Matt Wycoff 158 Noble St. Apt 1 Brooklyn NY 11222 / mattwycoff@earthlink.net / www.mattwycoff.com / 864.934.3802
Born Anderson, South Carolina 1980
Education Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2002
Solo Exhibitions
2007 
Dolphin Gallery, Strategies for Representation , Kansas City, Missouri
2006
RARE Gallery, Six died during construction , New York, New York
2005
Paragraph Gallery , Oh Baby You , Kansas City, Missouri
2002
Leedy-Volkous Art Center , There's no place like you,  Kansas City, Missouri 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Fellows of Contemporary Art, (FOCA) Yellow, Los Angeles, California
Curated by Lia Trinka-Browner
La Esquina, Locate / Navigate: Exercises in Mapping, Kansas City, Missouri
Curated by Kate Hackman 2007 All Rise Gallery, Yes I Kansas, Chicago, Illinois Curated by Research and Development Blue Barn Theatre, Separate Selves , Omaha, Nebraska Curated by Jeremy Stern 2005 SCOPE Miami, (RARE Gallery booth) Miami, Florida What's the matter with Kansas , RARE Gallery, New York, New York, Curated by Hesse McGraw 2004 H&R Block Art Space, Making Meaning: The Artists Book , Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Raechelle Smith Dolphin Gallery, Group Show, Kansas City, Missouri The Stray Show , (Paragraph Gallery booth) Chicago, Illinois The Stray Show (Fahrenheit Gallery booth) Chicago, Illinois Fahrenheit Gallery, The Gun and Knife Show , Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Peregrine Honig and Marcus Cain 2003 Dolphin Gallery, Group Show , Kansas City, Missouri Old Post Office Gallery, Kismet, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Lia Trinka-Browner 2002 Shaw+Hofstra and Associates, Subluna, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by James Brinsfield 2001 H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City Flat Files , Kansas City, Missouri Dolphin Gallery, Summer Show, Kansas City, Missouri                                                             Dolphin Gallery, (Window Installation) Ythujjin, Kansas City, Missouri                                                             Red Door Gallery, Five Years , Anderson, South Carolina Opie Gallery, National Society of Arts and Letters Small Sculpture Exhibition , Kansas City, Missouri 2000 Folly Theater, Performance for Aids Awareness , Kansas City, Missouri Floor Four Gallery, All the Young Dudes : The Big Pink Show, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Matt "Woody" Wood
Selected bibliography / media 2007
Time Out Chicago, Issue # 132: September 6 - September 12," Yes I Kansas," Alicia Eler
Review, September Issue, "Matt Wycoff: Strategies for Representation," Alaska Noyes

2006
Review, October Issue, "Six died during construction: Matt Wycoff at Rare Gallery," Cathrine Archias, Kansas City, Missouri
2005
Review, June Issue, "Avenue of the Arts," Marcus Cain, Kansas City, Missouri
The Kansas City Star, Thurs. April 28, 2005, "All-about-me show is all about you," Theresa Bembnister, Kansas City, Missouri
University News, Thurs. Mar. 24, "Oh Baby You" worth trip Downtown," Emily Iorg Kansas City, Missouri

The Kansas City Star, Sun. Feb. 6, " Boost for the Best," Theresa Bembnister, Kansas City, Missouri
2004            
The Pitch, Feb. 26 - Mar. 3, "Fully Loaded," Gina Kaufmann, Kansas City, Missouri            
2002

The Kansas City Star, Fri. Jan. 25 , "Where the Sublime Meets the Everyday," Robin Trafton, Kansas City, Missouri
The Kansas City Star, Fri. Jan. 11, " Group Efforts," Alice Thorson, Kansas City, Missouri
The Kansas City Star, Fri. May 17, " The Best and the Brightest," Kate Hackman, Kansas City, Missouri
Art Papers, August, " Summer Show," Heather Lustfeldt, Kansas City, Missouri
Selected Publications
2008
The Yellow Reader, “Out With The New” 
2007
Review, “Importer Exporter, David Ford at Jack the Pelican Presents” December Issue
Review, "The work of conversation: Interviews with Charlotte Street Foundation Award Artists" September Issue, (Feature)
Silent City, "Anagrams", Issue # 1, Omaha, Nebraska
Dots and Quotes # 2, "The Coronado Exhibition, 2006"  Photography by Scott Clark, 2007 Issue, (Feature) 
10, "Stomping Grounds," Charlotte St. Foundation
2006 
Review, "Out With the New"  October Issue, (Feature) 
Review Architecture Annual, "Mapping Onto Community"  (Feature written in collaboration with Jim Woodfill) 
2005 
Review, "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil"  January Issue (Feature)
What's the Matter with Kansas? Exhibition catalog, "A River Runs Through It" 
Review, "When We're Cool and In Love," March Issue
2004 
Review, "Kids Overboard"  January Issue (Feature) 
Review, "The Grand Old Party Convenes"  October Issue, (Feature) 
Review, "Heaven's Gate Between Thought and Prayer," Born Again: Modern Madonnas and Contemporary Christs at Greenlease Gallery
March Issue
2003 
Review, (Architecture Annual) "Marathon" (Feature) 
Review, "Downtown," Summer Issue
Review, "A Sense of Place: Group show at the Bank"  Summer Issue 
Review, "Forward to the Ancient: Jon Peck and Your Face Gallery"  September Issue 
Review, "Fraught with Meaning: Group show at the Bank"  November Issue 
Grants and Residencies
2008
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Travel Grant
Leon Levy Foundation Grant
The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire 2007 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residency, Omaha, Nebraska White Columns Curated Slide Registry, New York, New York 2006 Drawing Center Slide Registry, New York, New York 2005 Avenue of the Arts public art grant, Kansas City, Missouri Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program, Kansas City, Missouri
Lectures and Panels
2008
Visiting Artist, Brandeis University, Post Baccalaureate Department, Boston, Massachusetts 
Visiting Artist, Kansas City Art Institute, Painting Department, Kansas City, Missouri
Reading, (With Gordon Haber) The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Reading, (With Etgar Karat and Jenny Nichols) The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire 2007 Artist Talk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska 2005 After graduation: Panel Discussion, Kansas City Art Institute, Panel Member 2002 Kansas City Art Institute Thesis Presentation, Kansas City Art Institute, Talk and slide lecture
Affiliations / Experience
RARE Gallery                         
Summer 2005 - present / New York, New York                                                                                   
Artist                                                 
Dolphin Gallery                        
2000 - present / Kansas City, Missouri                                                                                     
Artist                                                 
KCUR Public Radio             
2004 - 2005 / Kansas City, Missouri                                                                                     
News room intern and Freelance contributor                                                             
Review Magazine             
2003 - Present / Kansas City, Missouri                                                                                     
Contributing writer