Biography
Matt Lamb
Born, 1932, Chicago, Illinois
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004
The State
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Academy of Fine
Arts, Moscow
2003
ArtSpace/Virginia
Miller Galleries, Coral Gables (Miami), Florida
Moraine Valley
Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
Arteipunto, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Mercado Gallery, Gualeguay, Argentina
2000
Art Miami
2000, represented by Virginia Miller
Galleries, Coral Gables
(Miami), Florida
Millennium Project, Westminster Cathedral,
London, Great Britain
Millennium Project, Mall of America,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999
Another World,
ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries,
Coral Gables (Miami),
Florida
Zenner Gallery, Saarbrucken, Germany
Galerie Kasten, Mannheim,
Germany
Palais de Glace Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Miami
'99, represented by Fassbender Gallery, Miami, Florida
State
Academy for Art Education, Ottweiler, Germany
1998
Saarbrucken
City Gallery, Saarbrucken, Germany
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois
Dallas Children's Theater, Dallas, Texas
1997
The Rockford
Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Galeria Punto, Valencia, Spain
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit,
Mannheim, Germany
Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris, France
1996
University
of Bristol, Bristol, England
John Cabot University, Rome,
Italy
Oxford University, Oxford, England
Le Toit de la Grande Arche,
La Defense, Paris, France
State of Illinois Gallery, Lockport,
Illinois
La Casa de la Cultura, Jerona, Spain
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois
1995
Galerie Kasten,
Mannheim, Germany
St. Mathias College, Mettlach, Germany
St. Augustine College,
Bitche, France
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Galerie Lisette Alibert,
Paris, France
1994
Galerie Lisette
Alibert, Paris, France
Robert F. deCaprio Art Gallery,
Moraine Valley College, Palos
Hills, Illinois
St. Mathias College, Mettlach, Germany
Hellenic American Union,
Athens, Greece
Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Fassbender Fine Art,
Chicago, Illinois
Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois
1993
Great Facade,
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota
Galeria
Praxis Arte International, Mexico City, Mexico
1992
University
of St. Thomas Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Galerie Berlin,
Berlin, Germany
1990
Carl Hammer
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
University of St. Thomas Gallery,
Minneapolis Campus, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Visions, Espace Cardin,
Paris, France
1989
Moraine Valley
Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois
Expression of the
Spirit, St. Xavier College, Chicago, Illinois
Carl Hammer Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois
Beverly Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
1988
Archangels,
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999
Figure 8, Contemporary Art Center of
Peoria, Peoria, Illinois
Cows on Parade, City of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois (outdoor installation)
ArtChicago 1999,
represented by Fassbender Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Outsider
Art Fair, Puck Building, New York City, New York
Gallery Artists
Group Show, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Just Good
Art, Exhibition and Auction,
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago,
Illinois
San Francisco International Art Exposition, represented
by Fassbender Gallery
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Dublin,
Ireland
Galerie Ferfanes, Zurich, Switzerland
1998
ArtChicago 1998, represented by Fassbender Gallery, Navy
Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Baltimore Folk & Visionary Art
Show, Baltimore, Maryland
Outsider Art Fair, Sailor's Valentine
Gallery, New York, New York
Gallery Artists Group Show, Fassbender
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1997
ExpoArte, represented by Fassbender
Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
Art Cologne '97, Galeria Punto,
Cologne, Germany
Art-Centre, Costa Brava, Spain
Salvation and Damnation: Artists'
Takes on the
Spiritual, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin,
Whitewater, Wisconsin
Then and Now, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois
Visual Communication Through Global Connections
Museum of
Contemporary Art, Ferrara, Italy
ArtChicago 1997, represented
by Fassbender Gallery, Navy Pier
Outsiders/Inside, represented
by Fassbender Gallery, Art Fair, Chicago Illinois
Outsider
Art Fair, represented by Sailor's Valentine Gallery, New
York, New York
1996
Art Cologne 96, represented by Fassbender
Gallery,
Cologne, Germany
Galerie Kasten, Mannheim, Germany
Galerie Lisette Alibert,
Paris, France
Art Chicago Group Exhibition, Fassbender Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois
1995
Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, Fassbender
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Some of Chicago's Self-Taught,
Chicago Center for Self-Taught Art, The Museum for Folk,
Naive, and Outsider Artists, Chicago, Illinois
1994
Figuration, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois
Salon Des Independants, Espace Branly, Paris, France
Salon
De L'Automne, Espace Branly, Paris, France
Grand Palais Des
Exposition, Avignon, France
Modern Religious Art Gallery,
Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois
Galerie Praxis Arte International, Mexico City, Mexico
1993
Parc des Exposition de Chateau, Avignon,
France
State of the Arts '93, The NFA, New England Fine Art
Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
1992
Salon des Independents, Grand Palais,
Paris, France
Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany
University of St. Thomas,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Salon de la Cote Fleurie, Deauville,
France
Deauville Medalist Exhibition, Trouville, France
Grand Concours
Internationale, Trouville, France
Galerie Berlin, Berlin,
Germany
1991
Grand Palais, Paris, France
Salon de l'Automne, Paris, France
Salon des Independants,
Paris, France
Tough Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1990
World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago International
Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
1989
The Outer limits of Art, Prairie Avenue
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago International Art Exposition,
Chicago, Illinois
1988
Emerging Artists, Carl Hammer Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois
SPECIAL PROJECTS/COMMISSIONS
2000
Creator, artist, and artistic director
of the national installation memorial Victims to Victors
of West Cork, Ireland
Chicago Irish Memorial, 49 foot
high sculpture commissioned for the city of Chicago by the
An Gorta Mor Organization
1999
Commission: Immaculate Heart of Mary
Chapel, North American College, the Vatican, Vatican City,
Italy
Projects/Dance Performance, visuals by Matt Lamb and
choreography by Joe Cerqua
1997
Forward Motion, backdrop for performance
at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Dance Chicago
97, backdrop for performance by Wifredo Rivera, choreographer,
music by Joe Cerqua, Athenaeum Theater, Chicago, Illinois
Dance
for Life, backdrop for performance at Skyline Stage, Navy
Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Next Generation Dance Project, backdrop
for performance at Northeastern Illinois, University, Chicago,
Illinois
1996
Dance Chicago 96, backdrop for performance
by Wifredo Rivera, choreographer; music by Joe Cerqua, Athenaeum
Theater, Chicago, Illinois
1993
The Great Facade, backdrop for musical
performance, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
“All Chicago,” Uturn e-zine,
issue #2, http://www.uturn.org, 1998
Bonesteel, Michael. “Lamb of God,” exhibition
catalogue, Carl Hammer Gallery, 1990
Buchholz, Barbara. "Among Jim Dine's New Icons....," Chicago
Tribune, April 3, 1998
Damian, Carol. “Matt Lamb (at) ArtSpace/Virginia Miller
Galleries,” ARTnews January 2000.
Damian, Carol. "Matt Lamb: The Chaos of Modern Life," exhibition
catalogue, ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, 1999
Delp,
Ron. "Internationally Known Artist Uses Ocean
for Final Touch", Florida Keys Keynotes, June 9, 1992
Gabor/Painter. "A Little Bit of Heaven: The Paintings
of Matt Lamb at Carl Hammer Gallery", Windy City Times,
December 15, 1988, page 23
Garrett. "Matt Lamb: Carl Hammer Gallery",
New Art Examiner, February 1989
Hakanson Colby, Joy. "Self-taught Artist Recycles Characters
Amid Busy Images", The Detroit News, June 4, 1999
Hall,
Michael. Matt Lamb: Obsessive Spirit, Rockford Art Museum,
Rockford, Illinois, 1997, exhibition catalogue
"Immer Wieder Etwas Neues zu Entdecken",
Saarbrucker Zeitung, September 1994
Kuspit, Donald. Madness
and Matt Lamb, exhibition catalogue, Fassbender Gallery,
1996
"Lamb's Vivid Paintings Help Celebrate Minneapolis
Dedication", St. Thomas Bulletin, Summer, 1992, pages
1, 4
Lamb, Matt. Love: The Christ Experience, Fassbender Gallery,
1996
Macey, Joyce. "Matt Lamb Paints Like
It Is" Oak
Lawn, Evergreen Part Reporter, July 9, 1992, page 5
"Matt Lamb, Artist",
Condor Magazine, November 1994
"Matt Lamb, Making Sense of Chaos",
SunStorm Magazine, Summer 1992, page 50
Swanson, Lorraine. "Businessman/Artist Listens to Calling,
Paints 'Secret World'", Sky Magazine, July 21, 1994,
Section II, page 3
Swanson, Mary Towley. "A Canvas of Iridescent Gems",
St. Thomas Bulletin, Fall 1992
Walsh, Laura. "Chicago by Design" Where
Magazine, November, 1990
Yood, James, et. al. Matt Lamb,
exhibition catalogue, 1994
Zdanovics, Olga. "Matt Lamb: Carole Jones Gallery",
exhibition review, New Art Examiner, September 1994, p. 44
HONORS/AWARDS
1996 Doctor of Humane Letters, University
of St. Thomas, Minneapolis
1992 Bronze Medal at the Deauville
Exhibition, National Federation of French Culture
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Knoxville Art Museum, Knoxville, Tennessee
Rockford
Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Chicago,
Illinois
Beverly Art Center, Vanderpool Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois
The Honorable Richard M. Daley, Chicago, Illinois
General
Count D'Arcourt, Paris, France
Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary
of Veterans Affairs
His All Holiness, Patriarch Dimitrios,
Istanbul, Turkey
Gardner, Carton, and Douglas Attorneys, Chicago,
Illinois
Luitwin Gisbert and Brigitte von Boch-Galhau, Germany
Little
Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen, Illinois
Moraine Valley
Community College, Center for Cont. Technology, Palos Hills,
Illinois
The National Treasury, Washington, D.C.
Daniel Ollivier, French
Cultural Service, Paris, France
His Beatitude Michael Sabah,
Jerusalem, Israel
The Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago,
Illinois
St. Xavier College, Chicago, Illinois
The State of Illinois
Collection, "Native Illinoisians",
Chicago, Illinois
VA Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Vatican Museums, Vatican
City, Rome, Italy
The Veco Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
College of St. Augustin,
Bitche, France
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