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MATT BORRUSO Education: 2004 MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT 2002 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions: 2025 Snake Sign, Hand Sign, La Mofeta, San Francisco, CA 2023 Print Shop, Et al., San Francisco, CA 2021 Urs, Matt Borruso | Ellie Hunter, 1599fdT, Mill Valley, CA 2019 You Live, Et al., San Francisco, CA 2018 Hands and Feet and Their Supports, Cloaca Projects, San Francisco, CA 2016 Lottery, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY 2014 Wax House of Wax, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 2011 The Hermit’s Revenge Fantasy, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 2011Scanners, in collaboration with Nick Hoff, Mina Dresden, San Francisco, CA 2009 Return To Holy Mountain, Second Floor Projects, San Francisco, CA 2008 Full Spectrum Aura, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 2001 Tomb World, in collaboration with Patrick Jackson, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2024 Chair +, 1599fdT, San Francisco, CA 2023 Group Shoe 3, House of Seiko, San Francisco, CA 2023 Pyramid Scheme, Bass and Reiner, San Francisco, CA 2022 Group Shoe Two, Public Access, New York, NY 2021 Zoo, Hit Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2020 Printed Publics: Contemporary Art and Design Publishing in the Bay Area, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 2019 Strange, The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA 2018 Sunday Art Fair, Et al., London, UK 2018 Butterfly’s Nautilus, Et al. / Celaya Brothers, Condo CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico 2018 Material Art Fair, Alter Space, Mexico City, Mexico 2016 Art Book Show, Bass and Reiner, San Francisco, CA 2016 12 X 12, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY 2016 the bad case of the uglies, Matt Borruso, Mike Kuchar, Koak, Et al., etc., San Francisco, CA 2015 Kunst Haul, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 2014 Allegorical Procedures: Bay Area Collage 1950 – Present, San Francisco State University, CA 2014 Das stille Leben des Sammlers Kempinski, Exile Projects, Berlin 2013 Anomalous, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO Limited at the Lab, The Lab, San Francisco, CA 2012 Up Against It, Munch Gallery, New York, NY 2011 View of Outer Space from an Aquarium, Famous Accountants, Brooklyn, NY 2011 Negative Space , Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 2011 B-B-B-Bad, Anna Kustera, New York, NY 2010 Head Shop, Exile Projects, Berlin 2010 Now and When, (in collaboration with Margaret Tedesco), San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2010 Neointegrity Comics Edition, MoCCA, New York, NY 2010 Front + Center, Headlands Center For the Arts, Sausalito, CA 2009 I, Daughter of Kong, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY 2009 Sketchbook Show, Orange Alley Projects, San Francisco, CA 2008 Aqua Art, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, Miami, FL 2008 High Desert Test Sites Swapmeet, Joshua Tree, CA 2008 Grandma, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY 2008 Grandma, Aftermodern, San Francisco, CA 2007 Post-Retro, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY 2007 NeoIntegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2007 High Desert Test Sites Swapmeet, Joshua Tree, CA 2006 Summer Salon, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY 2006 The Hedonistic Imperative, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX 2005 Monstrously Tranquil, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL 2005 The Hedonistic Imperative, Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY 2004 Bungle in the Jungle, Sister, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Yale MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT 2002 Easter Island Show, Blackbird Space, San Francisco, CA 2001 Bread>Circus, Tapioka, San Francisco, CA 2001 Art and Music Memorabilia, Horse Hospital, London, UK 2001 The Red Man Show, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA 2001 Field and Stream, Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 2001 The Hokey Pokey Show, Dirt Gallery, Hollywood, CA 1999 Nature and Technology, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
