Exhibitions/projects

• White Flags, CSU Dominguez Hills Art Museum, Carson, CA, 2025
• White Flags, CSU Stanislaus Art Museum, Turlock, CA, 2024
• Florigen, Autumn Lights Festival, Oakland, CA, 2023
• Ultra, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2021
• XIV Bienal, Estructuras Vivientes, Bienal de Cuenca, Curated by Jesus Fuenmayor, Cuenca, Ecuador, 2018
• Deep State, Performances in Undisclosed Private Residences, 2017
• Why Art Matters, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, 2017
• CYBERCY: Exploring the Post-Internet Human Matrix, Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, 2017
• The New Situationists, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, 2017
• Far Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA, 2017
• Executive Order Karaoke – The Obama Years, Visual Artists Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
• Executive Order Karaoke – The Obama Years, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, 2016
• Executive Order Karaoke – The Obama Years, CreativeTime Summit, Washington DC, 2016
• Executive Order Karaoke – The Obama Years, with Drew Austin, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, 2016
• Executive Order Karaoke – The Obama Years, with Joseph G. Cruz, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2016
• Flat Earth, A Ship In The Woods, Escondido, CA, 2016
• BLISS Movement Workshop with Mandy Greenlee, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, 2016
• Improvised Camouflage Workshop, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, 2016
• Evasion Yoga Workshop with Drew Austin, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, 2016
• Evasion Yoga Workshop, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, CO, 2016
• Terms of Service with Andy Sayler, Blake Reid and Calli Schroeder of University of Colorado Law, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, 2016
• BLISS, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, 2016
• 3nterview, Artists Live Here, Organized by Pro Arts, Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, 2016
• Lazy Susan, Curated by Kio Griffith and Irie Ichiro, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland, 2016
• Evasion Yoga, Eternal Telethon, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
• 3rd Biennial Sculpture in the Garden, The Maloof Foundation, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 2016
• Privacy and Surveillance in the Post Snowden Era, Visual Artist Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
• METHOD: Matt Fisher and Mikey Kelly curated by Heidi Gaeddert and Chas Jones, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
• Yes We Scan, Ochoymedio Ecuador, Film Screening and Conference organized by Elvis Fuentes, Quito, Ecuador
• We Will Show You Fear In A Handful of Dust, Mainframe, Seattle, WA, 2015
• WETLAB organized by How to Live in Irvine: Model Cities, Master Plans (Catherine Liu, Lev Anderson, and Ed Bopp), Great Park, Irvine, CA, 2014
• God Will Not Have His Work Made Manifest By Cowards curated by Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg and Astri Swendsrud, Light and Wire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
• Art of the Coif, Fogartyville Gallery, Sarasota, FL, 2104
• Psychic Barber, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA, 2014
• Itch Scratch Scar, Curated by Kohl King and Alevé Loh, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
• We Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Dust, Wanlass Artist in Residence Program, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
• Art + Industry 2014, American Steel Studios, Oakland CA, 2014
• Matt Fisher: Topotypes & Conjunctions, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos CA, 2013
• Art + Industry, American Steel Studios, Oakland CA, 2013
• Diamonds in the Rough, American Steel Studios, Oakland CA, 2012
• Project Muster, social art project, director 2006–09
• www.mustermagazine.com, web zine, director 2006–09
• www.heyartistgetinterviewed.com, social art project, director 2006–08
• Tremolo, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus OH, 2005
• Current Painting, Southern California Art Institute, Long Beach , 2003
• Sent, Raid Projects, Los Angeles CA, 2002
• Universal Building Code, Raid Projects, Santa Ana CA, 2001
• Progress Space, Pomona CA, 2001
• T Division, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont CA, 2001
• Joss & Rubber, White Room Gallery, Claremont CA, 2001
• Geographical Statistical Method, CGU, Claremont CA, 2000
• L System, CGU, Claremont CA, 2000
• Bears in the Woods, Elliott Gallery, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg FL, 1998
• co-, Nolita Gallery, New York, NY, 451 Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL, 1998 451 Gallery, St. Petersburg FL, 1997

Curator/producer

• Gays Hate Techno Spring Gathering, Upper Lake, CA, 2019
• Gays Hate Techno Spring Gathering, Upper Lake, CA, 2018
• UNSEEN | Tactus Tempus, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2018
• Gays Hate Techno Spring Gathering, Upper Lake, CA, 2017
• UNSEEN | Christina Chatfield, Scott Moore, Bill Wiatroski, Guy Taylor, Kit Young, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2017
• UNSEEN | Kris Force, Samantha Weinert, Osman Koç, Jody Stillwater, and William Kingston Davies, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2017
• UNSEEN | Ainsley Wagoner, Jordan Presnick, Danny Clay, Jon Fischer, Jim Haynes, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2017
• Gays Hate Techno Spring Gathering, Upper Lake, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Ashley Bellouin, Ben Bracken, Madison Brookshire, arc, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Luciano Chessa, Darrin Martin, David Easlick, John Benson, 2016 Executive Order Karaoke – The Obama Years, Visual Artists Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Relabi Pulses: Scy1e, Andy Puls, Madalyn Merkey, Danishta Rivero, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Synthesized Acoustic: Thomas Carnacki, Scott Arford, Flourescent Grey, Ray McClure, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Marc Kate, Kit Clayton, Samantha Weinert, Lavender, Its Own Infinite Flower, Bezier, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Wobbly, Bill Thibault, Kerry Laitala, Cyrus Tabar, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA
• UNSEEN | Broken Solar/City of God: Chris Duncan, Sarah Rara, Sean Smith, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Apertures: Maggi Payne, Marielle V Jakobsons, Chuck Johnson, Marc Manning, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Resonant Luminance: Allison Leigh Holt, Kadet Kuhne, Abandoned Footwear, Sarah Brady, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Wave Encounters Obstacle: Thomas Dimuzio, Kit Young, Lori Varga, Brian Pederson, Sung Kim, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Slow Light: Lawrence Jordan, John Davis, Paul Clipson, Joshua Churchill, Zachary Epcar, Samuel Hertz, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• UNSEEN | Andy Puls, CTRL-Z, Gray Area, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• Gays Hate Techno Spring Gathering, Booneville, CA, 2019

