1972 in Hammond, Indiana
lives
Brooklyn, New York
education
1998
Artist in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx,
NY
1997
M.F.A. in Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
M.S. in Theory, Criticism and History of Art, Design and Architecture,
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1994
Studied at Università Internazionale dell'Arte, Venice, Italy
B.A. in Art and German, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
1992-93
Studied at University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
solo/two-person exhibitions
2008
Matthew Deleget & Michael Zahn, ie. Contemporary Art Projects, Toowoomba, Australia
2007
Sydney Non Objective (SNO), Sydney, Australia (catalogue)
2006
Mind Games, PS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Greetings from Brooklyn, Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
Brown Out, Studer Strasser Architekten, Basel, Switzerland
H29, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Home, David Allen Art & Design Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Archetypes, Gallery 402, NY; Curated by Leah Oates
1997
Cosmica, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY
1993
Drawings, Central College of Iowa, Vienna, Austria
selected group exhibitions
2009
Monochrome Utopia, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York, NY; Curated by Li-Trincere
Partners in Love & Art, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY; Curated by Lynn Saville
2008
MINUS SPACE, PS1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA, Long Island City, NY; Curated by Phong Bui
Presque Rien 2, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, UK; Curated by Gavin Turk & Cedric Christie
Considerable, Studio O, Artstreet, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH; Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Spring Selections, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
La vie en rond, H29, Brussels, Belgium
American Abstract Artists: Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Drawing a Conclusion, Peloton, Sydney, Australia; Curated by Danny Lacy
Drawing a Conclusion, Hell Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; Curated by Danny Lacy
My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney, Australia; Organize by Tilman & CCNOA (catalogue)
My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand; Organized by Tilman & CCNOA (catalogue)
Non Objectif Sud Fundraiser, Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
This exhibition..., Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Pierogi Flatfiling, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany; Curated by Joe Amrhein & Leif Magne Tangen
My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, The Netherlands; Curated by Tilman (catalogue)
Continuum: In Celebration of 70 Years of American Abstract Artists, St. Peters College Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Radius, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Subspecies, Tobey Fine Art, New York, NY
Pacific Street: Julian Dashper, Matthew Deleget, Simon Ingram & Rossana Martinez, rm103 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Material Matter, Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY; Curated by Katherine Griefen (catalogue)
Breaking the White Light, Platform, New York, NY; Curated by Scott Malbaurn
New Advances in Abstract Painting, Tobey Fine Arts, New York, NY
Und Jetzt, IS, Leiden, The Netherlands
BAMart Silent Auction Benefit, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Non Objectif Sud Fundraiser, Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY
FlashPop: Benefit Auction for the New York Foundation for the Arts, Location One, New York, NY
5x7 On the Road: Houston, Benefit for Arthouse & Glasstire, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Wish You Were Here: Benefit for A.I.R. Gallery, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Minimalisms, Gallery W 52, The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY; Curated by Rachel Howe, Dinaburg Arts (catalogue)
Presentational Painting III, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY; Curated by Gabriele Evertz (catalogue)
Take Off, Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
Matthew Deleget, Daniel Levine & Tilman, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Non Objectif Sud 2006, La Barallière, Tulette, France
transit — abstract I, II, III, project space Henselmann Tower, Berlin, Germany
Works on Paper, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Inaugural Exhibition, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
Blame It On Rio: Benefit Auction for the New York Foundation for the Arts, White Box, New York, NY
2005