Visible Publications: 2024 Small Press Book Bazaar at SFMOMA, San Francisco 2024 Sprint Milano, Milan, Italy 2024 San Francisco Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco 2024 BOG at FOG Design + Art, San Francisco 2023 Small Press Book Bazaar at SFMOMA, San Francisco 2023 San Francisco Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco 2022 Small Press Book Bazaar at SFMOMA, San Francisco 2022 San Francisco Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco 2021 Small Press Book Bazaar at SFMOMA, San Francisco 2021 Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair 2019 Small Press Book Bazaar at SFMOMA, San Francisco 2019 San Francisco Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco 2019 Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles 2018 Art Toronto with Colpa Press and Et al. gallery, Toronto, Canada 2018 Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair at MoMaPS1, Queens, NY 2018 San Francisco Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco 2017 Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair at MoMaPS1, Queens, NY 2017 San Francisco Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco 2017 Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles 2016 Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair at MoMaPS1, Queens, NY 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco 2016 Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair Pop-up at the Kadist Foundation, San Francisco 2014 Friends With Books, Berlin Art Book Fair, with 2nd Floor Projects, Berlin, Germany
Books: 2024 Hands and Feet and Their Supports, published by Visible Publications 2024 Print Shop, published by Colpa Press 2023 Copy Graphics, published by Visible Publications 2023 An Excess of Production, published by Visible Publications 2019 DATA, published by Visible Publications 2019 Cave Life, published by Visible Publications 2018 IMAGE File, second edition published by Visible Publications 2017 Driftwood Arrangements, published by Visible Publications 2017 Negative Space, second edition published by Visible Publications 2016 Wax House of Wax, published by Visible Publications 2015 IMAGE File, published by Colpa Press 2013 The Luxury of Rigor, published by Visible Publications 2010 Negative Space, published by Visible Publications
Writing: 2024 Introduction to David King Publications 1977 – 2019, Colpa Press and San Francisco Center for the Book 2019 “Essential Forms”, in David King, Stencils: Past, Present, and Crass, Gingko Press 2016 SFMOMA Open Space, In Conversation with Mike Kuchar 2014 ArtPractical, March 2014, “Scanners, Hoarders, and Collectors” 2012 SFMOMA Open Space, Feb. 2012 “Collection Rotation” 2005 Ante Journal Vol. 2, No. 4 Nov. 2005 “Losing Face”
Curatorial: 2024 David King Publications 1977 – 2019, curated with Luca Antonucci at San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, 10/25 – 12/22/2024 2020 Screening of George Kuchar videos selected by Matt Borruso, Yale Union streaming on Twitch. Portland, OR, 9/4/2020
Grants & Awards: 2015 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Commissions Grant 2011 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Commissions Grant 2004 Ralph Mayer Prize for Excellence in Painting 2002 The Spring Show Award for Painting, San Francisco Art Institute 2001 The Golden Paint Award for Painting 2000 Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute
Residencies: 2016 Dial House Residency, Epping, Essex, UK 2015 Visiting Artist, Summer Institute for Visual Arts at Drury University, Springfield, MO
Selected Bibliography: 2024 KQED Arts, “Fight the Urge to Sit as Two Shows of Artful Chairs” by Sarah Hotchkiss, 2024 2020 The Age of Collage Vol. 3: Contemporary Collage in Modern Art, Gestalten Press, 2020 2019 Art In America, “Withdrawal Symptoms” by Kevin Killian, February 2019 2018 ArtPractical review of Hands and Feet and Their Supports by Rosa Tyhurst, 10/30/2018 2018 Vacuum, editorial project, Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices, GSAPP, contributor, Columbia University, 2018 2016 Void California, 1975-1989, exhibition catalogue, contributor, CCA Wattis Institute, 2016 2014 ArtPractical review of Wax House of Wax by Danica Willard Sachs, 10/23/2014 2014 Flavorwire, “The Uncanny Universe of 10 Artists” by Alison Nastasi, 9/14 2014 2014 SFMOMA Open Space, “1986” by D-L Alvarez, 7/31/2014 2013 Art Papers, “Full Bleed”, artist project spread, Vol. 37, No. 6, Nov/ Dec 2013 2012 Artforum review of The Hermit’s Revenge Fantasy by Gwen Allen Vol. 50, No. 5, Jan/ 2012 2012 ArtPractical “Best Of: Sarah Hotchkiss” for Scanners by Sarah Hotchkiss, 3/21/ 2012 2011 ArtPractical review of The Hermit’s Revenge Fantasy by Jessica Brier 2011 ArtSlant “Light Rhythms“ review of The Hermit’s Revenge Fantasy by Kara Q. Smith 2011 Artillery review of The Hermit’s Revenge Fantasy by Barbara Morris, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 