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Matt Sesow · career chronicle

Every entry, 1966–2027

707 pages, one for each record on the timeline. 351 of them have pictures so far; 245 carry Matt’s own posts from the time. New material is added as it turns up.

1966

Milestone Born September 10, 1966, in Omaha, Nebraska

1975

Milestone On the evening of Saturday, June 7, 1975, at age eight, struck by a landing airplane while playing a game of… ◉
Milestone Wears a hook as a child — Every job he has held since has been done with one hand

1980

1981

1982

1985

Milestone Left home to attend college in Oklahoma on a Mensa Foundation scholarship
Milestone Began making drawings in 1988

1989

Milestone Moves to Washington, DC after college

1993

1994

1995

1996

Exhibition First Group Exhibition — “State of the Union” gallery, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Chris Butler Gallery, Branford, CT
Exhibition Georgetown Arts Fair, Washington, DC
Media Lectures at Georgetown University
Media Short film screened at Washington Filmmaker Showcase, Washington, DC
Award Short film “The Box” wins Best Experimental Film Award
Award Wins Kaleidospace Screening Room filmmaker’s contest
Award Kaleidospace Featured Artist, Los Angeles, CA
Press Folk Art Finder — Winter 1996
Press Raw Vision #17 — Winter 1996–97

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Milestone Painting “Newborn” — 2004 later entered the permanent collection of the Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries…
Exhibition Museum of the Southwest, South Wing Galleries, Midland, TX
Exhibition Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
Press Washington Post — listing for a group show at MOCA DC / A+M Galleries, Georgetown, with Andrew Wodzianski…
Exhibition “Carrots and Sticks,” Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC ◉
Exhibition “Looking Back, Sprint Forward,” Gallery Co., Minneapolis, MN ◉
Exhibition Hunter Hogan Gallery at The Barry Robinson Theater, 4552 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA ◉
Exhibition “Eye of the Storm,” Studio One Eight, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Guillotine Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Exhibition “Off the Beaten Path: The 2nd Annual Exhibition of New Talent and Old Masters,” Ramscale Gallery, 463 West…
Exhibition “Face Dances,” Hurn Museum — traveling exhibition; painting in Hurn Museum collection
Exhibition Solo Exhibition and stage commission
Exhibition Cover of LeftTurn Magazine — November
Exhibition International Art Singulier festival, Roquevaire, France
Exhibition “Hell Bound” — “Hellbound III” and “Bunny Collector” touring in “Revelations and Reflections of American…
Award Won Best Experimental Theater
Press Ron Taylor, Demon Beach Records
Press Allison Hersh, Savannah Morning News
Press Jim Magner, Capitol Hill Rag Magazine
Milestone Painted in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exhibition Museum of Contemporary Art DC, “What’s So Terrible About Being Beautiful?”
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition “On The Wall” — Portland, OR, shoe painting to benefit Skatepark
Exhibition Alcove Gallery, Atlanta, GA — “Date Night” and “Fruit Bowl” group shows
Press Hartford Courant — interview on outsider art
Media Exit Clov CD cover — painting on CD cover by DC band Exit Clov
Exhibition “Husker Du? — Do You Remember?,” Folsom Gallery, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Exhibition Aroma, Cleveland Park, Washington, DC
Exhibition “Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy” — D.C. Public Library, 2005
Press “Rival Revival” — Washington City Paper, July 14, 2005
Exhibition “Learning to Crawl” — Inside/Outside Art Gallery, Cleveland, 2005

