Matthew Ronay - Biography

Born 1976, Louisville, Kentucky
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

2000
MFA Yale University

1998
BFA Maryland Institute College of Art


SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2012
La Conservera, Murcia, Spain, January

2011
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, June 24 – August 20

2010
Artpace, San Antonio, TX, curated by Matthew Drutt, September 23 – January 2, 2011

2009
MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA, "is the shadow,"
September 12 - October 17

2008
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, February 1 - March 8.

2006
Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark, "Distractions from War," October 14 - November 11.
MARC FOXX, West Gallery - Project Room, Los Angeles, CA.
Parasol Unit, London, United Kingdom, "Goin' Down, Down, Down," September 13 - November 8. (catalogue)
Vacio 9, Madrid, Spain, "Oh My God What Are We Gonna Do?!" February 2 - March 15.

2005
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "It's An Uprising!" February 25 - March 26.
MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA, "Shine the Light."
rec. / Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany, "Love Will Find A Way."

2004
Art Statements, presented by Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Art Basel 35, Switzerland, "A Possible New Order of Reconsiderings."

2002
Andrea Rosen, New York, NY, Gallery 2: "Catarina Leitão & Matthew Ronay; Tamed Nature & Outlaw Biker Gang," December 2 - January 18, 2003.
Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark, "Garden party and Four Conversations with Slippage," October 25 - December 21.

2001
MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Allan Nederpelt, Brooklyn, NY, "All That Is Unseen," curated by Meg O'Rourke & Caris Reid, February 18 – March 13
"Secret Societies," Schirn Kuntshalle, Frankfurt June 22- Sept. 25, 2011, Curated by Cristina Ricupero, Alexis Vaillant and Matthias Ulrich then travelling to Bordeaux Nov 2011-Feb 2012.

2010
Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY, "Love in Vein: Editions Fawbush projects and artists 2005-2010", November 4 - December 23
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, "2010 Next Wave Art," September 21 – December 19
Galerie Jean-Luc & Takaka Richard, Paris, France, "The Incomplete – Paris", artists from the Neumann Family Collection, October 16 – December 30
LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Germany, Neue Alchemie. Kunst der
Gegenwart nach Beuys, September 19, 2010 - January 16, 2011
Canada Gallery, New York, NY "Homuculi: Matt Greene, Allison Schulnik, Ruby Neri and Matthew Ronay," curated by Trinie Dalton, June 4 - July 11
The Virgin Mobile Freehouse, Austin, Texas, "THE SECRET KNOWS: AUSTIN, TX",
curated by Shamim Momin, March 17 - 21, 2010. Travels to: Los Angeles Nomadic Division

2009
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY " The Audio Show", July 13-August 23, 2009
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY, "The living and the dead", curated by Darren Bader, July 1-August 7, 2009

2008
BFAS Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneve, Switzerland, "Political Correct", September 18 - October 25 (catalogue)
Astrup Fearnley Museum for Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, "Meet Me Around the Corner - Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection", June 14 - August 31
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark, "FunFunFun", curated to Gitte Ørskou, February 23 - May 4

2007
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, "The Incomplete," Curated by Manon Slome and Hubert Neumann, October 2 - January 12, 2008 (catalogue)
GBE@Passerby, New York, NY, "The Wu-Tang / googolplex Show (Congress)," curated by Darren Bader, September 25 - October 13
rec. at Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany, "REC.OLLECTION," July 6 – September 15
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, "Phantasmania," curated by Elizabeth Dunbar, June 1 - August 19 (catalogue)
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, "L.I.C, NYC Video," Curated by Andréa Salerno, Presented in conjunction with "L.I.C., NYC," May 6 – August 5

2006
Chelsea Art Museum, NY, "The Food Show," November 17, 2006 - February 24, 2007.
Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark, "SUMMER," July 7 - August 19.

2005
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Looking at Words, The Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," November 2 - January 4, 2006.
Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, "The Art of Chess," October 28 - December 23. Travels to: Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Inc., Moscow, Russia, April 13 - May 15, 2006. (catalogue)
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, "Uncertain States of America. American Art in the 3rd Millenium," August 10 - November 13. (catalogue)
Travels to: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik,
Serpentine Gallery, London, England
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY, "Make It Now: New Sculpture in New York," May 15 - July 31. (catalogue)
CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, "Monuments for the USA,"April 7 - May 14. (catalogue)
Travels to White Columns, New York, NY, December 13 - February 7, 2006.
White Columns, New York, NY, "White Columns Benefit Auction," March 1 - 16.
Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, "Withdrawal," curated by Joe Scanlan, February 26 - April 2.

2004
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, "Four-Ply," July 15 - August 20.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, "2004 Whitney Biennial Exhibition," curated by Chrissie Iles, Shamim Momin and Debra Singer, March 11 - May 30. (catalogue)
Esther Schipper Gallery, Berlin, Germany, "the stars are so big, THE EARTH IS SO SMALL… stay as you are (Part I)," curated by Robert Meijer, September 10 - October 16, 2004.
Travels to: Studio Manuela Klerkx in Milan, Italy, March 17 - April 8, 2005

2003
Deitch Projects, New York, NY, "We are electric," curated by Chris Perez, November 8 - December 20.
Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany, "Game Over," September 10 - October 25.
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY, "New Slang: Emerging Voices in Sculpture,"curated by Claudia Altman-Siegel, July 11 - August 10.
MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA, "<--> Matthew Ronay, Evan Holloway and Hiroshi Sugito", March 22 - April 19.
Vedanta / Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Telling Stories," March 21 - April 22.
Cohan, Leslie, & Browne, New York, NY, "Little Triggers," February 20 - March 22.

2002
Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria, "youngsters* sculptures and other works from Los Angeles & New York *Sammlung Köhn," December 18 - March 29, 2003. (catalogue)
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, "Artists Imagine Architecture," May 22 - September 2. (catalogue)
Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark, "Gallery Luhmann," curated by Jason Dodge, March 2 - April 20.
Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY, "Now is the Time," curated by Ken Freed, January 27 - March 10.
Logan Gallery, CCAC, "Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art," January 19 - March 9.
MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA, "Group Show."
CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA "Sudden Glory: Sightgags and Slapstick," curated by Ralph Rugoff, January 19 - March 2. (catalogue)

2001
Exit Art, New York, NY, "Boomerang, Collectors Choice," November 10 - January 5, 2002.
MARC FOXX, Group Sculpture Show, Los Angeles, CA
MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA, "Mink Jazz", curated by Bruce Hainley

2000
Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY "Two Friends and So On," organized by Rob Pruitt and Jonathan Horowitz, June 29 - August 12.

1999
Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, "Minty," curated by Bruce Hainley