Matt Allyn Chapman
CV
Education:
2013- 2015 MFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.PA
2004- 2008 BFA Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster. PA
Solo Exhibitions:
2023
- FICTIONS& REALITIES, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
2019
- Do You See What I’m Hearing, A Day in The Life Records, Lancaster, PA
2018
- Out There From Right Here II, NoBa Art Spaces, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2017
- That's My Jamb: New Paintings, City Hall Gallery, Lancaster. PA
- Out There From Right Here: new works, The Ware Center for Visual & Performing arts at Millersville University, Lancaster. PA
- Schematics of Thought: recent works, TONO Group. Lancaster, PA.
2016
- Let’s Be Real: New Mixed Media Works, Grandview Gallery, Reading.PA
2015
-Contents Under Pressure, The Ware Center for Visual & Performing arts at Millersville University, Lancaster. PA
2014
-It's This, but Also That, The Gallery at Dogstar, Lancaster. PA
Group Exhibitions:
2022
60th Annual Community Art Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster. PA
ECHO,ECHO, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
2021
-Inner Currents: Kimi Kryor & Matt Allyn Chapman, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
- The Work Behind The Work, Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA.
- Zammesei: Bringing the Lancaster Community Together Through the Arts, Gardenspot Village, New Holland, PA
2020
-Weight & Balance, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
2019
- Encore: Elyce Abrams, Matt Allyn Chapman, Timothy Gierschick, Ben Weaver, NoBa Art Spaces, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2017
- Let The Record Show, Lancaster City Amtrak Station. Lancaster, PA
- NEW GEOMETRY: Abstract Invitational, Susquehanna Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA.
- Main Line Art Center Spring Gala 2017. Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA.
- Untitled Lancaster, Levingoods Of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA.
- Passport to Paradise, Cynwyd Country Club. Bala Cynwyd. PA
2016
- 2016 Faculty Biennial, PCA&D, Lancaster. PA
- New Works: on Paper, The Fridge, Lancaster. PA
- Shape Up: Geometric Abstraction in Lancaster, Sunshine Art+Design, Lancaster. PA
- Untitled 10”x10” 2016, Sunshine Art + Design, Lancaster. PA
- Beyond the Surface: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Red Raven Art Company, Lancaster. PA
- Works on Paper, Sunshine Art+Design, Lancaster. PA
2015
- Carte Blanche:Group Show, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia. PA
- Art of the Orchid: MGSoA Juried Exhibition,The Ware Center for Visual & Performing arts at Millersville University, Lancaster. PA
- Decked Out ’15, Parliament Gallery, York. PA
- VELOCITY 2015, Tellus 360, Lancaster. PA
- SELF MADE, Sunshine Art+Design & Fig Lancaster, Lancaster. PA
- AMERICA: Juried Exhibition, Sunshine Art+Design, Lancaster. PA
- Spoken Words (collaboration with Franco Mueller),Rothus Halle, Solothurn. Switzerland
- Untitled 10”x10” 2015, Sunshine Art + Design, Lancaster. PA
- Process & Product: Quilting Redefined, Sunshine Art + Design, Lancaster. PA
- ABSOLUTE, Gallery 128, Philadelphia. PA
- Points of Light, Gallery 8, Philadelphia. PA
2014
- NOW- Look Here, Gallery 8, Philadelphia. PA
- Art As a Game, City Hall Gallery, Lancaster. PA
- Essencial Variations, Gallery 128, Philadelphia. PA
- CONVERGENCE, Gallery 128, Philadelphia. PA
- Transferable Views (collaboration with Franco Mueller), Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia. PA
- THRIVE, Sunshine Art + Design, Lancaster. PA
- Domestic Respite, The Gallery at Park Town, Philadelphia. PA
2013
- Show Me What You See, Gallery 8, Philadelphia. PA
2011
- Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn. NY
2006
- What Is Beauty, Gallery at PCA&D, Lancaster. PA
Curations:
2023
- FICTIONS& REALITIES, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-In The Weeds: Andrea Biller Collins & Beth Hacker, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-When It All Comes Together, F&M senior show, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-Convergence + Coincidence: Becky Blosser & Justin Phillips,curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
2022
-ECHO,ECHO, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
-Monstro: James Brook & Jason Herr, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-Post-Industrial Fetish: Jeremy Waak,curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-HEADSPACE: PCA&D Senior Exhibition,curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-Drawn Together, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
2021
-Speak The Dark: Mairin-Taj Caya, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-Botanic Panic: Matty Geez, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-Inner Current: Kimi Pryor & Matt Allyn Chapman, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
-The Art of SOAR: Angie Hohenadel, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. Lancaster. PA
2020
- Megan Zettlemoyer: Living Ink, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
- Filling in the Blanks: Kate McCammon, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
- Tidal Pull: Seijo & Emily Elliott, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
- Bruce Bater: Scenes From a Technicolor World, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
- Weight & Balance, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
- Leah Limpert Walt, Memory & Landscape, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
2019
- Seth Madden: Rami Della Memoria, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
- INS & OUTS: Selected Works of Scott Kreider & Sean Hildreth, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
- The Search & The Image, works by Emily Truman & Jason Herr, curio. Gallery & Creative Supply, Lancaster, PA.
- Do You See What I’m Hearing, A Day in The Life Records, Lancaster, PA
2016
- +1 Piece & Process, The Speer Gallery at The Shipley School,
Bryn Mawr. PA
- A Slow Regard, Ware Center of Visual and Performing Arts, Lancaster. PA
- WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER: the work behind the work, Sunshine Art+Design, Lancaster. PA
2015
- Structural Support, Cloud Nine Gallery, Philadelphia. PA
Organizations:
2023
Inducted as Board Member of the Demuth Foundation & Lancaster Museum of Art
2022
Inducted as a member of the Echo Valley Art Group
Awards:
2015
- PAFA Faculty Award
2014
- Justine Cretella Memorial Scholarship
Collections:
- Private Collection of Rick & Gail Gray
- Ware Center for Visual & Performing Arts
- City Hall Gallery Permanent Collection, Lancaster. PA
On Loan:
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. PA
- Le Meridian Hotel, Philadelphia. PA
Publications:
2017
- Sunday Magazine. "Story Circles" Artist Interview. Lancaster Newspaper.
- UNBUILT Magazine Issue #3 & #4. Featured Illustrator
2016
- Third Point Press issue #5
2015
- Freshpaint Magazine: Featured Artist Blog: Matt Allyn Chapman
- Fig Magazine: The Makers Issue, Selfmade
2014
- eyelevelarts.com, Artist Interview:Matt Allyn Chapman
Statement
Working from relationships and phenomena observed in our day-to-day, I find my work in many places. An interaction between two people, discarded objects on the street, or the spill of light on the ground, they all yield many representational possibilities. Using a language of geometric abstraction and gestural mark making as a base in which to speak to the these relationships, I can explore their deeper connections and varied implications.
Chapman studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia (MFA) as well as Lancaster’s Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (BFA). He has exhibited at: The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Gallery, Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building at PAFA, Philadelphia PA. Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA. Rothus Halle, Solothurn, Switzerland. The Ware Center for Visual and Performing Arts at Millersville University, Lancaster PA. Sunshine Art + Design, Lancaster PA. City Hall Permanent Collection, Lancaster PA.
He currently lives in Lancaster PA where keeps his studio and works as Co-Owner of curio. Gallery & Creative Supply. He is also a member of the Echo Valley Art Group, serves on the Board of Directors for the Demuth Foundation & Lancaster Museum of Art, and is a Professor of Drawing in the Foundation & Fine Arts Departments at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D),