Ideal: Selections from the American Abstract Artists, Metaphor Contemporary
Art, Brooklyn, NY; Curated by Rene Lynch
By the Numbers, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY; Curated by Millie Burns
Optical Simulations, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY; Curated by Jill Conner
BAMart Silent Auction Benefit, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn,
NY
Postcards from the Edge: Visual AIDS Benefit, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn,
NY
Benefit Auction,
The Tank, New York, NY
2004
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy
of Arts and Letters, NY
Ceremonial Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY
4 x 4 x 4, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
All the Numbers I Know, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Curated by
Meridith McNeal
Composition in Hi-Fi, David Allen Art & Design Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY
2003
For and Because, Spaceworks Gallery / The Tank, NY
Pratt Alumni Exhibition, Williamsburg Art & Historical Canter, Brooklyn,
NY
2002
Scratch, Arena Gallery, NY
The Armory Show: The International Fair of New Art, through Pierogi,
NY
Scope Art Fair, through Arena Gallery, NY
The Complexity of Simplicity, New York Law School, NY; Curated by Kanitra
Fletcher
Winter Benefit Auction, d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac), Brooklyn, NY
2001
Taking Stock, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
FFWD Miami: Contemporary Art Fair, through Arena Gallery, Miami, FL
Stockholm Art Fair, through Arena@Feed Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Brooklyn, New Work, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NY;
Curated by Linda Francis, Artist
Drawings, The Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery at Hudson Guild, NY; Curated
by Jim Furlong, Lowe Gallery
Four Years at the WAH, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn,
NY
Lucky Draw Benefit Exhibition, The Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery at Hudson
Guild and Rush Arts Gallery, NY
Winter Benefit Auction, d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac), Brooklyn, NY
2000
20 Years of the Artist in the Marketplace Program (flatfiles), Bronx
Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Line, Arena@Feed Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Curated by Renee Riccardo, Arena@Feed
Gallery
Bridges, d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac), Brooklyn, NY; Curated by Waqas
Wajahat, Knoedler & Company
Meat Market Art Fair, through Arena@Feed Gallery, Meat Market/Chelsea,
NY, NY
Location, www.BrooklynArt.com (web exhibition), Curated by Renee Riccardo,
Arena@Feed Gallery
Mapping Spaces, New York Mercantile Exchange Building, NY; Curated by
Heidi Neilson, Artist
Winter Benefit Auction, d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac), Brooklyn, NY
1999
Live Action Painting, performance event in conjunction with the DUMBO
Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
San Francisco International Art Expo., through Gallery Joe, Fort Mason
Center, San Francisco, CA
Drawing Rules, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
Orange, Holland Tunnel Art Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Curated by Karen
Hyde, Artist
Mapping Spaces, Old Church Cultural Center Gallery, Demarest, NJ; Curated
by Heidi Neilson, Artist
PS 122 Annual Benefit, PS 122 Gallery, NY
1998
Artist in the Marketplace 1998, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx,
NY (catalogue)
Five & Ten, a component of the exhibition Seeing Money, The Rotunda
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Calculus of Transfiguration, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center,
Brooklyn, NY
Higher Worlds, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Paper Works, Chongro Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Curated by Kyung-Ja Hwang
(catalogue)
Intersections, Stevens-George Gallery, Hammond, IN (catalogue)
Williamsburg Bridges Tibet, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center,
Brooklyn, NY
Summer Exhibition, Combo. Co. Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Works on Paper, San Jacinto College, Houston, TX
National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson,
SC (catalogue)
21st Annual Small Works, New York University, NY
PS 122 Annual Benefit, PS 122 Gallery, NY
1997
Downtown Arts Festival, New York City Student Exhibition, West Chelsea
Arts Building, NY;
Curated by Simon Watson, Downtown Arts Festival; Fereshteh Daftari,
MoMA;
Charlotta Kotik, The Brooklyn Museum of Art; and Martin Eisenberg, Collector
Wabash Alumni Exhibition, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
