MATT SAUNDERS

Born
Tacoma, WA, 1975

Education
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA

Lives and works in Berlin

One-Person Exhibitions

2011
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles

2010
People on Sunday, Harris Lieberman, New York
Renaissance Society, Chicago

2009
Binsey Poplars, Harris Lieberman, New York

2008
Art Statements, Art|39|Basel, Basel Gallery Andreas Grimm, Munich, Germany

2007
Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva
Prison Scene, Martin Asbaek Projects, Copenhagen
House Arrest, Homie, Berlin

2006
Harris Lieberman, New York
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Grimm / Rosenfeld, Munich

2004
Grimm / Rosenfeld, Munich
Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva

2003
Slept, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
Two Videos, Sert Gallery, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

2001
Screen Test, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva

1999
Matt Saunders, In Vitro Alternative Space, Geneva

Group Exhibitions

2011
The Anxiety of Photography, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2010
Stop.Move, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates
Katarina Burin, Matthew Hale, Matt Saunders, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA

2009
Untitled (History Painting): Painting and Public Life in the 21st Century, University of Michigan Museum of Art
PRIVATE VIEW II, Andreas Grimm Munchen, Munich, Germany
Unaddressed Circumventions: Folds From a Failed Suicide, Gresham’s Ghost, New York
A Twilight Art, Harris Lieberman, New York

2008
Passageworks: Contemporary Art from the Collection, San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Politics, Maisterra Valbuena Galeria, Madrid, Spain
Freeway Balconies, curated by Collier Schorr, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin

2006
Back to the Figure: Contemporary Painting, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
Liquid Paper - Pure Land, Ratio 3, San Francisco

2005
Founders Day, Grimm/Rosenfeld, New York
The Parable Show, Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Log Cabin, Artists Space, New York
Works on Paper, Southfirst, Brooklyn

2003
Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennial 1, National Gallery
Veletrzni Palac, Prague, curated by Lauri Firstenberg

2003
Fair Play, Play Gallery for Still and Motion Pictures, Berlin
Game Over, Grimm / Rosenfeld

2002
Immediate Gesture, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
On Paper, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich
Enough About Me, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, curated by Deborah Kass
MFA Thesis Show 2002,Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

2001
B-Hotel, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Wight Biennial Twothousandandone, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles

1999
Beyond Flaming, Galerie Atelier A48, Grenoble, France

Bibliography

2011
"Between Frames: Q+A with Matt Saunders," Artinamerica.com, December 8, 2011.

2010
“Review: Matt Saunders/The Renaissance Society.” Newcity Art, March 2010.
Weinberg, Lauren. ”Parallel Plot,” TimeOut (Chicago), March 2010.

2009
Latimer, Quinn. “Matt Saunders, Andreas Grimm, Munich.” Frieze, January 2009.
Marshall, Piper. “Matt Saunders: Harris Lieberman,” Artforum.com, March 27, 2009.
“Medium Cool, Best of Photography: Matt Saunders,” TimeOut (New York), no.  705, April 2-8, 2009.
Schwendener, Martha. “Get Your Anxiety Right Here,” Village Voice, February 25, 2009.
Stillman, Nick. “Matt Saunders: Harris Lieberman Gallery.” Artforum 47, no. 10 (Summer 2009): 338.
“Twilight Art.” Carefully Aimed Darts.blogspot.com, February 2009.

2007
Turvey, Lisa. “Openings: Matt Saunders.” Artforum, February 2007.

2006
“Matt Saunders,” New York Times, February 24, 2006.
Stillman, Nick. “Matt Saunders,” Artforum.com, February 2006.

2005
Smith, Roberta. “Founders Day,” New York Times, August 19, 2005.

2004
Berwick, Carly. “Matt Saunders.” ARTNews, January 2004.
Schambelan, Elizabeth. “Works on Paper,” Artforum.com, February 14, 2004.

2003
Schambelan, Elizabeth. “Critics’ Pick: Matt Saunders,” Artforum.com, September 2003.
Mar, Alex. New York Sun, July 24, 2003.

2001
Haendel, Karl. “Beyond Relativism” (catalogue). Wight Biennial Twothousandandone, 2001.

1999
“Le Vampirisme selon Matt Saunders,” Tribune de Genève, May 3, 1999.
“Fair Play,” Boiler Magazine, 1999.
Madoff, Steven Henry. “Matt Saunders.” ART ON THE EDGE: 17 Contemporary Artists, 61-64.

Awards

2001
Robert Schoelkopf Fellowship

1997
Louis Sudler Prize
Thomas T. Hoopes Prize

Public Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
UCLA Hammer Museum, California
Yale University Art Gallery
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge