SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020
Recycle, Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal
2019
what was & what is, SculptureCenter (off site at Court Square Park), Long Island City, NY
USE YOUR WORDS, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
I Wish to Communicate With You: Corita Kent and Matt Keegan, Potts, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Replicate, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Generation, Participant Inc., New York, NY
2016
Purple, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
LL|EE, with Rachel Foullon, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal
A Traveling Show, with Kay Rosen, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
2015
Portable Document Format, Rogaland Kunstcenter, Stavanger, Norway
And, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
2014
Matt Keegan and Anne Truitt, Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York, NY
2013
Horizon, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal
2012
Y? O! G... A., (with Eileen Quinlan), The Kitchen, New York, NY
2011
Lengua, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
I Apple NY, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
2010
The Story of a Window, (with Dane Mitchell), Neon Parc, Melbourne, Australia
2009
Postcards & Calendars, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Windows, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
2008
Now’s the Time, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Any Day Now, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
2006
From You to Me and Back Again, (with Leslie Hewitt), Wallspace Gallery,
New York, NY
How to Make a Portrait, Nicole Klagsbrun (Project Room), New York, NY and White
Columns, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Allan Krapow/Words, Converso.online, Milan, Italy
La terra piatta e la dimensione lirica di un luogo come se regredire fosse inventore, Maroncelli 12, Milan, Italy
Thresholds, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
Pulled in Brooklyn, International Print Center New York, NY
2018
Rose Ocean: Living with Duchamp, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
How It's Made, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
Cut Here, Gordon Robichaux, New York, NY
2016
Will and Be Going To, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
The Artist’s Museum, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
The Sun Placed in the Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, OH
We Are the Center for Curatorial Studies, CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
In search of Vedaland, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
C.Ar.D. Contemporary Art & Design Biennial, Consorzio Agrario Provinciale, Piacenza, Italy
2015
Reconstructions: Recent Photographs and Video from the Met Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (2015-2016)
Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Over & Under, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2014
Rencontre curated by Janneke deVries, Autocenter, Berlin
No Games Inside the Labyrinth curated by John Miller, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Art at the Core, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Fixed Variable, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
2013
Art For Rollins: The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Wallspace Tenth Anniversary, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Yes I will Yes, American Contemporary, New York, NY
The Cat Show, White Columns, New York, NY
It's over there, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear? Matt Keegan and Dane Mitchell, Zak Kitnick, Matt Sheridan Smith, Josh Tonsfeldt, curated by Matt Moravec and Kyle Thurman, Volker Bradtke, Düsseldorf, Germany
Books, (with Adam Pendleton and Ricardo Valentim), Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal
Found in Translation, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
2011
Circulate, FOAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Air We Breathe, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Short Stories, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY
Exposure: Matt Keegan, Katie Paterson, Heather Rasmussen, Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
Mixed Messages, curated by John Chaich for Visual AIDS, La MaMa La Galleria, New York, NY
The Anxiety of Photography, curated by Matthew Thompson, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO; travels to Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
No More Presence, Hunter College / The Artist’s Institute, New York, NY
2010
Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao,
Bilbao, Spain
Image Transfer, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Held Up By Columns, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
Christmas in July, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY
So Be It: Interventions in Printed Matter, Andrew Roth, New York, NY
American Spirit, Crone Galerie, Berlin, Germany
\ (Lean), Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2009
Interim in Three Rounds, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