Pratt M.F.A., Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY; Curated by Graham Nickson,
New York Studio School
Graduate Student Symposium, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Curated by
Michael Brenson, The New York Times; Guest Critics: Simon Watson, Downtown
Arts Festival; Peter Schjeldahl, Village Voice; Janet Koplos, Art in
America; and Donald Kuspit, Author and Art Critic
Group Exhibition, Art Student Showcase, NY
The Shoe Project, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Organized by Cyrilla
Mozenter
1996
Artists Listen to the Earth, University of
Richmond, Richmond, VA
Out of Print, exhibition in conjunction with the conference Writing
the Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Lend Me Your Ears, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Organized by Cyrilla
Mozenter
1995
Assembled #5, 450 Broadway Gallery, NY
Matthew Deleget and Rossana Martínez, Gathered & Sewn Sculptures,
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Matthew Deleget, Rossana Martínez, Héctor Manuel Román,
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
awards/honors
2007
Artist in Residence, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD
The Golden Rule Foundation, Camden, ME
2006
The Golden Rule Foundation, Camden, ME
2005
Community Arts Regrant Program, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
Elected Member
of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation's Artist Advisory Committee
2004
Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters Art Awards, New
York, NY
Community Arts Regrant Program, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
Elected Member of American Abstract Artists
2000
Workspace Program (Alternate), Dieu Donne Papermill, NY
1998
Artist in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
1997
Excellence Award for Outstanding Merit in Graduate Art History, Theory
and Criticism, Pratt Institute, NY
1996
Research Grant in Art History, Theory and Criticism, Pratt Institute,
NY
1994-97
Graduate Assistantship in Art History, Theory and Criticism, Pratt Institute,
NY
1994
Paul J. Husting Award for Outstanding Work in Art, Wabash College, IN
1990-94
Fine Arts Fellowship, Wabash College, IN
catalogues
SNO 30. Sydney Non Objective, Sydney, Australia, 2007.
Material Matter. Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY, 2007; Essay by Kat Griefen.
My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble. Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 2007.
Presentational Painting III. Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, 2006; Essays by Gabriele Evertz, Abbey Ryan and John Cox.
Minimalisms. Dinaburg Arts/Gallery W 52, New York, NY, 2006; Essay by Joao Ribas.
4 x 4 x 4. New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA, 2004; Preface by Linda Francis, Artist.
Drawing Rules. Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
Intersections. Stevens-George Gallery, Hammond, IN, 1998.
Artist in the Marketplace 1998. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 1998.
National Print & Drawing Exhibition. Clemson University, SC, 1998.
Paper Works. Chongro Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 1998.
selected press
Article. "In honour of reductive art", The Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 13, 2008.
Article. "Alumni News", TCHADA, Newsletter of Pratt Institute
Art History Department, Fall 2002/Spring 2003.
Article. "Joint MS/MFA Program", TCHADA, Newsletter of Pratt
Institute Art History Department, Spring 1998.
Simon Baur. "Martinez und Deleget: Farbgespräch, at Galerie Hebel_121," Basler Zeitung, April 20, 2006.
James F. L. Carroll. "Interview on New Arts Alive", New Arts
Program/Berks Community Television, Reading, PA, July 27, 2004.
Holland Cotter. "Line at Arena@Feed", The New York Times,
May 12, 2000.
Holland Cotter. "A Showcase for Emerging Talent within the Same
Environment," The New York Times, May 12, 2000.
Holland Cotter. "One Museum, Five Shows and a Million Lives and
Passions", The New York Times, August 14, 1998.
Justin Glanville. "The Individual Artist", Gotham Gazette,
February 22, 2003.
Frantiska and Tim Gilman-Sevcik. "Bridges at the DUMBO Arts Center",
Flash Art, Summer 2000.
Christy Goodman. "Stay Home for Intriguing Modern Works: David
Allen Gallery Premieres Two Exciting Shows", 24/7, March 1, 2004.
Nancy Holland. "Matthew Deleget", unpublished essay, July
28, 1998.
James Kalm. "A Boom Grows in Brooklyn," The Brooklyn Rail,
July/August 2004.
James Kalm. "A Boom Grows in Brooklyn," New York Arts Magazine,
September/October 2004.
Dan Keane. "Living History," New York Arts Magazine, November/December 2005.
Claudia La Rocca. "Internet Helping Artists Manage Careers",
Associated Press, May 5, 2004 (printed in dozens of publications).
