The press archive, 1995–2010
Each card opens a saved copy of the original page: the clipping scans at full size, the page text, and a PDF of the page as it stood. Video links go to YouTube.
1995–2001
Creating Internet EntertainmentMatt Sesow's webpage from 1995-1997 · featured in this 1997 publicationFull text1997
The Sadist" DVDCover art by Matt Sesow, 1997 · All Day EntertainmentFull text1997
Folk Art Finder1997 ArticleFull text1997
San Jose Art League19981998
SOLOMON ISLANDS"Peace Corps" Volunteer · several paintings1999
Brutarian Magazine Interview1999 InterviewFull text1999
Self-Taught Artist Guide BookBook from 2000 gives "description" of Matt SesowFull text2000
Solo Show Washington, DCCorcoran Museum · White Walls Gallery at Corcoran Museum · May 2001Full text20012002
Sesow talks art at New School(New York, NY) · Outsider Art Show · May 2002Full text
Big News Magazinecover and inside · Cover and inside · Homeless benefit magazineFull text
Matt Sesow Interview(Washington, DC) · Northwest Passages newspaper · October 2002Full text
Folk Art MessengerSummer/Fall 2002 · Matt Sesow donates painting to benefit FASAFull text
BULGARIAOne month in Sofia, Bulgaria · "Geek Corps" Volunteer · several paintings
Sesow wins "Best in ShowSchenectady, NY · Viewpoint Gallery · May 2002Full text
Revelations And Reflections11 venues over 3 years · "Hellbound" and "Bunny Collector" · 2002-2005Research page
In Response(Savannah, GA) · Sesow responds to 911 · Sept-November 2002Full text
Folk Art MessengerWinter 2002 · Matt Sesow thanks FASA and SavannahFull text
Group Show "Held RansomGallery three · San Pedro, CA · October 2002
America Oh Yes(Washington, DC) · "Artists with (dis)abilities" · Sept-November 2002
Sesow at Oceanview, Deleware GalleryStone's Breath Gallery · 2002Full text
Sesow interviewwith GetUnderground.com · 2002Full text
Contemporary Art Center(Virginia Beach, VA) · "OUTSIDE/IN: Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors" · November 2002Full text
Nonprofit Magazine"Enron" painting · "Enron" painting published, full page · fall 2002Full text
Regional Juried Show(Washington, DC) · "To the Nth Degree" · Touchstone Gallery
New Art InternationalVolume VIII 2002-2003 · Matt Sesow on page 17 of the bookFull text2003
Interview with "the PaletteInterview with "the Palette" · publication of VSA Arts · Spring 2003
Article in "Artesian" MagazineNumber 5, 2003Full text
Group ShowReview · Nisk-Art Gallery (Schenectady) · December 2003Full text
Compass Magazine Articleand cover · December 2003Full text
Residency in COSTA RICA1 Month, 250 Paintings.
