MATT BRACKETT BIO

B O R N  I N  B E R K E L E Y , C A , 1 9 7 5

E D U C A T I O N

          Yale University, New Haven, CT, BA, Magna cum laude, Distinction in the Major
            (Painting), 1997
          Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, NY, 1996
           Massachusetts College of Art Summer Art Program, Boston, MA, 1991

A W A R D S / G R A N T S / R E S I D E N C I E S 

           Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant, 2005
           Residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2005
           Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant, 2004
          Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA, 2004
          Juror's Prize, New Art 2004, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA, 2004
          Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant, 2004
           George Sugarman Foundation Grant, 2003
           Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant, 2001
           Ethel Childe Walker Prize: Departmental Faculty Prize for Outstanding Artistic
           Distinction, Yale
           University, New Haven, CT, 1997

S O L O  E X H I B I T I O N S

           Matt Brackett: One Can Imagine, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2021
Matt Brackett: Bitter Chill, McIninch Art Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH, 2012
Matt Brackett: Bitter Chill, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2016
Matt Brackett: New Waters, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, 2014
           Matt Brackett: Dark Animal, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2012
           Legacies: Paintings by Matt Brackett and Prilla Smith Brackett, The Historic Northampton
            Museum, Northampton, MA, 2011
           Matt Brackett: Threshold, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2008
           Matt Brackett: New Paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2006
           A Place Apart, two-person show, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, 2005
           Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA, 2001

S E L E C T E D  G R O U P  E X H I B I T I O N S

          What’s Going On, curated by Ellen Jacob & Hakim Raquib, Piano Craft Gallery, January 2023
Beauty in the Background, McIninch Gallery of Art, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH, 2022
Summer Selections, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2013
           artMRKT Hamptons, Bridgehampton Historical Society, Bridgehampton, NY, 2013
           Sting XIV: Future Futurist, The Beehive, Boston, MA, 2013
           Elsewhere, The Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA, 2012
           Cruel Sea: Law of Fishes, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, 2012
          The 2008 DeCordova Annual Exhibition, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln,
           MA, 2008
          Tufts Second Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, Tufts University Art Gallery,
           Medford, MA, 2005
           (jurors: Amy Ingrid Schlegl and Pascal Spengemann)
           New American Painting #56, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, (curator:
           Nicholas Baume, ICA Boston) 2005
          A Place Apart, two-person show, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA,
           2005
           Painting Now: Selections front he 2004 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant
           Awards, ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, MA, 2005
          New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, 2004
          New Art 2004, (juror: Susan Stoops, Curator, Worcester Museum of Art), MPG
           Contemporary, Boston, MA, 2004
          New England/New Talent, (juror: Anja Chavez, Associate Curator, Wellesley
           College), Fitchburg
           Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, 2002
          Northeast Artists, invitational show, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA, 2002
          Somerville Arts Council Grant Winners, The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA,
           2001
          The Salon Show, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA, 2000
          Build, The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA, 2000
          The Drawing Show, (juror: Ellen Gallagher), Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA,
           2000
           Vernon Street Open Studios, Somerville, MA, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
          Central Street Open Studios, Somerville, MA, 1998
          The Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1997
          Chautauqua Institution Gallery, Chautauqua, NY, 1996 

S E L E C T E D  C O L L E C T I O N S

          Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA

S E L E C T E D  B I O G R A P H Y

          “Elsewhere,” Dig Boston, Sept. 19, 2012, illus., p. 19.
          "Matt Brackett: New Paintings," Art New England, June/July, 2006
          Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, Feb. 16, 2006
          "Matt Brackett," American Art Collector, February 2006
          Keith L. Martin, "Family Displays Their House Painting: Mother, Son Reflect on Loss
          of Family
          Home in New Exhibit," Duxbury Clipper, Feb. 23, 2005
          Bob Jackman, "Complex Conversations: Museum Juxtaposes Work of Mother
          and Son,' The Patriot Ledger, Feb. 19 - 20, 2005
          Mary Jo Palumbo, "Painters Selling Family Home Brush Aside Their
          Sadness," Boston Herald, Feb. 2, 2005
          Auditi Guha, "Artists Accept City Grants Pulling Them into Community Service,"
          Somerville Journal, May 13, 2004
          Nancy Sheehan, "New Horizons," The Worcester Telegram and Gazette, April 2002
         Craig S. Sermon, "New Talent on View at Fitchburg Art Museum," The Montechuett
          Telegram and Gazette, April 2002
          Beth Surdut, "Gloucester's Acacia Gallery Branches Out," Arts Media, June 2001
          Randi Hopkins, "Connections: Building Art in Somerville and South End,"
          The Boston Phoenix, Dec. 2000
          Ken Capobianco, "Exploring the Build World,' Cambridge Chronicle, Nov. 1, 2000
         Shawn Hill, regional review, Art New England, Aug. - Sept. 2000
         Paul Parcellin, local review, Retro-Rocket.com, June 2000
         Aviya Kushner, local review, Arts Media, June - July 2000
         Mary Sherman, "Drawing the Line," Boston Herald, May 7, 2000
         Wambui Wanunyu, "Art, Art Everywhere for Brackett," Somerville Journal, Nov. 4,
          1999