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Matthew Schofield Matthew Schofield EDUCATION 2000 Bachelor of Arts – Honours Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario 1997 AOCAD (Hons.) - Painting and Drawing Program, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario. 1996 Off Campus Program, Ontario College of Art, Florence, Italy 1991/1992 Architecture / Art History: Carleton University SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Adaptation and Motivation, The Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2011 Place holder, James Buttrum & Son Art, Supercrawl, Hamilton, Ontario 2009 Making the Most of Snap Decisions, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2006 (almost) everything, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2003 Keeping a Distance, Kabat Wrobel Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2001 Stills, PROPELLER Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario Hiding Place, Hamilton and Region Arts Council, Hamilton, Ontario Physiognomy, New Space, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario 1999 Drawing a Crowd, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1998 Inaction Figures, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario PUBLIC GALLERY EXHIBITIONS 2015 Miniature: Small Contemporary Works, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Wyoming, USA 2014 Painting Hamilton, Art Gallery of Hamilton, curated by Melissa Bennett, Hamilton, Ontario 2011 BP Portrait Exhibition Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK Kingston prize for portraiture finalist, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario 2010 BIG/SMALL, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario 2000 Alternating Currents, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 Adaptation and Motivation, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, USA YOU ARE HERE, snap! Orlando, USA Matthew Schofield and Anne Hughes, Zia Gallery, Winnetka, USA 2014 SUD, Galerie BAC, Montreal, Quebec 2012 13, Mulherin + Pollard, New York, USA Galerie Spree, 11 Rue Lavieuville, Paris, France 2011 Three Painters, Zia Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois, USA Fresh & Salty, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA 2001 Drawing 2001, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Killing Time, (curator Gregory Klages), Propeller, Toronto, Ontario 2000 Loop + 1, Loop Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Exile on James Street, Hamilton, Ontario 1999 Ritual Rhythm & Repeated Actions, (curator Virginia MacDonnell), Propeller, Toronto. SPF 30, MEG Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (3 person exhibition) 3629 Broadway, New York, NY 10031 +1 201 887 4764 [email protected] www.gitlerand.com McMaster Curated Show, Henderson Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario 1998 screen 2, curator Stuart Reid (curator, Mississauga Living Arts Centre), Propeller Gallery SELECTED ART FAIRS 2015 Art Toronto, with Nicholas Metivier, Toronto, ON 2014 Scope Art Fair, with Blunt, Miami Beach, FL, USA Cutlog Art Fair, New York, NY, with Galerie Spree 2013 Art Miami: CONTEXT, with Blunt, Miami, FL, USA Art Toronto, with Blunt, Toronto, On Scope Art Fair, with Blunt, New York, NY 2012 Aqua Art Miami, with Blunt, Miami, Florida, USA Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario San Francisco Fine Art Fair, with Blunt, San Francisco, California, USA Cutlog Art Fair, Paris, France Off Brussels Art Fair, with Galerie Spree, Brussels. Belgium 2011 AAFNY, New York, NY (previous exhibited in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010) Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario Aqua Art Miami, with Blunt, Miami, Florida, USA 2010 Aqua Art Miami, with Blunt, Miami, Florida, USA 2009 NEXT Art Fair, with Blunt, Chicago, Illinois PUBLICATIONS 2014 Paul Cézanne show in Hamilton is refreshingly underhyped, Murray Whyte, The Toronto Star, 11/22/2014 2013 http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2013/12/mary-addison-hacketts-final-miami-round.html 2011 BP Portrait Award 2011, National Portrait Gallery Publications, London, UK, 2011, p64. The Kingston Prize 2011, Kingston Arts Council, Kingston, Ontario, 2011 2009 The Kingston Prize 2009, Kingston Arts Council, Kingston, Ontario, 2009 2008 Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting, Magenta Publishing for the Arts, Toronto, 2008 3629 Broadway, New York, NY 10031 +1 201 887 4764 [email protected] www.gitlerand.com .
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