Exhibition October 5, 2006
Live painting — painted onstage and in the lobby during the Opera Company of North Carolina’s multimedia…
Program · 2006-10-05/2006-10-06
Don Giovanni — Mozart (program, 10th anniversary season)
The Opera Company of North Carolina
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Photographed by Matt Sesow from his press packets, October 18, 2026; text transcribed from the photos by Claude.
CELEBRATING 10 years OF WORLD-CLASS OPERA
DON GIOVANNI MOZART
October 5, 6 • 7:30pm
Meymandi Concert Hall
at the Progress Energy Center, Raleigh
THE OPERA COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA
[Bio insert with photo of Matt Sesow:]
Matt Sesow, Artist, is a full-time visual artist born and raised in Nebraska. In 1994, he was introduced to painting as a way to socialise. Today, Matt Sesow's unique vision, experiences, and prolific output have garnered him a special place in contemporary art. Labels used to describe Sesow's work have included "Expressionist", "Outsider" and even "Art Brut". Matt's involvement with Don Giovanni is not his first foray into the performing arts. In 2003, he painted six large canvas used as backdrop and inspiration for a month-long performance celebrating the life and accomplishments of Alfred Kinsey at the "Theatre of Note" in Hollywood. Matt welcomes interaction and reaction to his paintings. If you'd like to see more of his work, please visit him on the internet at www.sesow.com.
Where this record comes from
- Matt Sesow press packet (photographed by Matt, 2026-10-18)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Live painting — painted onstage and in the lobby during the Opera Company of North Carolina’s multimedia….” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2006. history.sesow.com/e/2006-live-painting-don-giovanni-opera-north-carolina.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 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 “The Many Faces of Folk Art” — Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art, Savannah
- 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”
- Press The News & Observer — Raleigh
- Press Connect Savannah — “Faces of Folk” art review by Bertha Husband