MATT HANSEL

SELECTED WORKS

BIOGRAPHY

Brooklyn-based artist Matt Hansel literally and figuratively deconstructs the historical painting, manipulating and folding his canvases to create a surreal and immersive visual experience. Layering imagery from classical painting with warped cartoons and trompe l’oeil figures, Hansel’s work plays with visual absurdity and challenges perspective. Says the artist of his paintings, “These are fake history paintings. More specifically, these are paintings of ceremonies that surround fictitious historic moments. These paintings speak to our need for communal activities and how those activities are being constantly redefined by history.” Hansel’s work has been shown at Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, Gagosian Gallery, Athens, Greece, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI, Yuka Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan, The Art Center, Martinsburg, WV, Cerasoli Gallery, Culver City, CA, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY, Hooper Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 1822 Fulton St, Brooklyn, and The Lodge Gallery, New York, among others. In 2011 Hansel received a grant from New York Foundation for the Arts.

MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CTBFA, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS2019 GIVING UP THE GHOST, The Hole, New York, NY2018 BLACKOUT, Yours Mine & Ours, New York, NY2015 MATTHEW HANSEL, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI2010 WITH FLYING COLORS, Yuka Contemporary, Tokyo, JP2008 MATTHEW HANSEL, Cerasoli Gallery, Culver City, CA2007 YOUTH IS WASTED, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS2019THE FOUR SEASON’S OF PAINTING, The Chosun Ilbo Museum, Seoul, SKSTRIKING GOLD, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MAPOST ANALOG STUDIO, The Hole, New York, NYTHE CELEBRATION OF PAINTING, Sophis Gallery, Seoul, SKBACK TO THE PAINTING, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, SK201801, PM/AM, London, UKSUNDAY ART FAIR (Solo Booth), Yours Mine & Ours, London, UKUNCANNY MEMORIES, Sophia Contemporary, London, UKARTS & NATURE SOCIAL CLUB, Circle Culture, Berlin, DEIN THE DEPTH OF THE SURFACE, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY

2017THE CURATORS’ EGGS, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NYIM/MATERIAL: PAINTING IN THE AGE, Sophia Contemporary, London, UKTHE TIMES, Flag Art Foundation, New York, NYWHAT’S UP THE AMERICAS, Curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, London, UKSUMMER BREAKS, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NYPAPII MONTAUK, The Surf Lodge, Montauk, NYWHAT’S UP NEW YORK, 132 10th Ave, New York, NYPOST ANALOG PAINTING II, The Hole, New York, NYEKPHRASIS, Yours Mine & Ours, New York, NYTHERE IS NOTHING I COULD SAY THAT I HAVEN’T THOUGHT BEFORE,Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY2016GILES, Gagosian Gallery, Athens, GRFUTURE/FORMER, Hooper Projects, Los Angeles, CABOMB POP UP, 1822 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY2015REVERENCE & REVERIE, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NYTHEIR MOUTHS ARE FILLED WITH EARTH, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PAA VARIANT FORM OF LUST, Fine and Raw, Brooklyn, NY2014POP-UP BROOKLYN: Three Brooklyn artists showcased in Detroit: KentHenricksen, Doug Young and Matthew Hansel, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MISEEING STORIES, Q.E.D., Queens, NYHELP IS ON THE WAY, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI2013PAGE 179, ARTFORUM, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NYHALF.LIFE, 241 Suydam, Brooklyn, NYUNIVERSAL, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY2010ANGELICA 01, Yuka Contemporary, Tokyo, JPTOKYO ART FAIR, Yuka Contemporary Booth, Tokyo, JP2009CURLY Q, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY395/NADA ART IN/VISIBLE SPACES, Brooklyn, NYOLD SCHOOL, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY2008GIFTED, Cerasoli LeBasse Gallery, Culver City, CAAQUA ART FAIR, Cerasoli LeBasse Gallery, Miami, FLSPLASH, Cerasoli Gallery, Culver City, CASCOPE ART FAIR, Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, NYDEEP POP, Iona College, New Rochelle, NYBREVITY’S RAINBOW, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2007SCOPE ART FAIR, Jack the Pelican Presents, East Hampton, NYVIRGIN MOBILE RE*GENERATION, Skylight Studios, New York, NYFOUNTAIN ART FAIR, Jack the Pelican Presents, New York, NYDEEP END, Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY2006DRAW, Fuse Gallery, New York, NYUNDERTOW 2, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WASUMMER RESIDENCY EXHIBITION, The Cooper Union, New York, NYUNDERTOW, Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY

AWARDS2017 White Columns Artist Registry2011 New York Foundation for the Arts Grant Recipient

RESIDENCIES2016 Hooper Projects, Los Angeles2006 The Cooper Union Summer Residency Program, New York, NY1998 Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT

PUBLICATIONSKang, Christina. “The Four Seasons Of Painting Show.” Chosun Ilbo Museum, 2019. PrintMcLaughlin, Beth. “Striking Gold.” Fuller Craft Museum, 2019. Print“Collect: Matt Hansel.” 10011 Magazine, No. 3. PrintSmith, Roberta. “The Times.” The New York Times, August 3, 2017. PrintYannis Kostarias. “Matt Hansel: The Torch Carrier of Contemporary Surrealism.” Art Verge, December 22, 2017. OnlineTom McGlynn. “Disappearing, Inc.” The Brooklyn Rail, July 14, 2017. PrintOsman Can Yerebakan. “In “The Times,” Artists Make the Media Their Message.” Artslant, July21, 2017. OnlineMargaret Carrigan. “When the New York Times Becomes Art.” Artsy, June 5, 2017. Online“The Times.” Time Out New York, June 2, 2017. OnlineAntwuan Sargent. “81 Artists Explore the Newspapers as Art Object.” Vice, June 18, 2017.Online“The Curators’ Eggs at Paul Kasmin Gallery New York.” Blouin Artinfo, July 07, 2017. OnlineGrayson, Kathy. “Post Analog Painting II.” Anteism, 2017. PrintKouznetsova, Ekaterina. “Matt Hansel – Reverence & Reverie [Artist to Watch].”www.nakidmagazine.com, November 16, 2015. Online”(100 under 100) The New Superstars of Southern Art.” The Oxford American, June 2012:54-96. PrintSchappell, Elissa. “About the Cover.” Tin House: The Ecstatic, Volume 13 #1, 2011: 224. PrintKishkin, Julie. “A Sunday Gallery Stroll, One Chalupa at a Time.” www.artcat.com, October 5,2007. OnlineMorton, Julia. “I, Me and Mine: The New Art Avant-Garde in Williamsburg.” New York Press,September 19-25, 2007: 40. Print

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EXHIBITIONS

THE FAMILY SHOW
New York , Nov 21 - Dec 28, 2018

SELECTED PRESS

HIFRUCTOSE
June 19, 2019

ART VERGE
December 22, 2017.