Matthew Farina
Matthew.Farina@gmail.com

b. Wisconsin, 1982
Lives/works, Brooklyn, NY

 

Exhibitions

2011 
Matthew Farina: Recent Collages, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Chain Letter, Sampson Projects, Boston, MA
Grey Matter (co-curator), The Painting Center, New York, NY
Beaux Arts Ball, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
The Square Deal Project, Various Locations in Philadelphia, PA

2010  
Artists Invite Artists, The Painting Center, New York, NY
The Pursuit of Happiness, SOMA NewArt Gallery, Cape May, NJ
Philadelphia Painters (curator), The Painting Center , New York, NY
The Square Deal Project, Various Locations in Philadelphia, PA
New Walls Fresh Paint , The Painting Center, New York, NY

2009                  
35/25: Twenty-Five Painters under Thirty-Five , The Painting Center, NYC
Abstraction Now , Nassau County Community College, Garden City, NY Matthew Farina: Tangent , One-Person Exhibit , Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Matthew Farina & Brae Howard, 10th Street Laundromat, Philadelphia, PA
LGBTQ Emerging Artists , William Way Community Center, Philadelphia, PA The Square Deal Project , Various Public Locations, Philadelphia PA
Small Works Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007                  
Matthew Farina: Paling, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Learning to Love You More (online)
Small Works Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006
City-wide Exhibit, ARTSPACE, New Haven, CT
Annual Small Works Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Annual Small Works Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wayne Art Center, Annual Juried Exhibition, Wayne, PA
Juried Exhibition, The 1301 Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2001
NFAA Young ARTS Exhibit, Miami, FL

 

Honors / Talks / Residencies

         
Exhibition Panelist, The Painting Center, New York, NY, 2010
Visiting Critic, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, 2010       
Vermont Studio Center Residency, Visual Arts Grant, 2009
Visiting Lecturer, Jamie Hulley Foundation, Woodbridge CT 2004
The Richard C. von Hess Memorial Grant, 2004
The Elena and Will Barnet Prize for Abstract Art (PAFA), 2004
The Robert T. Wikersham Purchase Prize in Lithography (PAFA, 2004
NFAA Young ARTS Finalist, Miami, FL 2000                  
Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Summer Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO, 1999

 

Bibliography

"Week in Review", Dear Chelsea (online), 11-06-11
"35/25" Catalog, Ryan Cobourn and John Yau, 6-23-09         
"Stripe Tease", The Philadelphia Inquirer , Edith Newhall, 4-6-07 "Hodgepodge for the Holidays", The Philadelphia Inquirer , Edith Newhall, 12-22-06
"City-Wide head to the 'hood", The New Haven Register , Donna Doherty, 10-14-06
"Artspace show explores history", The Yale Daily News , Justin Jannise, 11-29-06
"Waukesha Art Students enter Million-Dollar Club ," Waukesha Freeman , Lee Colony, 5-16-01

 

Education

4-year Studio Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
BFA, University of Pennsylvania