Artists
Mathew Picton
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Education
| The London School of Economics and Political Science 1978-1981 |
| Degree. Bsc (Econ) government with honors |
Selected Solo/Two Person Gallery Exhibitions
| 2010 | In The Case of All Cities, SumarriaLunn, London UK, April, SOLO |
| Absence and Presence, joint show with Claire Burbridge, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, April | |
| 2009 | Map Art, The Christopher Henry Gallery, NY, NY, December |
| “Bakers dozen” Torrance Museum of Art, Torrance, CA, September | |
| “Postwar Landscape, An Urban History” Howard House, Seattle, WA. SOLO | |
| “All Over the Map”, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, curated by Jennifer Jankauskas | |
| Art and Architecture, William Angel Gallery, London, UK, May | |
| “City Planning” Solway Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. SOLO | |
| “Parallels” Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Clarissa Anderson | |
| Contemporary Landscape, Belgravia gallery, London, UK | |
| 2008 | Contested Ground, Museum of Art, Spokane, WA, |
| 2007 | Pulliam Deffenbaugh, Portland, OR, SOLO |
| Davis and Cline, Ashland, OR, SOLO | |
| BAR Architects, San Francisco, CA, SOLO | |
| Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA, SOLO | |
| Byron C Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO, SOLO | |
| Lines in the Earth, Sun Valley Arts Center, Idaho, with Nina Katchadorian, Joyce Kozloff, Santiago Serra | |
| Mapping, Zoom plus minus, Arena, Santa Monica, CA, Mary Hambleton, Joyce Kozloff, Nina Katchadourian, Matthew Cusick, Lordy Rodriguez | |
| Model Behavior, Organism, Portland, OR, Curated by Jeff Jahn | |
| Landscape to The Limit, 2nd St Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, curated by Jonathon Stuhlman, with Ingrid Calame and Tara Donovan | |
| 2006 | Howard House, Seattle, WA. SOLO |
| “Interspace” Solway Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| The Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Juror’s Grand Award Winner | |
| 2005 | Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, SOLO |
| Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA, SOLO | |
| Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR, SOLO | |
| Fresh Trouble, Portland, OR, curated by Jeff Jahn | |
| Urban Jungle, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, curated by Yuri Psinakis | |
| 30 ways to make a painting, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH | |
| 2004 | Studio Lo Do, Phoenix, AZ, SOLO |
| Damien B Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, SOLO | |
| Miniature Worlds, The Brewery Art center, Los Angeles, curated by Noel Korten | |
| “Big”, Installation at TERRA, San Francisco, CA, curated by Stephen Tourell, | |
| Installation at The Trans America Pyramid, San Francisco, CA, curated by Art Assets, | |
| 2003 | Scope Art Fair, Solo show with Toomey Tourell Fine Art, Miami, FL Howard House, Seattle, WA, SOLO |
| The Core Show, Portland, OR. curated by Jeff Jahn | |
| “Indoor Outdoor” Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| The Best Coast, Portland, OR, Curated by Jeff Jahn | |
| 2002 | The Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR, SOLO |
| Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA. SOLO | |
| Gallery 2211/Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA (Installation), with Bitchin’ pictures and Paul De Marinas | |
| “Metro Sculptures”, Howard House, Seattle, WA, SOLO | |
| Northwest Documenta 1, Salem Art Barn | |
| 2001 | Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, Two-person |
| The Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, The Northwest Annual, Curated by Sue Spaid, Juror’s award winner | |
| “Line Form color”, Howard House, Seattle, WA | |
| ”Negative Space” Consolidated Works, Seattle WA, commissioned, curated by Meg Shiffler (Installation) | |
| 2000 | Davis & Cline, Ashland, OR, SOLO |
| Center for Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK, SOLO | |
| The Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR, SOLO | |
| The Texas National, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX, curated by Jack Massing and Michael Galbreth | |