F**king Wasps(Los Angeles) · Sesow paints backdrop of play · for Theater of NoteFull text
Folk FestAtlanta · Sesow sells paintings at folkest · 2003Full text
Coagula Magazine(Los Angeles) · Review of Sesow's work · with Theater of NoteFull text
Sesow wins "Juror's Choice AwardSchenectady, NY · Viewpoint Gallery · May 2003Full text
Kudzu Wish CD coverReverse Hurricane · Sesow paintings on CD cover and inset · by NC band Kudzu Wish, 2003
First Place HonorsAdams Morgan Day · Washington, DC 2003
Sesow's War PaintingsSome reactions to the US Wars in Iraq/AfghanistanFull text
Sesow showing in LincolnUniversity Place Art Gallery · 2003
B-Side group showAdams Morgan · August 2003 · Washington, DC2004
Washington Post Interview"Ask the Expert" column · March 2004Full text
Newspaper article (Intowner)Washington, DC · Sesow at the Visionary Museum/Baltimore · October 2004Full text
Solo Show, New York CityBig Cat Gallery · New York City, NY · January 2004Full text
Artomatic 2004Story about banned items from City Museum · Dictionary by Sesow removed from exhibit · November 2004Full text
Guillotine PostSolo Show · Atlanta · March2004
Left Turn Magazinefront and back cover · Left Turn Magazine · Sept/October 2004
Big News Magazinecover and inside · Cover and inside · Homeless benefit magazine
Brutarian Quarterly MagazinePainting by Sesow used for story/article · #42, Summer 2004Full text
100 Joltsshockingly short stories" · Painting by Sesow used on cover of book · 2004Full text
Big News MagazineSesow painting used on back of magazine · April - October 2004Full text
Two-person Show (Atlanta)Alcove Gallery · Aug-Sep 2004
Exit Clov CD coverSesow painting on two CD covers · by DC band Exit Clov, 2004
Solo Show, CharlottesvilleNature Visionary Art Gallery · Charlottesville, VA · April 2004
Sesow in controversyWashington Post Article · Funky Furniture controversy · April 2004Full text
Sesow paints liveSchenectady, NY · Viewpoint Gallery · May 2004Full text
Christopher and Dana ReeveParalysis Resource Guide · Paintings by Sesow used in the guide · 2004Full text2005
Collateral Damage10 plays · 10 plays written/performed about Sesow painting · PhoenixFull text
Solo Show Virginia Beach, VAHogan Gallery · April 2005Full text
Off The Beaten PathNew York City · Group Show · January 2006
Art Singulier Show Catalog8th Annual International Art Singular Festival · Roquevaire, France · Dec 2004 - jan 2005Full text
ARGENTINASesow paints in · Buenos Aires · Feb 2005
Solo ShowRaleigh, NC · Rebus Works · "Carrots and Sticks: bunnies and bullies"Full text
Museum of Contemporary Art DCJune 2005 · "What's So Terrible About · Being Beautiful"?Full text
Sesow on Outsider ArtInterview · Hartford Courant
Visionary Art Museum"Holy H2O" · 2 paintings by Sesow on exhibit · Washington Post Critic's PickFull text
Solo Show Washington, DCStudio One Eight Gallery · "Eye of the Storm" · October 2005Full text
Learning to Crawl" (Cleveland, OH)Inside Outside Gallery · August 2005Full text
On The WallPortland, OR · Shoe painting to benefit SkateparkFull text
Martin Luther King LibraryTwo-person show with Dana Ellyn · Washington, DC
Alcove GalleryAtlanta, GA · "Date Night" · with Nina Friday,
Alcove GalleryAtlanta, GA · "Fruit Bowl" group show
Sesow InterviewDC Hill Rag magazine · March 2005Full text
Exit Clov CD coverSesow painting on two CD cover · by DC band Exit Clov, 2005Full text
Solo Show Minneapolis, MNGallery Co. · "Looking Back, Sprint Forward" · July 20052006
DC Style MagazineSesow interview · Jan/Feb 2006Full text
MOROCCOSesow paints in · Essouira and Marrakech
Sesow paints during Operaand Interview with N&O newspaper · Sesow paints onstage during performance · of "Don Giovanni" in Raleigh, NCFull text
Sesow in Hurn MuseumSavannah, GA · "The Faces of Folk"Full text
Days of Action, Calls For PeaceSesow paintings used · Ventura, CA · March 2006Full text
Group show: Banners from the FringeGroup show of paintings on street banners · DC Economic Partnership · July 2006
