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Matt Lamb BIOGRAPHY 1932 born in Chicago, Illinois 1986 working primarily as a free artist 1992 Bronze Medal at the Deauville Exhibition, National Federation of French Culture 1994 appointed President of Midwest Patrons of the Arts, Vatican Museums appointed Director of the Vatican Museum Foundation, New York 1996 Doctor of Humane Letters, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis present Studios in County Cork, Ireland, Florida Keys, Wisconsin, Chicago and Paris French Ambassador of the Montmartre Republic to the United States Represented in the US and internationally by Fassbender Gallery & Virginia Miller Gallery GALLERY AFFILIATIONS Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA Galerie Punto, Valencia Spain, Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, FL, USA Leupi's Art Place, Zofingen, Switzerland Gallerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark Lisette Alibert, Paris, France Sailor’s Valentine, Nantucket, MA, USA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2001 The Cultural Center of Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina The National Museum of Lujan, Buenos Aires, Argentina Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, New York City, represented by Sailor's Valentine Gallery Art Miami '01, Miami, FL, represented by Virginia Miller Gallery Jesuit Museum, Dallas, Texas 2000 Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois Leupi's Art Place, Zurich, Switzerland Art Palm Beach, represented by Virginia Miller Gallery Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, New York City, represented by Sailor's Valentine Gallery Warren's Boathouse Gallery, Castletownshend, West Cork, Ireland Art Miami '00, Miami, FL, represented by Virginia Miller Gallery Open the Door to the Redeemer, Westminster Cathedral,London, Great Britain Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Zenner Gallery, Saarbrucken, Germany Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, FL Kasten Gallery, Mannheim, Germany Palais de Glace Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Art Miami '99, solo exhibition, Miami, Florida, represented by Fassbender Gallery State Academy for Art Education, Ottweiler, Germany Touring exhibition - Mexico, Brasil, Argentina 1998 Saarbrucken City Gallery, Saarbrucken, Germany Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL Dallas Children’s Theatre, Dallas, TX 1997 The Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL Galeria Punto, Valencia, Spain Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Mannheim, Germany Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris, France 1996 University of Bristol, Bristol, England John Cabot University, Rome, Italy Oxford University, Oxford, England Le Toit de la Grande Arche, La Defense, Paris, France State of Illinois Gallery, Lockport, IL La Casa de la Cultura, Jerona, Spain Madness and Matt Lamb, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Galerie Kasten, Mannheim, Germany St. Mathias College, Mettlach, Germany St. Augustine College, Bitche, France University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 1994/95 Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris, France 1994 Robert F. deCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL St. Mathias College, Mettlach, Germany Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece Galerie Pleiades, Athens, Greece Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL Fassbender Fine Art, Chicago, IL Rosary College, River Forest, IL 1993 Great Facade, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN Galeria Praxis Arte International, Mexico City, Mexico 1992 University of St. Thomas Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Gallerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany 1990 Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis Campus, Minneapolis, Minnesota Visions, Espace Cardin, Paris, France 1989 Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL Expression of the Spirit, St. Xavier College, Chicago, IL Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL 1988 Archangels, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2000 ARCO International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain, represented by Fassbender Gallery 1999 Figure 8, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL Cows on Parade, City of Chicago, Chicago, IL (outdoor installation) ArtChigago 1999, International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, represented by Fassbender Gallery Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, New York, NY Gallery Artists Group Show, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Just Good Art, exhibition and auction, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL San Francisco International Art Exposition, represented by Fassbender Gallery Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Dublin, Ireland Galerie Ferfanes, Zurich, Switzerland ArtChicago 1998, International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, represented by Fassbender Gallery Baltimore Folk & Visionary Art Show, Baltimore, MD Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY, Sailor’s Valentine Gallery Gallery Artists Group Show, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL 1997 ExpoArte, Guadalajara, Mexico, represented by Fassbender Gallery Art Cologne 97, Cologne, Germany, represented by Galeria Punto Art-Centre, Costa Brava, Spain Salvation and Damnation: Artists’ Takes on the Spiritual, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI Then and Now, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL Visual Communication Through Global Connections,Museum of Contemporary Art, Ferrara, Italy ArtChicago 1997, International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, represented by Fassbender Gallery Outsiders/Inside Art Fair, Chicago, IL, represented by Fassbender Gallery Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY, represented by Sailor’s Valentine Gallery 1996 Art Cologne 96, Cologne, Germany, represented by Fassbender Gallery Galerie Kasten, Mannheim, Germany Galerie Lisette Alibert, Paris, France Art Chicago Group Exhibition, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL Some of Chicago's Self-Taught, Chicago Center for Self-Taught Art, The Museum for: Folk, Naive and Outsider Artists,Chicago, IL 1994 Figuration, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL Salon Des Independants, Espace Branly, Paris, France Salon De L'Automne, Espace Branly, Paris, France Grand Palais Des Exposition, Avignon, France Modern Religious Art Gallery, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy Carole Jones Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Galeria Praxis Arte Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico 1993 Parc des Exposition de Chateaublanc, Avignon, France State of the Arts '93, The NFA, New England Fine Art Institute, Boston 1992 Salon des Independents, Grand Palais, Paris, France Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, Minnesota Salon de la Cote Fleurie, Deauville, France Deauville Medalist Exhibition, Trouville, France Grand Concours Internationale, Trouville, France Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany 1991 Grand Palais, Paris, France Salon de l'Automne, Paris, France Salon des Independants, Grand Palais, Paris, France Tough Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1990 World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois 1989 The Outer Limits of Art, Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois 1988 Emerging Artists, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois SPECIAL PROJECTS/COMMISSIONS 2000 Chicago Irish Memorial, 49 foot high sculpture commissioned for the city of Chicago by the An Gorta Mor Organization 1999 Commission: Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, North American College, the Vatican, Vatican City, Italy Projections/Dance Performance, visuals Matt Lamb and choreography Joe Cirqua 1997 Forward Motion, backdrop for performance at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. Dance Chicago '97, backdrop for performance by Wifredo Rivera, choreographer, music by Joe Cerqua, Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago, IL. Dance for Life, backdrop for performance at Skyline Stage, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL. Next Generation Dance Project, backdrop for performance at Columbia College Dance Center, Chicago, IL. The Ruth Page Dance Festival, backdrop for performance at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL. 1996 Dance Chicago '96, backdrop for performance by Wifredo Rivera, choreographer; music by Joe Cerqua, Anthenaeum Theatre, Chicago, IL 1993 The Great Facade, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois backdrop for a musical performance BIBLIOGRAPHY All Chicago, Uturn e-zine, issue #2, www.uturn.org, 1998 Bonesteel, Michael. Lamb of God, exhibition catalogue, Carl Hammer Gallery, 1990 Buchholz, Barbara. Among Jim Dine’s New Icons...., Chicago Tribune, April 3, 1998 Delp, Ron. Internationally Known Artist Uses Ocean for Final Touch, Florida Keys Keynotes, June 9, 1992 Gabor/Painter. A Little Bit of Heaven: The Paintings of Matt Lamb at Carl Hammer Gallery, Windy City Times, December 15, 1988, page 23 Garrett. Matt Lamb: Carl Hammer Gallery, New Art Examiner, February 1989 Hall, Michael. Matt Lamb: Obsessive Spirit, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, 1997 exhibition catalogue Immer Wieder Etwas Neues Zu Entdecken. Saarbrucker Zeitung, September 1994 Kuspit, Donald. Madness and Matt Lamb, exhibition catalogue, Fassbender Gallery, 1996 Lamb's Vivid Paintings Help Celebrate Minneapolis Dedication, St. Thomas Bulletin, Summer, 1992, pg. 1,4 Lamb, Matt. Love: The Christ Experience, Fassbender Gallery, 1996 Macey, Joyce. Matt Lamb Paints Like It Is, Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park Reporter, July 9, 1992, page 5 Matt Lamb, Artist, Condor Magazine, November 1994 Matt Lamb: Making Sense of Chaos, SunStorm Magazine, Summer 1992, pg. 50 Swanson, Lorraine. Businessman/Artist Listens to Calling, Paints Secret World, Sky Magazine, July 21, 1994, Section II, page 3 Swanson, Mary Towley. A Canvas of Iridescent Gems, St. Thomas Bulletin, Fall 1992 Walsh, Laura. Chicago by Design, Where Magazine, November 1990 Yood James, et al. Matt Lamb, exhibition catalogue, 1994 Zdanovics, Olga. Matt Lamb: Carole Jones Gallery, exhibition review, New Art Examiner, September 1994, page 44 SELECTED COLLECTIONS Knoxville Art Museum, Knoxville, TN Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL Pierre Cardin, Paris, France Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Chicago, Illinois Beverly Art Center, Vanderpool Gallery, Chicago, Illinois The Honorable Richard M. Daley, Chicago, Illinois General Count D'Arcourt, Paris, France Dr. Robert Derden, Chicago, Illinois Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs His All Holiness, Patriarch Dimitrios, Istanbul, Turkey Gardner, Carton and Douglas Attorneys, Chicago, Illinois Luitwin Gisbert and Brigitte von Boch-Galhau, Germany Ross Heller, M.D., Chicago, Illinois Alain Hermelin, Paris, France Erich Jedersberger d.J. Irv Kupcinet, Chicago, Illinois Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen, IL Moraine Valley Community College, Center for Cont. Technology, Palos Hills, Illinois John Morrow, Houston, Texas The National Treasury, Washington, D.C. Daniel Ollivier, French Cultural Service, Paris, France Dr. Hubert Rohde, Mandelbachtal Germany His Beatitude Michael Sabah, Jerusalem, Israel The Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago, Illinois St. Xavier College, Chicago, Illinois The State of Illinois Collection, Native Illinoisians, Chicago, Illinois Olivier Strebelle, Brussels, Belgium James R. Thompson, Chicago, Illinois VA Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome, Italy The Veco Corporation, Chicago, Illinois Dr. Alexander and Kerstin von Boch-Galhau, Mettlack, Germany Drs. Hardy and Marie-Bernadette Walle, Deckendalheim, Germany Prof. Pierre Seck, Luxembourg Abbe Scharf, College of St. Augustin, Bitche, France