Detail of Breaking Through
Biographical Information |
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| 1961 | Born in Bronx, New York |
Selected Exhibitions |
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| 2009 | “Crash, Betances 1973-82;” Addict Galerie; Paris, France |
| “Crash,” Los Angeles Art Show, California | |
| “CRASH by CRASH;” La Galerie Helenbeck; Nice, France | |
| “Unfinished Business,” Joshua Liner Gallery, New York | |
| 2008 | “Crash, The Art of the Line;” Speerstra Gallery; Bursins, Switzerland |
| “Crash;” Lafayette College’s Williams Art Gallery; Easton, Pennsylvania | |
| “New Works by John CRASH Matos and Aaron Sharp Goodstone;” Galerie Onega; Paris, France | |
| “Locked and Loaded,” Joshua Liner Gallery, New York | |
| 2007 | “Kaleidoscope: Paintings, Prints and Works on Paper,” Wooster Projects, New York |
| “Crash;” Galerie Onega; Paris, France | |
| 2006 | “The Lucky Strike Diaries;” Speerstra Gallery; Bursins, Switzerland |
| “The Silkscreen Pieces, Lucky Strike;” Galerie Speerstra; Paris, France | |
| “Crash;” Lehmann/Leskiw Fine Arts; Toronto, Canada | |
| “Collision II;” Jendela, Singapore | |
| “Collision I;” Esplanade Concourse, Singapore | |
| 2005 | “Second Skin, New Paintings by CRASH,” Wooster Projects, New York |
| “Second Skin, Paintings by CRASH; “sponsored by Stussy, Japan | |
| “Dreamland Artist Club 2005;” Coney Island Boardwalk; Brooklyn, New York | |
| 2004 | "Pop, Boom, Crash,” Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, New York |
| “Crash, Recent Paintings;” Prosper; Tokyo, Japan | |
| “CRASH, Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary;” Fender Museum; Corona, California | |
| “Collaborations (Crash/Herve DiRosa);” Galerie Speerstra; Paris, France | |
| 2003 | “100 Small Paintings;” RECON @; San Francisco, California |
| “Barrios;” ArtLink International; Lake Worth, Florida and Karolyn Sherwood Gallery; Des Moines, Iowa | |
| “Protocol, CRASHE ONE;” The LAB101; Los Angeles, California | |
| “Crash: The Train Paintings;” Speerstra Gallery; Paris, France | |
| 2002 | “The Power of Crash;” ArtLink International Gallery; Lake Worth, Florida |
| “CRASH, Notes from the Westside;” Galerie Speerstra; Paris, France | |
| “The Train Paintings;” Galerie Speerstra; Paris, France | |
| “Barrios;” Hostos Art Gallery, Hostos Community College/CUNY; Bronx, New York | |
| “KAWS & CRASH;” MADEgallery; Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 2001 | “Breaking Curfew;” CPOP Gallery; Detroit, Michigan |
| “CRASH;” Fine Arts and Artists; Washington, D.C. | |
| Installation, Prosper, New York | |
| “INT./EXT.;” Eastwick Gallery; Chicago, Illinois | |
| “Collaborations: CRASHE ONE;” TRIIAD; Paris, France | |
| 2000 | “VIPS International;” Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| “Graffiti Indoors;” AZ/NY Contemporary; Scottsdale, Arizona | |
| Dorothy Blau Gallery; Bay Harbor Islands, Florida | |
| “CRASH, The Timetable;” Galerie BLU; Pontiac, Michigan | |
| “Projects United;” Kunst Zurich 2000; Zurich, Switzerland | |
| “From Pablo Picasso to Andy Warhol;” Antico Monastero Santa Chiara; San Marino, California | |
| 1999 | “American Graffiti: CRASH & DAZE;” Musée d’Art Moderne et D’Art Contemporian; Nice, France |
| “CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977-1999;” Palais Liechtenstein; Reidkirch, Austria and GroBmarkhallen; Munich, Germany | |
| “BEstBuddies;” Galerie Blue; Pontiac, Michigan | |
| “Cadaver Dog, Art from the East Village/LES—the 1980s;” LIFE Café, New York | |
| 1998 | “CRASH/DAZE;” Enrico Coveri; Florence, Italy |
| “CRASH, Verticals and Horizontals,” Mary Anthony Galleries, New York | |
| “CRASH;” Vail/Gielser Contemporary Art; Des Moines, Iowa | |
| “CRASH, The Exhibition;” Masterpiece Gallery; Birmingham, Michigan | |
| “Coming From the Subway: New York Graffiti Art;” Museum Der Stadt Ratingen; Ratingen, Germany | |
| “American Graffiti;” Museo Andriade Muricy; Curitiba, Brazil; San Paolo, Brazil; and Rio de Janiero, Brazil | |