2006

Media Artist Talk — Matt Sesow speaks about his art at George Washington University
Exhibition “Don Giovanni,” Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC
Exhibition Hollywood, CA: “Theater of Note” ◉
Press Molly Knight, DC Style Magazine
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Justin Kaufman
Exhibition “Soul Mining,” Gallery One Eight, Washington, DC
Milestone Curated and created paintings from DC Street Banners for “Banners from the Fringe”
Exhibition 24-hour mural painting — Washington, DC Fringe Festival
Press “Fringe for the Eyes” — Washington Post Going Out Gurus, July 2006
Press “24 Hours of Color” — Ward 2 News on the Fringe mural, 2006
Exhibition “Cupidity,” Gallery Neptune, Washington, DC
Exhibition Outsider Art in the Hamptons
Exhibition Hurn Museum, Savannah, GA — “The Faces of Folk”
Press Washington City Paper — “Remastered” Critic’s Pick
Press Sacramento Bee — Critic’s Pick, Pamela Skinner Gallery Dog and Cat Group Show
Press MSDC Magazine — “Art of War” article
Press “The Pain Practitioner” Magazine
Press “Ideas in Pictures” #5 — two drawings by Matt Sesow
Press N&O Newspaper — Raleigh
Press Days of Action, Calls For Peace
Media Exit Clov CD covers — painting on two CD covers by DC band Exit Clov
Milestone Paints in Morocco — Essaouira and Marrakech ◉
Exhibition Merrill-Jennings Galleries, Davidson, NC
Exhibition “Art of War” — Studio One Eight, March 2006
Press The Examiner, October 28, 2006 — “a loose collective of non-art-school visionaries”

2007

Exhibition lowbrow-art exhibition featuring Matt Sesow and Ed Bisese
Exhibition “Salvaged,” D Gallery, San Diego, CA ◉
Exhibition Pamela Skinner / Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA ◉
Exhibition “Appearances,” Rougette Gallery, Rockland, ME ◉
Exhibition “Animal Farm,” VSA Colorado / Access Gallery, Denver, CO ◉
Exhibition “Art in Heat,” Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Exhibition Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, NY
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with J. Coleman
Exhibition “Pax Attack,” Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA ◉
Exhibition GAGA Arts Center, Garnerville, NY
Exhibition Artomatic, Crystal City, VA — April–May ◉
Exhibition Sesow painting live at LeftBank
Exhibition Adams Morgan Day 29th Street Festival, Washington, DC
Exhibition Alcove Gallery premiere, Decatur/Atlanta
Media VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown — Sesow painting visible in background
Media Cover of audio book “Audiovile” by Michael A. Arnzen
Media YouTube interview, 8 minutes
Exhibition Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn

2008

2009

Award Painting selected for the permanent collection of the Galerija likovnih samorastnikov / Gallery of Naïve…
Exhibition “Sesow in Barcelona,” Galeria ArteVistas, Barcelona, Spain ◉
Exhibition Antic Teatre gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Exhibition “Bukowski,” at the inaugural Bukowski Festival: A Celebration of Literature, Poetry, and Art, Elephant… ◉
Exhibition Mayer Fine Art, Norfolk, VA — October 3 ◉
Exhibition First American Representative
Exhibition “Art Brut,” Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Exhibition GAGA Outsider Art, NY
Exhibition Portland, OR — with Jesse Reno, Dana Ellyn
Exhibition Harrisburg, PA — “Amish Neo and the USS Subterranean”
Press East Coast Snowboarding Magazine
Press Chris Davis, “The Fifteen Before Fifteen” Magazine
Press An-Nahar newspaper — Lebanon
Press Washington Post — interview on “living in a small place”
Exhibition Artomatic 2009, Washington, DC ◉
Media NBC4 TV website feature on paintings
Press DC Luxury Magazine — feature profile, page 34
Press “Skating at the edge of infinity” blog
Exhibition Affordable Art Fair, New York City
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition “Big Tuna: Art Inspired by David Lynch,” group show, Alcove Gallery, Decatur/Atlanta, GA
Exhibition Arts on Belmont preview artist exhibit, Design Within Reach, 1838 Columbia Road NW, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition CentroNia benefit auction, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC ◉
Milestone Serves as juror for the “EnCounterCulture” exhibition
Press Raw Vision Magazine — Fall 2009 feature
Press Thrillist — “Matt Sesow Art”
Exhibition Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DC ◉

2010

Press Washington Post — “United artists” and “Gallery opening of the week” cover the Ellyn/Sesow wedding-paintings…
Exhibition “Pet Project,” VSA Colorado / Access Gallery, 909 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO
Award Nominated for “Best Show” in the Denver Art District’s Best of 2010
Press Art World News magazine — coverage of the “Super Men and Scoundrels” solo exhibition at the Gallery at Black… ◉
Exhibition “Super Men and Scoundrels,” Gallery at Black Rock, Bridgeport, CT
Exhibition “Sesow in Albi,” Gallery ArteVistas, Albi, France ◉
Exhibition “Balance of Power,” Galeria ArteVistas, Barcelona, Spain ◉
Exhibition “Till Death Do Us Part” — Wedding & Two-Person Exhibition with Dana Ellyn, Long View Gallery, 1234 9th Street… ◉
Press “A Nice Day For a White Wedding” — Washington City Paper, February 8, 2010
Exhibition MODUS UNION 2010 — Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Paintings at Covet, a new gallery in Arlington, VA
Exhibition Affordable Art Fair, New York City
Exhibition Foresight Gallery, Amman, Jordan ◉
Exhibition Galerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, NY
Media Keynote Speaker — “Unique Perspectives: The Healing Power of Making Art” symposium, Takoma Park, MD
Press Albi, France newspaper interview during solo exhibition
Press Standart Magazine — Spain
Exhibition G40 Art Summit, Richmond, VA
Media Voice of America — VOA
Press The New York Times — wedding announcement for Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn, whose wedding at Long View Gallery…
Press Brightest Young Things — interview
Media The Larz from Mars Show #125 — Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn (2010) ◉
Exhibition Museum of Contemporary Art DC
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition “Yuri’s Night” group show, Washington, DC
Exhibition “Art Everywhere” group show, Granby Street, Norfolk, VA
Media Fox 5 Morning News — WTTG, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Arts on Belmont / 32nd annual Adams Morgan Festival, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Transformer Gallery annual silent auction, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC ◉

2011

Exhibition “A Brut Rebellion,” FOE Gallery, 28 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA ◉
Exhibition Galerie Saint-Pierre, Limoges, France
Press French press review of the Limoges solo exhibition at Galerie Saint-Pierre
Exhibition JP Art Market Gallery, Boston, MA
Exhibition Flash Gallery, Barcelona, Spain ◉
Exhibition Foresight Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Exhibition “MUSE,” curated by Marjorie Jaspar and Maurizio Cattelan, M55 Gallery, Long Island City Art Center, 44-02… ◉
Exhibition Slovenian Embassy, Washington, DC
Exhibition “Political Potpourri” — MOCA DC, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition Paintings in “Uncommon Power” exhibit, Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries, ODU
Exhibition “Self-Taught Artists from the Garbisch and Gordon Collections: Into the Mainstream,” Chrysler Museum of Art…
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Press The Valley Advocate — Northampton, MA ◉
Exhibition “Restore Japan” benefit exhibition, Washington, DC ◉
Milestone “Monday Open Studio” — weekly live video studio visits by Skype, iChat or Ustream, showing paintings and…
Exhibition Transformer Gallery 8th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC ◉
Media His painting promoted the Old Ebbitt Grill’s annual Oyster Riot, Washington, DC ◉
Milestone Peru — a food cart painted with the Sesow fish is delivered by the SBQ solidario charity high on Cerro Cabras

2012

Exhibition “Narrative Painting: Dana Ellyn & Matt Sesow”
Exhibition “Trickle Down,” Access Gallery / VSA Colorado, Denver, CO ◉
Exhibition “From the Gut,” Jeanine Taylor Folk Art, Sanford, FL ◉
Exhibition “Birdhouses,” BVP Gallery, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC
Exhibition “Independent Party,” FOE Gallery, Northampton, MA
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Exhibition “Messages from Outsiderdom: Visionary Artists Reveal Their Untamed Realities,” Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts… ◉
Exhibition “Tight Fit,” The Dunes Gallery, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition “Garmaniacal,” FOE Gallery, Northampton, MA
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition “See Something, Say Something,” Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, MD ◉
Exhibition “Yuri’s Night” group show and exhibition, Washington, DC
Exhibition Artomatic 2012, Washington, DC
Media Radio interviews in Denver during Access Gallery solo
Press Connect Savannah — interview about painting process and “Art at War” exhibit ◉
Press WeLoveDC.com — feature article about “Stocking the Fridge” show at The Fridge
Press The Sentinel — Maryland ◉
Press Huffington Post — “Tesla” painting featured ◉
Exhibition “Art at War: Changing Attitudes,” Beach Institute, Savannah, GA ◉
Press LSJ Mixed Media — February 2012 featured artist
Exhibition “Paintings from Home,” ART17, 1606 17th Street NW, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC ◉
Media Radio interview with Annette Coleman on politics and art, and “The Untitled Art Show” interview, recorded in… ◉
Press Savannah Morning News — “Art & Soul: Beach Institute exhibit explores changing attitudes toward war”
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Media Documentary “RAW Visions: Art of Survival” released ◉
Exhibition Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DC ◉
Media The Charlie Visconage Show, DC Arts Center (2012–2013)
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn

2013

Press Washington Post — Sesow cited among established D.C. gallery artists in a gallery roundup
Exhibition “Icons,” Galeria ArteVistas, Barcelona, Spain ◉
Exhibition “Beautiful People,” Waverley Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Exhibition Joan Hisaoka Gallery, Washington, DC
Exhibition Transformer Gallery 10th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Corcoran Museum of Art ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Milestone Final year of “31 Days in July”
Press Barcelona TV — btv.cat / El Pla B ◉
Press UN stamp program feature article ◉
Milestone United Nations Postage Stamp ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Exhibition Art Enables, Washington, DC — opening January 12, 2013, with Dana Ellyn and Andrew Wodzianski ◉
Exhibition robot sculpture in a show at Artisphere, Arlington, VA, curated by Andrew Wodzianski and Jared Davis, with…
Media Matt attends the UN Postal Administration’s unveiling of his “Dive Bomb” stamp at UN headquarters, New York ◉
Exhibition Miss Pixie’s Furnishings & Whatnot, Washington, DC ◉
Milestone Begins DEFILED, an ongoing series of collaborative paintings with Dana Ellyn
Press Gràffica — Spain ◉
Press Detour Art — “Passionate paintings of Matt Sesow”
Exhibition “Inaugural Visions” — Off Rhode Studio at Art Enables, January 2013
Press The Boston Globe Gallery Pick: “Defiled,” April 10, 2013
Exhibition “Piece of Cake” — FOE Gallery, June 2013
Exhibition “Día de los Muertos” — Arlington Arts Center, November 2013

2014

Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Exhibition Gallery 555, Cruseilles, France ◉
Exhibition “All American Boy,” 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Australia ◉
Media Live painting performance — preview night at 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Australia, November… ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Exhibition 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Australia ◉
Exhibition “Access Denied,” VSA Colorado / Access Gallery, Denver, CO ◉
Exhibition “Out of the Vault: Treasures from the Self-Taught Art Collection,” Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old… ◉
Exhibition “Made in Australia,” Art17, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Transformer Gallery annual silent auction and benefit, Washington, DC ◉
Press An-Nahar newspaper — Lebanon
Exhibition “Metamorfosi dell’eroe” — Heroes' Metamorphoses, Museo e Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Italy ◉
Press Raw Vision Magazine — feature
Press Cicero Magazine — feature ◉
Exhibition Zeicheninstitut, Kassel, Germany ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Exhibition “Alchemical Vessels” group show, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC ◉
Press The Courier-Mail — Queensland, Australia ◉
Exhibition “Swiss Mixer,” with Dana Ellyn, The GallAerie, Washington, DC
Media “Sunday with Sesow” — video interview by painter Charlie Visconage
Exhibition DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities ◉
Exhibition “Cheap Thrills,” curated by Molly Ruppert, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC ◉
Press Gooshe — Persian-language site
Media Video interview by German artist Norbert Guthier in Matt’s Adams Morgan studio
Media Viva la Vegan! — Skype video interview of Matt and Dana Ellyn as vegan painters by Leigh-Chantelle, ahead of…
Exhibition At Home Gallery open house, Greensboro, NC
Press Theodore Carter — interview on “31 Days in July”

2015

2016

2017

Milestone American Visionary Art Museum selects 26 Sesow paintings for its permanent collection ◉
Exhibition Galerie Une Vision Singulière, Lamballe, France
Exhibition Matt Sesow paintings shown alongside Meaghan Busch’s “Scratching the Surface”
Exhibition “Sesow in the Zone,” Silo118 Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA ◉
Milestone Painted 100 small works in a single day while preparing for the Santa Barbara solo
Press Santa Barbara Magazine — writeup of the Silo118 solo exhibition and Squire Foundation residency ◉
Press Noozhawk.com — article previewing the Silo118 solo exhibition
Milestone Sesow’s own year-end assessment: “2017 was my best year yet with art sales and shows, new studio, museum solo…
Milestone Three-week artist residency with The Squire Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA ◉
Exhibition Paintings at Sideshow at AVAM gift shop
Media Slovenian TV — Channel 1 documentary featuring Galerija Trebnje and interview with Sesow ◉
Press Santa Barbara Independent — review of Drink & Draw live painting event ◉
Press Featured in German book about the Pied Piper
Press AVAM “Museum Gift Swap” — painting gifted to Phillips Museum
Press Bologna, Italy — continued catalog inclusion and museum representation
Exhibition “Art and the City,” Hill Center Galleries, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition “Freedom Square” painting created for the architect of the monument at Freedom Square in Tehran, Iran
Milestone Launched Patreon patron program
Exhibition “Hair of the Dog,” Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery, Sanford, FL ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Exhibition “Matt Sesow: Politicized 2 — Inauguration Day Open House,” The Pub & The People, Washington, DC ◉
Press David J. Smith — “Baltimore’s Unofficial Museum of Social Justice: AVAM,” with a mention of “Shock and Awe”
Milestone Studio move — leaves the Adams Morgan apartment studio ◉
Exhibition “Co_works” with Norbert Guthier, at the studio of Edouard Duval-Carrié, Miami, FL ◉
Exhibition “80 Years — Guernica Revisited,” VSA Colorado / Access Gallery, Denver, CO ◉
Media Artist visit and talk at AVAM
Press Artborne Magazine — “Hair of the Dog: New Works by Matt Sesow”
Exhibition “Déjà Vu,” Hill Center Galleries, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC ◉
Media “Join Hands” added to the Los Angeles Public Library collection ◉
Exhibition “Shock and Awe” members-only closing reception, American Visionary Art Museum ◉
Press Cape Gazette — Delaware ◉
Milestone Paintings returned from the AVAM show are offered to collectors through a waiting list at avam.sesow.com… ◉
Exhibition “Outsider or Insider Art,” Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH ◉
Exhibition Summer group show, Gallery 1515, Vancouver, BC ◉
Exhibition Monthly open studios with Dana Ellyn at 916 G Street NW #304 ◉
Exhibition “Stepping into the Unknown,” group show on political anxiety, Silo118, Santa Barbara, CA ◉
Milestone AVAM puts its newly acquired Sesow paintings ◉
Media The Squire Foundation screens “Join Hands” with artist talks by its resident artists, Santa Barbara ◉
Media Live painting, “A Window to the Arts” pop-up studio, 927 State Street, Santa Barbara ◉
Exhibition Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn

2018

Exhibition “All in the Family,” Metro Gallery, 1316 N Street, Lincoln, NE ◉
Exhibition “Radical Fluidity: Grotesque in Art,” MISP Museum, St ◉
Exhibition “Political Art from the 18th Century to the 21st” ◉
Exhibition Transformer Gallery 15th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC ◉
Press Nebraska Public Media — NET News
Press Washington Post retrospective mention
Exhibition Paintings at gallery in Dahouet, Bretagne, France ◉
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Exhibition 2018 open-studio series with Dana Ellyn ◉
Media Slovenian documentary celebrating 50 years of the meeting of naïve artists in Trebnje, featuring Matt as the…
Milestone Patreon patron tiers published ◉
Media Artist talk at AVAM on his 20+ paintings in the permanent collection, Jim Rouse Visionary Center, third floor ◉
Press Wahoo Newspaper — Nebraska
Press Georgetown Voice: Sesow as Charlie Visconage’s mentor (2018)

2019

Exhibition “No! Hate,” Center for Contemporary Political Art ◉
Exhibition Transformer Gallery 16th Annual Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC ◉
Exhibition Paintings at Slotin Folk Art Auction
Media Documentary “Join Hands” available for streaming and distribution
Milestone Career sales surpass 12,000 original paintings
Press Ken Bromley Art Supplies — UK
Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn ◉
Media Film screened at Outsider Art Fair, New York City
Media PBS / Nebraska Stories — Season 12 ◉
Media Talk at the Center for Contemporary Political Art ◉
Media CreativeMornings/DC — “Give You Goosebumps,” a 30-minute talk on the story of his art, inspiration and… ◉
Milestone Docents from the American Visionary Art Museum visit Matt’s downtown Washington, DC studio ◉
Press Making It! blog — Turner Houston ◉
Milestone early.sesow.com launched — June 2019 ◉
Exhibition Collaboration with Madrid fashion designer Maya Hansen ◉
Milestone First live-streamed painting sessions on YouTube ◉
Exhibition Open studio, 916 G Street NW
Media “Beating the Odds” — AOL ◉
Press Brightest Young Things — “Inside the Artist’s Studio: Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn”
Press Art Breakout — “Self-Taught Washington DC-Based Artist Matt Sesow at the American Visionary Art Museum”

2020

2021

2022

Exhibition Paintings at Sideshow at AVAM, Baltimore
Press Canvas Rebel Magazine — “Meet Matt Sesow” feature interview
Exhibition “Spark of Imagination: The Spectrum of Creativity,” Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA ◉
Press Baltimore Magazine — Sideshow at AVAM featured
Milestone Vibrant Shore Brewing Company beer can collaboration ◉
Milestone Presents his painting “Ode to Rebecca Hoffberger” to AVAM’s founding director at the museum, Baltimore ◉
Award VEER Magazine — Norfolk, VA names “Life and Limb” one of the “Best of 2021” ◉
Milestone New collectors in Iceland and Lithuania
Exhibition Paintings in the collection of the Small Museum of Folk Art

2023

Exhibition Works from the permanent collection of the Gallery of Naïve Artists, Trebnje, Slovenia exhibited ◉
Milestone Record output: 697 paintings created in a single year ◉
Milestone Career sales surpass 15,000 original paintings
Exhibition Galerija likovnih samorastnikov Trebnje, Slovenia ◉
Exhibition Painting exhibited at the Maidan Museum ◉
Exhibition “99 Pieces of Art” benefit show, Access Gallery, Denver, CO ◉
Press Bruma Brew collaboration — Calce, France ◉
Press South China Morning Post — painting “Mr ◉
Milestone Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project ◉
Press Injection Magazine — Carola Kolbeck
Milestone Monthly virtual open studios with Dana Ellyn from their Gallery Place home and studio, offered through Patreon
Exhibition Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DC ◉

2024

2025

2026

Exhibition éclat d’âme — a tribute to poet and sculptor Linda King, BLVK Book, Beverly Center, Los Angeles ◉
Press The Ardent, July 2026: “USA” illustrates “Declaration 2.026” ◉
Exhibition The Kaleidoscope Effect — Transformer’s 22nd Annual Benefit Auction & Gala, The LINE DC, Washington, DC… ◉
Exhibition WE MAKE DC — two-person grand-opening exhibition with Dana Ellyn at Shop Made in DC ◉
Milestone 17,000+ original paintings sold to collectors in 40+ countries
Milestone 60 paintings sold in January
Milestone Months of 100+ paintings sold have recurred throughout the career
Exhibition AVAM docents visit Matt and Dana Ellyn’s home and studio in downtown Washington, DC
Milestone Continues painting daily from studio at 916 G Street NW, Washington, DC
Milestone Early Notable Collectors — 1994–1998: Baron and Ellin Gordon
Milestone history.sesow.com launched — February 2026
Press Systema Magazine — “In Conversation with Matt Sesow”
Milestone Acquires “CHANISKI,” a sculpture made by Charles Bukowski himself ◉
Milestone Publishes an open offer to AI researchers to collaborate on creativity
Media AVAM virtual talk — “Behind the Work: The Art and Story of Matt Sesow,” presented on Zoom by the American… ◉
Press LSM.lv — Latvian Public Broadcasting
Exhibition “Māksla par gaļas nodokli” / Art for Meat Tax festival
Media Latvian Television — LTV “Kultūras ziņas” culture news
Media Latvijas Radio — interview in Rīga
Milestone Paints new work on the ground in Rīga
Milestone Turns 60 on September 10, 2026
Milestone New series “Game Changers” — grids of grinning heads, each labeled with a real person’s name: “Game Changers” ◉
Exhibition Group exhibition with Dana Ellyn
Exhibition Loan request — New Bedford Art Museum
Press Italian feature — Renzo Barbattini
Milestone The Sesow Press Archive established
Milestone The _myhistory repository created on the AI drive

2027

Exhibition Scheduled: Two-person exhibition with Dana Ellyn