Matthew Sontheimer

BIOGRAPHY

1969 Born in New Orleans, LA
Lives and works in Houston, TX

EDUCATION

1995

Masters of Fine Arts, Montana State University

1992

Outstanding Graduate in the Arts, Stephen F. Austin University

1990

Syracuse University (Florence, Italy program)

1987

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Austin University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006

The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX

2005

Sent Off and Revealed; Counted Down and Sealed, Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York, NY

2004

So That I'm Not Exactly Alone, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2003

New Work, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
The Case of the Stair, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Within A Name, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY

2002

Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2001

Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
ArtPace, San Antonio, TX

2000

Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

1999

Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX

1996

Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1995

Haynes Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

1994

Gasperi Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1993

Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

Drawn From New Orleans: Twentieth-Century Works from Private Collections, Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA

SouthwestNET: Drawing Outside the Lines, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

2006

Ripped from the Pages, Space 125 Gallery, Houston, TX

2005

Mental Maps, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY

Conceptual Art in Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

2004

5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter-Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

Jasmin Sian and Matthew Sontheimer, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2003

Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

New Work, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX

International Paper, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2002

Next, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Labyrinths, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX

2001

Outline: Emily Joyce, Matthew Sontheimer, and Hills Snyder, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX

Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

2000

Making a Mark: Experimental Drawing and Printmaking, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

1999

Helen Altman, Matthew Sontheimer, and Liz Ward, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Hot Spots: Los Angeles, Houston and Miami, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Texas Draws, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

1998

Artistic Centers in Texas: Houston & Galveston, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Textual Negotiations, Lawdale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX
Only Ever Half Transcendent, Diverse Works, Houston, TX

1997

Tina Merrin and Matthew Sontheimer, Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston, TX
Equal Pay, Revolution Summer Art Space, Houston, TX

1996

24 Emerging Artists, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA

1995

Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA

The Big Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX

Bozeman Draws, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT

Graduate Exhibit, Haynes Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (permanent site-specific installation)

Selected Bibliography