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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
samsøn, Boston, MA

2009
IRE & ICE, samsøn, Boston, MA
Blind Spot, devening projects + editions, Chicago, IL

2008
Flatmosphere, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL

2006
Painted Sculptures, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
The Thingness of Color, DODGEGallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Garden/Painting Show, Iceberg Projects, Chicago, IL
Anthony Greaney x samsøn x DAN GRAHAM @ Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
Open Daybook Project, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
The Wrong Miracle, NoMíNIMO Espacio Cultural, Guayaquil, Equador
Mass Cultural Council Visual Arts Award Recipients, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA

2010
James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Where There Is, Galerie oqbo, Berlin, Germany
Back and Forth, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
The Hendersons Will All Be There, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
Get It Together, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Riches, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA (two-person)

2009
Strange Loops, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Drawings that Work, 21st Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Samson Projects, Volta 5, Basel, Switzerland
Samson Projects, MACO - México Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Mundane Shift Shape Placement, Park Life, San Francisco, CA (curated by Brion Nuda Rosch)
One Loses One’s Classics, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
Censor Approved, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO             

2008
Fabrications, O.H+T Gallery, Boston, MA
O.H+T Gallery, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
This is Boston Not LA, LaMontagne Gallery, South Boston, MA
Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Cleaner Heart A Do It, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Boston Does Boston, Proof Gallery, South Boston, MA

2007
Sum, Julian Scott Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
Selected Works, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA

2006
Moreover: Practicing Representation+Abstraction, The Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL (curated by Michelle Grabner)

PRESS

2011
The Thingness of Color at Dodge Gallery, New American Painting Blog, April 8
11 To Watch in 2011: Editor’s Picks, New American Painting Blog, January 10

2010
Eyes on the Prize: Ranking this Year’s Foster Finalists, Sebastian Smee, Boston Globe, September 24
Bleak Houses, Cute Creatures, Greg Cook, The Boston Phoenix, August 26
Blurred Boundaries, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, August 25
Becoming A Guerrilla Curator, The Northeastern Voice, March 12
No Embarrasment for Riches, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, February 7
Review: Matthew Rich, Evan J. Garza, Art Papers, January/February

2009
The Best Exhibitions of the Year, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, December 30
Challenging viewers to jump through 'Loops‘, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, December 16
Opposites, Successfully Married, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, November 11
Weather Reports, Greg Cook, The Boston Phoenix, October 9
Matthew Rich at devening projects + editions, James Yood, Artforum, Summer
Matthew Rich at devening projects + editions, Claudine Ise, bad at sports, March 23

FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES/AWARDS

2010
Finalist, 2010 James and Audrey Foster Prize, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Resident, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Artist Fellowship, Painting Category, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA

2009
Finalist, Sculpture/Installation Category, Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship, Boston, MA
Winner, Meserve Mural Competition, Northeastern Creates, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Summer Residency, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland

2003
Summer Residency and Fellowship, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Giverny, France