Terrance Lindall. "The Epistemological Movement in Late 20th Century Art: The Williamsburg Circle", New York Arts Magazine, February 2002.
Terrance Lindall. "The Epistemological Movement in Late 20th Century Art: The Williamsburg Circle", 11211 Magazine, January 2002.
Stephen Maine. "Dateline Brooklyn." Artnet Magazine, April 15,
2005.
Stephen Maine. "Whither Williamsburg." Artnet Magazine, January 12, 2006.
Stephen Maine. "Painting Presentation." Artnet Magazine, April 7, 2006.
"Picture Postcard." Artnet Magazine, July 2007.
Mark Rifkin. "Mininmalsms." This Week in New York, March 1, 2006.
Mark Rifkin. "Presentational Painting III." This Week in New York, March 29, 2006.
Pavel Sedlák. "Karnevalová atmosféra nicí možnost integrity", Literární Noviny (Prague,
Czech Republic), Listopadu 8, 2000.
Joydeep Sengupta. "From Captive Clouds to Structured Space: Alumni
in Art", The Bachelor, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, October
30, 1997.
Edward J. Sozanski. "Works that Rely on Invention and Repetition",
The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 9, 1999.
curatorial projects
2008
Shinsuke Aso: Postcard, Presented by MINUS SPACE, Atlantic Avenue Art Walk, Brooklyn, NY.
Words Fail Me. H29, Brussels, Belgium.
Mark Dagley: Shaped Canvas, Selections from 1987, MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, NY.
Upside Down: Sydney Non Objective Artists, MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Escape from New York. Sydney Non Objective, Sydney, Australia.
Machine Learning. Traveling exhibition to The Boyden Gallery / St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary City, MD; The Painting Center, New York, NY; and Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX. (catalog).
Machine Learning Prequel: Select Works from the Collection of St. Mary’s College. Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD.
Lynne Harlow: BEAT, MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, NY.
Tilman: LOST AND FOUND / Concrete Findings, MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, NY.
Michael Zahn: This, That and the Other, MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, NY.
2006
Michael Brennan: Knife Paintings, MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, NY.
Gilbert Hsiao: Two Vinyls, MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, NY.
Jan van der Ploeg, MINUS SPACE project space, Brooklyn, NY.
1998
Higher Worlds. Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY.
curatorial press
Houston Public Radio (KHUF.FM). "The Front Row: Machine Learning at Gallery Sonja Roesch", April 24, 2008.
Olivia Flores Alvarez. "Machine Learning: Reductive artists get to the point", Houston Press, March 9, 2008
John Goodrich. "Intelligent Design", New York Sun, December 27, 2007.
Brooklyn Community Access Television. "Neighborhood Beat Series: Profile on MINUS SPACE", aired on January 25, 2007.
writings
2008
Mark Dagley catalog. MINUS SPACE, 2008. Writer/Publisher.
2007
Machine Learning catalog. The Boyden Gallery, The Painting Center, & Gallery Sonja Roesch, 2007. Writer/Publisher.
Ward Jackson — Heat at the Edges: A Conversation with Julian Jackson. MINUS SPACE, April 23, 2007.
2004
Linda Francis Interview. MINUS SPACE, December/January 2004.
Kevin Finklea Interview. MINUS SPACE, October/November 2004.
Hartmut Böhm Interview. MINUS SPACE, February/March 2004.
2003
Don Voisine Interview. MINUS SPACE, November/December 2003.
Lynne Harlow Interview. MINUS SPACE, September/October 2003.
panels/projects
2008
Visiting Artist. Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Juror. Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, New York, NY.
Juror. Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
Moderator. Gallery Sonja Roesch, Machine Learning panel, Houston, TX.
Lecture. Columbia University, MFA Program, NY.
Lecture. New York University, NY (2002-2008).
Lecture. Lehman College/CUNY, New York, NY.
Lecture. Muse Fuse, NURTUREArt, Brooklyn, NY.