Picturing the Studio, curated by Michelle Grabner and Annika Marie, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Reach of Realism, curated by Ruba Katrib, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Evading Customs, organized by Lumi Tan and Peter J. Russo, Brown Gallery, London, UK
Rubber Sheets, C.R.E.A.M. Projects, Brooklyn, NY
FAX, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (FAX is a traveling exhibition, curated by Joao Ribas and co-organized with The Drawing Center and Independent Curators International, touring through June 2012)
Collection of…, White Columns, New York, NY
The Garden of Forking Paths, (In collaboration with Leslie Hewitt and curated by Latitudes), Maisterra Valbuena Galería, Barcelona, Spain
New Prints 2009/Spring, curated by Polly Apfelbaum, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
Phot(o)bjects, curated by Bob Nickas, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; travels to Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
The Generational: Younger Than Jesus, New Museum, New York, NY
On From Here, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Separate Entities, curated by Natalia Mager Sacasa, Museum 52, New York, NY
A Wild Night and a New Road, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Duck Soup, curated by Daphne Fitzpatrick, La Mama Gallery, New York, NY
Forth Estate Editions, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The World Is All That Is The Case, curated by Arthur Ou, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York, NY
Catawampus (for H.D.), Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Democracy in America: The National Campaign, organized by Creative Time, New York, NY
Imaginary Thing, curated by Peter Eleey, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Fair Market, curated by Haley Mellin, Rental, New York, NY
Not so subtle subtitle, curated by Matthew Brannon, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
Bendover/Hangover: An Evening with Cinema Zero, curated by Amy Granat, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
11 Sessions, (with Karin Schneider and John Miller), Orchard, New York, NY
Pawnshop, organized by e-flux, New York, NY, travels to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Beijing, China
2007
M R A I T C T H A A N M D Y, Matt Keegan and Richard Aldrich with Amy Granat, Mandrake, Los
Angeles, CA
I AM Eyebeam, curated by Melanie Schiff and Lorelei Stewart, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Catawampus (for H.D.), Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL
NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Funny Shadows, (Daphne Fitzpatrick, Matt Keegan, Adam Putnam, and Allison Smith), curated by Dinaburg Arts, Clifford Chance US, New York, NY
Elastic Paintings and Transparent Partition: An exhibition by Karin Schneider, curated by Sarina Basta, Forde, L'Usine, Geneva, Switzerland
Alabama, (in collaboration with Leslie Hewitt), Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
Please Love Me, curated by Santiago Cucullu and Nicholas Frank, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
How I Finally Accepted Fate, curated by Jason Murison, EFA Gallery, New York, NY
Bring the War Home, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY and QED, Los Angeles, CA
A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts, curated by Justine Kurland and Dan Torop, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Mystic River, SouthFirst:ART, Brooklyn, NY, travels to: Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Supports, Roger Bjorkholmen Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
CURATORIAL
2010
North Drive Press Archive, SPACE: Library, London, UK
2006
Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Annotations, initiated and arranged by Public-Holiday Projects, Expodium, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2005
Etc., Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, A multi-part project including events, lectures and
screenings in addition to two group exhibitions.
Annotations: New Work and Notations by Sara Greenberger, Adam Putnam, Alex Robbins, and Halsey Rodman, initiated and arranged by Public-Holiday Projects, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Co-founder of Public-Holiday Projects with artists Rachel Foullon and Laura Kleger
(www.publicholidayprojects.com)
Art In the Office, The Global Consulting Group, New York, NY
ARTISTS WRITINGS
2019
“Kielgan” (collaborative zine with Kevin Killian)
2017
"Matt Keegan on Anne Truitt," Artists on Artists Lecture Series, Dia:Chelsea, New York, NY
2016
“Have you seen my Language,” Publication Studio, Portland, 102 pages
2015
OR, Inventory Press, New York, monograph with contributions from Tom McDonough, John Miller, Sara
VanDerBeek, Anna Craycroft, Uri Aran, Leslie Hewitt and James Richards, hardback, 124 pages
“==#2,” editor, Capricious Publishing, January 2015.
2014
"Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen," Bomb Specific, BOMB, (Summer, pp. 44-49, on web, http://bombmagazine.org/article/10055/bomb-specific)
2013
"Playing House," Texte Zur Kunst (March, pp. 80-89)
2012
==, editor of this art publication, published by mfc michèle didier
2010
“Lost in Translation: Do you see what I read?” MAP – Journeys in Contemporary
Art, Issue #24, Winter 2010, pp. 46-49
“Public Image Limited,” Artforum (January, pp. 156-163)
2009
"We're Not There, Jessica Dickinson at James Fuentes Gallery."
