 John Crash Matos
Born in 1961 in New York.
Lives and works in New York.
Pioneer of
the Aérosol (R)evolution, as Phase 2 called it, John Matos a.k.a. Crash, recovered New York subways since the age 13 years. He
says about his works that it builds a "visual link between street life and established society" . Since the end of the 70’s, he transposes his work on canvas. He shows it in 1983 in Sidney Janis ‘s gallery
in New York and
since, he multiplies the exhibitions worldwide. He illustrated to a serie of
guitars which one for Eric Clapton nicknamed
« Crashocaster ».
Moreover, he went into prestigious
collections : The MOMA in New-York, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Groninger Museum, or the Stedelijk in Amsterdam.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION):
2009
Unfinished Business, Joshua Liner Gallery,
New York
Crash, Los
Angeles Art Show, FADA, Los
Angeles, California
CRASH / DAZE, Ad Hoc Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Graffiti Group Show, Addict Galerie, Paris
Betances 1973-82, Addict Galerie, solo show, Paris
2008
SLICK 08, Art Fair,
Addict Galerie, Paris
Crash, Lafayette College, Williams
Art Gallery,
Easton, PA
Crash, The Art of the Line,
Speerstra Gallery, Bursins,
Switzerland
2007
Kaleidoscope, Wooster Projects, New York
Crash, Galerie Onega, Paris
Crash, Art Link International, West
palm Beach
DCC Crashes MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary
Art-Detroit, Detroit
2006
The Lucky Strike
Diaries, Speestra Gallery, Paris
Collision I and II , with Jahan Loh,The Esplanade, Singapour
Crash, Lehmann/Leskiw Fine Arts, Toronto,
Canada
2005
Second Skin, New paintings by Crash,
Wooster Projects, New York
Second Skin, Paintings by Crash, sponsorisé
par STUSSY, Tokyo
2004
Pop, boom, Crash, Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, North of Carolina
Crash, Recent
Paintings, Prosper, Tokyo,
Japan
Crash /Hervé
Di Rosa, Collaborations, Galerie
Speerstra, Paris
Crash, Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary, Fender
Museum, Corona
2003
100 Small Paintings, Recon @ San
Francisco
Crash, Barrios, ArtLink
International, Lake Worth
Crash, Barrios, Karolyn
Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines
Protocol, Crashe one, the LAB101, Los Angeles
2002
The Power of Crash, Art Link International, West
Palm Beach
Crash, Notes from the Westside,
Galerie Speerstra, Paris
Kaws and Crash, MADEgallery, Vancouver
Crash, The Train Paintings,
Galerie Speerstra, Paris
Crash, Barrios, Hostos Art Gallery,
Hostos Community College/CUNY, New
York
2001
Crash, Fine Arts and Artists, Washington,
District of Columbia
Breaking Curfew, CPOP Gallery, Detroit
Installation, PROSPER
INT./EXT, Eastwick
Gallery, Chicago
Collaborations: Crash
One, TRIIAD, Paris
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
1999
Crash & Daze: On
the Express Train 1977-1999, Palais Liechtenstein,
Reldkirch
Crash & Daze: On
the Express Train 1977-1999, GroBmarkthallen Munich
American
Graffiti: Crash & Daze, Musée D’Art
Moderne et D’Art Contemporain, Nice
1998
Crash/Daze, Enrico Coveri, Florence, Italy
Crash, Verticals and
Horizontals", Mary
Anthony Galleries,
New York
Crash, Vail/Giesler Contemporary Art, Des
Moines
Crash, The Exhibition, The Masterpiece Gallery, Birmingham
1997
Bruce R. Lewin
Gallery, New York
Crash, 2nd Floor Limited, New
Orleans
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
Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoutte,
Belgium
1994
Crash, Works on Paper, The Hobbs Gallery, Boston
Crash, Mary Anthony Fine Arts, New
Hope
Crash/Daze,
recent works, York
College, City University of New
York,Jamaica, Queens
1993
Crash, Through Express Part I, (Retrospective)
Mexi
Carte Museum,
Austin Texas
Taller Puertoriqueno, Philadelphia
Hostos Arts Gallery, Eugenio Maris de Hostos Community
College of the city of New York, Bronx,
New York
Gallery Cotthem, Zottegem, Belgium
Crash
& Daze, Deux Peintres New Yorkais, Galerie de
la Cathedrale, Monaco
1992
New painting by Crash, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
John “Crash” Matos:
New works, C'an Isidro, Ibiza
Crash Superheroes, Martin Lawrence Modern, New
York
1991
Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris
Crash, Galerie Artcade, Nice
1990
Crash & Daze, Gallery Structure, Montpellier
Hokin Gallery, Bay
Harbor Islands
Crash & Daze, Black and White in Color
Gallery, Bronx, New York
1989
Tamara Bane Gallery, Los
Angeles
Hokin Gallery, Bay
Harbor Islands
Crash, B5 Gallery, Monaco
1988
Sidney
Janis Gallery,
New York
1987
Crash!, Manhattan Borough President
David N. Dinkins Municipal Bldg., 1 Centre St., New York
1986
Sidney
Janis Gallery,
New York
Jus de Pomme Gallery,
New York
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
1985
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
1984
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
Crash & Daze, Sidney Janis
Gallery, New York
1983
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
51X Gallery, New York
1982
Fashion Moda, Bronx,
New York
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,
Belgium
Neumann Family
Collection, Chicago & New York
Peter Styvesant
Foundation
Speerstra
Family Collection, Monaco
Verraneman Foundation,
Kruishoutem, Belgium
Mr. & Mrs.
Martin S. Blinder, Arizona
Keith Haring
Foundation, New York
Sidney Janis Gallery Collection
Collection
Dakis Joannou, Athens
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, New 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, Italy
Nellens Family
Collection, Knokke, Belgium
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, Athens
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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