Matthew Metzger
Artworks
Biography
Matthew Metzger lives and works in Chicago. He received his MFA from the University of Chicago and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Residency Program, both in 2009. His recent solo exhibition at The Renaissance Society, titled Heirloom concluded with a full monograph of the same name published in 2022. Other exhibitions include Coda, a solo exhibition of new work in 2023 at Magenta Plains, New York, The Freedom Principle, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; and The Works, Fondation CAB, Brussels; Metzger is represented by Regards, Chicago, and he is Associate Professor and acting Chair of Art at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Select Collections & Exhibitions
Detail of "Belong: The Other Shadows" Color swatch guide
Solo
Coda, Magenta Plains, New York (2023)
Heirloom, Renaissance Society, Chicago (2021)
Collapse, Regards, Chicago (2019)
On Holiday, Regards Chicago (2016)
That Which Can’t Be Played, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago (2015)
Backdrop, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago (2012)
Group
Without Stopping, Ratio 3, San Francisco (2020)
Polarities, TOTAH, New York (2019)
Retrograde, Logan Center, University of Chicago (2016)
Come as You Are, Arratia Beer, Berlin (2016)
Chicago and Vicinity, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago (2016)
The Freedom Principle, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2015)
The Works, Contemporary Art Center, Brussels (2014)
On Paper, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (2008)
Collections
Booth School of Business, University of Chicago