2008
For Josh at Herald Street at Liste, 2008.
Interview with Fia Backstrom, “Members of the Same Symbiotaxium, but Probably
Not Collaborators,” published in X-TRA, vol. 10, no. 4, Summer 2008,
pp.20-31
"Karin Schneider at Orchard," p. 91. Modern Painters, February 2008.
2007
“The ‘urge’ in Surge: Kay Rosen and Shannon Ebner want to have a word with you”,
Art on Paper, (July/August, 2007, pp. 24-25)
“Straight to the Moon, Alice”, Modern Painters, (February, 2007, pp. 84-89)
“Artists at Work: Matt Keegan”. Interview with Audrey Chan, Afterall Journal (February 6, www.afterall.com)
2006
“Matt Keegan: Top Ten”, Artforum,(February, 2006, p. 98)
2005
“Talk to the Hand: interview with Jamie Isenstein”, Wrong Times (p. 8)
“North Drive Press”, Uncertain States of America, Oslo, Norway: Astrup Fearnley Museum, 2005, pp.178-179.(exhibition catalogue)
2003
Co-founder of North Drive Press (www.northdrivepress.com)
An art publication first produced in June, 2004 with four
subsequent issues published through 2010.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
Milks, Megan, “Banner Year,” X-TRA, (February 15, 2021) “Matt Keegan,” This Long Century, #431
Ammirati, Domenick, “After Party, Matt Keegan talks about his artist book 1996 and the past and future of the Democratic Party,” Artforum, (January 20, 2021)
2020
Coleman, Charity, "Matt Keegan's 1996 by Charity Coleman" Bomb Magazine, Issue #154, (December 7, 2020)
Kerr, Theodore, “1996 Allows Readers to Consider Key Moments from the 1990s,” LAMBDA Literary, (November 24, 2020)
Ives, Lucy. “Electoral Aesthetics,” Art in America. (November 2, 2020)
“Artists’ Artists: Part One,” Frieze. (October 12, 2020)
2019
Smith, Melissa. “11 Outdoor Installations to See in New York This Summer,” The New York Times.
(June 21, 2019)
Cascone, Sarah. “Editor’s Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” Artnet.
(June 10, 2019)
Singer, Fanny. “Matt Keegan Complicates Childhood Feelings,” Frieze. (June 1, 2019)
Helfand, Glen. “San Francisco Round-up,” Art Monthly, Issue 427 (June 2019): 34-35
“Editor’s Picks: 6 Great Art and Design Events This Week,” Galerie Magazine (May 21, 2019)
Campbell, Andy. “Corita Kent and Matt Keegan,” Artforum. (April 2019): 202-203
Demarais, Charles, “In the galleries this Spring art that seeks to define itself,” SF Chronicle (March 15,
2019)
Krug, Simon, “Crystal Balls, Red Light Spectacle and Pop Art Nun: the Best Shows in Los Angeles,”
Frieze. (February 14, 2019)
Wagley, Catherine, “Here Are 9 Spaces You Need to Visit to Understand LA’s Vibrant Art Scene,”
Artnet. (February 12, 2019)
2017
Claire Barliant, “Word Prompts: Matt Keegan’s Replicate,” BOMB (December 15, 2017)
Cate McQuaid, “At Harvard’s Carpenter Center, examining the particularities of perception,” The Boston Globe (December 7, 2017)
Josh Fischer, “Family Resemblances: Matt Keegan at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts,” Big Red & Shiny (November 28, 2017)
Lizzie Homersham. “New York Round-up: Participant Inc.,” Art Monthly, #403. (February 2017). p. 38 and cover
Roberta Smith. “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week: Matt Keegan,” The New York Times. (February 9, 2017)
“Goings on About Town: Matt Keegan,” The New Yorker. (January 30, 2017)
“Art Trip: Houston | The Art Assignment,” PBS Digital studios. (January 26, 2017)
2016
Molly Glentzer, “Museums offer respite from the holiday hustle and bustle,” The Houston Chronicle. (December 23, 2016)
Beate Scheder. “Art,” Die Tageszeitung. (November 16, 2016). p. 38
Peter Tonguette. “Sun Takes Center Stage in Photos, Films at Columbus Museum of Art,” The Columbus Dispatch. (November 20, 2016)
Nick Liptak, ed. The Sun Placed in the Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio: p. 44
“Rachel Foullon e Matt Keegan,” Expresso, (July 2, 2016)
2015
Heather Jones, Astrid Helen Windingstad and Marte Danielsen Jølbo, “Stavanger 2015: A Renewed Historical Consciousness,” The Norwegian Art Annual 2015: p. 118-121
Cotton, Charlotte. Photography is Magic, New York, New York: Aperture.
