DiMattio, Francesca
FRANCESCA DiMATTIO
Born in 1981, New York, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2005 MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
2003 BFA, Cooper Union, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Francesca DiMattio, Bloemenhouder and Kandelaar Pippy
Houldsworth Gallery, London, Nov - Dec 2012
2012 Francesca DiMattio, Table Setting and Flower Arranging, March 17- April 21, 2012, Salon 94
Bowery, New York, NY
2011 Bouquet, Conduits Gallery, Milan, Italy
2010 Francesca DiMattio, Sandra & Gerald Fineberg Art Wall, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Francesca DiMattio/Garth Weiser, The Suburban, Chicago, IL.
Portugal Arte 10, Lisbon, Portugal
2009 Salon 94, New York
Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY
Decollage, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2007 Unhinged, LAXART, Los Angeles, California
2006 New Work, Salon 94, New York, NY
GROUP SHOWS
2013 Painting from the Zabludowicz Collection: Part I, Zabludowicz Collection, London
2012 Affinity Atlas, Wellin Museum of Art, Clinton, NY (forthcoming)
Hue and Cry, Sotheby’s New York, New York, NY; Curated by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Miety Hedien (forthcoming)
Modern Talking, Cluj Museum, Cluj, Romania
Four Rooms, CSW Zamek, Warsaw, Poland
2011 Make, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
4 Rooms, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Paul Clay, Salon 94, New York, NY
8 Americans, Alain Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Extended Painting International, Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
Everything Must Go: A Project with Ceramica Suro, Guadalajara Mexico, organized by Jose Noe Suro
and Eduardo Sarabia, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
2010 Abstract America, New Painting from U.S., The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
The Jewel Thief, curated by Ian Berry and Jessica Stockholder, The Frances Young Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Pull my Daisy, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria
It's all American, NJ MOCA, Ashbury Park, NJ
185th Annual Invitation Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy,
New York, NY.
7:10, The National Arts Club, curated by Michael Martin, New York, NY
The Cannibal's Muse, Galerie Patricia Low, Gstaad, Switzerland; curated by Max Henry.
Exquisite Corpse Project, Gasser/Grunet, New York
The Summer Bazaar, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY.
Multiple Pleasures: Functional Objects in Contemporary Art, curated by
Nathalie Karg/Cumulus Studios, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
A Feast of Fools, Second Floor, Brooklyn NY
Portugal Arte 10: Personal Freedom, Lisbon, Portugal; curated by Johannes Van Der Beek.
2009 The Kings County Biennial, Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY
system:system, curated by Adam Henry and Christian Vassallo, St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY
Abstract America, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Futurescape, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Skin Jobs, curated by Chris Dorland, Marc Selwyn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
I Accept Chaos: Salvatore Arancio, Ann Craven, Francesca DiMattio, Conduits/Gea Politi, Milan, Italy
Master of Reality, curated by Joseph Wardwell, The Herbert and Mildred Lee Gallery,
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2008 Maritime: Ships, Pirates & Disasters, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT
8 ½ x 11, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY
November Again, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Size Matters: XXL Recent Large-Scale Paintings, HVCCA, Peekskill, NY
True Faith, Curated by Paul Brainard, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
Killers and Their Hiding Places, curated by Natalia Benedetti, World Class Boxing, Miami, FL
2006 Love in a Cold Climate, Curated by Sima Familiant and Lisa Schiff, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
November, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
The Manhattan Project, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida
2005 The General’s Jamboree, Guild & Greyshkul Gallery, New York, NY
Thesis Exhibition, Studebaker Building, Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Columbia University, New York, NY
Small Paintings, Placemaker Gallery, Miami, Florida
First Look, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
Paradise Lost, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Panopoly, Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Wallpaper for the 21st Century, Placemaker Gallery, Miami
Purple Noon, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Hungry Eyes, Columbia University’s First Year Exhibition,
Curated by Ali Subotnick, Eli Wallach Gallery, New York, NY
Abeyance, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY
The Neon Forest is My Home, SixtySeven Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Arrivederci, Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 Yerby, Erin, “Francesca DiMattio: Table Setting and Flower Arranging,” Brooklyn Rail, June 4
Weiner, Emily, “Francesca DiMattio on Craft and Hybrid,” Artslant, April 11.
Marinelli, Gina, “This Gallery Gives Us the Most Tricked-Out Table Décor in NYC,” Refinery 29,
March 22.
2011 Yablonksy, Linda, “Feats of Clay,” New York Times, July 7, 2011.
“Francesca DiMattio To Create New Installation for ICA’s Art Wall,” Art Knowledge News, June 23.
Landi, Ann, “Dear Picasso,” Art News, May 2011, p. 98.
Cotter, Holland, “New Sparkle for an Abstract Ensemble,” New York Times, January 6, p. C25
2010 Santacatterina, Stella, “Abstract America,” Flash Art, December/ January, p.77-78.
Smee, Sebastian, “Panel discussion,” The Boston Globe, July 15
2009 Wolff, Rachel, “Miami Art Machine”, Manhattan, November, p. 56-59
“Top 100 Emerging Artists,” Flash Art, October, p. 52-52
Trezzi, Nicola, “Craft”, Flash Art, July - September
Colburn, Tyler, “Special Focus: Reviews Marathon, New York,” ArtReview:, April, p. 99
“Focus New York: Artist Dictionary,” Flash Art, March – April
2008 Nuit, “Reviews: November Again,” Time Out New York, September 4 – 10, p. 95
Colburn, Tyler, “Second Glance: November, Again,” ArtReview:, July-August, p. 32
2007 Cook, Xerxes, “Art: Francesca DiMattio and Garth Weiser”, i-D, August, p. 158
2006 Spence, Rebecca, “Boundary Issues,” ARTnews, April, p. 124-125
Cohen, David, “The Darker Side of Summer, “ The New York Sun, June 8
2004 Genocchio, Benjamin, “Art Review: For the Young and Creative, a Showcase for a First Run,”
The New York Times, June 5
PUBLICATIONS
2007 Abstract America, The Saatchi Gallery, Rizzoli, London, UK
Francesca Dimattio, Salon 94, New York, NY
AWARDS
2006 Steeprock Residency, Washington, CN
2005 Terra Summer Residency in Giverny, France, (Muse d’ Art Americain Giverny, France)
2004 Agnes Martin Fellowship Fund
Neils Kantor Curatorial Fellowship
M Roche Scholarship
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
The Saatchi Gallery, London
The Frances Young Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