Lecture. Hunter College, New York, NY.
Lecture. Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY.
Lecture. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Lecture. Maryland College Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD.
2007
Lecture. University of Houston, Houston, TX.
Lecture. St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD.
Panelist. The Legacy of Abstraction from the 1960's and 70's, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY.
Moderator. Material Matter: The Currency of Abstraction panel, Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY.
2006
Lecture. Technology in the Arts Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Lecture. Columbia University, NY.
Lecture. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Moderator. Wooster Arts Space panel, NY.
Moderator. Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation panel, NY.
Moderator. New York Foundation for the Arts conference, New York University, NY.
Juror. JPMorgan Chase Regrant Program. Brooklyn Arts Council, NY (2002-2003, 2006).
2005
Juror. Grants for Individual Artists. Brooklyn Arts Council, NY (2004-2005).
Juror. Artist in the Marketplace Program. Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY.
2004
Lecture. Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ.
Lecture. New York Academy of Art, NY (2003-2004).
Lecture. Common Ground Conference, Syracuse, NY.
Writer/Creator. Ask Dr. Art, in NYFA Quarterly, New York Foundation
for the Arts, NY (1999-2004).
2003
Co-founded MINUS SPACE: reductive art
(www.minusspace.com).
Writer. Developing Your Artist Portfolio. NorthHollywoodArtsDistrict.com,
October 2003.
Lecture. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (2000-2003).
2002
Juror. Projects Serving Artists Grants Program. New Jersey State
Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ (2001-2002).
Lecture. Social Theory and Politics in the Arts Conference, Charleston,
SC.
Lecture. National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) Conference,
Detroit, MI.
Lecture. Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, Charlotte, NC.
Lecture. Women’s International Leadership Program, Columbia University,
NY.
Writer/Participant. On the Needs of Visual Artists: A Roundtable 2001.
Organized by Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation and Artists Space, NY.
Writer. Dealing with Rejection. The Palette, a publication of VSA Arts,
Washington, DC.
Writer. Dealing with Rejection. Picklebird: Los Angeles Alternative
Art Magazine, Los Angeles, CA.
2001
Juror. Thayer Fellowship in the Arts/Patricia K. Ross Award. SUNY,
Albany, NY.
Panelist/Chairperson. Community Arts Regrant Program (Visual Arts).
Brooklyn Arts Council, NY (1999-2001).
Juror. Art in Our Neighborhoods Exhibition Program, The Haym Salomon
Foundation, NY.
Juror. TUGboat Film Festival, NY.
Lecture. pARTicipate 2001 Conference, NASAA and Americans for the Arts,
NY.
Lecture. The Tremaine Foundation, CT.
Lecture. 42nd Annual Conference, National Conference of Artists, NY.
Lecture. New School University, NY (1999-2001).
Writer. Dealing with Rejection. Journal, a publication of Artist Trust,
Seattle, WA.
2000
Panelist. Native American Film and Video Festival, National Museum of
the American Indian, NY.
Panelist. Artists' Talk Symposium, NY.
Lecture. Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY.
1999
Panelist. Trenton Arts Connection, Trenton, NJ.
Panelist. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Lecture. How Do I Make Art & Hold It All Together Conference, New
York Foundation for the Arts/New Jersey Council on the Arts, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken,
NJ.
1998
Lecture. Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Lecture. Brooklyn, U.S.A., A City Apart Conference, Long Island University,
Brooklyn, NY.
editions
The IS Box,
published by IS Projects,
Leiden, The Netherlands (print portfolio with 19 international artists)
registries/flatfiles
Artists Space, NY
Pierogi Flatfiles, Brooklyn, NY
The Drawing Center, NY
The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
collections
Brown Rudnick, New York, NY
Central College of Iowa, Vienna, Austria
Cohen Brothers Realty, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Fidelity Investments, New York, NY
Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
Wabash College Collection of Contemporary Art, Crawfordsville, IN
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Private collections