| “2000” group show, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1999 | Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT, Equinox. A regional show of contemporary art, curated by Greg Bell and Willem Volkersz |
| 1998 | Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA. SOLO |
| 5 Abstract Painters. Lindenberg Gallery, NY, NY | |
| 1996 | Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Three-person show, February |
| Sacred Cows, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, Aug 1994 |
Selected Publications
| Artillery Magazine, by Tucker Neel. June 2009 |
| Art Froum.com, critics picks, Annie Buckley, May 2009 |
| Art News, Richard Speer, June 2009 |
| Layered mapping charts troubled histories, Adriana Grant, Seattle PI March 2009 |
| Beyond Architecture, Fantastic Buildings and imaginary cities, Edited by Lukas Feiress. For Gestalten Press, Berlin, book published Spring 2009 |
| Cartography. Artists and Maps, by Katherine Harmon, book published by Princeton Architectural Press, Summer 2009 |
| Hemispheres, United Airlines Magazine, Feature in February edition 2009 |
| Art Ltd, “Material Maps” feature article by Richard Speer, Nov 2007 |
| The Oregonian, reviewed by Victoria Blake, Oct 2007 |
| Willamette Week, reviewed by Richard Speer, Oct 2007 |
| Portland Mercury, reviewed by John Motley, Oct 2007 |
| Kansas City Star, reviewed by Theresa Berminster, Feb 22, 2007 |
| Seattle Weekly, reviewed by Molly Lori, May 3 2006 |
| SF Bay Guardian, reviewed by Katie Kurtz. Sep 21 2005 |
| San Francisco Chronicle, Creativity Comes Slipping through the cracks, Sep 10, 2005, By Kenneth Baker |
| Los Angeles Times, Composition from decomposition, June 10, 2005, by Christopher Knight |
| Catalogue Essay, by Michael Ned Holte, May 2005 |
| Artweek, April 2005, by Prudence F Roberts. |
| The Willamete Week, Feb 9 2005, by Richard Speer |
| The Miami New Times, Sep 30 2004, by Alfredo Triff |
| Artweek, review of Core Sample by Lois Allen, Dec 2003 |
| The Stranger, Seattle, May 29 2003, “Coastal Climate” by Emily Hall |
| Modern Painters, Spring 2003, Portland by Jeff Jahn |
| The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 12 2003, by Regina Hackett |
| The Oregonian, November 15 2002, reviewed by D.K. Row |
| Willamette Week, November 13 2002, reviewed by Richard Speer |
| The San Francisco Chronicle, October 12 2002, reviewed by Kenneth Baker |
| The Stranger, Seattle, February 14 2002, reviewed by Emily Hall |
| The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 7 2002, reviewed by Regina Hackett |
| The Seattle Weekly, February 7 2002, reviewed by Anna Fahey |
| The San Francisco Chronicle, July 14 2001, reviewed by Kenneth Baker |
| The Seattle P-I, Seattle, May 25 2001, reviewed by Regina Hackett |
| “From the Dust” The Stranger, Seattle, May 24 2001, reviewed by Emily Hall |
| The Anchorage Daily News, July 7 2000, reviewed by Mike Dunham |
| ZYZZYVA, West coast literary magazine, Matthew Picton “drawings” April 2000 |
| Artweek, April 2000, Vol31, issue 4, reviewed by Lois Allan |
| The Oregonian, February 11 2000, reviewed by D.K. Row |
| Preview. The Gallery Guide, Feb/March 2000, reviewed by Ted Lindenberg |
Collections
| The De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA |
| Pan Pacific Hotels collection |
Lectures
| “Cultural Surveillance”, University Kansas City Missouri, March 2006 |
| University of Southern Oregon, end of the year visiting artist lecture, May 2007 |
Images
Matthew Picton - Tehran, Collective Fictions, 2010, archival edition of the sculpture Tehran, before and after burning, created from book covers, 24 x 40 inches, framed. Robert Jaffe, photography
Matthew Picton - Dresden Burnt, 2010, music score of Wagner's Ring cycle, 47 x 47 inches. Robert Jaffe, photography
Matthew Picton - Dresden, 2010, music score of Wagner's Ring cycle, 47 x 47 inches. Robert Jaffe, photography
Matthew Picton - San Francisco Burnt, 2010, burnt video covers of The film, "San Francisco 1936", 48 x 58 inches. Robert Jaffe, photography
Matthew Picton - San Francisco, 2010, burnt video covers of The film, "San Francisco 1936", 48 x 48 inches. Robert Jaffe, photography
Matthew Picton - Washington DC, 2009, archival burnt paper, 42 x 56 inches. Robert Jaffe, photography