Mural in Washington, DCFringe Festival July 2006 · Sesow paints Mural with fellow DC artist · 24 hour Fringe Festival eventFull text
Solo show: Rebus Works (Raleigh)and Interview with N&O newspaper · Solo show of "Don Giovanni" paintings · at RebusWorks Gallery in Raleigh, NCFull text
Article in MSDC magazine"Art of War" · November 2006Full text
Sacramento Bee"Critic's Pick" · Pamela Skinner Gallery · 7th Annual Dog and Cat Group ShowFull text
Exit Clov CD coverSesow painting on two CD covers · by DC band Exit Clov
Soul MiningTwo-person Show · Studio One Eight (DC) · August 2006
Outsider Artin the Hamptons · August 2006
Two-person showBethesda, MD · Driven · June 2006Full text
RemasteredWashington, DC · City Paper Critic's Pick · June 2006
Alcove GalleryAtlanta, GA · Show with Justin Kauffmann · September 2006
Ideas in Pictures" #5Two drawings by Matt Sesow in 2006 publication
The Pain Practitioner" MagazineSpring 2006 · Painting by Matt Sesow accompanies Magazine articleFull text
CupidityGallery Neptune · Feb 20062007
YouTube Interview with Matt Sesow8 minutes · AUGUST 2007Video
PAX ATTAX with Chris Dacretwo-person show at · Old Dominion University · July-August 2007Full text
SOLO in Denver"Sesow at VSA Arts Colorado" · August 2007Full text
Outsider Art in the HamptonsGroup show at Galerie BelAge · August 2007Full text
2 person showNozoku Gallery · "Double-Headed Monster" · AtlantaFull text
Matt Sesow Paints LiveLeftbank · Adams Morgan · January 2007Full text
New York Cityvan der Plas Gallery · "Take Another Look Outside" · group showFull text
Artomatic Bethesda 2007Creative Partners Gallery · Bethesda, MD · January 2007Full text
VH1 video countdownfeatures Sesow painting · VH1 top 20 video countdown · sesow painting in background
sesow tattoo"john of exit clov with sesow tattoos" · may 2007
ArtomaticCrystal City · April- May 2007Full text
Solo ShowD Gallery · "Salvaged" · Oceanside/San DiegoFull text
Cover of Audio Book"Audiovile" · Audio book by Michael A. Arnzen · Spring 2007Full text
Sesow painting live at LeftBankFudraiser for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Washington, DC · May 2007
Sesow in Sacramento"Sesow at Pamela Skinner Gallery" · June 2007
Group ShowWarehouse Gallery · "Art in Heat" · Washington, DCFull text
Street FestivalAdams Morgan · "29th Adams Morgan Day" · Washington, DC
Sesow at GAGA New York"Sesow at GAGA Arts Center" · June 2007Full text
SOLO in MaineRougette Gallery · Solo in Maine · RocklandFull text
Group show in Decatur/atlanta"Sesow at Alcove premeire in Decatur" · November 20072008
Sesow at Baron and Ellin Gordon GalleriesODU: Norfolk, VA · September
Uncommon Vision at PFACNewport News, VA · November
Octopus TattooWashington, DC · November
Bukowski UndigestedMatt Sesow Illustrates book by Linda King · March 2008Full text
Free-form Sesow Tattoo on John Thayer of Exit ClovWashington, DC · February
Artomatic 2008Washington, DC · May - June
GreenHeart Exhibit at Lofts11Washington, DC · February
Sesow and Ellyn at 'The GallAerieWashington, DC · June 14
newspaper review/articleWashington, DC "Examiner" ... · "Made in China: Travelogue, uncensored" · published print edition and onlineFull text
Made in ChinaMatt Sesow paints in China · July 2008 · show at Longview Gallery DCFull text
Matt Sesow video interview from 2004(added 2008)Video
Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn January 2008Aroma in DC · "Under the Influence"Video
Matt Sesow video interview from 2003Larz from Mars · (added 2008)Video
Matt Sesow Open StudioFebruary 2008Video
Matt Sesow shows at Alcove gallery in Atlanta2009
Holiday end of year newsletterDECEMBER 2009
2009 HighlightsDECEMBER 2009
SOLO in BarcelonaMAY 2009Full text
SLOVENIAJUNE 2009 · "42ND Annual Meeting on Naive Artists"
Interview East Coast Snow Boarding MagazineNOVEMBER 2009Full text
Interview DC Luxury MagazineAUGUST 2009
2009 INTERVIEWSDECEMBER 2009 · compilation of Sesow 2009 interviews2010
From the chronicle, 2011–2026
Press and media records from the career chronicle. Each line links to its entry on the timeline, with sources.
