Matthew Day Jackson
Terranaut
Biography
Born 1974 in Panorama City, CA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2001
MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1997
BFA University of Washington, Seattle WA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Terranaut, Paintings and Sculpture Peter Blum Chelsea, Manhattan, NY (September 12 - November 8)
Drawings from Tlön, Nicole Klagsbrun, Manhattan, NY (September 13 - October 18)
2007
Diptych, Mario Diacono at Ars Libri, Boston, MA, (May 5-Jun, 1)
The Lower 48, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Manhattan, NY (January 9-February 10)
Paradise Now! (The Salvage), Workspace: Matthew Day Jackson, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX (January 12 - March 25)
NADA art fair Booth G2 with Ballroom Marfa, Miami, FL, (December 5th)
2006
Paradise Now! (Limbo) featuring "Looking for Mother Nature" Cubitt Artists Space, London, England (December 15 - February 11, 2007)
Paradise Now! Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Oracle (Days of Future Passed) Mario Diacono at Ars Libri, Boston, MA
2005
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Manhattan, NY (November 4 - December 23)
2004
By No Means Necessary, The Locker Plant, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Matthew Day Jackson and Sara Krajewski: The Violet Hour, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (June 21 - October 19, 2008)
Palimpset,Gallerie Xippas, Paris France (September 6-October 11)
The Old, Weird America, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX (March 14 - May 11, 2008)
Martian Museum of Terrestrial ArtMission: to interpret and understand contemporary art, Barbican Gallery, London, UK (March 6 - May18)
Heartland, Vanabbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands (October 3- January 25)
2007
Huma Bhabha and Matthew Day Jackson: Sculptures and New Print Editions, Peter Blum Gallery, Manhattan, NY, (November 16 - January 12, 2008)
To Build a Fire, Rivington Arms, Manhattan, NY (April 13-May 12)
Omission, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Manhattan, NY (January 9 - February 10)
Uncertain States of America - American Art in the 3rd Millennium, Herning Kunstmuseum, Denmark (March 3-15), Warsaw, Poland (March), Moscow Biennale (January), Beijing Biennale (October)
Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece (September 9 - November 18)
To Build a Fire Rivington Arms, New York, NY (April 13 - May 12)
2006
USA Today, Royal Academy of Art, London, England (October 6 - November 4)
John Connelly Presents, "Kamp: K48," Scott Hug curator, New York, NY (August 4-30)
The Searchers, White Box, New York, NY (September 21 - October 21)
Uncertain States of America - American Art in the 3rd Millennium, Museum Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Serpentine Gallery, London, England, Reykjavik Art Museum, Denmark
Mario Diacono Fine Art, Allston, MA
25 Bold Moves, House of Campari, New York, NY (May 5-21)
Whitney Biennial, ‘Day for Night’, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (March 2 - May 28)
Infinite Painting, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Codroipo, Italy (April 9 - September 24)
Time-Based Art is Happening! Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2005
Sticks and Stones, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY (June 28 - August
12)
Studio: Seven Months of My Aesthetic Education (Plus Some) NYC Version and Climaxed, Tony Oursler Studio, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
You Are Here, The Ballroom, Marfa TX (October 7 - March 5, 2006)
Motion, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM (July 9-29)
Bridge Freezes Before Road, Barbra Gladstone Gallery, NY
The Greater New York, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (March 13-
September 26)
2004
Mommy! I! am! not! an! animal!, Capsule Gallery, New York, NY
Relentless Proselytizers, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY (July 1-August 14)
SuperSalon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA (March 23 - May 23)
Drift III, Valentino Pier Park, Brooklyn, NY
2003
K48: Klubhouse, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Spiritual Hunger, Daniel Silverstein Gallery New York, NY
Now Playing, D’amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY
Drift II, site-specific exhibition at the former home of Buckminster Fuller, Northern NJ
White, Black, Yellow, Red, Storefront 1838, New York, NY
Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2002
Drift, environmental exhibition, Manasquan, NJ
2001
…sorta like a revelation, Rabbett Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1999
Sans Titre, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Selected Bibliography
2008
"The Lunatic is on the Grass: Pink Floyd, a Crashed Corvette, and Brutalist Architecture at the Henry: Capturing the Angst of an Era." The Stranger, Aug. 28 2008 p 22
2007
“Matthew Day Jackson: Paradise Now! (Limbo)”, Art Review, Feb.2007 p.159
Cole, Lori. “Omission”, Artforum.com, www.artforum.com/archive/id=12719, Jan. 2007
2006
Jones, Kristin M., “Matthew Day Jackson,” Frieze, March 06, pp. 167.
Motley, John. “Matthew Day Jackson”, PICA, Sept. 2006.
2005
“Spread Your Wings For Peace: Phoenix,” Village Voice, Dec 21-27, Vol. L No.51
Smith, Roberta. “Spotting an Aesthetic Dispute and Embracing All Sides,” The New York Times, Dec 17, pp. B13.
Kerr, Merrily. “Matthew Day Jackson: Fortunate Son,” TimeOut New York. Dec. 05. p 119.
Cambourg, Clemence de, “The History Man”. ArtReview. Nov. 05, p. 34.
Bae, James. “You Are Here, Ballroom Marfa,” ArtLies, Issue No. 48. Fall 2005. Pp 106-7.
Matthew Day Jackson, “Matthew Day Jackson”. V36 Magazine, 2005.
Giovannotti, Micaela. “the greater new york 2005,” Tema Celeste, no. 109, May/Jun, p.98.
Ho, Christopher K. “In View: Greater New York 2005,” Modern Painters, May, pp 105-6.
“Our Selection A-Z,” The Art Newspaper, no. 157, Apr, p. 2.
Rosenberg, Karen. “Artists on the Verge of a Breakthrough,” New York Magazine, Mar 7, pp 34-6.
Nickas, Bob. “First Take,” Artforum, vol XLIII, no. 5. Jan, pp 155-6.
2004
Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, Aug 6, p. E32.
Levin, Kim. The Village Voice, July 28.
2001
Phillips, Lisa (juror). New American Paintings: The MFA Annual 2001. Open Studios Press, Boston, MA.
Residencies
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, 2006
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, Summer 2002
Visiting artist at The Chinati Foundation