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Matt Wycoff is an artist, writer, woodworker, designer, and curator living in Brooklyn and Stephentown, New York. Wycoff was born in Anderson, South Carolina in 1980, and holds a degree in sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. He is a MacDowell Fellow and has been the recipient of studio fellowships at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska and The Urban Culture Project in Kansas City, Missouri. His work in the visual arts has been widely exhibited and reviewed. Recent exhibitions include Derek Eller Gallery, New York, Vanity Projects, New York/Miami, JOAN, Los Angeles, and Kijidome, Boston, Massachusetts.
Wycoff’s line of furniture began in 2013 as a response to the challenges of furnishing a railroad apartment, and is an extension of his drawing and studio practice. His move into furniture design was inspired by designers and artists such as Gerrit Rietveld, Donald Judd and Ellsworth Kelly, and is influenced by a wide range of other traditions including African Kuba cloth textiles, Amish quilting and Native American Acoma pottery.
Matt Wycoff’s short fiction, The River, was published the spring 2013 issue of Washington Square Review.
BORN
Anderson, South Carolina 1980
EDUCTION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2002
SOLO / TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016
Kijidome, One/Thinking Two/Willing, Adam Marnie and Matt Wycoff, Organized by Dawn Blackman, Boston, Massachusetts
2012
Beta Pictoris Gallery, Variations, Birmingham, Alabama
2009
The Hogar Collection, Before And After, Brooklyn, New York
2007
Dolphin Gallery, Strategies for Representation, Kansas City, Missouri
2006
RARE Gallery, Six died during construction, New York, New York
2005
Paragraph Gallery, Oh Baby You, Kansas City, Missouri
2002
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, There’s no place like you,Kansas City, Missouri
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
JOAN,Sylvia Bataille, Los Angeles, Coalifornia, Organized by Adam Marnie and Rebecca Matalon
StoreFront Ten Eyck Gallery, Making History, Curated by Krista Saunders and Dexter Wimberly, Brooklyn, New York
Derek Eller Gallery, Fictions, Organized by Adam Marnie, New York, New York
2013
Dolphin Gallery, Thanks For The Warning, Kansas City, Missouri
2012
Beta Pictoris Gallery, DRIFT, Birmingham, Alabama
Beta Pictoris Gallery, PULP 2, Birmingham, Alabama
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Abstract – Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas
Dolphin Gallery, I AIM TO HIGH, Kansas City, Missouri
2011
Beta Pictoris Gallery, A Violent Thought of Love, Birmingham, Alabama
Beta Pictoris Gallery, Is This A Painting? Birmingham, Alabama
Dolphin Gallery, Not Here No There, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Hesse McGraw
The Hogar Collection, To Be Continued...Brooklyn, New York
2010
Participant Inc., Collective Show New York 2010, New York, New York
The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Hopey Changey Things, Omaha, Nebraska,
2009
Brooklyn Arts Council, Clamoring To Be Recognized, Brooklyn, New
York, Curated by Christine Spangler
2008
The Hogar Collection, Sneak Peek, Brooklyn, New York
Fellows of Contemporary Art, (FOCA) Yellow, Los Angeles, California
Curated by Lia Trinka-Browner
La Esquina, Locate / Navigate: Exercises in Mapping, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Kate Hackman
2007
Blue Barn Theatre, Separate Selves, Omaha, Nebraska
Curated by Jeremy Stern
2005
RARE Gallery, What’s the matter with Kansas, New York, New York, Curated by Hesse McGraw
2004
H&R Block Art Space, Making Meaning: The Artist’s Book, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Raechell Smith
Dolphin Gallery, Group Show, Kansas City, Missouri
Fahrenheit Gallery, The Gun and Knife Show, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Peregrine Honig and Marcus Cain
2003
Dolphin Gallery, Group Show, Kansas City, Missouri
Old Post Office Gallery, Kismet,Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Lia Trinka-Browner
2002
Shaw+Hofstra and Associates, Subluna, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by James Brinsfield
2001
H&R Block Art Space,Kansas City Flat Files, Kansas City, Missouri
Dolphin Gallery, Summer Show, Kansas City, Missouri
Dolphin Gallery, (Window Installation) Ythujjin,Kansas City, Missouri
Red Door Gallery, Five Years, Anderson, South Carolina
Opie Gallery, National Society of Arts and Letters Small Sculpture Exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri
2000
Floor Four Gallery, All the Young Dudes: The Big Pink Show, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Matt “Woody” Wood
