Directory
Matthew Mahler
Adj Asst Professor
Art
- (718) 368-5718
- Matthew.Mahler@kbcc.cuny.edu
- S-155, Arts and Sciences Center
Biography
Born St. James, NY, 1982
Living in Queens, working out of Brooklyn, NY
Matthew Mahler is an Adjunct Assistant professor at Kingsborough Community College and a Teaching Artist with STUDIO in a School. Mahler’s work has been included in various exhibitions around the United States including Sardine (NY), One River School of Art + Design (NY), Heliopolis (NY), Matteawan Gallery (NY), Gallery 21 (VA), Centotto (NY), Transmitter Gallery (NY), Guest Spot @ the ReInstitute (MD), Gallery North (NY), Denny Gallery (NY), Lu Magnus (NY), Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery (NY), Storefront Bushwick (NY), the Austrian Cultural Forum (NY) amongst others.
Education
| 2009 | Master of Fine Arts, Painting, CUNY Queens College |
| 2004 | Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Hofstra University Magna Cum Laude |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2019 | Every Day, One River Art + Design, Woodbury, NY |
| 2017 | UP & DOWN, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2014 | Luxury Good, Heliopolis, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2013 | Masters of the Fine Arts, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2010 | No Comply, Klapper Hall Gallery, CUNY Queens College, Flushing, NY |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | Currents, Morris Adjmi Architects, NY, NY (Curated by Alex Feim) Glenlilly Grounds, Newburgh, NY |
| 2022 | Glenlilly Grounds, Newburgh, NY |
| 2021 | Studio Associate at Store for Rent Gallery, Store For Rent Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Jen Hitchings) Glenlilly Grounds, Newburgh, NY On the Ridge, Garageland Gallery, Ridgewood, NY |
| 2020 | Solitaire,Proto Gomez Gallery/Artsy, (Curated by Jen Hitchings of Studio Associate), NY |
| 2019 | The Mushroom Show, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY The Big T Shirt Show, Ex Ovo Projects, Dallas, TX |
| 2018 | Glenlilly Grounds, Newburgh, NY |
| 2017 | Post-Magic Symbiosis,Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY (Curated by Lacey Fekishazy Glenlilly Grounds, Newburgh, NY |
| 2016 | Glenlilly Grounds, Newburgh, NY Bringing Brooklyn to Norfolk, Gallery 21, Norfolk, VA |
| 2015 | Something Naught, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY Paintings in Trees,The People’s Garden, Brooklyn, NY Self-Organized — Aesthetic Politics of The Artist Run, Guest Spot @ THE REINSTITUTE, Baltimore, MD |
| 2014 | NYC Art Scene, Gallery North, Setauket, NY (Curated by Jaqueline Lipp) Share This! Appropriation After Cynicism, Denny Gallery, NY (Curated by Adam Parker Smith) |
| 2013 | Thanks, Lu Magnus, NY (Curated by Adam Parker Smith) Future Folk Pt. 1, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Will Hutnick and Polly Shindler) |
| 2012 |
Matthew Mahler and Andrew Zarou, Camel Art Space, Brooklyn NY |
| 2011 |
Fekishazy, Feldman, Mahler, Art 101. Brooklyn NY |
| 2010 | Verses from the Abstract, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY |
| 2009 | TOPSHOW, New York, NY |
| 2008 |
Measured Intuition, New York, NY |
| 2007 | Matthew Mahler and Clint Fulkerson, Four Walls Gallery, Portland, ME |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2024 | Mahler, Matthew. Meet Matthew Mahler, 30, April 2024,https://canvasrebel.com/meet-matthew-mahler/. Accessed May 2, 2024. |
| 2020 | ART MAZE Magazine, SpringIssue 17 (2020):119. |
| 2019 | ART MAZE Magazine, Issue 12 (2019):120-121. |
| 2017 |
Gunhouse, Carl. "Matthew Mahler, UP & DOWN @ Sardine." Review. |
| 2015 |
Stevenson, Jonathan. “Surface prep at Centotto: Dunlap, Mahler, D’Acunto, DaWalt,”two coats of paint, “(blog).” March 27, 2015, 9:51 AM.,www.twocoatsofpaint.com Farley, Michael Anthony. “Brooklyn to Baltimore: A Celebration of Artist-Run Spaces,”art f city, “(blog).” July 30, 2015,. www.artfcity.com |
| 2014 |
Butler, Sharon. “SURVEY: Bleaching, Staining and Dyeing,” two coats of paint,“(blog).” January 22, 2014, 3:37 p.m., www.twocoatsofpaint.com Underwood, Andrew Douglas, "www.groveandceremony.com," May 17, 2014. |
| 2013 |
D’Agostino, Paul. “Brooklyn Art in 2013: What to Watch” The L Magazine, January 2, 2013. Zwerenz, John. “Ridgewood’s Expanding Art Scene.” Queens Chronicle. April 11, 2013. Brightcliffe, Dan. “Artist Makes Ridgewood his Home.“ Glendale and Ridgewood Life, July, 2013. Cover, 14-17. Gunhouse, Carl. "Matthew Mahler, Masters of the Fine Arts @ Sardine." Review. Searching for the Light. November 6, 2013. http://carlgunhouse.blogspot.com |
| 2012 |
Mahler, Matthew. “Matthew Mahler’s Door to Odd Universe.” Interview by Katarina Hybenova,
Web. February 7, 2012. Rosenblum, Constance. “Follow the Drips of Paint” The New York Times, March 18th, 2012. |
| 2011 | Mahler, Matthew. “Matthew Mahler, Elevating Painting to the Next Level.” Interview
by Jason Borbet. Web. 4 February, 2011. http://www.borbay.com/2011/02/10/featured-artist-matthew-mahler-elevating-painting-to-the-next-level/ |
| 2007 | Paige, Ian. “New Kids on the Block” The Boston Phoenix, August 15, 2007 |
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
| 2016 |
NURTURE/nature, 245 Varet, Bushwick, NY Space Oddity, Sardine, Bushwick, NY |
| 2012 |
HYPERCOLOR, SMALL BLACK DOOR, Ridgewood, NY Post Acid, SMALL BLACK DOOR, Ridgewood, NY |
| 2011 |
All My Friends, SMALL BLACK DOOR, Ridgewood, NY small.black.show., SMALL BLACK DOOR, Ridgewood, NY |
| 2008 |
Measured Intuition, The 1929, New York, NY |
ART AWARDS and GRANTS
| 2009 | Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Nominee |
| 2004 | Michael Gordon Undergraduate Painting Award |