberg
2003
Fair Play, Play Gallery for Still and Motion Pictures, Berlin
Game Over, Grimm / Rosenfeld
2002
Immediate Gesture, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
On Paper, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich
Enough About Me, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, curated by Deborah Kass
MFA Thesis Show 2002,Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2001
B-Hotel, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Wight Biennial Twothousandandone, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles
1999
Beyond Flaming, Galerie Atelier A48, Grenoble, France
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Stillman, Nick. Review: “Matt Saunders, Binsey Poplars.” Artforum, Summer 2009.
Marshall, Piper. “Critics’ Pick: Matt Saunders.” Artforum.com, March 2009.
“Medium Cool, Best of Photography: Matt Saunders,” TimeOut NY Issue 705, April 2-8, 2009.
“Twilight Art.” Carefully Aimed Darts.blogspot.com, February 2009.
Schwendener, Martha. “Get Your Anxiety Right Here.” Village Voice, February 25, 2009.
Latimer, Quinn. “Matt Saunders, Andreas Grimm, Munich.” Frieze, January 2009.
2007
Turvey, Lisa. “Openings: Matt Saunders.” Artforum, February 2007.
2006
“Art in Review: Matt Saunders.” The New York Times, February 24, 2006.
Stillman, Nick. “Critics’ Pick: Matt Saunders.” Artforum.com, February 2006.
2005
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Founders Day.” The New York Times, August 19, 2005.
2004
Berwick, Carly. “Matt Saunders (Review).” ARTnews, January 2004.
Schambelan, Elizabeth. “Works on Paper.” Artforum.com, 14 February 2004.
2003
Schambelan, Elizabeth. “Critics’ Pick: Matt Saunders.” Artforum.com, September 2003.
Bibliography (cont.)
Mar, Alex. The New York Sun, 24 July 2003.
2001
Haendel, Karl. “Beyond Relativism” (catalogue). Wight Biennial Twothousandandone, 2001.
1999
“Le Vampirisme selon Matt Saunders.” Tribune de Genève, 3 May, 1999.
“Fair Play.” Boiler Magazine, 1999.
Madoff, Steven Henry. “Matt Saunders.” ART ON THE EDGE: 17 Contemporary Artists, 61-64.
AWARDS
2001
Robert Schoelkopf Fellowship
1997
Louis Sudler Prize
Thomas T. Hoopes Prize
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Guggenheim Museum, New York
UCLA Hammer Museum, Calfornia
Yale University Art Gallery
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge