Matthew Burke De Genaro
1009 West Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4327
734-747-9242
Selected Exhibitions
2007 The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan. My Private Utopia. September 12-October 21.
2006 The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michgan. Nature RePerceived, September 13-October 22.
2005 Tabor Hill Wine and Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Matthew DeGenaro / Michael Thomas, April 8-May 11
2004 Tabor Hill Wine and Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Matthew De Genaro-Drawings / Rocco De Pietro-Paintings, April 2-30.
1999 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan. Body and Soul, October 1-November 5.
1998 Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan. Undefining Sculpture, May 29-July 17. Coordinator: Matthew Holland
1998 Forsythe Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sculpture Dedication. May 17.
1997 Creative Arts Center/Works on Exhibit Throughout Downtown Pontiac, Pontiac, Michigan, Sculpture Pontiac '97, July 15-September 27. Curators: John Cynar, Mary Fortuna.
1996 Siena Heights College Klemm Gallery, Adrian, Michigan, Felch Street: An Exhibit of Photography Documenting Artist's Installations, November 4-22.
1996 Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Cranbrook Auto Show, June 1-September 1. Jurors: Gregory Wittkopp, Jerry Herron, David Rau.
1995 Alexa Lee Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Felch Street Exhibition, September 8-October 14.
1994 Willis Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 2nd Annual Box Benefit, January 14-21.
1991 Reed College Vollum Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Alumni Art Exhibit '91, June 10-17.
1988 Millikin University Perkinson Gallery, Decatur, Illinois, Art from the Computer: An Illinois Survey, April 8-29. State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, July 25-September 9.Juror: Dr. Tom DeFanti
1986 Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Outdoor Installations '86, September 27-October 10.
1986 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois, Fetish Art: Obsessive Expressions, March 8-April 20. Curator: Robert Middaugh.
1984 University of Denver School of Art, Denver, Colorado, Experimental Drawing Show, October 1-November 1. Curator: Mel Strawn
1984 The School of The Art School of Chicago Superior Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, MFA Show, July 6-August 4.
1983 Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, Melinda Hunt/Matthew DeGenaro, March 11-April 5.
1980 Reed College Feldenheimer Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Thesis Show, December 12-January 5.
Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA 1984
Reed College BA 1981
Bibliography
Reviews
Blackstone, Cris "Matthew De Genaro and Aristotle Georgiades", Nit & Wit, Chicago, Illinois, September/October 1984, Vol. 6, No. 5. Page 14.
Cantu, John "Alexa Lee revisits a collaborative wonder" The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sunday September 17, 1995 Page E7.
Cohen, Keri "A garden of sculptural delights in Pontiac" The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan. Sunday August 24, 1997.
Colby, Joy "Un-Defining series goes after sculptural innovation" The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan. Wednesday June 24, 1998.
Colby, Joy "Art of the Wheel", The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan. Thursday June 6, 1996. Page 1F.
Colby, Joy "Felch Street", The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan. Thursday October 12, 1995. Page 4F.
Draznin, Wayne "Gallery Tripping: computer artists work on their image", The Reader, Chicago, Illinois. September 2, 1988. Page 6.
Green, Roger "Disconnection From Nature Spotlighted" The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor Michigan. Sunday October 1, 2006. Page C2.
Green, Roger "Show reveals car's impact on culture" The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sunday June 30, 1996 Page F7.
Jackson, Emma "Twice recycled: Art from steel adorns gas station-turned park" The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Monday May 18, 1998. Page C1.
Klemic, Mary "Contemplation fuels auto show", The Eccentric, Birmingham-Bloomfield Edition, Birmingham, Michigan. Thursday June 2, 1996 Page B1.
Lambert, Emily "Artists create beauty from emptiness" The Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thursday October 5, 1995 Page 5B.
Lyman, David "Cranbrook show looks askance at the modern car cult", The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Sunday June 6, 1996. Page 1H.
Provenzano, Frank "Sculpture Pontiac '97: Putting sculpture back on a pedestal" The Eccentric, Birmingham-Bloomfield Edition,, Birmingham, Michigan. Sunday August 17, 1997. Page C1.
Queen, Larry "Melinda Hunt / Matthew De Genaro", New Art Examiner, Midwest Edition, Summer/1983, Vol. 10, No. 10. Page 18.
Vallongo, Sally "Cranbrook has a different kind of auto show" The Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio. Sunday, June 23, 1996.
Photographic
"Wood People", The Reader, Chicago, Illinois. Friday, April 1, 1983. Vol.12, No. 26. Page 3.
"Wood People", Contemporary Art Workshop, Catalogue 1981-1984, Chicago Illinois, 1984. Page 6.
"Model for Tire Sculpture", Art From the Computer: an Illinois Survey, Exhibition Catalogue, 1988. Page 18-19. Artist's statement page 9.
"Boxes People", The Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thursday October 5, 1995 Page 5B.
"Inner Tube Man" The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan. Sunday June 2, 1996 Page A-3.
"Inner Tube Man" The Detroit News, Detroit, Michigan. Thursday June 6, 1996 Page 1F.
"Inner Tube Man" The Eccentric, Birmingham-Bloomfield Edition, Birmingham, Michigan. Thursday June 2, 1996 Page B1.
"Inner Tube Man" The Detroit Jewish News, Southfield, Michigan. June 21, 1996 Page 83.
"Inner Tube Man" The Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio. Sunday, June 23, 1996.
"Inner Tube Man" The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sunday June 30 1996 Page F7.
"Tin Man" Sculpture Pontiac '97. Exhibition Catalogue, 1997. Unpaged.
"Bone People" The Eccentric, Birmingham, Michigan 1997. Page C1
"Forsythe Park Sculptures" The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Monday May 18, 1998. Page C1.
"Iron Man" Undefining Sculpture, Exhibition Catalogue, Detroit, Michigan 1998. Page 10 with artist's statement.
"Grass People" The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sunday October 1, 2006. Page C2