Exhibition 2003
“March Madness” shown in “Art Against War: An Exhibition of Posters and Multimedia”
"March Madness" shown in "Art Against War: An Exhibition of Posters and Multimedia" — Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New York City (June 2 – September 11), closing at NY Arts Space, 450 Broadway Gallery (June 27); the exhibition also travelled to Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
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In their words
the madness of the war, the familiar phrase, double amputee can’t play basketball anymore. burning oilfield in background.
From the press archive
Saved web pages and links
Research notes
- “March Madness” belongs to the series Matt painted as the Iraq war began in March 2003: young soldiers just out of high school, in gas masks, with burning oil fields behind them. The same page lists “MVP,” “WarKing,” “Shock and Awe,” “Honor Roll,” “War FBLA” and “Liberty Shield.”
- The project that followed, portraits of the first 100 U.S. soldiers who died in the Iraq war, was finished in 2004; all 100 went to a single collector (sesow.com, war2k3.htm).
Where this record comes from
- history.sesow.com (live, 2026-10-03)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “‘March Madness’ shown in ‘Art Against War: An Exhibition of Posters and Multimedia’.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2003. history.sesow.com/e/2003-march-madness-shown-art-against.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 David Brickman, “This Is Not the Academy”
- 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
- Media Lecture — Calvert Elementary School assembly, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Media Lecture — Niskayuna High School assembly, Niskayuna, NY