Press 2003
David Brickman, “This Is Not the Academy”
David Brickman, "This Is Not the Academy" — review of "Revelations and Reflections" at Union College's Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady, NY (summer 2003). Brickman names Sesow with Paul Gasoi, Jane "in Vain" Winkelman and Brian Dowdale as the four painters in the show who "transcend the childlike to create styles all their own," work he says would sit comfortably in a museum collection of academically trained contemporaries. Read the record →
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From the press archive
Where this record comes from
- history.sesow.com (live, 2026-10-11)
- sesow.com/revelation.htm and press/2k2 scans (Las Vegas Mercury 9/11/2003; Brickman review; labels; slide #10; ExhibitsUSA catalog p.33)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “David Brickman, ‘This Is Not the Academy’.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2003. history.sesow.com/e/2003-david-brickman-this-is-not-the-academy.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2003
- Exhibition Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
- Exhibition Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial, Union College, Schenectady, NY
- Exhibition UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
- Milestone Launches “31 Days in July” — annual project creating one large painting per day in response to morning news
- Press Washington City Paper on “31 Days in July” (2003)
- Press “…31 days in july…” — Get Underground feature (2003)
- Media The Larz from Mars Show — Matt Sesow, July 2003
- Exhibition “Art Against War,” Grand Atrium, Majlis Cultural Center, Mumbai, India
- Exhibition “Political Bodies,” Seattle, WA
- Exhibition Residency as visiting artist, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
- Exhibition Painted set for Hollywood play “F**king Wasps”
- Exhibition B-Side group show — Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Sesow showing in Lincoln — University Place Art Gallery
- Exhibition Nisk-Art Gallery, Schenectady, NY
- Exhibition Guest Artist — Kentuck Festival
- Award “Best Artist” — annual Adams Morgan Festival, Washington, DC
- Award Juror’s Choice Award — Viewpoint Gallery, Schenectady, NY
- Press Las Vegas Mercury review compares work to George Grosz, Francis Bacon, and Edvard Munch
- Press Interview with “The Palette”
- Press Article in “Artesian” Magazine
- Press Compass Magazine — cover and feature article; published by Leonard Cheshire, UK
- Press Coagula Magazine — Los Angeles
- Media Kudzu Wish CD cover — Reverse Hurricane, NC band
- Exhibition The Ottobar, Baltimore, MD — March, over 20 works
- Exhibition Aroma, Cleveland Park, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “A Really Big Show,” Results Gallery with WPA/Corcoran, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “The Art of Conflict,” national juried exhibition, 57 N Fine Art, 1701 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “POV,” ARTOCONECTO national juried exhibition, 1701 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC
- Exhibition OCCOA at CDW Gallery, 30th and M Street, Georgetown, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Kalorama Emerging Artists Fair, 1711 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “Love and Eroticism,” juried exhibition, Khoja Gallery, Arlington, VA
- Exhibition Capital Region Art Center, Albany, NY
- Exhibition Guest Artist — 10th annual Folk Fest 2003, North Atlanta Trade Center, Atlanta, GA
- Exhibition “March Madness” shown in “Art Against War: An Exhibition of Posters and Multimedia”
- Media Lecture — Calvert Elementary School assembly, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Media Lecture — Niskayuna High School assembly, Niskayuna, NY