a very nice review of my painting(s) currently on display here at the PASS gallery in DC.! (by Kevin Mellema in the "falls church news press"):
"Matt Sesow offers another round characters treated to his trademark exuberant Brutalism. My favorite here is Sesow's "Lost Bunny," a black canvas painted with a grid work of blue eyed bunnies rendered in thin white lines. One bunny is lacking the ocular blue of his neighbors. That lone bunny has been manically encircled with a fat red line. It's not clear if "Lost Bunny" is headed for expulsion or extermination, but we can be fairly sure that his presence is not going to be tolerated by his homogenized blue-eyed neighbors. It's a wonderful telling of man's tribal tendencies, and our deeply ingrained desire to cloister ourselves off with people like us. It speaks to our insecurities and our need to feel safe by associating with people like us."
Press 2008
Kevin Mellema, Falls Church News-Press
Kevin Mellema, Falls Church News-Press — review of PASS Gallery show
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Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Kevin Mellema, Falls Church News-Press.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2008. history.sesow.com/e/2008-kevin-mellema-falls-church-news.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2008
- Press Washington Post — “Ramping Up to Catch Air” features “A Chinese Holiday, Caught on Canvas,” the painted…
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
- Exhibition “BrUSHfire: Political Awareness,” Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “3rd Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons,” Galerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, NY
- Exhibition “Breaking the Walls of Bias: Art by Survivors,” Galerie BelAge, NY
- Exhibition “Outside In,” GAGA Arts Center, Garnerville, NY
- Exhibition “Uncommon Vision: Nancy Thomas Presents Six Visionary Artists,” Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
- Exhibition “Collective Wisdom” — Grand Opening, Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk…
- Exhibition PASS Gallery, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Stage Design — “All You Can Eat,” foolsFURY Theater, San Francisco
- Exhibition Artomatic, Washington, DC — 50 paintings on display, 8th floor
- Exhibition Book: Bukowski Undigested by Linda King, illustrated by Matt Sesow
- Exhibition Longview Gallery, Washington, DC
- Press Mark St — John Erickson, Daily Press
- Press Robin Tierney, Washington Examiner
- Press San Francisco Bay Guardian — review of foolsFURY production
- Media Video Interview — “The Artists Reality Show” by Todd V and J Edwards
- Exhibition Alcove Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Exhibition GreenHeart Exhibit at Lofts11, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Sesow and Ellyn at “The GallAerie,” Washington, DC
- Milestone Sesow tattoos — Octopus Tattoo, DC
- Press Maura Judkis, Washington City Paper
- Press Beverly Kaye Gallery blog — “Outsider Art at Beverly Kaye Gallery”
- Exhibition Open studios at his Adams Morgan apartment studio, 1851 Columbia Road NW #603
- Press Peace Corps Online / Kansas City infoZine
- Press We Love DC — “Matt Sesow Events” feature on his DC exhibition activity
- Exhibition Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DC