 John Crash Matos
Born in 1961 in New York. Lives and works in New York.
John Matos
known as “CRASH” affixes his mark on
the trains of New-York from the age of 13.
Since 1978,
this pioneer of Street Art proceeds, without any difficulty, from trains to
cymas.
This kind
of art “underground” gains his recognition in the world of art when CRASH leaves walls and trains to expose
at Sidney Janis and at the Real Art Ways gallery alongside with Jean-Michel
Basquiat and Keith Haring. This is Post-graffiti’s birth: the transposition of
train’s graffiti to cymas.
Indeed,
painting outside makes him realize that graffiti surpasses the mere production
of letters or the pretext to put up his name. It is a source of raw emotion
which was forged in the street and will inspire his work on canvas. As he
explains: “My first studio was the subway. I will never chase it from my
heart”.
Therefore,
the studio gives him the time he missed in the streets and allows him to
express himself freely. His artwork, more personal, is close to the abstract
expressionism, characterized by a fast and powerful painting using bright
colors, which reminds this sense of violence of his beginnings. He never ceases
to innovate. He is one of the first to associate the 3D figuration with lettering:
face fragments, eyes blending in with the letters of his name.
His style
is recognized by the most major museums and is at the origin of an important
graphic expression that still inspires the young generation of artists but has
never been equaled.
Maybe this
influence is due to the loyalty of this precursor, to his primary inspirations?
EXHIBITIONS
(SELECTION):
2011
Paintings with a
Hidden Agenda, ADDICT Galerie, Paris, France
Black to Basics, BOB, New York, USA
25 Years of Prints, Southport Galleries, Connecticut, USA
2010
Works on Paper,
1980-2010, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, USA
Tin
Machines, ADDICT Galerie, Paris,
France
From the 4 trains to
Fenders, Fairfield University, retrospective collective,
Fairfield Connecticut, USA
L’ART Urbain…2, ADDICT Galerie, Paris, France
2009
Unfinished Business, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA
Crash, Los Angeles Art Show, FADA, Los Angeles, Californie, USA
Crash and Daze, Ad Hoc Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Graffiti Goup
Show, Addict Galerie, exposition
collective, Paris, France
Betances
1973-82, Addict Galerie, exposition
individuelle, Paris, France
Crash, Works on Paper, Stripeman Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
CRASH Recent Works, KPort Gallery, Kennebunk, Maine, USA
Crash, Red Dot, Basel Art Fair, Miami Beach, Floride, USA
Crashocasters, Toy Tokyo Gallery, New York, USA
2008
SLICK
08, foire d'art contemporain, Addict Galerie, Paris,
France
Crash, Lafayette College, Williams
Art Gallery, Easton, Pennsylvania Art,
USA
Crash, The Art
of the Line, Speerstra Gallery,
Bursins, Switzerland
2007
Kaleidoscope, Wooster
Projects, New York City, USA
Crash, Galerie Onega, Paris, France
Crash, Art Link International, West
palm Beach, USA
DCC Crashes MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art-Detroit,
Detroit, USA
2006
The Lucky Strike
Diaries, Speestra Gallery, Paris, France
Collision I and II,
with Jahan Loh,The Esplanade, Singapore
Crash, Lehmann/Leskiw Fine Arts,
Toronto, Canada
2005
Second Skin, New
paintings by Crash, Wooster Projects,
New York City, USA
Second Skin, Paintings
by Crash, sponsored by STUSSY, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Pop, boom, Crash, Animation and Fine Arts Gallery,
North Carolina, USA
Crash, Recent
Paintings, Prosper, Tokyo, Japan
Crash
/Hervé Di Rosa, Collaborations,
Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France
Crash, Fender
Stratocaster 50th Anniversary, Fender
Museum, Corona
2003
100 Small Paintings, Recon, San Francisco, USA
Crash, Barrios, ArtLink International, Lake
Worth
Crash, Barrios, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery,
Des Moines, USA
Protocol, Crashe one, the LAB101, Los Angeles, USA
2002
The Power of Crash, Art Link International, West
Palm Beach, USA
Crash, Notes from the
Westside, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France
Kaws and Crash, MADEgallery, Vancouver, Canada
Crash, The Train
Paintings, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France
Crash, Barrios, Hostos Art Gallery, Hostos
Community College/CUNY, New York
City, USA
2001
Crash, Fine Arts and
Artists, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Breaking Curfew, CPOP Gallery, Detroit, USA
Installation, PROSPER
INT/EXT, Eastwick
Gallery, Chicago, USA
Collaborations: Crash
One, TRIIAD, Paris, France
Post-Graffiti New York, Crash-Toxic, Veranneman Foundation Kruishoutem, Belgium
2000
Crash, The Timetable, Galerie BLU, Pontiac
Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands
Graffiti Indoors, AZ/NY Contemporary, Scottsdale
