Matt Siber

Education

2003

Master of Fine Arts (Photography) Columbia College Chicago; Chicago, IL

1994

Bachelor of Arts (History and Geography) University of Vermont; Burlington, VT.

Grants/Residencies

2010

ACRE Artist's Residency, Chicago
2004
Aaron Siskind Foundation, Individual Photographer's Fellowship, New York, NY

2005

Illinois Arts Council, Artist's Fellowship Award, Chicago, IL

2004

Aaron Siskind Foundation, Individual Photographer's Fellowship, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2015

Idol Structures

2011

No Place in Particular: Images of the American Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville Florida
Metropolis – City Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht International Photo Festival, Groningen, Niederlande

2010/11

Johalla Projects, Chicago. Galeria Ysabel Pinyol, Barcelona, Spain

2008

Galerie Antoni Pinyol, Reus, Spain
Billi Rubin Gallery, Berlin

2006

PhotoEspaña, La Fabrica Galeria, Madrid, Spain.
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL.
Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.

2005

Galeria Antoni Pinyol, Reus, Spain.
Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL.

2003

Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

2015

The DePaul Art Museum
Chicago

2014

Konstellationen, Galerie f5,6, Munich
Breaking Ground, Andrews Gallery
College of William & Mary,
Williamsburg

2011

Life Imitates Artiface, CSU Art Gallery, Cleveland State University
Write Now, The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago

2010

In the Vernacular, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Beyond Pixeltorialism: Digital Photography in the 21st Century, College of Lake County, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, Grayslake, IL
Voice Between Lines, La Panera, Llieda, Spain
CONTACT Toronto: The Mechanical Bride, The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, TorontoFestival Images, Outdoor Exhibition, Vevey, Switzerland

2009

Site Seeing: Explorations of Landscape, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Backlight 2008, Centre D'Art, Dudelange, Luxembourg
Stranger Than Fiction, OHT Gallery, Boston, MAFotofestiwal Lodz 2009/Backlight 2008, Lodz. Poland

2008

In and Out of Place, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
ARCO Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Backlight 2008, Tampere, Finland/Florence, Italy/Lodz, Poland
Alumni Exhibition, Coburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

2007

ARCO Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
The Power of Language, The Academy of Arts (The Goethe Institute), Berlin.
People, Buildings and Cars: New Chicago Photography, The Vermont Center for Photography,
Brattleboro, VT.

2006

ARCO Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Art Madrid, Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain.
Well Read, NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
New Trends in Chicago Photography, Version Fest 06, Chicago, IL.

2005

Fotofestiwal Lódz 2005, Lódz, Poland.
Footcandles: History and Process in Contemporary Photography, Indiana State University, Terre
Haute, IN.
Matt Siber and David John Flynn, Torre Vella, Salou, Spain.
THE ABC Power and Communication: Semiotics and Resistance, Galerie Neurotitan, Berlin.
Chicago, My Chicago, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL.
Skinless Capital: Neoliberalism and Resistance, Opensource, Champaign, IL.

2004

Conversations: Text and Image, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL.
Art Chicago 2004, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL.
Chicago LAND/SPACE/PLACE, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Giganticism, Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY.

2003

Wegway Juried Exhibition, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Columbia College Graduate Thesis Show, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Fractured Lines, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Collections

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL.
The Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellows Collection, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
COFF Foundation, San Sebastián, Spain.

Publications

2007

O-Monografi as #5 (Town), Coruña, Spain.
Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Robert Hirsch, Focal Press.
Sublime, Madrid (n. 20).

2006

ArtForum (September)
Type, Image, Message, Nancy Skolos and Thomas Wedell, Rockport Publishing.
Photography Now: one hundred portfolios, Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
El Cultural (El Mundo), Madrid, Spain. (July 6-12)
ABCD, Madrid, Spain. (July 8-14)

2005

Visual Communications, SAGE Publications, London, England. (February)
LiP Magazine, Oakland, CA. (No. 5)
The National Post, Arts, Culture and Society Section, Toronto, ON. (May 13)
8.5 Magazine, Irvine, CA. (no.10)
Etapes Magazine, Paris. (September)

2004

Flash Art International, Milan, Italy. (April/May)
Fotopozytyw, •ód•, Poland. (no.7)
Mood Magazine, Milan, Italy. (April)
Polar Inertia Online Journal, www.polarintertia.com. (May)
Sites, 6×6 Book Series, Columbia College Chicago.
Aperture, New York, NY. (Fall)
EXIT Magazine, Madrid, Spain. (Nov.-Dec.)

2003

Wegway Magazine, Toronto, ON.

Works from the Artist

See all works from the series:

  • Floating Logos
  • Untitled Project
  • Untitled Project China