Rockville, CT, 1968
1986-87 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1987-88 Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art, New York Studio Program
1991 Bachelor of Arts, Eugene Lang College, The New School for Social Research, New York
PREMIOS
1994 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award
1997 The Penny McCall Foundation Grant
EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES
2011 Under the Red Eclipse, Galeria Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid
2010 Matthew Benedict: Mai 36, Zurich
2009 Matthew Benedict: Mistery Stories, Alexander and bonin, New York
2008 Matthew Benedict: The Mage’s Pantry, Von der Heydt-Museum,Wuppertal,Kunsthalle Barmen
Haunted, Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid
2006 Eight Bells, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
2005 Cobweb Castle, Alexander and Bonin, New York
2003 Crossing the Line, Alexander and Bonin, New York
2002 The Unseen World, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
2000 Matthew Benedict, Alexander and Bonin, New York
1998 The Magus and other tales, Alexander and Bonin, New York
1996 Salvation, Statements at Basel 27 (presented by Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich)
1995 The Brotherhood, Brooke Alexander, New York
Matthew Benedict, Janice Guy, New York
1993 SAINTS, Project for the windows of the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center New York University.
EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS (selección)
2011 The Voyage, or Three Years at Sea Part II, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
Colors for a new home, Signs of Love and other paintings, Alexander and Bonin, New York
2010 Illusion and Deception, b-05 Kunst- und Kulturzentrum, Montabaur.
2009 Moby Dick, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco.
Chelsea Visits Habana, Tenth Habana Bienal, Museo Nacional de BBAA, La Habana.
2008 2x [ (2x 20) ] + 2 = X x (desperately) trying to figure out the World, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Schwarze Galle, Roter Saft: Aspekte des Melancholischen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, b-05 Kunst- und Kulturzentrum, Montabaur.
New Prints 2008/Spring, Internacional Print Center New York. New York School of Interior Design.
Un monde d’images, Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie, Beauvais.
2006 VAC: colección valencia arte contemporáneo, IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Pictorial Research, Fabrikhallen Phoenix, Hamburg
10 Curatorial Perspectives. Haven Arts, Bronx, NY
Werner Herzog, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
2004 Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Other Aristocrats, Alexander and Bonin, New York
2003 Land and Sea, Alexander and Bonin, New York
On the Wall: Contemporary Wallpaper,Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence; The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
2001-02 My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, Des Moines Art Center, IA; The Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Tampa Museum of Art; Chicago Cultural Center, Akron Art Museum, Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL; Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA; Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
2001Painted with Thread: The Art of American Embroidery, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2000 Pleasure Treasure: Recent Acquisitions from the Collections of Eileen and Meter Norton, Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, LA
Remnants of Memory, Asheville Art Museum, North Carolina
1999 The Sea The Sea, Murray Guy, New York
1998Photographs, Alexander and Bonin, New York
In the Beginning, Murray Guy, New York
Matthew Benedict, Yves Chaudouët, Anne-Marie Schneider, David Shrigley, Alexander and Bonin, New York
1997 'Chasing the Apron', Jackie 60, New York
Dissolution, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
Franz Ackermann, Matthew Benedict, Anke Doberauer, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Hanging by a Thread, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
More, XL/Xavier LaBoulbenne, New York
Structures: Buildings in American Art, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1996 How will we behave?, Robert Prime, London
1995 Conceptual Textiles: Material Meanings, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (catalogue)
Portraits, Janice Guy, New York
the moderns, Feature, New York
1994 Stonewall 25, White Columns, New York
And, Feature, New York
Yes I Am, No I'm Not, Momenta Art, New York
Matthew Benedict, Willie Cole, Jim Hodges, Doris Salcedo, Brooke Alexander, New York
BIBLIOGRAFÍA SELECCIONADA (Monográficas)
2008 Matthew Benedict: “Haunted,” ex. cat. Madrid: Galería Álvaro Alcázar
Zybok, Oliver, Ed. Matthew Benedict: The Mage’s Pantry. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz
BIBLIOGRAFÍA SELECIONADA (Libros y catálogos)
2011 Hall, Emily. “Matthew Benedict.” Artforum (March 2011): 266
“Matthew Benedict.” The New Yorker (January 10, 2011): 15-16
2009 Moby Dick, ex. cat. CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Blake, Nayland. chelsea visits havana, ex. cat. New York: Fundación Amistad
2008 Schwarze Galle, Roter Saft: Aspekte des Melancholischen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, ex. cat. Montabaur: b-05 Kunst- und Kulturzentrum
2004 Open House: Working in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Museum
2003 Tannenbaum, Judith and Marion Boulton Stroud. On the Wall: Contemporary Wallpaper. Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design/Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum
2001 Fleming, Jeff, Takashi Murakami, and Susan Lubowsky Talbott. My Reality:
Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation. Des Moines, Iowa:Des Moines Art Center and New York: Independent Curators International
Richter, Paula Bradstreet. Painted with Thread: The Art of American Embroidery. Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Essex Museum Rubin, David S. Chelsea Rising. New Orleans: Contemporary Arts Center
1998 Ferris, Alison. Conceptual Textiles: Material Meanings. Sheboygan, Wisconsin: John Michael Kohler Arts Center
1997 Keiter, Ellen J. Hanging by a Thread. Yonkers, New York: The Hudson River Museum
2006 Spiegler, Marc. “Reviews: Matthew Benedict” ArtNews (Summer 2006): 195
2005Schwendener, Martha. “Reviews: Matthew Benedict.” Time Out New York (May 19-25, 2005): 70
2003 Princenthal, Nancy. “Matthew Benedict at Alexander and Bonin.” Art in America (October2003): 129-130
2002 Rathgeber, Pirkko. (trans. Michael Robinson). “Matthew Benedict.” Flash Art
(November/December 2002): 109
2001 Beyer, Charles. “Matthew Benedict.” Intervista (Fall-Winter 2000-01): 42-44
Blake, Nayland. “Shroud of Truro.” Artforum (March 2001): 128-133
Schmerler, Sarah. “Matthew Benedict at Alexander and Bonin.” Art in America (June2001): 129
2000 Kley, Elisabeth. “Matthew Benedict.” ARTnews (December 2000): 157
1999 Arning, Bill. “Matthew Benedict.” Art in America (January 1999): 101
1998 Arning, Bill. “Remaking History.” Out (May 1998): 62
Ferris, Alison. Conceptual Textiles: Material Meanings Sheboygan, Wisconsin: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 1998, pp. 40-41
Schwendener, Martha. “Matthew Benedict, ‘The Magus and other tales.’” Time Out NewYork (April 23-30, 1998): 49
Smith, Roberta. “Matthew Benedict, Yves Chaudouët, Anne-Marie Schneider and David Shrigley.” The New York Times (July 10, 1998): E37
1996 Jones, Jonathan. "New York Report." Untitled (London) (Winter 1995-96): 8-9
1995 Levin, Kim. "The Short List: Matthew Benedict." Village Voice (May 30, 1995)
COLECCIONES PÚBLICAS SELECCIONADAS
FRAC de Picardie, Amiens
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
California State University, Los Angeles
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The New York Public Library
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
NASA Art Program, Washington, DC
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany.