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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


Mark
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