Born in 1976 in Louisville, KY, USA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, USA
education
2000
- MFA Yale University
1998
- BFA Maryland Institute College of Art
solo shows
2016
- Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX
- Matthew Ronay – Dock, Berth, Antenna, Markus Lüttgen, Cologne, Germany
- Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
2015
- In and Out and In and Out, Again, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Tony Cox & Matthew Ronay: Outer Loop, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
2014
- Organ/Organelle, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
- Wavelength, Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, New York, NY
- The Door is Open, Kunstverein Lingen, Lingen, Germany
2013
- Matthew Ronay Selected Works: 2007 – 2010, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Repeat the Sounding, Luettgenmeijer, Berlin, Germany
- Mounting toward Zenith / Descending and Disappearing, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
2012
- It Comes in Waves, Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark
- La Conservera, Murcia, Spain
2011
- Between the Worlds, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
2010
- Between the Worlds, ArtPace, curated by Matthew Drutt, San Antonio, TX
- Gallery, New York, NY; La Conservera, Centro de Arte Contemporánio, Ceutí, Spain
2009
- is the shadow, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
2008
- Luettgenmeijer, Berlin, Germany
- Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
2006
- MARC FOXX, West Gallery – Project Room, Los Angeles, CA
- Distractions From War, Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Goin’ Down, Down, Down, Parasol Unit, London, United Kingdom
- Oh My God What Are We Gonna Do?!, Vacio 9, Madrid, Spain
2005
- It’s An Uprising!, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
- Shine the Light, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
- Love Will Find A Way, rec. / Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
2004
- A Possible New Order of Reconsiderings, Art Statements, presented by Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Art Basel 35, Switzerland
2002
- Catarina Leitão & Matthew Ronay; Tamed Nature & Outlaw Biker Gang, Andrea Rosen, New York, NY
- Garden party and Four Conversations with Slippage, Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Matthew Ronay, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
group shows
2016
- Shroom Show, organized by Nicholas Moenich, helper, Brooklyn, NY
- The Natural Flow of Things, curated by Tania Pardo, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
- Empirical Intuitive Absorption, organized by Matthew Ronay, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
- World Made By Hand, Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
- The Lamp Show, 99¢ Plus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
- SMALL(ish), MARX FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
- Mirror Mirror, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
- J’adore, Kunsthalle Lingen, Lingen, Germany
- Between Two Worlds, Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, NY
- Quattro Stagioni, Fürstenberg Zeitgenössisch, Donaueschingen, Germany
2014
- Spectral Haze, organized by James Case-Leal, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY
- Group Sculpture Exhibition, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
2013
- Biennale de Lyon, curated by Gunnar Kvaran, Lyon, France
- The Stairs, Algus Greenspon, New York, NY
2012
- Cleopatra’s Family Jewels, Family Business, New York, NY
- Chains, curated by Dani Jakob, Gabriel Vormstein, and Sebastian Hammwoehner The Horse, Berlin, Germany
- A Disagreeable Object, curated by Ruba Katrib, SculptureCenter, New York, NY
- These Transitional Spaces, curated by Seth Kelly, Franklin Street Works
2011
- Secret Societies, Schirn Kuntshalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- In the Name of the Artists: American Contemporary Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Bienal de São Paolo, Brazil
- Intuitive Dance Performance with Matthew Ronay and Nathan Carter, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
- The Hunting of the Snark, Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
- The Light Show, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
2010
- Love in Vein: Editions Fawbush projects and artists 2005-2010, Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
- 2010 Next Wave Art, Brooklyn Academy of Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- The Incomplete–Paris: Artists from the Neumann Family Collection, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takaka Richard, Paris, France
- Neue Alchemie, Kunst der Gegenwart nach Beuys, LWL–Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, Germany
- Homuculi: Matt Greene, Allison Schulnik, Ruby Neri & Matthew Ronay, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
2009
- The Audio Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
- The Living and the Dead, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
2008
- Political Correct, BFAS Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneve, Switzerland
- Meet Me Around the Corner–Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museum for Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
- FunFunFun, curated to Gitte Ørskou, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark
2007
- The Incomplete, curated by Manon Slome and Hubert Neumann, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
- The Wu-Tang / googolplex Show (Congress), GBE@Passerby, New York, NY
- REC.OLLECTION, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
- Phantasmania, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2006
- The Food Show, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
- SUMMER, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
- Looking at Words, The Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
- The Art of Chess, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY; Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France; Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland; Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Make It Now: New Sculpture in New York, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY
- Monuments for the USA, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA; White Columns, New York, NY
- White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
- Withdrawal, curated by Joe Scanlan, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France
2004
- 2004 Whitney Biennial, curated by Chrissie Iles, Shamim Momin, and Debra Singer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Four-Ply, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
- the stars are so big, THE EARTH IS SO SMALL… stay as you are (Part I), curated by Robert Meijer, Esther Schipper, Berlin; Studio Manuela Klerkx, Milan, Italy
2003
- We are electric, curated by Chris Perez, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
- Game Over, Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany
- New Slang: Emerging Voices in Sculpture, curated by Claudia Altman-Siegel, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
- <–> Matthew Ronay, Evan Holloway & Hiroshi Sugito, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
- Telling Stories, Vedanta / Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Little Triggers, Cohan, Leslie, & Browne, New York, NY
2002
- youngsters* sculptures and other works from Los Angeles & New York, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
- Artists Imagine Architecture, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
- Gallery Luhmann, curated by Jason Dodge, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Now is the Time, curated by Ken Freed, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY
- Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art, Logan Gallery, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
- MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
2001
- Boomerang, Collectors Choice, Exit Art, New York, NY
- Mink Jazz, curated by Bruce Hainley, MARC FOXX, Los Angeles, CA
2000
- Two Friends and So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
1999
- Minty, curated by Bruce Hainley, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