Monica Westin. “Critic’s Pick: Matt Keegan, And,” Artforum.com. (February 5, 2015)
2014
Fulford, Jason and Gregory Halpern, eds. The Photographer's Playbook, New York, New York: Aperture, p. 171.
2013
Goodman, Abigail Ross, ed. Art for Rollins, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL.
Eric Wilson. “Retailing as a Forum for Art,” New York Times, September 4, 2013.
Smith, Roberta. “Ten Years,” New York Times, July, 25, 2013.
“Horizon,” Expresso, Atual, May 18, 2013.
2012
"Interview with Frank Benson," Kaleidoscope, Fall 2012: pp. 82-85.
Kitnick, Zak. "Federal Blue and Deep Cool Red: A Conversation with Matt Keegan," Idiommag.com [Posted November 26]
Haraldseth, Geir, "My Apple," Acne Paper, Winter 2012, pp. 66-67.
Pollack, Barbara. "Copy Rights," Artnews, March 2012: pp. 76-83.
2011
Fulford, Jason. "A History of New York," IANN, vol. 7, 2011: pp 101-116..
Wilson, Michael. “Matt Keegan,” Artforum, September: 347-348.
Ferrando, Alexander. “Matt Keegan,” Flash Art, July/September: 107.
Thompson, Matthew. The Anxiety of Photography. Aspen: Aspen Art Museum, pp. 28-32, 196-206.
Fitzpatrick, Corrine. “Critic’s Pick: Matt Keegan, I Apple NY,” artforum.com, [Posted June 7]
Wells, Nicholas. “Matt Keegan: I Apple NY,” cityArts [posted May 17]
“Goings On About Town: Matt Keegan.” New Yorker , May 23, p. 16
Doran, Anne. “Review: Matt Keegan, ‘I Apple NY’,” Time Out New York, May 12-18, issue 812, p. 40, illus.
O’Reilly, Adam. “Father Figure: Matt Keegan Takes on Robert Moses’s New York,” artinamericamagazine.com [posted May 10]
Barber, Susan. “It Takes Two: Matt Keegan,” openingceremony.us [posted May 6]
Fry, Naomi. “Focus ‘Matt Keegan: Historical, social and political questions: ‘how did we get here?’” Frieze [May: 112-113, illus.]
“Matt Keegan: I (apple) New York.” New York Photo Review, April 26 – May 2, Vol 2: Issue 18
Tagliafierro, Marco. “Critic’s Pick,” artforum.com (posted February 10)
Asfour, Nana. “The Art of Giving,” The Paris Review. (posted January 27)
2010
Lavalette, Shane, ed. Lay Flat, 02: Meta. Winter 2010: 86, illus.
Rule, Dan. “Around The Galleries: ‘Matt Keegan & Dane Mitchell: The Story of a
Window’,” The Age. (November 6, Sec A2: 9)
Goldstein, Andrew M. and Andrew Russeth. “In New York: Opening this Weekend,” artinfo.com, (March 11)
2009
Aarons, Phillip E. and Andrew Roth, eds. In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955. (New York: PPP Editions in association with Andrew Roth Inc.): pp. 276-279.