2026
- PRESSSystema Magazine — "In Conversation with Matt Sesow" (June 4, 2026)
- MEDIAAVAM virtual talk — "Behind the Work: The Art and Story of Matt Sesow," presented on Zoom by the American Visionary Art Museum (July 12, 2026)
- PRESSLSM.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting) — Sesow's painting "Latvian Blue Cow" is the lead image of the national culture-section preview of the Art for Meat Tax festival; Dana Ellyn named in the article and her "Playing Favorites" pictured (August 31, 2026)
- MEDIALatvian Television (LTV) "Kultūras ziņas" culture news — filmed Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn painting in Rīga (September 2, 2026)
- MEDIALatvijas Radio — interview in Rīga (September 3, 2026)
- PRESSItalian feature — Renzo Barbattini (University of Udine) and Claudio Baffi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza), "Le api ribelli nel mondo fantastico di Matt Sesow," Apinsieme — Rivista Nazionale di Apicoltura (Italy's national independent beekeeping magazine), April 2026, pp. 40–44, in the recurring column L'Ape nell'Arte ("The Bee in Art"). Five-page feature placing Sesow within Jean Dubuffet's Art Brut tradition, with an extended comparison to Italian outsider artist NOF4 (Oreste Fernando Nannetti). Three paintings reproduced in full color: "Birds and bees" (2015), "Bee Sample" (2012), "May flowers, with bee" (2018)
2025
- PRESSAATONAU Magazine — "Matt Sesow: Turning Trauma into Artistic Triumph" (February 2025)
- PRESSArtDaily — feature article
- PRESSMid Atlantic Review — continued feature
- PRESSItalian book of short stories and poems featuring Sesow paintings as cover art and illustrations — "A Tutti I Costi"
- PRESSHippocratic Collective — "Matt Sesow's Choice: Life and Art After Amputation" (October 2025)
- PRESSBook — Hugo Izzara, "Candy for the Ducks," featuring paintings by Sesow (available 2025)
- PRESSCleveland Scene — "On View" listing (2025)
- PRESSNeun Magazine — interview (2025)
2024
2023
- PRESSBruma Brew collaboration (Calce, France) — "The Sesow Series" of craft beers featuring Sesow paintings on cans: "They Look Like People" (TDH Hazy IPA), "We Need to Talk About Nelson" (Session NEIPA), "So What?" (Cold IPA). Dog, Chicken Cowboy, and Fish paintings on labels. Distributed through Toulouse, Perpignan, Montpellier, and Paris
- PRESSSouth China Morning Post — painting "Mr. Tuxedo" featured in print and online edition (March 9), at collector's home in Hong Kong
- PRESSInjection Magazine (Carola Kolbeck) — "Bold Lines and Bright Colors: Matt Sesow Paints With Heart & Soul" (January 2023): "I'm so much more than a one-armed guy"
2022
2021
- MEDIA"Gordon the Robot" — unable to travel, Sesow appeared by telepresence robot in the ODU galleries on September 8, 2021 to answer students' questions about his paintings and process
- MEDIAOld Dominion University — video feature and full gallery walkthrough of "Life and Limb" (September–November 2021)
- PRESSThe Virginian-Pilot — "Artist uses pain and history for new exhibition at ODU"
- PRESSWAVY-TV (Channel 10) — multiple "Community Connection" features on ODU exhibition
- PRESSArt Daily — review of "Life and Limb" exhibition
- PRESSVeer Magazine — "Art for Life" feature on upcoming ODU show
- PRESSVoyage Baltimore — "Meet Matt Sesow" interview
- PRESSOld Dominion University News — major exhibition press release
- PRESSThe Folk Art Society of America — exhibition listing
- MEDIAWAVY-TV "The Hampton Roads Show" — live television interview with curator Cullen Strawn about "Life and Limb" (August 24, 2021)
- MEDIAVideo walkthrough of "Life and Limb," filmed by Matt Holloman (November 2021); website life.sesow.com documents the show
- MEDIA"Arts Interview Series" talk on what has worked for him as an independent full-time artist for 27 years (December 7, 2021), followed by a four-hour live-streamed painting of a large "Sesow 2021" canvas from his DC studio to mark the final weeks of "Life and Limb" (December 8)
2020
- MEDIATenet Podcast — 3.5 hour in-depth interview on art, business, Basquiat, and Bukowski
- MEDIA"RAW Visions: Art of Survival" documentary — available on Amazon
- PRESSSimply Magazines — interview feature (August 2020)
- MEDIA"RabbitHole" podcast interview with Mick Strawn (Dewback Discussion Network, July 2020)
- MEDIAOral-history video interview with Matt and Dana Ellyn on how COVID-19 affected their lives and art, recorded by Jerry Russo for the University of Massachusetts Amherst special collections (October 12, 2020; released 2024)
2019
- MEDIADocumentary "Join Hands" available for streaming and distribution (IMDB: tt4374584)
- PRESSKen Bromley Art Supplies (UK) — Q&A artist interview (October 2019)
- MEDIAFilm screened at Outsider Art Fair, New York City (January) — interviews with Sesow
- MEDIAPBS / Nebraska Stories (Season 12) — "Matt Sesow's Paint Therapy" television segment, aired January 24, 2019, featuring the "All in the Family" show at Metro Gallery, Lincoln, and a studio visit in Washington, DC (Nebraska Public Media)
- MEDIATalk at the Center for Contemporary Political Art (CCPArt), Washington, DC (January 18, 2019) — tips on painting while traveling
- MEDIACreativeMornings/DC — "Give You Goosebumps," a 30-minute talk on the story of his art, inspiration and advice, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington, DC (Friday, January 25, 2019), to an audience of about 300
- PRESSMaking It! blog (Turner Houston) — "Creativity Talks: The Art and Energy of Self-taught Painter Matt Sesow" (May 28, 2019)
- MEDIA"Beating the Odds" (AOL) — mini-documentary; a film crew spent three days with Matt and Dana in the DC studio and at AVAM, including a live painting demonstration (August 2019)
- PRESSBrightest Young Things — "Inside the Artist's Studio: Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn" (2019)
- PRESSArt Breakout — "Self-Taught Washington DC-Based Artist Matt Sesow at the American Visionary Art Museum" (2019)
2018
- PRESSNebraska Public Media (NET News) — "Artist With Nebraska Roots Channels Childhood Trauma Into Paintings"
- PRESSWashington Post retrospective mention — "Dystopia" show at The Dunes (2011)
- MEDIASlovenian documentary celebrating 50 years of the meeting of naïve artists in Trebnje, featuring Matt as the first American participant (February 2018)
- MEDIAArtist talk at AVAM on his 20+ paintings in the permanent collection, Jim Rouse Visionary Center, third floor (Saturday, April 21, 2018, 3–4 PM) — a group day trip from DC by MARC train
- PRESSWahoo Newspaper (Nebraska) — "Waverly grad returning for art show in Lincoln" (July 2018)
2017
- PRESSSanta Barbara Magazine — writeup of the Silo118 solo exhibition and Squire Foundation residency (August 2017)
- PRESSNoozhawk.com — article previewing the Silo118 solo exhibition (October 2017)
- MEDIASlovenian TV (Channel 1) documentary featuring Galerija Trebnje and interview with Sesow
- PRESSSanta Barbara Independent — review of Drink & Draw live painting event
- PRESSFeatured in German book about the Pied Piper (painting reproduced)
- PRESSAVAM "Museum Gift Swap" — painting gifted to Phillips Museum (retweeted by AVAM)
- PRESSBologna, Italy — continued catalog inclusion and museum representation
- PRESSDavid J. Smith — "Baltimore's Unofficial Museum of Social Justice: AVAM," with a mention of "Shock and Awe" (February 2017)
- MEDIAArtist visit and talk at AVAM (Sunday, April 9, 2017, noon–3 PM) — bringing about 100 new small paintings for the Sideshow gift shop
- PRESSArtborne Magazine — "Hair of the Dog: New Works by Matt Sesow" (May 2017)
- MEDIA"Join Hands" added to the Los Angeles Public Library collection (May 2017)
