"Rise Above"
31" x 43" on unstretched canvas
available at new.sesow.com
will be on display at my next solo in Denver at VSA Colorado Access Gallery (beginning mid-August 2016)
Exhibition Solo Exhibition · 2016
“Divide and Conquer / Rise Above,” VSA Colorado / Access Gallery, Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition — "Divide and Conquer / Rise Above," VSA Colorado / Access Gallery, Denver, CO — opening reception August 19, 2016; three new 32 x 42 inch canvases painted on-site in Denver; nearly sold out, with a single work remaining by mid-September
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Matt at the time · his Facebook posts
"Rise Above" by Washington, DC artist Matt Sesow
31" x 43" on unstretched canvas
available at new.sesow.com
will be on display at my next solo in Denver at VSA Colorado Access Gallery (beginning mid-August 2016)
"Rise Above"
two new paintings by Matt Sesow that will be on display August 15 through September 15 at VSA Colorado Access Gallery in Denver. opening night free to the public on Friday August 19. paintings available at new.sesow.com
"rise above" a few paintings for my show in Denver at VSA Colorado Access Gallery opens mid August....
"Rise Above" (left and right hand) 28" x 40".
for my upcoming solo in Denver at VSA Colorado Access Gallery available at new.sesow.com and at the gallery in a few weeks.
Just back from the opening reception of my solo exhibition in Denver "Divide and Conquer/Rise Above". HUGE THANKS to Damon McLeese for putting it all together and getting me so many red dots/sales tonight, most everything sold. thanks Damon!
It is my pleasure to work with Damon and the fine folks at VSA Colorado Access Gallery. And THANKS to all the long-time Denver collectors of my work and the many new people that made some of my work theirs tonight. awesome. Although a lot of work sold tonight, the featured paintings pictured here are still available... contact me or the gallery if interested... the show is open until Sept. 10th. Next up, PROVINCETOWN!
Where this record comes from
- history.sesow.com (live, 2026-10-03)
- Matt Sesow’s Facebook posts (artist’s own export), matched to this entry by name and date
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “‘Divide and Conquer / Rise Above,’ VSA Colorado / Access Gallery, Denver, CO.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2016. history.sesow.com/e/2016-divide-conquer-rise-above-vsa.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2016
- Exhibition “Matt Sesow: Shock and Awe,” American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore
- Milestone AVAM solo exhibition “Shock and Awe” runs for over a year
- Milestone Four solo exhibitions in a single year
- Press Westword — Denver
- Press Baltimore Style magazine — mention of the upcoming AVAM solo exhibition
- Press “Art in the City,” Capital Community News
- Exhibition “Matt Sesow: Politicized,” Gallery 1515, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Exhibition “Politicized 2,” Gallery 1515, Vancouver, Canada
- Exhibition Paintings at “Une Vision Singulière,” a gallery in Saint Brieuc, northwest France
- Exhibition Paintings at Tieken Studio and Gallery, Paradise Valley, AZ
- Exhibition “Landscapes of the Collector”
- Exhibition Transformer Gallery 13th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
- Milestone AVAM’s SideShow Gift Shop begins carrying original Sesow paintings and “Join Hands” documentary
- Press AP News / AP Travel — feature mention of AVAM solo exhibition
- Press Folk Art Society of America — AVAM exhibition featured
- Press Raw Vision Magazine — feature
- Press BmoreArt — review of “Shock and Awe” solo exhibition at AVAM
- Press Baltimore Magazine — AVAM solo exhibition listed as “must see”
- Press Columbia Daily Tribune — Missouri
- Milestone Open call to DC-area collectors to lend their Sesow paintings to the AVAM show
- Media “Heads and Tails” — Орёл и решка, the Russian/Ukrainian TV travel show
- Exhibition “Matt Sesow: Shock and Awe” — AVAM members' opening reception and artist talk
- Award “Join Hands: The Life and Art of Matt Sesow” wins third place, Best Documentary Feature Film, Down East Flick…
- Press BmoreArt review by DC writer Brendan Smith, “Shock and Awe Hits the American Visionary Art Museum”
- Press NYU School of Medicine, Medical Humanities database
- Press Professional Artist magazine
- Media Monthly Saturday gallery talks at AVAM throughout “Shock and Awe”
- Exhibition Group show with Dana Ellyn, AMP: Art Market Provincetown, MA
- Media Artist talk for the Pratt Contemporaries at AVAM’s “Black and White Reveal Party,” Baltimore
- Exhibition “Co_works” — exhibition of collaborative works with Norbert Guthier, G Gallery, Houston, TX
- Exhibition Open house and show with Dana Ellyn, 44 R Street NE, Washington, DC
- Press Brut Force — “The Art of Shock and Awe,” feature on the AVAM exhibition
- Press Library Journal reviews “Join Hands” (2016)
- Press “Photos: Matt Sesow at the American Visionary Art Museum” — City Paper, 2016
- Press City Paper links the Post’s “one-handed artist” feature (2016)
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn