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Matty Byloos

Born 1974 and resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Education

2001 M.F.A. (Painting), Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1996 B.A. English (Creative Writing), Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2008 All New Nurses, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA, June
2006 Wordless Chorus, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
  Project Room, Gavlak Projects, Palm Beach, FL
2005 Towing the Line: Five Young L.A. Artists Making Their Mark, Paper Magazine in LA, ACME, Los Angeles
  Re-Make/Re-Model, SolwayJones, Los Angeles (*catalogue)
2003 Hancock Park Sister Series, SolwayJones, Los Angeles
2001 Jellyfish… and Unisex, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Center, CA
  Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Select Group Exhibitions

2008 “Byloos/Schoenstadt” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  ART LA, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
  Sandroni Rey Group Show, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Urban Myth: Visions of the City, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, curated by Jeremy Tessmer. (*catalogue)
  “W.O.P.”, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Christina Valentine
2006 Many, Many Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties, Circus of Books, West Hollywood, CA, curated by Julian Hoeber
  Flaming June, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York, NY, curated by Sarah Gavlak
2005 Towing the Line: Five Young L.A. Artists Making Their Mark, Paper Magazine in LA, ACME, Los Angeles, curated by Sarah Cohen
  New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition, Volume # 61, Juried by Connie Butler
  Fast Forward: A Passion for the New, curated by Scenic, House of Campari,Venice, CA
  Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2004 Paper Show: New Drawings, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Hieronymus Slept Here, curated by Rebecca Niederlander, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2003 Burchman, Byloos, Karubian, Gobel, E. Johnson, M. Johnson, Mihm, Ovelmen, Reeder, curated by Peter Bartlett, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Nocturnal Video Program, Curated by Skip Arnold, Galerie Christine Konig, Vienna, Austria
2002 Art Positions: Sandroni Rey, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
  12 Between 6th and 7th, Restaurant Supply Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Text Festival, curated by Fred Dewey, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
2001 22nd Annual Art Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Paintland, curated by Terry R. Myers, Lemon Sky, Los Angeles, CA
  Sculpture, Collage, Mixed Media, Juried by Phillipa Blair, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
  Introductions 2000, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1999 Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1998 Onyx, Los Angeles

Selected Bibliography

2007 Tessmer, Jeremy. “The Urban Myth: Visions of the City.” The Urban Myth: Visions of the City. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, curated by Jeremy Tessmer. Exhibition from September – October.
  Woodard, Josef. “’Urban’ Outfitted-Perspectives Range in the Impressive ‘Visions of the City,’” Santa Barbara News-Press, Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
  Biel, Kim. “The Urban Myth: Visions of the City, Exhibition Review” Art Ltd. (West Coast Art + Design), September, 2007.
2006 “Pick of the Week,” Las Vegas City Life, Thursday, March 30, 2006.
  Anania, Katie. “The Density of Sprawl,” Las Vegas City Life, Thursday, April 13, 2006. Review for the exhibition at Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, March 30-April 30, 2006.
  Twardy, Chuck. “Matty Byloos Deconstructs the Domestic,” Las Vegas Weekly, Thursday, April 13, 2006. Review for the exhibition at Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, March 30 – April 30, 2006.
2005 Wood, Eve. ArtUS, Issue #11, Dec. ’05 – Feb. ‘06. Review for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
  New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition, Volume # 61, Juried by Connie Butler
  “Continuing and Recommended,” Art Scene. Vol. 25, No. 2. October, 2005. Pg. 27.
  Kraus, Chris. “Icons and Puzzles.” ReMake/ReModel. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
  Valentine, Christina. “Myopic Dreams: The Elusiveness of Sight.” ReMake/ReModel. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005
2003 Scott, Carolyn Patricia. “Sunday Pick,” Los Angeles Times Sunday Calendar, Nov. 23.
  Green, Tyler. ModernArts Notes Blog ArtsJournal.com, Dec.

Awards and Residencies

2007 Las Vegas Art Museum, Juror, 56th Annual Art Roundup, Las Vegas, NV
2004 Stichting Kaus Australis (Residency), Rotterdam, Holland
2001 Yvonne Segerstrom Graduate Fine Art Fund, Project Grant (Art Center)
2000 Fletcher Jones Scholarship, Art Center College of Design
  Long Beach Arts Competition, Long Beach, CA

Corporate and Private Collections

Collection Richard Ekstract, Long Island, NY
Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Heights, OH
Ninah and Michael Lynne, New York City
Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles
Kenneth L. Freed, Boston, MA
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Purchased by Ruth and Marvin Sackner, Miami, FL
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Los Angeles, Curated by David Pagel and Ellen Phillips
Swiss Re, San Francisco, Curated by Swiss Re and Jenny Monbouquette
Genentech Corporate Collection, San Francisco

University Lectures and Public Speaking

Biola University, Santa Ana, CA (Spring 2002)
UCLA / Hammer Museum New American Writing Series (Summer 2004)
Cal State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Fall 2004)

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