Vilas, Amber. “2009 in Review: Gallery Exhibitions,” artinfo.com (December 29)
"Alex Gartenfeld discusses when Matt Keegan takes a portrait." (49-52) The Kingsboro Press, 2009.
Klein, Alex. Words Without Pictures. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 2009. p. 288-289
John Miller. “Fun Gallery,” Grey Room. (Spring 2009, No. 35, p. 92-99)
Huston, Johnny Ray, “Shades of Time: Q&A with Matt Keegan,” San Francisco Bay Guardian: Arts & Culture Blog, Pixel Vision (May 7)
Huston, Johnny Ray, “Matt Keegan gives form to his and SF’s past in ‘Postcards & Calendars’,” San Francisco Bay Guardian (May 6)
Petra Royale Bibeau. Artslant.com. (posted April 27)
Kevin Killian. “Generations,” SFMOMA. (posted April 25)
Holland Cotter. “Young Artists Caught in the Act,” The New York Times. (April 9, C23)
Marina Cashdan. "The Chosen Ones," Manhattan Magazine. (March/April 2009, p. 52-53)
Dougles, Sarah. “Matt Keegan in New York,” artinfo.com (March 6)
Helfand, Glen. “Critic’s Picks,” Artforum, February 2009
2008
Olson, Marisa. “Keeping Hope Alive.” Rhizome.org. (posted October 14)
Ayeroff, Anna. “Matt Keegan at Anne Helwing.” Artslant.com. (posted September 7)
Artist pages. Velvet 04 magazine. A collaboration with Matt Keegan. Hosts & Guests. Ed. Paul O’Neill. March 2008 issue.
“Stretched Too Thin.” A work for artist newspaper Fools in Print. Ed. Lucy Keaney. March 2008
Momin, Shamim M. “Future Greats: Matt Keegan.” ArtReview (March, pp. 84-85)
2007
Shirreff, Erin. “Matt Keegan.” Art papers. (November/December)
Banai, Nuit. “Matt Keegan.” Modern Painters. (December/January)
Huberman, Anthony. Afterall Issue 16, (Autumn/Winter)
Grabner, Michelle. “I Am Eyebeam.” Critic’s Pick, Artforum.com. (November)
“Goings On About Town: Matt Keegan.” New Yorker. (September 24, p.62)
Knight, Nicholas. “Matt Keegan: Any Day Now at D’Amelio Terras.” Nicholasknight.net,Wordpress. (September 7)
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review, Matt Keegan & Jedediah Caesar.” The New York Times. (September 7, p. E33)
Bentley, Kyle. “Associative property.” Artforum. (February, p. 123)
2006
Higgs, Matthew and Ralph Rugoff. “New York vs. London.” Modern Painters. (September, p. 80-83)
Higgs, Matthew. “On the Ground, New York.” Artforum. (December, p. 248-251)
Who Cares, New York: Creative Time Books. (2006, p.31)
Pollack, Barbara. “Bring the War Home.” Time Out New York. (August 3rd – 9th, p.68)
Fry, Naomi. “A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts.” Critic’s Pick, Artforum.com. (June/July)
Schwendener, Martha. “Leslie Hewitt and Matt Keegan.” Time Out New York. (June 29th - July 5th, p.74)
Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “Repetition and Difference.” Artforum. (Summer 2006, p.109-110)
Alemani, Cecilia. “Mystic River.” Critic’s Pick, Artforum.com. (May/June)
Smith, Roberta. "Who Needs a White Cube These Days?” The New York Times. (January 14th, p. E35 and E 37)
Scott, Andrea K. "The best and worst of 2005." Time Out New York. (December 29- January 4, Art section, p. 66)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
Annette and Peter Nobel Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore, New York
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
EDUCATION
2004
Columbia University, New York, NY, Masters of Fine Arts
2001
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1998
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Bachelor of Fine Arts,
with a Film and Media Studies Minor
1997
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, at Auckland
Institute of Technology, New Zealand