VIPS International, Rotterdam, Holland
1999
Crash & Daze: On
the Express Train 1977-1999, Palais Liechtenstein, Reldkirch
Crash & Daze: On
the Express Train 1977-1999, GroBmarkthallen, Munich, Germany
American
Graffiti: Crash & Daze, Musée D’Art
Moderne et D’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
1998
Crash/Daze, Enrico Coveri, Florence, Italy
Crash, Verticals and
Horizontals", Mary Anthony Galleries,
New York, USA
Crash,Vail/Giesler Contemporary
Art, Des Moines, USA
Crash, The Exhibition, The Masterpiece Gallery, Birmingham, England
1997
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, USA
Crash, 2nd Floor
Limited, Nouvelle-Orléans, USA
New York-New Works:
John "Crash" Matos, Galeria Las
Palomas, Gaucin, Spain
1996
Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands
1995
Crash The Villains, Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, USA
Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoutte, Belgium
1994
Crash, Works on Paper,The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, USA
Crash, Mary Anthony Fine Arts, New
Hope
Crash/Daze,
recent works, York College, City University of New York,Jamaica, Queens,
USA
1993
Crash, Through Express Part I, (Retrospective)
Mexi Carte Museum, Austin Texas, USA
Taller Puertoriqueno, Philadelphia, USA
Hostos Arts Gallery, Eugenio Maris de Hostos Community
College of the city of New York,
Bronx, New York, USA
Gallery Cotthem, Zottegem, Belgium
Crash &
Daze, Deux Peintres New Yorkais, Galerie de la Cathredrale, Monaco
1992
New painting by Crash, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
John “Crash” Matos:
New works, C'an Isidro, Ibiza
Crash Superheroes, Martin Lawrence Modern, New York, USA
1991
Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris, France
Crash, Galerie Artcade, Nice, France
1990
Crash & Daze, Gallery Structure, Montpellier, France
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands
Crash & Daze, Black and White in Color Gallery, Bronx, New York, USA
1989
Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands
Crash, B5 Gallery, Monaco
1988
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
1987
Crash!, Manhattan Borough President
David N. Dinkins Municipal Bldg., 1 Centre St., New York, USA
1986
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
Jus de Pomme Gallery, New York, USA
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1985
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1984
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Crash & Daze, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
1983
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
51X Gallery, New York, USA
1982
Fashion Moda, Bronx, New York, USA
1981
Real Art Ways, Hartford
COLLECTIONS:
Stedelijk
Museum, Amsterdam
Yaki Kornblitt
Collection, Amsterdam
Raimund Thomas
Collection, Munich
Sidney Janis
Family Collection, New York
The Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A., Art Collection
Aachen, Nue
Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig
Frederick R.
Weismann Foundation, Los Angeles
Museum of
Modern Art, New York
Groniger
Museum, Groningen
Museum Boymans-van
Beuninger, Rotterdam
Galerie d'Arte
Moderna, Bologne
Gallery
Cotthem, Zottegem & Knokke, Belgique
Neumann Family
Collection, Chicago & New York
Peter Styvesant
Foundation
Speerstra
Family Collection, Monaco
Verraneman Foundation,
Kruishoutem, Belgique
Mr. & Mrs.
Martin S. Blinder, Arizona
Keith Haring
Foundation, New York
Sidney Janis
Gallery Collection
Collection Dakis Joannou, Athènes
Giovanni Agnelli, Turin
Donald &
Mera Rubell, New York & Miami
Henk
Pijnenburg, Deurne
Evelyn Levy,
Lausanne
Tony Shafrazi
Gallery, New York
The New Orleans
Museum of Art, Nouvelle-Orleans
Mr. and Mrs.
John Fernandez
Museum of the
City of New York
Mark Twain
Bankshares, St. Louis
Silvana Coveri,
Enrico Coveri, Milan and Florence
Scottsdale
Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale
Brooklyn Museum
of Art, Brooklyn
The Bronx
Council on the Arts
OMAS, Italie
Nellens Family
Collection, Knokke, Belgique
Museum of Arts
and Science, Daytona
Appleton Museum
or Art, Ocala
Gulf Museum of Art, Largo
Tampa Mueum of
Art, Tampa
Danforth Museum
of Art, Framingham
Cornell Mueum,
WinterPark
Flint Insitute
of Art, Flint
Zimmerly Museum
of Art, Rutgers University
John Leguizamo
and Family, New York
Deland Museum,
Deland
Mobile Museum
of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Georgia Museum
of Art, Athènes
Ft. Wayne
Museum, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Cedar Rapids
Museum, Cedar Rapids
Vero Beach
Museum, Vero Beach
Vieques Museum,
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Naples Museum
of Art, Naples
Orlando Museum
of Art, Orlando
Thunderbirds@Nellis
Air Force Base, U.S.A.F.
Museum of Arts
and Sciences, St. Augustine
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