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Born: 1975, Berkeley, CA
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
3/08	Matt Brackett: Threshold, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2/06	Matt Brackett: New Paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2/05	A Place Apart, two-person show, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
4-5/01	Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
5/08	The DeCordova Annual Exhibition, The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
4/07	Worth A Thousand Words, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
12/06	The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition: Everything But Paper Prayers, invitational show, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
4/06	Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Chicago, IL
12/05	The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition: Everything But Paper Prayers, invitational show, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Ma
6-8/05	Tufts Second Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA; Curators: Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Director of the Galleries and Collections, Tufts University, and Pascal Spengemann, Taxter and Spengemann Gallery, NY
4/05	Art Chicago in the Park, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
3/05	New American Painting #56, juried exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA; Curator: Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2/05	Painting Now: Selections From the 2004 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Awards, group show, ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, MA
1/05	San Francisco International Art Exposition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
6/04	36th Annual New Talent Show, four-person show, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1/04	New Art 2004, juried show, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA; Curator Susan Stoops, Curator of Contemporary Art, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
4-6/02	New England/New Talent, juried show with catalog, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA; Curator: Anja Chavez, Associate Curator of Exhibitions, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
3/02	New American Painting #38, juried exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA; Curator: Lillian Tone, Assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
1-3/02	Northeast Artists, invitational show, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
9-10/01	Somerville Arts Council Grant Winners, group show, The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
9-12/00	The Salon Show, group show, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA
9-12/00	Build, group show, The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
4-5/00	The Drawing Show, juried show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; Curator: Ellen Gallagher
5/99-08	Vernon Street Studios Open Studios, Somerville, MA
5/98	Central Street Studios Open Studios, Somerville, MA
5/97	The Yale University Art Gallery, group show, New Haven, CT
8/96	Chautauqua Institution Gallery, group show, Chautauqua, NY
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2006	Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (Montréal, Québec)
2005	Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant (Shelter Island, NY)
1/05	Residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2004	Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant
2/04	Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
2004	Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant (Somerville, MA)
2003	George Sugarman Foundation Grant (Novato, CA)
2001	Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant (Somerville, MA)
1999	Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant (Somerville, MA)
5/97	Ethel Childe Walker Prize: Departmental Faculty Prize for Outstanding Artistic Distinction, Yale University, New Haven, CT
EDUCATION
1997	BA, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Magna cum laude, Distinction in the Major (Painting)
1996	Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
1991	Massachusetts College of Art Summer Art Program, Boston, MA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cate McQuaid, "The View from Here: The DeCordova Annual Exhibition," The Boston Globe, 5/23/08 Chris Bergeron, "Artists on the Edge: DeCordova Exhibit Pushes the Artform," The Wellesley Townsman, 5/22/08 Grace Consoli, "The Insistence of Luminosity: Matt Brackett at Alpha Gallery," Art New England, 4-5/08 Cate McQuaid, "Matt Brackett" 'Recent Paintings,'" The Boston Globe Sidekick, 3/20/08 Alicia Faxon, "Matt Brackett: New Paintings," Art New England, 6-7/06 Cate McQuaid, "The Story of Bedtime Story: One Painting from Idea to Canvas to Wall," The Boston Globe Magazine, 3/19/06 Cate McQuaid, "Two Takes on the Art of the Story," The Boston Globe, 2/16/06 Terri Dodd and Joshua Rose, eds., "Matt Brackett," American Art Collector, 2/06 Cate McQuaid, "At Tufts, Rewards In Improbable Experiments," The Boston Globe, 7/15/05 Randi Hopkins, "Season In The Sun," The Boston Phoenix, 6/3/05 Debra Filcman, "Bloodlines," The Duxbury Reporter, 3/23/05 Tara Cronin, "Thoughts Of Home," South Shore Living, 3-4/05 Keith L. Martin, "Family Displays Their House Painting: Mother, Son Reflect On Loss Of Family Home In New Exhibit," Duxbury Clipper, 2/23/05 Bob Jackman, "Complex Conversations: Museum Juxtaposes Work Of Mother, Son," The Patriot Ledger, 2/19-20/05 Mary Jo Palumbo, "Painters Selling Family Home Brush Aside Their Sadness," Boston Herald, 2/2/05 Auditi Guha, "Artists Accept City Grants Pulling Them Into Community Service," Somerville Journal 5/13/04 Nancy Sheehan, "'New' Horizons," The Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 4/02 Craig S. Semon, "New England Talent On View At Fitchburg Art Museum," The Montechuett Telegram & Gazette, 4/02 Beth Surdut, "Gloucester's Acacia Gallery Branches Out," Arts Media, 6/01 Randi Hopkins, "Connections: Building Art In Somerville And The South End," The Boston Phoenix, 12/00 Ken Capobianco, "Exploring The 'Built' World," Cambridge Chronicle, 11/1/00 Shawn Hill, regional review, Art New England, 8-9/00 Paul Parcellin, local review, RETRO-ROCKET.com, 6/00 Aviya Kushner, local review, Arts Media, 6/15-7/15/00 Mary Sherman, "Drawing The Line," Boston Herald, 5/7/00 Wambui Wamunyu, "Art, Art Everywhere For Brackett," Somerville Journal, 11/4/99