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Education
2008 California College of the Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts with High Distinction
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Hayrides, Live With Animals, Brooklyn, NY
They Really Want You, Unspeakable Projects, San Francisco, CA
American Leather, The Painted Bird L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2008 Flagtown Coyote, Tecoah and Thomas Bruce Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007 These Colors Don’t Run, The Painted Bird, San Francisco, CA
2004 Portraits, The Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Group Exhibitions
2011
The Elegance of Refusal, Curated by Jessica Silverman, Gensler, San Francisco, CA
Yerba Buena Nights, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, CA
ARTPad Art Fair, The Phoenix Hotel, Courtesy of Unspeakable Projects, San Francisco, CA
The Lab Silent Auction, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Media Love, Unspeakable Projects, San Francisco, CA
2010
We Are The World, Roots And Culture Contemporary Art Center, Curated By Liliana LeWIcka, Chicago, IL
Southern Exposures 10th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure/Verdi Club, San Francisco, CA
Babylon, 4707 Telegraph, Curated by Kara Joslyn, Oakland, CA
Towards The Liminal, The Oakbook, Curated by Theo Konrad Auer, Oakland, CA
Multi Occulti, 4707 Telegraph, Curated by Kara Joslyn and Justin Olerud, Oakland, CA
This Means War, Unspeakable Projects, San Francisco, CA
2009
Always Is Always Forever, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Just Because There are Questions Does Not Mean There Are Answers, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
Buddy System, Little Paper Planes Group Show, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA
Ding Dong Youre Dead, Down at Lulu’s, Curated by Seth Bogart, Oakland, CA
2008
CCA Baccalaureate Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Trigger, 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA
Making Room for Wonder, SomArts, Curated by Tirza True Latimer, San Francisco, CA
Whats Up, Swift Pigeon Studios, Curated by Kara Joslyn, Oakland, CA
Queerity, The Million Fishes Art Collective, Curated by Zee Bourdeaux and Tamara Lowenstein, San Francisco, CA
Collection, Curation, and Display, The San Francisco Public Library, Curated by Christina La Sala, San Francisco, CA
Artspan: 30 under 30, Juried by Justin Giara, Kerri Stephens and Jennifer Rogers, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
PLAySPACE Benefit Auction, PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
All-College Honors Awards Exhibition, The Oliver Art Center, California College of The Arts, Oakland, CA
2007
Gun Show, The North/South Gallery, California College of The Arts, Oakland, CA
With Friends Like These, Clean Gallery, Curated by Ben Seevers, Oakland, CA
Disgusteen, Tecoah and Thomas Bruce Gallery, California College of The Arts San Francisco, CA
Best of Junior Review, The Oliver Art Center, California College of The Arts, Oakland, CA
Editions of You, Curated by Kara Joslyn, Isabel Percy West, California College of The Arts, Oakland, CA
2006
Will Will All Be Well Benefit Auction, The Space Gallery, Curated by Monica Canilao, San Francisco, CA
Drawing Attraction, Ego Park, Curated by Sean Garrison, Oakland, CA
The Virus Show, The Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
All-College Honors Awards Exhibition, The Oliver Art Center, California College of The Arts, Oakland, CA
OK City for Sale, Ego Park, Oakland, CA
2005
Time, Space and Body, Isabel Percy West, California College of The Arts, Curated by Galya Rosenfeld, Oakland, CA
2004
Presidential Scholarship in the Arts Awards Exhibition, The Smithsonian Institute’s Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
ARTSWeek Awards Exhibition, The Miami Childrens Museum, Miami, FL
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Exhibition, The Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Self-Portraits, The Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
2003
PCAE Group Show, Patricks Cabaret, Minneapolis, MN
Annual Senior Self-Portrait Show, The Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
2002
Annual Junior Self-Portrait Show, The Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Spring Open Show, Curated by Karen Monson and Bill Jeter, The Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Awards and Recognitions
2007
Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship, All-College Honors, Scholarship Competition
2006
Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship, All-College Honors, Scholarship Competition
2004
Presidential Scholar in Visual Art Level 1 ARTSAward , The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
National Silver Key, The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Regional Gold Key, The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
PCAE Grant recipient, The Minnesota State Arts Board
Collections
Larry Rinder, Berkeley, CA Michael Schoolnik, San Francisco, CA Carolina Amaris and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA Stevie Aoki, Los Angeles, CA Marcus Keller, San Francisco, CA Edward and Elizabeth Jansen, New York, NY Sydney and Nancy Unobskey, San Francisco, CA Adam Hatch, Oakland, CA Tynan Kerr, MInneapolis, MN David Bjournguard, San Francisco, CA Math Bass, Los Angeles, CA Zee Bourdeaux, Berlin, Germany Mauri Skinfill and Justin Kerr, San Francisco, CA Pete and Julie Johnson, Saucalito, CA Leoni Figaredo, San Francisco, CA Ehren Reed, San Francisco, CA Melissa Wilson, Oakland, CA Gabe Dikel, Brooklyn, NY Jason Fritz Michael, San Francisco, CA Michael Hall, San Francisco, CA
Press
Flavorpill, “Matt Momchilov’s ‘They Really Want You’ Transforms Queer Icons into Punk Legends” November 2, 2011, By Judy Berman
The Missing Box, “Momchilov is a fucking genius”, October 28th, 2011, By Alese Osborn
Juxtapoz, “Matt Momchilov at Unspeakable Projects”, November 6, 2011, By Hannah Stouffer
Supercheif Magazine, “Matt Momchilov Paints Portraits of Young Americans (and their dicks), November 15th, 2011, By Ed Zipco
SFist, “Artist Matt Momchilov’s They Really Want You Mimics Fan Art”, November 21, 2011, By Leanne Maxwell and Micke Tong
Art Business, “Unspeakabe Projects: Matt Momchilov”, October 27th, 2011, By Alan Bamberger
Fecal Face, “Works by Matt Momchilov”, October 20th, 2011, By John Trippe
The Moon Stop, “Lemonaids”, August 2011, By Gina Abelkop
Cheap and Plastique, “Butthole” August 2011, By Violet Shuraka
Kingdom of Style, “Unspeakable Things”, July 2011, By Queen Michelle
Royale Enterprise, “Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned: Matt Momchilov’s Top 5 Scorned Woman Anthems”, July 2011, By Petra Royale
Kate Lawson DO Believe The Hype, “DO Believe The Hype… Matt Momchilov: American Leather” July 2011, By Kate Lawson
Anal Magazine Print Issue #2, “Matt Momchilov”, January 2011, Pg. 73, By Daniel Castillo Reynoso
Anal Magazine Blog, “Matt Momchilov”, October 2010, By Daniel Castillo Reynoso
Chicago Tribune, “We Are The World” Review, February 12, 2010, By Lauren Viera
Whitehot Magazine, “We Are The World” Review, February 2010, By Keith Brown
Time Out Chicago, “We Are The World”, February 4-10 2010 Isuue, By Jonathan Kinkley
Newcity Art, “We Are The World” Review, February 2010, By Nate Lee
ARTslant, Surveying The Bay Area Now, September 2009, By Larry Rinder and Andrew Berardini
Art Business, Eleanor Harwood: Always is Always Forever, September 2009, By Alan Bamberger
San Francisco Bay Guardian, “New Wave Of California Painting”, August 26, 2009, By Johnny Ray Huston
Art Business, “Rare Device: Buddy System”, July 2009, By Alan Bamberger
The San Francisco Chronicle, “Buddy System: A conversation in art”, July 16th, 2009, By Kimberly Chun,
Antler Magazine, “Matt Momchilov”, July 22, 2009, By Angela Simione
FecalFace.com, “Julys Oakland Art Murmur Review”, July 30, 2009, By Theo Konrad Auer
KQED Arts, “Becoming Non Object and Just Because There are Questions” Review, June 21, 2009,
The Oakbook, The Month Ahead in Oakland Art, June 3, 2009, By Theo Konrad Auer
Art Business, “Million Fishes: Queerity”, June 2008, By Alan Bamberger
Art Business, “30 under 30”, June 2008, By Alan Bamberger
The Volcanoland Chronicles, February 28, 2009, By Bianca Foss
Art Business, “Space Gallery: We Will All Be Well”, October 2006, By Alan Bamberger
Art Fever, “East Bay Sightings”, August 2006, By Bob Callaway
“American Talent”, PBS Documentary, Aired September 2004