11-12/2011 2011 BOMB Magazine “Postapocallipsis: Matt Borruso” by Matt Sussman, 10/19/2011 2011 Huffington Post online, “Media of the Month“ by Glen Helfand, 10/2/11 2011 Belladodie, “Apocalyptic Apocrypha“ by Dodie Bellamy, 10/2/11 2011 KQED Arts, Scanners: A Temporary Used Bookstore by Sarah Hotchkiss, 10/4/11 2011 San Francisco Bay Guardian, Addicted to Print, by Garrett Caples, 10/4/11 2011 The San Francsico Chronicle, Scanners by Evan Karp, 10/6/11 2011 The San Francsico Chronicle, Scanners by Kimberly Chun, 10/6/11 2011 Time Out New York review of B-B-B-Bad by Anne Doran, 8/4/2011 2008 Beautiful Decay interview with Colleen Asper Issue V 2008 2008 The Highlights interview with Colleen Asper August Issue 2008 2008 Futuristika! “The Other Side of the Children” Issue 1 2008 2008 New York Times “Go Ahead, Expect Surprises” review of Neointegrity by Holland Cotter, 8/9/2007 2007 Instant City: A Literary Exploration of San Francisco Issue 5: Crime – Fall 2007 2007 Punk is Dead Punk is Everything Gingko Press 2007 2003 Ante Journal Vol. 2, No. 4 May 2005 2003 Ante Journal Vol. 1, No. 2 May 2003 1999 Fucked Up & Photocopied: Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement Gingko Press Inc., 1999
Artist Talks and Panel Discussions: 2024 David King Publications 1977-2019, panel discussion w/ David Senior & Luca Antonucci at the San Francisco Center for the Book, 12/6/2024 2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Luca Antoncci, Small Press Publishing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 10/13/2022 2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Danielle Lawrence, Abstraction: Politics, San Francisco Art Institute, 11/18/2019 2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Luca Antonucci, Digital Bookmaking and Publishing, San Francisco Art Institute, 10/10/2017 2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Stephanie Ellis, MFA Contemporary Art, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2/17/2017 2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Lorna Stevens, collage program, San Francisco City College, 11/9/2016 2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Stephanie Ellis, MFA Contemporary Art, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2/26/2016 2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Ana Maria Jaramillo Montenegro, Experimental Design, San Francisco Art Institute, 3/8/2016 2015 Artist Lecture, SIVA Currents, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO 6/11/2015 2014 Allegorical Procedures Panel Discussion, panelist, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, 10/14/2014 2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, 10/ 9/2014 2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, Danielle Lawrence, drawing, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 11/13/2014 2013 Art Magazines Live, presenter, MOMA PS1, Long Island City, NY, 9/ 20/2013 2013 Points of Departure > The Enthusiasts, presenter, Real Time and Space, Oakland, CA, 4/27/ 2013 2012 Doing Your Own Thing, panelist, University of Southern California, Roski Sculpture, Los Angeles, 11/8/2012 2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, Notes From the Studio Series, California College of the Arts, San Francisco 10/10/2012 2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, Stephanie Ellis, Contemporary Art, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 4/6/2012 2011 QNA > Lab, talk with Nick Hoff on Scanners, Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, 10/11/2011 2010 Visiting Artist Lectures, Jennifer Locke Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, 3/24/2010 2009 Science Fiction: 1984–2001, panel moderator, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, 11/8/2009 2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Summer Visiting Artist Lecture Series, San Francisco Art Institute, 7/11/2009 2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Summer Visiting Artist Lecture Series, New York University, Steinhardt, New York 7/2/2007
Teaching: 2022 2013– 2022, Lecturer, Stanford University, Department of Art and Art History 2020 2006 – 2020, Senior Lecturer, San Francisco Art Institute, Painting and Interdisciplinary Studies Departments 2016 2015 – 2016, Outside Advisor, MFA Program, University of California, Berkeley 2015 2010 – 2015, Senior Lecturer, California College of the Arts, San Francisco 2015 Visiting Artist Fellow, Summer Institute for Visual Arts, Drury University, Springfield, MO 2004 Teaching Assistant, Yale University
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