Matt Leines

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1980, Totowa, NJ
Lives: Philadelphia, PA

Education
2002 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design

Solo Exhibitions
2008 �The Great Gates of Zenith� Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
�The Righteous Age� Clementine Gallery, New York, NY
2006 �The Promise of the North� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

2009 �Rites de Passage.� SCHUNCK Glaspaleis, Heerlen, The Netherlands
�Robert Wilson�s Visions of the Frontier� Curated by Robert Wilson, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
2008 �Fun House� Park Life, San Francisco, CA
�Macrocosm� Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
�Crocodile Tears� Giant Robot, New York, NY
�Road Works� Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
�I Think He Said �Until We Meet Again, But Under Different Circumstances�� (Or Something Like
That)� Nog Gallery, London, England
�Move 16: Don�t Paint Your Teeth� curated by Rich Jacobs, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
�Group Sects� Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
�Draw� Stolen Space Gallery, London, England
�Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue� curated by Aaron
Rose, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
2007 �On Line� Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
�Hey You Guyyyyys!� Community Outreach, Toronto, Canada
�Snack Isle� Giant Robot, New York, NY
�In Full Cry� curated by Matt Leines and Taylor McKimens, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
�Tiger in a Tropical Storm� Riviera, Brooklyn, NY
�Dream & Trauma; Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection� Kunsthalle Wien and MUMOK,
Wien, Austria
�4 Large Works: Ben Jones, Robert Pimple, Matt Leines, Taylor McKimins� Community
Outreach, London, Ontario, Canada
�Jungleland� Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
�Look Behind You� Giant Robot, New York, NY
�Crystal Crunch� Perugi Arte Contemporanea. Padova, Italy
�Move 15: These Bagels Are Gnarly� Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 �Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection� curated by Kathy Grayson and
Jeffrey Deitch, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
�A Piece Apart� curated by Jordin Isip, Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY
�Do Not Stack� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
�HENTEKO Pop & Psychaedelic� curated by Taylor McKimens and Misaki Kawai, The Watari
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
�If You Want To Hear Something Just Yell� Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany
�Young Lions� Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
�Oval� The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY
�Fine Line� Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
2005 �Sometimes I Just Want a Hug� Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
�Loyal and His Band: Hand Painted Covers� Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
�Carry On� Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
�Some of My Best Friends Are American� New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
�Mystery Meat� Future Prospects Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines
�Move 13� curated by Rich Jacobs, Clementine Gallery, NY
�Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere� Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
�New Image Art @RVCA� RVCA Clothing, Costa Mesa, CA
�Drone� Vilma Gold, London, England
�MOVE 12: Raw Dogs� New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 �MOVE 11� curated by Rich Jacobs, 96 Gillespie, London, UK
�Eye of the Needle� Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
�Trunk of Humors� curated by Kathy Grayson, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
�Dreamland Artists Club� Creative Time, Coney Island, NY
�The Russian Doll Show,� curated by Eddie Martinez, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA/ Space
1026, Philadelphia, PA
�Good World� Publico, Cincinnati, OH/ Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA
�Majority Whip,� curated by Kathy Grayson and Laura Tepper, White Box, New York, NY
�It Came From Above� Space 237, Toledo, OH
�Overwrought� Stark-Kikuchi Gallery, Venice, CA
�Untitled� Wrong Gallery, New York, NY
2003 �The Russian Doll Show,� curated by Eddie Martinez, 65 Hope St. Gallery, New York, NY
�Today�s Man,� curated by John Connelly, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
�Beam Me Up� New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
�Dirt Wizards� curated by Kathy Grayson, Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., Brooklyn, NY
�MOVE 9: Lead Poisoning (The Pencil Drawing Show),� curated by Rich Jacobs and Marsea
Goldberg, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
�Western Superhero� The Abbey, San Diego, CA
�Parts Per Million� Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
�Robots Have Feelings Too� curated by Jeff Soto, Culture Cache, San Francisco, CA
�Crazy Bastard� New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
�Dimebag� curated by Jordin Isip and Rodger Stevens, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY
�Assembly� curated by Jordon Isip and Rodger Stevens, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY
2002 �A-Life Shop� Deitch Projects, New York, NY
�Monster Mash� 5024SF., San Francisco, CA
�The Giant Electric� New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
�Panorama Project� curated by Jordon Isip and Rodger Stevens, The Front Room/ 69a, San
Francisco, CA

Bibliography
2009 Institut Valencia d�Art Modern (IVAM). Confines/Valencia09: Pasajes de Las Artes
Contemporaneas. Valencia: Laimprinta CG, 2009.
2008 Laguna Art Museum. In the Land Of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor. Berkeley: Ginkgo
Press, Inc, 2008.
Rhodes, Dusti. �Matt Leines signs �You Are Forgiven�.� Houston Press December 10, 2008
Leines, Matt. You Are Forgiven. Philadelphia: Free News Projects, 2008.
Strange, Patrick. �A Change of Heart.� Filter Holiday 2008: 72-76
2007 Charlwood, Lindsay. �Macho Man, The Simpsons, GI Joe and the Kid Inside Matt Leines.�
Juxtapoz September 2007: 80-91
Lukas, Alex. �Matt Leines.� Swindle No.11: 86-90, cover
Noland, Amber. �Rackroom: Matt Leines.� artslant.com March-April 2007
2006 Charlwood, Lindsay. �The Promise of the North.� NYArts Magazine November/December 2006
�Showstoppers.� Juxtapoz September 2006: 60-63
ArtReview, Calendar, July 2006: 151, 153
2005 Loyal and His Band. Stockholm: Galleri Loyal, 2005
Arkitip Issue 23, 2005
Towhidy, Mandana. �Dreamland Artist Club.� Anthem #14, 2005: 36-39
Tucker, Annie. �Pretty On the Inside: The Beautiful Losers Art Tour.� While You Were Sleeping
No. 30, 2005: 50-55
Tucker, Annie. �Island Fever: The Dreamland Artist Club.� Juxtapose Summer 2005
Flash Art Vol. XXXVII, No. 237, 2005: 63
Arkitip, Issue 21, 2005
2004 Vallee, Andrew. �Young Artists Get Personal with Politics in Group Show.� NYArts Magazine
Vol 9, 7/8, July/August 2004
Powhida, William. �Matt Leines and Keegan McHargue, Large Dudes, The Wrong Gallery.�
The Brooklyn Rail, March 2004
2003 Saltz, Jerry. �Babylon Rising.� The Village Voice September 10-16, 2003
Hudson, J.L. �BWP TWO, 9 with �Tit Jar�� Broken Wrist Project 2003
Loyal Magazine Issue #6, 2003
�Down, Down to Hell and Say Matt Leines Sent Thee Thither.� Vice Magazine, Vol. 10, #3,
2003
Smith, Roberta. �ART REVIEW; A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks.� The New York
Times, July 18, 2003