| BORN | 1975, State College, PA |
| Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY | |
| EDUCATION | |
| 2006 | MFA, The International Center of Photography/Bard Program for Advanced Photographic Studies, New York |
| 1998 | BA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2018 | News From Nowhere, M+B, Los Angeles, CA |
| The Links are Joined and Form a Ring, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France | |
| 2016 | Sunclipse, Invisible Exports, New York, NY |
| Four False Starts, M+B, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2014 | High Difference, Invisible Exports, New York, NY |
| 2013 | Greet the Dust, M+B, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2012 | Pale Subtropical Light, M+B, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2011 | The Undefeated, Invisible Exports, New York, NY |
| 2009 | High Lonesome, M+B, Los Angeles, CA |
| High Lonesome, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX | |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2018 | Look West, Young Man!, Galerie Xippas, Geneva |
| Polaroids: The Disappearing, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY | |
| High Summer, Foley Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Where is the Future Made?, Lishui International Photography Festival, Lishui, China | |
| Victory Over the Sun: The Poetics and Politics of Eclipse, KMAC Museum, Louisville, KT | |
| Endless Summer, Meyer Vogel Gallery, Charleston, SC | |
| 2017 | Auto Photo: de 1900 à nos jours, Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France |
| 2016 | A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY |
| A Verdant Summer, Taymour Grahne, New York, NY | |
| What’s Up, Soho Revue, London, UK | |
| Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Entry Point, Daniel Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA | |
| 2015 | Russian Doll, M+B, Los Angeles, CA |
| Under Construction – New Positions in American Photography, Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2014 | Altarations: Built, Blended, Processed, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL |
| Of My Affection, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| Me and Benjamin, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France | |
| Stills, Michael Lowe Gallery, Cincinnati, OH | |
| Under Construction – New Positions in American Photography, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| 2013 | House of Vetti, Koenig & Clinton, New York, NY |
| Spook Rock Road Josephine Meckseper, Steven Parrino, Matthew Porter, Richard Prince, Blair Thurman and Kaz Oshiro, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, France | |
| 2012 | After Photoshop, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
| There’s Something Happening Here, Brancolini Grimaldi, London, UK | |
| 2011 | Brooklyn to Nashville, curated by Soo Kim, ZeiherSmith pop-up gallery, Nashville, TN |
| US EST, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA | |
| On Wheels, brand 10 art space, Fort Worth, TX | |
| 2010 | Perspectives 2010, International Center of Photography Museum, New York, NY |
| New Work New York, curated by Tim Barber, Levi’s Photo Workshop, New York, NY | |
| The Exquisite Landscape, ICP Educational Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Unframed, curated by Neville Wakefield, ACRIA Benefit Auction, New York, NY | |
| 2009 | Blind Spot Magazine Benefit Auction, X Initiative, New York, NY |
| (super)natural, New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue) | |
| The Noble Savage and the Little Tramp, curated by Hannah Whitaker, Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper, NY | |
| Meet & Cake, Roos Arts, Rosendale, NY | |
| 2008 | The World Is All, That Is The Case, curated by Arthur Ou, Hudson Franklin, New York, NY |
| The Allegory of the Mountain, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH | |
| Things Are Strange, New Century Artists, New York, NY | |
| Group Hug, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX | |
| 2007 | The Interactive Landscape, Mount Tremper Arts Festival, Mount Tremper, New York, NY |
| UNSEEN, Arnhem Mode Bienniale, Arnhem, The Netherlands | |
| 2005 | Art + Commerce Festival of Emerging Photographers, curated by Charlotte Cotton, The Tobacco Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY |
| MFA Group Show, The International Center of Photography, New York, NY | |
| CURATORIAL PROJECTS | |
| 2014 | Soft Target, organized with Phil Chang, M+B, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2013 | X+1, At Large Magazine, December |
| 2012 | The Crystal Chain, curator, Invisible Exports, New York, NY |
| Blind Spot Magazine, Issue 45, co-curated with Hannah Whitaker | |
| 2010-11 | Bedtime for Bonzo, curator, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2010 | Seven Summits, curator, Mount Tremper Arts, Catskills, NY (catalogue) |
| “Photo Contest,” Canteen Magazine, Issue 6, an open forum curatorial project in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum’s Arnold Lehman | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 2018 | "Matthew Porter's Solo Debut at Galerie Xippas, Paris," Artinfo, April 8 |
| 2016 | Lehmann, Claire. “Matthew Porter: INVISIBLE-EXPORTS,” Artforum Critics’ Picks, December 2, 2016 |
| Wagley, Catherine. “Four False Starts at M+B,” Photograph Magazine, May/June | |
| Zellen, Jody. “Recommended Exhibitions.” ArtScene, March 2016 | |
| Samson, Jonah. “Matthew Porter’s ‘Four False Starts’ Exhibition,” Cool Hunting, February 9, 2016 | |
| 2015 | Cotton, Charlotte, Photography is Magic, Aperture Books |
| "Both Sides of Sunset," Metropolis Books | |
| “Paradoxical Abstraction,” Artpress, March 2015 | |
| Colberg, Jorg. “Matthew Porter’s Archipelago,” Conscientious Photography Magazine, August | |
| "Altarations," W. Rod Faulds and Jeanie Ambrosio, Florida Atlantic University (catalogue) | |
| “Sunshine Noir,” At Large Magazine, Vol. 2 | |
| 2014 | Mizota, Sharon. “The Focus Cleverly Blurs in ‘Soft Target’ at M+B,” Los Angeles Times, August 22 |
| Fiske, Courtney. “Matthew Porter,” Artforum Critics’ Picks, April 5, 2014 | |
| Heinrich, Will. “Matthew Porter: High Difference at Invisible-Exports,” Gallerist, April 2 | |
| Bateman, Karin. “Under Construction,” Foam Magazine, issue #38 | |
| 2013 | Balhetchet, Sophie. “Pale Subtropical Light,” HotShoe, Winter Issue |
| “500 Words,” Interview with Ian Svenonius, Artforum.com, 2013 | |
| Wagley, Catherine. “Matthew Porter: Greet the Dust,” photography, October Issue | |
| “Still Life Comparison,” IMA Magazine, Winter, Volume 6 | |
| Rosenberg, David. “Avoiding Pigeonholes: From Muscle Cars to Jane Fonda Recreations,” Slate, July 18, 2013 | |
| 2012 | “All That is Solid Melts Into Air,” Conveyor Magazine, Issue 3 |
| “500 Words,” Interview with Robert Buck, Artforum.com, February 7, 2012 | |
| 2011 | Paddle8 blog, guest contributor |
| “Studio with Red Bag: Various Interviews,” Triple Canopy, Issue 12 | |
| Diehl, Travis. “Critic’s Pick: Bedtime for Bonzo,” ARTFORUM, January, 2011 | |
| 2010 | Johnson, Ken. “Riffs on Photography (I Am Not Always a Camera),” The New York Times, July, 2010 |
| ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS | |
| 2010-15 | Part-time faculty, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY |
| 2010-11 | Visiting instructor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009-11 | Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
| 2009 | Adjunct Faculty, University of Maine, Orono, ME |
| ARTIST TALKS AND LECTURES | |
| 2016 | Artist Lecture, University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2015 | Artist Lecture, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| Artist Lecture, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA | |
| Artist Lecture, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY | |
| 2014 | Panelist, Under Construction, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2010 | Artist Lecture, NYU Steinhardt, New York, NY |
| 2009 | Workshop, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 | Artist Lecture, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
| MONOGRAPHS | |
| 2015 | “Archipelago.” Published by MACK Books |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
| Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio | |
| The Traina Collection, San Francisco | |
| The Sir Elton John Photography Collection, London | |
| Statoil Art Collection, Norway | |
| UBS Art Collection, New York | |
