MATTHEW GRABELSKY

Exhibitions

Art on Paper, Pier 36, New York, USA, 2023.
Riders, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, USA, 2023.
The Moleskine Project, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, USA, 2022.
Group Show, LewAllen Galleries, Sante Fe, USA, 2021.
Market Art + Design, Market Art + Design, Bridgehampton, USA, 2021.
Aloha, Mr. Hand, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA, 2021.
Animal, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA, 2020.
Midnight Garden, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2020.
15 Years of Thinkspace, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA, 2020.
Passengers, Dorothy Circus Gallery, London, United Kindgom, 2019.
Jungle Train, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA, 2019.
Mother & Child, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2019.
Food For Thought, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, USA, 2019.
La Familia: A survey of the Thinkspace Family, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, USA, 2019.
Keep it Fresh, Angel City Brewery, Los Angeles, USA, 2019.
SCOPE Miami Beach, SCOPE, Miami Beach, USA, 2018.
LAX / PDX, Antler Gallery, Portland, USA, 2018.
Okuda San Miguel ‘The Multicolored Equilibrium Between Animals And Humans’, Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain, 2018.
The Cat Show, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2018.
Art On Paper, Pier 36, New York, USA, 2018.
Theriomorphism V, Galeria Kreisler, Madrid, Spain, 2018.
SCOPE Miami Beach, SCOPE, Miami Beach, USA, 2017.
LAX / JFK, Spoke Art, New York, USA, 2017.
Small Works 2017, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2017.
Moleskine Project VI, Spoke Art, San Francisco, USA, 2017.
Flourish, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, USA, 2017.
Welcome to New Jersey, Jonathan LeVine Projects, Jersey City, USA, 2017.
Pow Wow Hawaii 2017, Honolulu Museum Of Art School, Honolulu, USA, 2017.
Best Friends Painted Pets, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2016.
SCOPE Miami Beach, SCOPE, Miami Beach, USA, 2016.
Nexus, The Brand Library & Art Center, Los Angeles, USA, 2016.
ComplexCon, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, USA, 2016.
LAX / ORD, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2016.
The New Vanguard, The Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, USA, 2016.
UNDERGROUND, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2016.
SCOPE Miami Beach, SCOPE, Miami Beach, USA, 2015.
Beyond Eden, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2015.
Beacon, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2015.
LAX / LHR, StolenSpace Gallery, London, England, 2015.
Rising, Gewobag HQ, Berlin, Germany, 2015.
LAX / DTW, Inner State Gallery, Detroit, USA, 2015.
Gumbo, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2015.
The 2nd Annual POW! WOW!: Exploring The New Contemporary Movement, Honolulu Museum Of Art School, Honolulu, USA, 2015.
LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA, 2015.
La Familia, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2015.
Glow, Galerie Youn, Montréal, Canada, 2014.
Aqua Art Miami, AQUA HOTEL, Miami Beach, USA, 2014.
Fresh, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2014.
Exact Science Grand Opening, Exact Science, Los Angeles, USA, 2014.
The Bridge Between Us, 11:11 A Creative Collective, Tarzana, USA, 2014.
Nuevos Valores, Sala De Exposiciones De La Agrupación Artística Arongenesa, Zargoza, Spain, 2014.
Solo Show, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, 2013.
Second Nature, Rice University Media Center, Houston, USA, 2013.
Futurology, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, 2013.
A Beautiful Oblivion, Studio FIVE08, Santa Monica, USA, 2013.
Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, New York City, USA, 2013.
The Mashup Show, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2013.
LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA, 2013.
The World Of Art Showcase, The Wynn, Las Vegas, USA, 2012.
The Houston Fine Art Fair, The Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA, 2012.
Second Skin, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, USA, 2012.
Wild At Heart: Keep Wildlife Wild, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2012.
Dark Pop 4, Last Rites Gallery, New York, USA, 2012.
Picks of the Harvest 2012, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2012.
Vignette Exhibitions: Matthew Grabelsky, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA, 2011.
Go West, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, USA, 2011.
Go West, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 2011.
Paris-Texas, Culture Shock, Dorothy's Gallery, Paris, France, 2011.
Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again, Sloan Fine Art, New York City, USA, 2011.
Curate NYC, Rush Arts Gallery - Chelsea, New York, USA, 2010.
SUB-Version/Sotto gli occhi di tutti, Artegiro, Montefiascone, Italy, 2010.
L'art contemporain dans tous ses états!, Dorothy’s Gallery, Paris, France, 2010.
Americans in Paris, Dorothy’s Gallery, Paris, France, 2009.
Salon International 2009, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, USA, 2009.
Summer Selections, Galerie Mouvances, Paris, France, 2009.
Solo Show, Grace Teshima, Paris, France, 2009.
Angel Academy of Art Student Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 2006.
Florecimiento Exhibition, Ufizzi Center, Florence, Italy, 2006.
Angel Academy of Art Student Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 2006.
Angel Academy of Art Student Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 2005.
Salon International 2004, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, USA 2004.
Angel Academy of Art Student Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 2003.
Rice University Senior Art Exhibition 2002, Houston, USA, 2002.

Press

Moments of Glory at Art on Paper, Hyperallergic, 2023.
A Taylor Swift–Themed Cat Art Show Is Coming to CatCon, Mental Floss, 2023.
Commuters Go Wild in Matthew Grabelsky’s Uncanny Subway Paintings, Colossal, 2023.
Meet Matthew Grabelsky | Artist, ShoutoutLA, 2022.
Cover Artist Matthew Grabelsky, Mission Village Voice, 2022.
Check Out Matthew Grabelsky’s Story, VoyageLA, 2021.
A fond la faune!, Le Monde, 2021.
Il faut repenser la ville pour permettre une coexistence pacifique avec les animaux sauvages, Le Monde, 2021.
Meet Matthew Grabelsky: Artist, ShoutoutLA, 2020.
Matthew Grabelsky Gives Animals Life In Beautiful Oil Paintings, Visual Atelier 8, 2020.
Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein, Das Magazin, 2020.
Wildest New York Minutes, Beautiful Bizarre, 2020.
La fauna del metro de Nueva York, en la pintura de Matthew Grabelsky, Cultura Inquieta, 2020.
Ζωόμορφοι Νεοϋορκέζοι ταξιδεύουν με το μετρό, Zougla, 2020.
Estas pinturas muestran el lado 'salvaje' del metro de NY, Publimetro, 2020.
Artist captures animal-human hybrids riding New York subway, METRO Magazine, 2020.
Animal-Human Hybrids Spotted on New York Subway in Surreal Paintings by Matthew Grabelsky, Colossal, 2020.
Surreal Paintings Reimagine NYC Subway Passengers as Half-Human, Half-Animal Hybrids, My Modern Met, 2020.
Matthew Grabelsky, Elemmental, 2019.
The Art of Matthew Grabelsky Debuts in Europe”, Widewalls, 2019.
Matthew Grabelsky: la jungla en el metro, Elemmental, 2019.
Clean Break Episode #70”, Clean Break Podcast, 2019.
Interview with Matthew Grabelsky for “Jungle Train”, Sour Harvest, 2019.
Art Pick: Surrealism Three Ways at Thinkspace”, LA Weekly, 2019.
Check out Matthew Grabelsky’s Artwork, VoyageLA, 2019.
La révolution animale, Les Echos Week-End, 2018.
Ce peintre transporte les animaux dans le métro, Golem13, 2018.
Surreal Paintings by Matthew Grabelsky Take the New York City Subway for a Wild Ride, Colossal, 2018.
Review: Moby's 'Everything Was Beautiful' a Lovely Image of World Falling Apart, Rolling Stone, 2018.
Vegan Muscian Moby Brings Animal Rights Message To New Album Cover, Livekindly, 2017.
Moby Announces New Album 'Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt', Rolling Stone, 2017.
Moby Unveils Album Artwork by Matthew Grabelsky + “Like a Motherless Child” (New Song/Album/Video) Artwork by Matthew Grabelsky, Full In Bloom, 2017.
Moby Unveils 'Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt' LP, Exclaim!, 2017.
Este pintor ha convertido el metro de Nueva York en una selva, Condé Nast Traveler, 2017.
El metro de Nueva York es pura fauna, Yorokobu, 2017.
Human/Nature: Animals Go Underground In The Paintings Of Matthew Grabelsky, Hi-Fructose Magazine Vol. 42, 2017.
Matthew Grabelsky Explains his Surreal Take on the NYC Subway, PRØHBTD, 2016.
Matthew Grabelsky - Underground - 04.30.16, NOTCOT, 2016.
Previews: Matthew Grabelsky – “Underground” @ Thinkspace Gallery, Arrested Motion, 2016.
Matthew Grabelsky’s “Underground” at Thinkspace Gallery, Supersonicart, 2016.
Matthew Grabelsky, Vellum, 2015.
Stars, Satyrs and Surrealism: CM Interviews Artist Matthew Grabelsky, College Magazine, 2015.
Animals and Mythical Creatures Invade New York in Matthew Grabelsky’s Paintings, Hi-Fructose Magazine, 2015.
Realist Paintings of Fabled Characters and Creatures by Matthew Grabelsky, Monde Mosaic, 2014.
Picks of the Harvest 2012, Arrested Motion, 2012.
"Go West I": Houston's Group Art Show of the Year?, Houston Press, 2011.
Contemporary Art Show Urges You To 'Go West', Houston Press, 2011.

Education

2006 Certificate in Painting, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy.
2002 BA Art and Art History, Cum Laude, Rice University, Houston, USA.
2002 BS Astrophysics, Cum Laude, Rice University, Houston, USA.

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