| 1997–98 | “Spraycan Art from the Ludwig Collection and Other Collections;” Maschio Angioino; Naples, Italy; Chiostro del Bramante; Rome, Italy; and Florence, Italy |
| 1997 | “CRASH;” 2nd Floor Limited; New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York | |
| “New York—New Works: John CRASH Matos;” Galeria Las Palomas; Gaucin, Spain | |
| “Unholy Lust;” Todd Kaplan Gallery; Los Angeles, California | |
| 1996 | Dorothy Blau Gallery; Bay Harbor Islands, Florida |
| “Everything That’s Interesting is New;” The Dakis Joannou Collection at The Athens School of Fine Arts; Athens, Greece | |
| “New York Unplugged II;” Gallery Cotthem; Knokke-Zoute, Belgium | |
| “The Usual Suspects,” Avanti Gallery, New York | |
| 1995 | “CRASH The Villains,” Mary Anthony Galleries, New York |
| Gallery Cotthem; Knokke-Zoutte, Belgium | |
| “Synaesthesia,” Mary Anthony Galleries, New York | |
| 1994 | “CRASH, Works on Paper;” The Hobbs Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts |
| “CRASH;” Mary Anthony Fine Arts; New Hope, Pennsylvania | |
| “CRASH/DAZE Recent Works;” York College, a City University of New York; Jamaica, Queens, New York | |
| “Influential Works in the ‘90s;” The Hobbs Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts | |
| “Urban Expressionism (The Hip Hop Movement),” The Hudson Guild Art Gallery, New York | |
| “Aerosoul;” The Patterson Museum; Patterson, New Jersey | |
| 1993 | “CRASH Through Express Part I (Retrospective);” Tailer Puertoriqueno; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; MEXI-CARTE Museum, Austin, Texas; Hostos Arts Galery of Eugenio Maris de Hostos Community College of the City of New York, Bronx, New York; and Gallery Cotthem, Zotegem, Belgium |
| “CRASH & DAZE, Deux Peintres New Yorkais;” Galerie de la Cathredrale; Monaco, France | |
| “8 Urban Artists from NYC;” Berlin, Germany | |
| 1992 | “New Paintings by CRASH,” Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
| “John CRASH Matos: New Works;” C’an Isidro; Ibiza, Spain | |
| “CRASH Superheroes,” Martin Lawrence Modern, New York | |
| “Legacy,” Rempire Gallery, New York | |
| 1991 | Galerie Michel Gillet; Paris, France |
| “CRASH;” Galerie Artcade; Nice, France | |
| “Modern POP,” Martin Lawrence Modern, New York | |
| “Hip Hop Nation;” Real Art Ways; Hartford, Connecticut | |
| “SAGA;” Grand Palais; Paris, France | |
| 1990 | “CRASH & DAZE;” Gallery Structure; Montpellier, France |
| Hokin Gallery; Bar Harbor Islands, Florida | |
| “CRASH & DAZE;” Black and White in Color Gallery; Bronx, New York | |
| 1989 | Tamara Bane Gallery; Los Angeles, California |
| Hokin Gallery; Bay Harbor Islands, Florida | |
| “CRASH,” B5 Gallery, Monaco | |
| 1988 | Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
| 1987 | “CRASH!” The Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, New York |
| “Ludwig Collection;” Forte Belvedere; Florence, Italy | |
| 1986 | Jus de Pomme Gallery, New York |
| Sidney Janis Gallery, New York | |
| Yaki Kornbilt Gallery; Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 1985 | Yaki Kornbilt Gallery; Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1984 | Yaki Kornbilt Gallery; Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| “CRASH & DAZE,” Sidney Janis Gallery, New York | |
| 1983 | Yaki Kornbilt Gallery; Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 51X Gallery, New York | |
| 1982 | Fashion Moda; Bronx, New York |
| 1981 | Real Art Ways; Hartford, Connecticut |
Selected Public Collections |
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| Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| Stedelijk Museum; Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York | |
| Appleton Museum of Art; Ocala, Florida | |
| Fort Wayne Museum, Indiana | |
| Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama | |
| Museum of the City of New York, New York | |
| Naples Museum of Art, Florida | |
| Orlando Museum of Art, Florida | |
