Empirical Intuitive Absorption
Serge Charchoune, Fernand Léger, Graham Marks, Terry Riley and Matthew Ronay
Organized by Matthew Ronay
Organized by Matthew Ronay
June 28 – August 12, 2016
Main Gallery
Matthew Ronay
Installation view:
Empirical Intuitive Absorption
organized by Matthew Ronay
June 28 – August 5, 2016
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Matthew Ronay
Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston
June 4 - October 1, 2016
Installation view:
When Two Are in One
March 10, 2016 - January 15, 2017
Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL
Installation view:
Tony Cox & Matthew Ronay: Outer Loop
Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
April 4–May 9, 2015
Installation view detail:
Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
September 6 - October 4, 2014
Installation view:
Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
September 6 - October 4, 2014
Matthew Ronay
The Door is Open
Kunstverein Lingen, Lingen, Germany
March 15 – May 25, 2014
On floor:
Wavering Body
2013
Basswood, Oak, Ash, cotton, steel, plastic, dye, shellac-based primer
20 x 78 x 34 inches (50.8 x 198.1 x 86.4 cm)
ARG# ROM2013-006
Installation view:
Repeat the Sounding
Luettgenmeijer
Berlin, Germany
February 23 – April 13, 2013
Installation view:
"Wavelength"
"Wavelength"
Andrea Rosen Gallery, Gallery 2, New York
June 28 – August 22, 2014
June 28 – August 22, 2014
12.21.13
2013
Gouache on 140lb arches watercolor paper
15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
ARG# ROM2013-066
2013
Gouache on 140lb arches watercolor paper
15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
ARG# ROM2013-066
01.18.14
2014
Gouache on 140lb arches watercolor paper
15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
ARG# ROM2014-039
Installation view:
"Wavelength"
"Wavelength"
Andrea Rosen Gallery, Gallery 2, New York
June 28 – August 22, 2014
June 28 – August 22, 2014
Matthew Ronay
The Door is Open
Kunstverein Lingen, Lingen, Germany
March 15 – May 25, 2014
Installation view:
Between the Worlds
Andrea Rosen Gallery
New York
June 24 – August 19, 2011
Originally commissioned and produced by Artpace San Antonio
Biography
Melding vocabularies of modernist abstraction and ritualistic objects, Matthew Ronay's sculptures and enigmatic installations express the primacy of the handmade object. Suggesting the transcendent qualities of our bodies and the world we inhabit, Ronay’s meticulously crafted works embody modes of visual production that remind us that objects are not merely representations of a material culture of mass production, but rather are sites of projection: acting as locations which embody and reflect our inception and corporeal struggle. Formally drawing on traditions of non-Western art making, folk and pre-avant-garde art, as well as surrealism, mythology, and psychedelia, each tongue-like protuberance, textured edge, nook, hole, and orifice articulate Ronay’s distinct visceral language.
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Exhibitions
Past
Opening reception: Friday, June 27, 6-8 p.m.
Looking at Words
The Formal Use of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper
November 2 – December 31, 2005
Main Gallery
Catarina Leitão "Tamed Nature" and Matthew Ronay "Outlaw Biker Gang"
December 2, 2002 – January 18, 2003
Gallery 2
Publications
Matthew Ronay: The Third Attention
By Matthew Drutt, Dr. John Hale
Hardcover: 88 pages
Publisher: Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 098919180X
ISBN-13: 978-0989191807
Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft:
Matthew Ronay
Mounting Toward Zenith /
Descending And Disappearing
February 15–May 5, 2013
This catalogue of Ronay’s oeuvre is produced by the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and the University of Louisville Hite Art Institute. Matthew Ronay: The Third Attention includes essays by Dr. John Hale, Director of the Liberal Studies Program at the University of Louisville and Matthew Drutt (M.A. Yale University) Executive Director of the Blouin Cultural Advisory Group.
Matthew Ronay: Goin' Down, Down, Down
by Ziba de Weck Ardalan, Michael Glover, Bruce Hainley, Matthew Ronay
Hardcover: 116 pages
Publisher: JRP|Ringier/Parasol Unit Foundation (March 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3905770121
ISBN-13: 978-3905770124
Published on the occasion of the exhibition:
Matthew Ronay
Goin' Down, Down, Down
Parasol Unit, London, United Kingdom
September 13 - November 8, 2006
Press
Artforum
Modern Painters
Kopenhagen Magasin
New York Times
Matthew Ronay Press Kit
News
Matthew Ronay at La Casa Encendida
October 13, 2016
Matthew Ronay is part of a group exhibition The Natural Flow of Things at La Casa Encendida curated by Tania Pardo. The show will be on view from October 14, 2016 - January 8, 2017. For more information, please visit the La Casa Encendida website.
La Casa Encendida
Ronda de Valencia, 2
28012 Madrid
Matthew Ronay at the Blaffer Art Museum
June 3, 2016
The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston will present Matthew Ronay's first major museum exhibition in the United States. The show will be on view from June 4 - October 1, 2016.
Blaffer Art Museum
University of Houston
4173 Elgin Street
Houston, TX, 77004
Matthew Ronay at the Perez Art Museum
March 10, 2016
Pérez Art Museum Miami presents a new installation by Matthew Ronay for the Patricia Papper Project Gallery.
On view through January 15, 2017.
New York Times Review: Matthew Ronay, "Wavelength"
August 15, 2014
Roberta Smith reviews Matthew Ronay's current exhibition at Andrea Rosen Gallery 2, now on view through August 22.
Matthew Ronay at Kunstverein Lingen
March 15 - May 25, 2014
Matthew Ronay: The Door is Open
Kunstverein Lingen
Kunsthalle
Kaiserstraße 10a
49809 Lingen (Ems), Germany
Matthew Ronay in the 12th Biennale de Lyon
September 12 - January 5, 2013
12th Biennale de Lyon
Lyon, France