- PRESSCape Gazette (Delaware) — preview and review of "Thrill Ride" at Gallery 50 (May 2017)
- MEDIAThe Squire Foundation screens "Join Hands" with artist talks by its resident artists, Santa Barbara (October 29, 2017)
- MEDIALive painting, "A Window to the Arts" pop-up studio, 927 State Street, Santa Barbara (November 2, 2017) — finished the large canvas "A Road Less Traveled"; previewed by Noozhawk
2016
- PRESSWestword (Denver) — preview of the Access Gallery solo exhibition (August 2016)
- PRESSBaltimore Style magazine — mention of the upcoming AVAM solo exhibition (April 2016)
- PRESS"Art in the City," Capital Community News — feature on the AVAM solo exhibition (June 2016)
- PRESSAP News / AP Travel — feature mention of AVAM solo exhibition
- PRESSFolk Art Society of America — AVAM exhibition featured
- PRESSRaw Vision Magazine — feature
- PRESSBmoreArt — review of "Shock and Awe" solo exhibition at AVAM
- PRESSBaltimore Magazine — AVAM solo exhibition listed as "must see" (May 2016)
- PRESSColumbia Daily Tribune (Missouri) — syndicated reprint of the Washington Post feature "The saga of Matt Sesow" (January 10, 2016)
- MEDIA"Heads and Tails" (Орёл и решка), the Russian/Ukrainian TV travel show — filmed Matt painting in his Adams Morgan studio and leading a "drink and draw" at Mellow Mushroom (April 21, 2016); aired 2017 to a combined audience the producers put at 70 million viewers
- PRESSBmoreArt review by DC writer Brendan Smith, "Shock and Awe Hits the American Visionary Art Museum" (June 2016)
- PRESSNYU School of Medicine, Medical Humanities database — a Sesow mother-and-child painting featured with commentary (June 2016)
- PRESSProfessional Artist magazine (August/September 2016) — interview on being a self-taught artist
- MEDIAMonthly Saturday gallery talks at AVAM throughout "Shock and Awe" (July 23 and August 27, 2016, then monthly into 2017), often with Dana Ellyn
- MEDIAArtist talk for the Pratt Contemporaries at AVAM's "Black and White Reveal Party," Baltimore (September 21, 2016)
- PRESSBrut Force — "The Art of Shock and Awe," feature on the AVAM exhibition (2016)
2015
- PRESSWashington Post — "Celebrating an ancient art form" reviews a show featuring local artists Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow (August 20, 2015)
- PRESSWashington Post — "The saga of Matt Sesow: How a one-handed artist is seizing D.C.’s art world," extensive biographical feature by Debra Bruno previewing "Shock and Awe" (January 2, 2016). Includes guardian angel ICU story, painting origin, prosthetic hand story, and Hoffberger quote praising his extraordinary sense of color
- MEDIACBS Television — Sesow's painting "Totem" appeared on NCIS: New Orleans, episode "The Insider" (April 7, 2015), hanging in the office/lab of the character Patton Plame
- PRESSBmoreMagazine — paintings in collector Ted Frankel's home featured
- MEDIADocumentary Film — "Join Hands: The Life and Art of Matt Sesow," by award-winning documentarian Leslye Abbey (Snowflake Video Productions), who began documenting Matt's story and artwork in the early 2000s. The film follows his early life in Nebraska through his 2010 wedding to Dana Ellyn at Long View Gallery. DVD orders opened December 30, 2014; Matt's first newsletter (April 2015) called it "recently released," and the DVD was shipping from Amazon by October 2015. The title was inspired by the 1979 Siouxsie and the Banshees album "Join Hands" — a connection rooted in Sesow's 1981 trip to Newcastle, England for the International Games for the Disabled, where he attended a Siouxsie and the Banshees charity concert arranged specifically for the disabled athletes (Newcastle Centre Hotel, August 10, 1981; documented in SOUNDS magazine). IMDB: tt4374584
- MEDIAA Sesow painting promotes Greek composer Othon Mataragas's London concert (April 10, 2015)
- PRESSOm Pom Happy (Caroline Juskus) — two-part interview on his process, travels and back story (July 31, 2015) and "The studio, home and sketches of painter Matt Sesow" (August 3, 2015)
- MEDIA"Backstage Takoma" — video interview filmed in Matt's DC studio about the upcoming "Join Hands" screening (host Morgan Fecto; fall 2015)
- MEDIAScreening — "Join Hands: The Life and Art of Matt Sesow," Takoma Park Municipal Government Building, 7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD (Thursday, October 8, 2015, 7:30–9 PM) — the first DC-area screening, with a Q&A with Matt and Dana Ellyn
- MEDIASwedish television — his large painting "In the Neighborhood" appears on "Jorden runt på 6 steg" (October 2015)
- MEDIAScreening — "Join Hands," presented by BloomScreen at Bloombars, 3222 11th Street NW, Washington, DC (Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 7–9 PM), with a Q&A with Matt and Dana Ellyn
- PRESSSpecial Children's Art Display (SCAD) — interview with advice for young painters (November 2015)
- MEDIAEncore screening of "Join Hands" with an exhibition of paintings by Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn, Bloombars, Washington, DC (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)
- PRESSEast City Art — "Stocking the Fridge" feature edition on Sesow and Ellyn (2015)
2014
- MEDIALive painting performance — preview night at 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Australia, November 14, 2014, the evening before the "All American Boy" grand opening
- PRESSAn-Nahar newspaper (Lebanon) — second feature
- PRESSRaw Vision Magazine — feature
- PRESSCicero Magazine — feature (June 2014)
- PRESSThe Courier-Mail (Queensland, Australia) — print coverage of his paintings at a 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace show (May 2014)
- MEDIA"Sunday with Sesow" — video interview by painter Charlie Visconage (June 2014)
- PRESSGooshe (Persian-language site) — article on his paintings (October 2014)
- MEDIAVideo interview by German artist Norbert Guthier in Matt's Adams Morgan studio (October 2014)
- MEDIAViva la Vegan! — Skype video interview of Matt and Dana Ellyn as vegan painters by Leigh-Chantelle, ahead of their Australian shows (November 2014)
- PRESSTheodore Carter — interview on "31 Days in July" (2014)
2013
- PRESSWashington Post — Sesow cited among established D.C. gallery artists in a gallery roundup (August 2, 2013)
- PRESSBarcelona TV (btv.cat / El Pla B) — video feature on "Icons" solo exhibition
- PRESSUN stamp program feature article
- MEDIAMatt attends the UN Postal Administration's unveiling of his "Dive Bomb" stamp at UN headquarters, New York (September 23, 2013); framed, signed stamps with original drawings followed at stamps.sesow.com
- PRESSGràffica (Spain) — "Matt Sesow vuelve a Barcelona para presentar ‘Icons’" — Spanish design press covering the ArteVistas "Icons" exhibition (2013)
- PRESSDetour Art — "Passionate paintings of Matt Sesow" (2013)
2012
- MEDIARadio interviews in Denver during Access Gallery solo
- PRESSConnect Savannah — interview about painting process and "Art at War" exhibit
- PRESSWeLoveDC.com — feature article about "Stocking the Fridge" show at The Fridge
- PRESSThe Sentinel (Maryland) — review of "See Something, Say Something" at Montpelier Arts Center
- PRESSHuffington Post — "Tesla" painting featured (2012)
- PRESSLSJ Mixed Media — February 2012 featured artist
- MEDIARadio interview with Annette Coleman on politics and art, and "The Untitled Art Show" interview, recorded in Denver during "Trickle Down" (May 2012)
- PRESSSavannah Morning News — "Art & Soul: Beach Institute exhibit explores changing attitudes toward war" (May 20, 2012)
- MEDIADocumentary "RAW Visions: Art of Survival" released (November 2012) — includes analysis of his paintings and Matt talking about his early life and inspiration