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / REVIEWS
2015
ARTFORUM, Critic’s Picks, Sylvia Bataille, by Arielle Bier, Los Angeles, California
2012
ART PAPERS, May/June Issue, Matt Wycoff, Hesse McGraw
2007
Time Out Chicago, Issue # 132 September 6 – September 12, “Yes I Kansas” Alicia Eler, Chicago Illinois
Review, September Issue, “Strategies for Representation: Matt Wycoff at Dolphin Gallery” Alaska Noyes, Kansas City, Missouri
2006
Review, November Issue, “Six died during construction: Matt Wycoff at Rare Gallery” Katya Achilles, Kansas City, Missouri
2005
Review, June Issue, “Avenue of the Arts”Marcus Cain, Kansas City, Missouri
The Kansas City Star, Thurs. April 28, 2005, “All-about-me show is all about you” Theresa Bembnister, Kansas City, Missouri
University News, Thurs. Mar. 24, “Oh Baby You” worth trip Downtown” Emily Iorg, Kansas City, Missouri
The Kansas City Star, Sun. Feb. 6, “Boost for the Best” Theresa Bembnister, Kansas City, Missouri
2004
The Pitch, Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, “Fully Loaded” Gina Kaufmann, Kansas City, Missouri
2002
The Kansas City Star, Fri. Jan. 25, “Where the Sublime Meets the Everyday” Robin Trafton, Kansas City, Missouri
The Kansas City Star, Fri. Jan. 11, “Group Efforts” Alice Thorson, Kansas City, Missouri
The Kansas City Star, Fri. May 17, “The Best and the Brightest” Kate Hackman, Kansas City, Missouri
Art Papers, August, “Summer Show” Heather Lustfeldt, Kansas City, Missouri
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015
F Issue 2, Organized by Adam Marnie, Ad
F Issue 3, Organized by Adam Marnie, Ad
2014
This, This, this,Self-published with James Woodfill
2013
Washington Square Review, “The River,” New York, New York
2008
The Yellow Reader, “Out With The New”Fellows of Contemporary Art, (FOCA) Los Angeles, California
2007
Review,“Importer Exporter, David Ford at Jack the Pelican Presents” December Issue
Dots and Quotes, "The Coronado Expedition, 2006" Photography by Scott Clark, 2007 Issue, (Feature)
10 (Publication documenting the ten year anniversary of the Charlotte St. Foundation in Kansas City) "Stomping Grounds"
2006
Review, “Out With the New” October Issue, (Feature)
Review Architecture Annual, "Mapping Onto Community" (Feature written in collaboration with Jim Woodfill)
2005
Review,"Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" January Issue (Feature)
What's the Matter with Kansas? Exhibition catalog, "A River Runs Through It"
2004
Review, "Kids Overboard" January Issue (Feature)
Review, "The Grand Old Party Convenes" October Issue, (Feature)
2003
Review Architecture Annual, "Marathon" (Feature)
Review,"Downtown" Summer Issue
Review, "A Sense of Place: Group show at the Bank" Summer Issue
Review,"Forward to the Ancient: Jon Peck and Your Face Gallery" September Issue
Review,"Fraught with Meaning: Group show at the Bank" November Issue
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2009
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residency, Omaha, Nebraska
2008
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Travel Grant
Leon Levy Foundation Grant
The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2007
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residency, Omaha, Nebraska
White Columns Curated Slide Registry, New York, New York
2006
Drawing Center Slide Registry, New York, New York
2005
Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program, Kansas City, Missouri
PUBLIC SCULPTURE
2008
Baltimore Sculpture Project (Finalist) Baltimore, Maryland
2005
Avenue of the Arts Public Sculpture Commission, Kansas City, Missouri
LECTURES AND PANELS
2009
Visiting Artist, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska
2008
Visiting Artist, Brandeis University, Post Baccalaureate Department, Boston, Massachusetts
Visiting Artist, Kansas City Art Institute, Painting Department, Kansas City, Missouri
Reading, (With Gordon Haber) The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Reading, (With Etgar Karat and Jenny Nichols) The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2007
Artist Talk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2005
After graduation: Panel Discussion, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
CURATION
2019
Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection, Co-curated with Antwaun Sargent, OSilas Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York
2012
Beta pictoris gallery, DRIFT (Kadar Brock, Ben Dowell, Stacy Fisher, Christian Sampson, James Woodfill and Matt Wycoff), Birmingham, Alabama
2010
The Hogar Collection, Lateralisms (Dike Blair, Stephen Westfall, James Woodfill and Ben Dowell), Brooklyn, New York
TEACHING
2010
Visual Language I, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas