Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2016
Stout Projects, “Matthew Neil Gehring: Mixed Business”, Brooklyn, NY (catalog available)
2015
C2C Project Space, “David Fought and Matthew Neil Gehring”, San Francisco, CA
2014
Islip Art Museum, “Color Space Edges: Paintings by Matthew Neil Gehring”, curated by Beth Giacummo, East Islip, NY
2013
Dishman Art Museum, “Matthew Neil Gehring: Brilliant Corners”, Beaumont, TX (catalog)
2008
Red House Arts Center, “From the Bottom of My Heart”, Syracuse, NY
1708 Gallery, “Seductions”, Richmond, VA (two person exhibition)
2005
Cubicle Ten Gallery, “Matthew Gehring: Recent Work”, Baltimore, MD
Rosefsky Studio Gallery, “Flame-jobs, Collisions, and Other Stuff”, Binghamton, NY
2004
Kittredge Gallery, “Matthew Gehring, Recent Work”, Tacoma, WA
2003
Thacher Gallery, “Absence”, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2002
Reese Bullen Gallery, “Allegories and Games”, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
VSC2: The Violent Study Club Alumni Association; Jon Cowan, Vincent Como, Matthew Neil Gehring, Rebecca Murtaugh, Debra Ramsey
2020
Plaxall Gallery, “Back to the Table”, curated by Nancy Bruno and Puneeta Mittal, Long Island City, NYC
2019
Museum St. Wendel, “Breathe”, curated by Arvid Boecker, St. Wendel, Germany
Knauer Gallery, “Shucks, Spinski Redux”, curated by Sally Van Orden and Andrew Snyder, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
2018
Bridge Productions, "Brooklyn Bridge", curated by Sue Danielson, Seattle, WA
2017
Lichtundfire, "Bound by Matter", New York, NY
“Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us) . v2”, curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones; Class Room, Coventry, England, January 2017; Apothecary, Chattanooga, TN, January 2017; Volunteer State Community College, Nashville, TN, January 2017; NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA, March 2017; Raygun Projects, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, May 2017
2016
David and Schweitzer Contemporary, “Making the Future”, curated by Julie Torres and Michael David, Brooklyn, NY
“Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us) . v2”, curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones Corridor / divisible, Dayton, OH, September 2016; Curating Contemporary, online, October 2016; Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany, October 2016; Angelika Studios, High Wycombe, England, December 2016; Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL, December 2016
2015
Stout Projects, “Ocko Socko! - Paul Behnke, Rebecca Murtaugh, and Matthew Neil Gehring”, Brooklyn, NY
c2c projects at “Artist-run”, curated by Kirk Stoller, SATELLITE Art Show, Miami, FL
Storefront Ten Eyck, “Making History”, curated by Krista Saunders ScenDSAna and Dexter Wimberly, Brooklyn, NY
Circuit 12 Contemporary, “Family Ties”, curated by Julie Torres and Bonnie Leibowitz, Dallas, TX
2014
Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery at the Staller Art Center, “Form and Facture: New Painting and Sculpture from New York”, curated by Karen Levitov, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Storefront Ten Eyck, “Abstraction and Its Discontents”, organized by Deborah Brown, Brooklyn, NY
Pocket Utopia (formerly), “Family Style”, pop-up show curated by Julie Torres, New York, NY
Life on Mars Gallery, “Summer Invitational”, Brooklyn, NY
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, “Eight Painters”, curated by Paul Behnke, New York, NY (catalog available)
Storefront Ten Eyck, “Arts in Bushwick Benefit”, Brooklyn, NY
Imogen Holloway Gallery, “Top Drawer”, Saugerties, NY
2013
16 Wilson, “Meta Vista”, hosted by Deborah Brown, Brooklyn, NY
Curating Contemporary, “Meta Vista”, www.curatingcontemporary.com
Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, “Nurture Art Benefit”, curatorial jury--Jennie Lamensdorf, James Panero, Amy Smith-Stewart, and Mark Tribe, New York NY
Terrace Studios and Gallery, “Now You See It, Now You Don't”, curated by Karl Bielik, London, UK
Biers Gallery, “Let's Talk About Love: The Love Library”, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Printed Matter, “Let's Talk About Love: The Love Library”, New York, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, ”Let's Talk About Love: The Love Library”, Indianapolis, IN
2012
Charles Bank Gallery, “Nurture Art Benefit”, curatorial jury: Kianga Ellis, Charlotta Kotik, Lawrence Rinder, and Herb Tam, Charles Bank Gallery, New York NY
UD@Crane Gallery, “Degrees of Abstraction”, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of Contemporary Art, “Let's Talk About Love: The Love Library,” Detroit, MI
2011
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, “All in the Family”, New Harmony, IN
2010
PooL Art Fair, “Decadent Eclipse”, curated by Natalia Ivanova Mount, New York, NY
2009
Jack the Pelican Gallery, “Old School”, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Space 101 Gallery, “Part Clay/Part Object”, Pittsburgh, PA
Curatorial Work
2019
Shari Mendelson and Catherine Haggarty, Flecker Gallery, SCCC Ammerman Campus, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Nancy Princenthal)
2018
Sapphire Eye: Courtney Puckett, Flecker Gallery, SCCC Ammerman Campus, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Lilly Wei)
Nothing Happened Here: Jeremy Dennis, Flecker Gallery, SCCC Ammerman Campus, Selden NY (catalog with essay by Matthew Neil Gehring)
2017
Pivotal Axes: Sarah Bednarek and Nichole van Beek, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Karen Schiff)
2016
Channelizing: Rachael Gorchov and Jonathan Cowan, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Matthew Neil Gehring)
Rick Briggs, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essays by Robert Storr and Wallace Whitney)
2015
Allegory of the Cave: Jim Byrne and Jim Osman, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalos with essay by Lily Wei)
Loren Munk, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Raphael Rubinstein)
2014
Meditations: Mary Judge, Kathleen Kucka, Jeffrey Allen Price, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY(catalog with essay by Mathew Neil Gehring)
Deborah Brown: Recent Paintings, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Paul D’Agostino)
Convergence: Jason Karolak and Antoine Lefebvre, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Thomas Micchelli)
2013
Meta Vista, 16 Wilson hosted by Deborah Brown (formerly Storefront Bushwick), Brooklyn, NY
Meta Vista, Curating Contemporary, www.curatingcontemporary.com
Joe Forkan: The Lebowski Cycle, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Caleb DeJong)
Saya Woolfalk: The Empathics, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Alexandra Schwartz)
Temporal Shifts: Anne Russinof, Craig Olson, Paul Behnke, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Caleb DeJong)
2012
Seemingly Recognizable: Jackie Brown, Flecker Gallery, Selden, NY (catalog with essay by Alissa Guzman)
Bibliography
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Sharon Butler. “(Mostly) Painting: Fall Preview in Brooklyn (and Queens)”, Two Coats of Paint (blog), September 5, 2016
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Awards
2019
Scholar in Residence, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
2008
Sound Sculpture Commission, The Red House Art Center, Syracuse, NY
2004
Professional Research Grant, School of Art and Design, Syracuse University
Visiting Artist Grant, Department of Art, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2002
Visiting Artist Grant, Department of Art, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
1998
Sculpture Commission, “Direction Finder”, Collaborative Project, monumental steel and bronze sculpture for the City of Evansville, IN
Visiting Artist Lectures and Gallery Talks
2017
Lichtundfire, New York, NY
2015
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
2014
Paul Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2013
Long Island University Post, Brookville, NY
Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
2011
Chester College, Chester, NH
2008
1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007
College for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY
International Sculpture Center panelist addressing professional development at the College Art Association Conference, Seattle, WA
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Women in Design student organization, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2003
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2002
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2001
Bowie State University, Bowie, MD
Gallery Representation
2015-2017
Stout Projects, Brooklyn, NY (closed)
Flat-files/Registries
2016-2017
TSA New York flat-file program, Brooklyn, NY
2003-present
Pierogi Gallery, traveling flat-file, Brooklyn, NY
2001-present
Irving Sandler Artist File, Artist's Space, New York, NY
Collections
Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
Red House Arts Center, Syracuse, NY
David L. Rice Library, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
Private Collections in the US and UK
Education
MFA, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2001
BS in Fine Art, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, 1998
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1997
Professional Experience
2012-present
Director, Flecker Gallery and Assistant Chair, Visual Arts, SUNY Suffolk, Ammerman Campus, Selden, NY
2007-present
Associate Professor of Visual Arts, SUNY Suffolk, Ammerman Campus, Selden, NY
2003-2007
Assistant Professor of Art, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2001-2003
Lecturer, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
1999-2001
Adjunct Instructor, University of Delaware, Newark, DE