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2020s

115 records: every exhibition, article, broadcast and milestone. Each one opens its own page with photos, press and sources.

202012 records
  1. 2020Art Show — The Cheshire, Washington, DCExhibitions
  2. 2020Paintings at AVAM gift shop and SideshowExhibitions
  3. 2020Paintings at Strongin Salon, new gallery in downtown DCExhibitions
  4. 2020"RAW Visions: Art of Survival" documentaryTV, film & talks
  5. 2020Tenet Podcast — 3.5 hour in-depth interview on art, businessTV, film & talks
  6. JanExhibition in Germany with Norbert GuthierExhibitions
  7. Jan 17Virtual open studios with Dana Ellyn broadcast from DC and regularMilestones
  8. Jun 9COVID-19 Emergency microgrant from the DC Deputy Mayor for PlanningAwards
  9. Jul 19"RabbitHole" podcast interview with Mick StrawnTV, film & talks
  10. AugSimply Magazines — interview featurePress
  11. Oct 12Oral-history video interview with Matt and Dana Ellyn on how COVID-19TV, film & talks
  12. Dec 31“Owl” on the cover of “This Is What America Looks Like” (2020)Press
202119 records
  1. 2021Art Daily — review of "Life and Limb" exhibitionPress
    Part of Life and Limb →
  2. 2021The Folk Art Society of AmericaPress
  3. 2021Old Dominion University NewsPress
  4. 2021Paintings at Gallery 1515, Vancouver, CanadaExhibitions
  5. 2021Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DCExhibitions
  6. 2021Veer Magazine — "Art for Life" feature on upcoming ODU showPress
  7. 2021Voyage Baltimore — "Meet Matt Sesow" interviewPress
  8. 2021WAVY-TV — multiple "Community Connection" features on ODU exhibitionPress
  9. FebFebruary 2021 — open call to Norfolk-area collectors to loan SesowMilestones
  10. Mar 24Patreon program passes 1,000 original works of art mailedMilestones
  11. Jul 22Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn at Vibrant Shore Brewing CompanyExhibitions
  12. Aug 24WAVY-TV "The Hampton Roads Show"TV, film & talks
  13. Aug 31"Life and Limb: Works by Matt Sesow," Baron and Ellin Gordon ArtExhibitions
    Part of Life and Limb →
  14. SepOld Dominion University — video feature and full gallery walkthroughTV, film & talks
  15. Sep 1The Virginian-Pilot — Saleen MartinPress
  16. Sep 8"Gordon the Robot" — telepresence visit to the ODU galleriesTV, film & talks
  17. Nov 4Video walkthrough of "Life and Limb," filmed by Matt HollomanTV, film & talks
    Part of Life and Limb →
  18. Nov 10Drouot, Paris — a group of Sesow paintings offered at auctionExhibitions
  19. Dec 7"Arts Interview Series" talk on what has worked for him asTV, film & talks
202210 records
  1. 2022Baltimore Magazine — Sideshow at AVAM featuredPress
  2. 2022Canvas Rebel Magazine — "Meet Matt Sesow" feature interviewPress
  3. 2022Paintings in the collection of the Small Museum of Folk ArtExhibitions
  4. 2022Paintings at Sideshow at AVAM, BaltimoreExhibitions
  5. 2022"Spark of Imagination: The Spectrum of Creativity," Muscarelle MuseumExhibitions
  6. Apr 2Presents his painting "Ode to Rebecca Hoffberger" to AVAM's foundingMilestones
  7. Apr 18VEER Magazine names "Life and Limb" one of the "Best of 2021"Awards
  8. Jul 16Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NCMilestones
  9. Aug 1New collectors in Iceland and LithuaniaMilestones
  10. NovVibrant Shore Brewing Company beer can collaborationMilestones
202312 records
  1. 2023Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook ProjectMilestones
  2. 2023"99 Pieces of Art" benefit show, Access Gallery, Denver, COExhibitions
  3. 2023Record output: 697 paintings created in a single yearMilestones
  4. 2023Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DCExhibitions
  5. Jan 15Injection Magazine — "Bold Lines and Bright Colors"Press
  6. Mar 6Kensington Estate Auction includes his paintingsMilestones
  7. Mar 9South China Morning Post — painting "MrPress
  8. May 25“Bitja: podobe podzavesti”, works from the permanent collection ofExhibitions
  9. Jun 20Bruma Brew collaboration — "The Sesow Series" of craft beers featuringPress
  10. Sep 24Monthly virtual open studios with Dana Ellyn from their Gallery PlaceMilestones
  11. Dec 8Bagouve Artwear "Bull Dog T-Shirt" (2023)Milestones
  12. Dec 23Painting exhibited at the Maidan Museum, Kyiv, UkraineExhibitions
202410 records
  1. 2024Folk Art Society of America — exhibition featuredPress
  2. 2024Mid Atlantic Review — cherry blossom painting on magazine coverPress
  3. 2024Paintings at AVAM permanent collection and Sideshow gift shopExhibitions
  4. 2024Yappy Chatterbox Podcast — interview with Dana Ellyn and Matt SesowPress
  5. FebBaltimore Magazine — Sideshow at AVAM named "G.O.A.T. of Baltimore"Press
  6. Mar 7"Re-enabled" series — National Cherry Blossom Festival paintings madeMilestones
  7. Jun 22Republican-American — Mattatuck Museum "Outsider Art" review (2024)Press
  8. Sep"99 Pieces of Art" benefit show, Access Gallery, Denver, COExhibitions
  9. Nov 23Transformer Gallery annual auctionExhibitions
  10. Dec 5"Matt Sesow Inspired Animals" kids' class, Creative 360, Midland, MIMilestones
202521 records
  1. 2025ArtDaily — feature articlePress
  2. 2025Cleveland Scene — "On View" listingPress
  3. 2025"A Tutti I Costi" — Italian book with Sesow cover artPress
  4. 2025Listed on Artsy, MutualArt, ArtMajeur, and Washington Color GalleryMilestones
  5. 2025Mid Atlantic Review — continued featurePress
  6. 2025Midlibrary.io catalogs "Matt Sesow" as a named Midjourney styleMilestones
  7. 2025Neun Magazine — interviewPress
  8. 2025Paintings at Chamazinha Gallery, Figueira da Foz, PortugalExhibitions
  9. 2025Paintings at Sideshow at AVAMExhibitions
  10. FebAATONAU Magazine — "Matt Sesow: Turning Trauma into Artistic Triumph"Press
  11. Feb 7Featured artist in "William & Mary Collects III," the inauguralExhibitions
  12. MarArtLifting representation — accepted as a represented disabled artistMilestones
  13. Apr 19Live painting and studio talk for the Working Artists Forum, EastonExhibitions
  14. Jul 1"31 Days in July" returns — Matt and Dana Ellyn restart the project asMilestones
  15. Jul 26"For Jim with Love: Collection of a Storyteller," Bockley GalleryExhibitions
  16. Sep 5Two-Person Exhibition — "Every Day, Always"Exhibitions
  17. Sep 11Donated a sunflower painting to the benefit auction for Christ HouseExhibitions
  18. Oct 15Hippocratic Collective — "Matt Sesow's Choice"Press
  19. Oct 30More than 2,000 art postcards mailed to Patreon supporters, 2018–2025Milestones
  20. Nov 22Talk at the American Visionary Art Museum's 30th anniversaryExhibitions
  21. Nov 22Transformer annual auction, The LINE DC, Adams Morgan, Washington, DCExhibitions
202630 records
  1. 2026Early Notable Collectors: Baron and Ellin Gordon, K. & R. MilesMilestones
  2. 2026Continues painting daily from studio at 916 G Street NW, WashingtonMilestones
  3. 2026Months of 100+ paintings sold have recurred throughout the careerMilestones
  4. 202617,000+ original paintings sold directly to collectors in 40+Milestones
  5. 202660 paintings sold in JanuaryMilestones
  6. 2026Paints new work on the ground in RīgaMilestones
  7. Jan 12AVAM docents visit Matt and Dana Ellyn's home and studio in downtownExhibitions
  8. Feb 21History.sesow.com launched — the first full documentation of his artMilestones
  9. Mar 17Brivic.sesow.com — the Jeff Brivic Collection (2026)Milestones
  10. Apr"Le api ribelli nel mondo fantastico di Matt Sesow," ApinsiemePress
  11. MayWE MAKE DC — two-person grand-opening exhibition with Dana EllynExhibitions
  12. Jun 4Systema Magazine — "In Conversation with Matt Sesow"Press
  13. Jun 20Éclat d'âme — a tribute to poet and sculptor Linda King, BLVK BookExhibitions
  14. Jun 21“CHANISKI” — the sculpture by Charles BukowskiMilestones
  15. JulThe Sesow Press Archive establishedMilestones
  16. Jul 1The Ardent, July 2026: “USA” illustrates “Declaration 2.026”Press
  17. Jul 12AVAM virtual talk — "Behind the Work"TV, film & talks
  18. Aug 8"Sesow & Ellyn," Penthouse Art Gallery, Pasadena (2026)Exhibitions
  19. Aug 31LSM.lv — Sesow's painting "Latvian Blue Cow" is the lead image ofPress
  20. SepNew series "Game Changers" — grids of grinning headsMilestones
  21. Sep 2Latvian Television "Kultūras ziņas" culture newsTV, film & talks
  22. Sep 3Latvijas Radio — interview in RīgaTV, film & talks
  23. Sep 4"Māksla par gaļas nodokli" / Art for Meat Tax festivalExhibitions
  24. Sep 10Turns 60 on September 10, 2026Milestones
  25. Sep 14Publishes an open offer to AI researchers to collaborateMilestones
  26. Sep 25Matt Sesow: The One-Handed Painter Who Sold 17,000 PaintingsTV, film & talks
  27. Oct 2The _myhistory repository created on the AI driveMilestones
  28. Oct 17Group exhibition with Dana EllynExhibitions
  29. Nov 5"Identical Twins" on loan to the New Bedford Art MuseumExhibitions
    Part of New Bedford Art Museum →
  30. Nov 7The Kaleidoscope Effect — Transformer's 22nd Annual Benefit AuctionExhibitions
2027Upcoming
  1. MarScheduled: Two-person exhibition with Dana EllynExhibitions

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