Matthew McCaslin


Born in Bayshore, New York, 1957.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.


EDUCATION

1980 B.F.A., Parsons School of Design, New York, NY


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Multiples Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
Electric Painting, Galerie Scmidt MacZollek, Cologne, Germany

2006
Galeria Javier López, Madrid, Spain
Sima Galerie, Nurnberg, Germany

2005
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Flying, Evelyne Canus Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2004
Sleepwalking on the 27th Floor, Museum of Modern Art, St. Etienne, France
Adrift, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Winter Light, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY

2003
New Science, Galeria Javier López, Madrid, Spain
Electric Circus, Galerie Friedrich, Basel Switzerland (with Kay Rosen)

2002
La Salle de Bains, Lyon, France

2001
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Velan Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
Galeria Javier López, Madrid, Spain

2000
Matthew McCaslin's Mixed Metaphors, Atrium Gallery, University of CT, Storrs, CT, curated by Saul Ostrow
C+M Gagllery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Evelyne Canus, Paris, France
Sima Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany

1999
Feigen Contemporary,New York, NY
Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain
Kunstbunker, Munich, Germany
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1998
Works - Sites, Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum;
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA;
Galerie fur Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig;
Kunstverein Freiburg im Marienbad, Freiburg
Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY

1997
Real Artways, Hartford, CT
Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1996
Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Galerie Erika & Otta Frieddrich, Bern, Switzerland
Concentrations 28, Matthew McCaslin, Dallas Museum of Art
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Galeria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Collision Created by Feigen Inc.of Boredom and Meditation, Ateliers d'Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, France
Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Currents 65, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Harnessing Nature, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Time Machine, Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, Germany

1995
Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Sima Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
Bloomer, Michael Klein Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany

1994
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
Franz Paludetto Gallery, Turin, Italy
Feigen, Inc., Chicago, IL

1993
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY
Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
Damage Total, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
Nature's Ways, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles, Belgium
Steve Di Benedetto & Matthew McCaslin, Gallery Jurgen Becker, Hamburg, Germany Castello di Rivara, Rivara, Italy

1992
The Museum of Modern Art, (Projects 33), New York, NY
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art and Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Rolf Ricke Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Le Consortium, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Dijon, France
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Feigen, Inc., Chicago, IL

1991
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France

1989
Landscapes of the in between, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY
Matthew McCaslin & Steve Di Benedetto, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY

1987
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY

1982
Animals, Red Bar, New York, NY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
The Morning After, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany

2007
48th October Salon: Micro-narratives, Belgrade, Serbia
Foodscapes, Art and Gastronomy, Parma, Italy
Die Sammlung Ricke, Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein
They Eye of the Storm, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Rolf Ricke Collection, MMK Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
The Eventual, Frac Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Touch-down, Galerie Friedrich, Basel, Switzerland

2006
Light Works, Galeria Javier López, Madrid, Spain
Summer Light, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Review : vidéos et films de la collection Pierre Huber, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
Selections from the Collection, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kit O' Parts, La Salle de Bains: past, present and future, CAN, Neuchatel, Switzerland

2005
Avance Rapido: Media Art de la Coleccion Goetz , Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
Sweet Temptations - Dialogues with the Collecton of Rolf Ricke, Museum of Modern Art, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Drawing Show, Galeries Schmidt MacZollek
The Giving Person, Museum of Modern Art, Naples, Italy

2004
A Angles vifs, capcMusee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux
Editions Fawbush Collection, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Following and to be Followed, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Segni di luce, A Arte Studio Invernizzi, Milano
Brooklyn Works, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Flower Power, Museum of Modern Art, Lille, France

2003
Fast Forward Media Art/Sammlung Goetz, ZKM- Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany
40th Anniversary, Rolf Ricke Gallery, Cologne, Germany, curated by Gunther Umberg
Following and to be Followed, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Video Plus, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnatti, Ohio
Valencia Bienalle, curated by Lorand Hegyi
Video Mix, Arario Gallery, South Korea, curated by Mary Dinaburg
Imago Musee de Beaux Arts, Dole, France

2002
Body Power/Power Play, Worttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
Seven Grays, Paula Cooper Gallery, NY curated by Dan Walsh
Tempo, Museum of Modern Art New York, curated by Paolo Hirkenhoff
New Media Exhibit, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA; curated by Sandra Gering

2001
Works, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Energy Inside, Falconer Gallery at Grinnell University, Grinnell, IA
Figures Libres, FracFrance-Comte, Dole, France
Night on Earth, Stasticsche Kunsthalle, Musnter, Germany, curated by Ralf Christofori
Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, Basel Switzerland
Collection show at the Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Young at Art: Youthful Inspirations, Jersey City, NJ
Media Connec tion, Palazzo Della Eposizioni, Rome, Italy; La-triennale, Milan, Italy; curated by Gianni Romano
Perfect 10, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Retrospective Survey: 1987-2000, Wanas Foundation, Wanas, Sweden
Arsenal Armory, The Wandelhalle, Cologne, Germany

2000
Walking, University Galleries, Illinois State University; Normal, IL Bucknell Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Objects that Flicker: Artists' Videos for the Home, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA
Dinge, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Speed of Vision, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

2000
The Light Show, Gale Gates, et al, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Christine Y. Kim
Light x 8: The Hanukkah project 2000, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Symbols of Survival, The Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY
16 Americans, Hallway, London, England
City of Lights: Art Walk, Chanel, New York, organized by Downtown Arts Projects, curated by Simon Watson
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY

1999
Endgames, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
As Far As the Eye Can See, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Das Davernde, Kunster-lerwerk statt, Munich, Germany
Une Histoire parmi d'autres, Collection Michel Poitevin, Frac Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Dunkerque, France
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles, Belgium
Bloom, Contemporary Art Garden, Brescia, Italy, curated by Gianni Romano

1998
Off the Wall, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
I Love New York, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Dijon/le Consortium, coll tout contre l'art contemporain, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Raw Ideas, John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
Poseidons Auge, Handelsfafen der Stadt Linz, Linz, Austria
Es grünt so grün, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Rights of Spring, PPOW, New York, NY
Installation, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY, curated by Marika Wachtmeister

1997
2000 minus 3, Neu Gallery, Graz, Austria
Istanbul Bienal, curated by Rosa Martinez, Istanbul, Turkey
The Concrete Signal, William Patterson College , NJ, curated by Robert Costa
New Works, Feigen Inc., Chicago, IL

1996
Luminous Bodies, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sculpture for the Twenty-first Century, John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
The Lay of the Land, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Form als Ziel mundet immer in Formalismus, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Berechenbarkeit der Welt, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Drawings, Sandra Gering, New York, NY
Wanas, Knislinge, Sweden
Departure Lounge, The Clocktower, New York, NY
The Bare Wall!..., Michael Klein Gallery, New York, NY
Masculine Measures, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Constructions, Michael Klein Gallery, New York, NY
Kingdom of Flora, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1996
Urban Structures, Elf Kunstler aus New York, Kunstlerwerstatt, Munich, Germany
Bonne Annee, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

1995
Drawn on the Museum, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Inaugural Exhibition, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York, NY
Oltre la Normalita Concentrica, Citta di Padova, Padua, Italy
Low Tech, Galerie Christine Koenig, Vienna
Skew: The Unruly Grid, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Rainer Ganahl and Matthew McCaslin, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
Art at the Anchorage, Brooklyn Anchorage, NY
Passions Privees, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Burning Down the House, Anthony Reynolds, London
Wandstucke III, Bob Van Orsouw Galerie, Zürich

1994
Not Quiet, Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Country Sculpture, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Castello di Rivara, Italy
Der Stand der Dinge, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Germany
IVA IT-Festival, Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
L'objects dans l'art contemporain, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Choix de Bruxelles, Espace Jacqmotte, Bruxelles, Belgium
Adieu, les frontièrs!, Bob Van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
Joe's Garage, TZ'art & Co., New York, NY

1993
Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
More than Zero, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France
Im Blau, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
Project of the Wandelhalle, Cologne, Germany, curated by Peter Stilper
Cartographies Imaginaries, Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Nord-pas de Clais, France
Transient Decor, Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY
The Nightshade Family, Friedericianum, Kassel, Germany
Pretty Visible, Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Portland Collects, Portland Museum of Fine Art, Portland, OR
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Prospect 93, Schiern Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Simply Made in America, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

1992
Three or More, a Multiple Exhibit, Spiral/Wacoal Art Canter, Tokyo, Japan
Translation, curated by Kim Levin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Works-Concepts-Processes-Situations-Information, curated by Robert Nickas, Galerie
1900-2000 & Galerie de Poche, Paris, France

1992
Felix Gonzales Torres, Liz Larner, Christian Marclay, Matthew McCaslin, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, France
The Big Nothing, The New Museum, New York, NY

1991
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Home for June, Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, curated by Eric Oppenheim, New York, NY
Invitational, curated by Collins and Milazzo, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
The Collection of Jason Rubell, Duke University Museum, Durham, NC
Castello di Rivara, curated by Benjamin Weil,Turin, Italy
The Museum of Natural History, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mexic/arte, Austin, TX
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY
Idiosyncrasies in the Expanded Field, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY

1990
Works in Progress? Work?, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
The Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, PA
Stendhal Syndrome: The Cure, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
The Degraded Work, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Artists, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY
The Grid, Vrej Baghoomian, New York, NY
Information, Terrain, San Francisco, CA, curated by Robert Nickas

1989
Une Autre Affaire, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, organized by Le Consortium, Robert Nickas, and Catherine Queloz
DiBenedetto, McCaslin, Mosset, Noland, Parrino, Stahle, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY
AIDS Benefit, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY

1988
Works, Concepts, Processes, Situations, Information, Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany, curated by Robert Nickas
Sunrise Highway, John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY

1987
The Art of the Real, Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland, de Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands, curated by Robert Nickas
Maison des Expositions, Lyon, France
P.S.1, Special Projects, Long Island City, NY

1986
Mind-Matter, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY

1985
Small Works, Big Ideas, Pan Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY

1984
Semi (OP) tics, International with Monument, New York, NY


CATALOGUES

Matthew McCaslin, Catello di Rivara 1993 Turin, Italy, text by Bob Nickas.
Matthew McCaslin Ausstellungen Exhibitions, Sprengel Museum, Hannover Germany, text by Dietmar Elger, 1994.
Lifeline Site Galerie Sima, Nürnburg, Germany, text by Thomas Klienmann, 1995.
Matthew McCaslin: Harnessing Nature, Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, text by Matthew Yokobosky, 1996.
Matthew McCaslin: Site Nonsite in the City of Bern. Galerie Erika and Otto Fredrich, Bern, Switzerland, text by Konrad Bitterli,1997.
Matthew McCaslin: Works – Sites. Edited by Konrad Bitterli, 1998.
Matthew McCaslin: Fun House. Sima Galerie Nürnberg, Germany, text by Stephanie Rosenthal, 2000.
Matthew McCaslin: Light Works. Velan Center for Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy, text by Guido Curto, 2001.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN
The Jewish Museum New York, NY
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Sprengel Museum, Hannover Germany
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Museum of Modern Art, Saint Etienne, France