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Matthew Schaefer


 

Matthew remembers being an artist from the first; he felt there was never a choice for him. His parents were committed to the arts as a worthy application of their son’s energy and intense enthusiasm. Matthew’s art took precedence over the usual venues of life in the 1950’s. He attended Silverman College of Art in New Canaan, Connecticut where he studied the rudiments of art history, drawing, painting and design.

He has painted prolifically throughout the years, while his work developed from a darker beginning to the highly colored Fauvist expressionist style. More recently, his paintings have become more abstracted and graffiti-like, and have developed into the more minimal style of his work today.

 

Matthew Schaefer


 

Works

Biography

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Matthew remembers being an artist from the first; he felt there was never a choice for him. His parents were committed to the arts as a worthy application of their son’s energy and intense enthusiasm. Matthew’s art took precedence over the usual venues of life in the 1950’s. He attended Silverman College of Art in New Canaan, Connecticut where he studied the rudiments of art history, drawing, painting and design.

 He has painted prolifically throughout the years, while his work developed from a darker beginning to the highly colored Fauvist expressionist style. More recently, his paintings have become more abstracted and graffiti-like, and have developed into the more minimal style of his work today.

 

Matthew Schaefer


Education

/ 1971 Silvermine College of Art, New Canaan, Ct.

One Person Exhibitions 

/ 2023 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ 2022 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ 2020 Group Show, Vivid Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

/ 2018 Group Show, Vivid Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

/ 2017 Group Show, Vivid Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

/ 2012 Prudential Building Lobby, Chicago, Il.

/ 2010 Prudential Building lobby, Chicago, Il.

/ 2007 FLATFILEcontemporary Accumulations Chicago, Il.

/ 2006-2008 Webster Wine Bar, Gallery Chicago, Il.

/ 2006 Star Bar Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 2006 Hot Chocolate Restaurant, Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 2003 FLATFILEcontemporary Full Spectrum Chicago, Il.

/ 2002 Mercantile Exchange Building. Chicago, Il.

/ 2001 Shure microphone Building ( Murphy / Jahn ) Niles, Il.

/ 2001 Loyola Academy, Ò The Stations of the Cross Ò Wilmette, Il.

/ 2000 the Skokie Public Library, Skokie, Il.

/ 1998 Art Encounter studio visit, Evanston Il.

/ 1997 Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 1995 Rush Presbyterian St. Luke Hospital, Chicago, Il.

/ 1994 The Third Coast, Chicago, Il.

/ 1992 Art Encounter Studio Visit, Chicago, Il.

/ 1992 Cheney Mansion Art Show. Oak Park, Il.

/ 1992 Lindsey Gallery, Oak Park, Il.

/ 1991 The Third Coast Intemezzo, Chicago, Il.

/ 1989 The Corner Gallery, World Trade Center, New York, N.Y.

/ 1988 The Wellington Art Market, Chicago, Il.

/ 1987 The Grove Street Gallery, Evanston, Il.

Group Exhibitions  

/ 2022 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL 

/ 2021 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ 2020 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, Il.

/ 2018 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ 2017 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, Il.

/ 2013 Bridgeport Art Center, Words and Gestures, Chicago, Il. 

/ 2009 River East Art Center, Chicago, Il. 2- person show, Black and White

/ 2007 Susan O’Conner Creevy Art Gallery, Evanston, Il.

/ 2006 FLATFILEcontemporary, Black and White Chicago, Il.

/ 2005 Cafe Ambrosia, Evanston, Il.

/ 2004 Transformers , Evanston, Il.

/ 2003 FLATFILEcontemporary, Inaugural Exhibition, Chicago, Il.

/ 2002 FLATFILEphotography, Devotion Show  Chicago, Il.

/ 2001 FLATFILEphotography, Politically Incorrect, Chicago, Il.

/ 2000 The D Gallery, Group Show, Evanston, Il.

/ 2000 The D Gallery, Group Show with The Stations of the Cross, Chicago, Il.

/ 1998 Beverly Art Center, Bauer Juried Show, Beverly, Il.

/ 1997 Beverly Art Center, Three Man Show  Beverly, Il.

/ 1997 Peter Jones Gallery, Group Show, Chicago, Il.

/ 1995 David Barnett Art Gallery, Two Person Show, Milwaukee W

/ 1994 John Hancock Center Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 1993-1994 The Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Fl.

/ 1993 Wilmette Arts Guild, Wilmette, Il.

/ 1993-1994 Gallery 1633, Chicago, Il.

/ 1992-1999 Around The Coyote, Chicago, Il.

/ 1991-1996 Chiaroscuro Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 1992 Skokie Fine Arts Commission Juried Art Show, Skokie, Il.

/ 1991 Chicago Artist Guild, Chicago, Il.

/ 1990 The Looking Glass, Chicago, Il.

/ 1988 The Limelight, Jungle Dreams  Chicago Il.

/ 1976-1977 The John Slade Ely House, New Haven Ct.

Awards

/ New Haven Paint And Clay Club, Jury Judges, Deane Keller, Margot Rosenthal

Publications

/ 1992 Urban CafŽÕ, Chicago Cable Production Video, Chicago Il.

/ 1991 Pioneer Press, Home and Design Section, Dorothy Andries

/ 1989 Nelson-Hall Inc., Herson / Bollard, The Urban Web Cover Painting

/ 1976 Yale University, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven Ct.

Selected Collections

/ Hinshaw and Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, Il.

/ Glen Voysey, Glencoe, IL

/ David Kleinman, Evanston, Il.

/ Kelly and Daniel Laszlo, Winnetka, Il.

/ Jenny Morehead, Winnetka, Il.

/ Stephanie Coolidge, Glencoe, Il.

/ Art Enterprises Inc., Chicago, Il.

/ Shure Incorporated, Niles, Il. 

/ Susan Aurinko, Chicago, Il.

/ Allyson Hunter, Chicago Il.

/ Kurt Gutfreund, Chicago, Il.

/ Mr. and Mrs. Nerenberg, Evanston, Il.

/ Larry and Abby Block, Highland Park, Il

/ Joel Kanter, Mclean, Va.

/ Santiago Calatrava, Chicago Spire building, Chicago Il. Painting for lobby.