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Matthew Connors

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Kennedy 618
Education:
2004 - MFA, Photography, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT; 1998 - BA, English Literature, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professional Experience:
Exhibitions
- 2016 - Unsuspending Disbelief, Logan Center Exhibitions, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- 2016 - Paper Movies, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
- 2015 - Looking Askance, GallerySKE, New Delhi, India
- 2015 - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2012 - Cartographies of Hope: Change Narratives, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
- 2012 - General Assembly, Jerome Liebling Center, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
- 2012 - Before They Were All Famous, Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York, NY
- 2008 - The Printed Picture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- 2005 - Handmade, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
- 2004 - New Photography, Murray Guy Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Publications
- 2015 - Fire in Cairo, SPBH Editions
- 2014 - Jason Fulford & Gregory Halpern ed. The Photographer’s Playbook, Aperture Press
- 2013 - Jaroslav Anděl, Cartographies of Hope: Change Narratives, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
Selected Articles & Reviews
- Brad Feuerhelm, Cairo’s Crow Black Eye, American Suburb X, May 13, 2016
- John Otis, From Occupy Wall Street to the Arab Spring, New York Times Lens Blog, Apr 6, 2016
- Hélène Sallon, Un Autre Regard sur la Place Tahrir, Le Magazine du Monde, Jan 19, 2016
- Alphabet of the Revolution, frieze, No. 175, Nov-Dec 2015
- Sean O’Hagan, The Best Photography Books of 2015, the guardian, Dec 6, 2015
- First Photobook, The Photobook Review, aperture 009/Fall 2015
- Paul Moakley, Fire in Cairo: Revisiting the Revolution in Egypt, Time Lightbox, Sep 30, 2015
- Brian Sholis, Book Review, frieze, No. 174, Oct, 2015
- Adam Bell, Book Review: Fire in Cairo, photo-eye, Sep 3, 2015
- Lucy Davies, Fire in Cairo, British Journal of Photography, Jun, 2015
Recognitions
- 2016 - ICP Infinity Award Recipient for Artist’s Book Fire in Cairo, New York
- 2015 - Paris Photo / Aperture Foundation First Photo Book Shortlist, Paris / New York ; Arles Book Award Shortlist, Arles, France; Kassel FotoBook Festival Dummy Award Shortlist, Kassel, Germany
- 2012 - William Hicks Faculty Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
- 2010 - VCCA Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; MacDowell Colony Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
- 2008 - William Hicks Faculty Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
- 2004 - Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Collections
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
- deCordova Museum, Lincoln, M
Connect:
- Instagram: @matthewconnors_
- Twitter: @matthewconnors_
- matthewconnors.com