Writer

• “Military Visuality and the Work of Art Symposium” (speaker) Occidental College, April 24, 2014
• “We Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Dust” essay
• “30×30 Dolby Chadwick: Review” ARTnews
• “Dana Mattaes and Stephan De Staebler: Review” ARTnews
• “Abby Leigh: Review” ARTnews
• “Jules Olitski: Review” ARTnews
• “Jim Campbell: Review” ARTnews
• “State of the Art: 2013 in Review” San Francisco Bay Guardian”Where the Art is: Fall Arts Preview” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “Behold! Highlights of ArtPadSF and artMKT” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “Free Expression: John Millei” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “Three for the Road: Christian Marclay, Garry Winogrand and Lebbeus Woods” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “Spring Into Arts” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “The Unheard Music: Silence at BAM” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “Framing Devices” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “State of the Art: 2012 in Review” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “An Icon’s Icons: Jasper Johns” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “Six Lines of Flight: Being There” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “Fall Arts Preview: Don’t Blink” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “Cindy Sherman: Lens Flair” San Francisco Bay Guardian
• “R. Luke DuBois: Data Fictions” www.artlog.com
• “William Steiger: Plausible Reveries” www.artlog.com
• “Elements: Mathieu Bernard-Reymond” www.artlog.com
• “Fabienne Lasserre: Either/And” www.artlog.com
• “Joel Morrison’s Punk Hybrids” www.artlog.com
• “CHERYL: Try Everything” www.artlog.com
• “Realism through Postmodernism” The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, 3rd. edition
• “The Shock and the New: 20th Century Art”; “20th Century Classical Music” The New York Times Presents Smarter By Sunday
• “Brian Boyer: Interview” www.mustermagazine.com
• “Ethan Ham: Interview” www. mustermagazine.com
• “X-ray photo: Art of Charlie White” Wimp! Magazine

Press

• Swartzell, Griffin. Cybercy at GOCA 121 explores identity and reality as the line between physical and digital blurs. Colorado Springs Independent, 5/3/2017
• Haas, Sarah. Hiding in Plain Sight, Boulder Weekly, 8/18/16
• Simon, Keith. Culture Zone, KCME Radio interview with Daisy McGowan, 8/14/16
• Fantz, Christy. California’s Finishing School brings ‘BLISS’ to Boulder, Colorado Daily, 7/25/16
• Singer, Daliah. FARMCAD Is A Farmers’ Market For Creatives, 5280 Magazine, 7/14/16
• Davies, Bree. Finishing School Art Collective Combines Military Tactics and Vinyasa for Evasion Yoga, Westword, 7/13/16
• Kaukovirta, Kaisa. "Taidetta jakamisen ilosta / Art for the sake of sharing", Turon Sanomat, 6/9/16
• Suvanto, Eliisa. The Rebel Art Scene – From Los Angeles To Turku, Puolilehti, 6/1/16
• Rinaldi, Ray Mark. Colorado summer art shows 2016: Women of Abstract Expressionism and more, Denver Post, 5/26/16
• SFAQ Picks Openings week of October 9, 2015, SFAQ, 10/9/15
• AIA Ed. The Agenda: This Week in Los Angeles – Previews, Art In America, 11/6/14
• Gomes, Alex. Finishing School and Yucef Merhi: Psychic Barber, Green Label, 11/3/14
• Psychic Barber, Art Scene TV, 10/30/14
• Wick, Jacob. No More Visionary Art, Bad At Sports, 10/14/14
• Forman, Star. An Artist Oasis: Baby Tattooville 2014, LA Weekly, 10/9/14
• Robinson, Alicia. Psychic barbers’ give a reading, then a haircut, Press Enterprise Newspaper, 10/7/14
• Miranda, Carolina. Datebook: Photographic collages, haircuts by psychics, zine of zines, Los Angeles Times, 10/3/14
• Pollack, Norman. The Power of Aesthetic Criticism Obama and the Arts, Counterpunch, 5/2-4/14
• Katz, Marisa Mazria. We Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Dust: Artists Build Drone at President Obama’s Alma Mater, Creative Time Reports, 5/1/14
• Staff. In the arts, Obama presidency a grim muse, The Sacramento Bee, 4/30/14
• Wick, Jacob. Under a Tree and in a Veranda with Aandrea Stang, Bad At Sports, 4/30/14
• Shear, Michael D. The Rise of the Drone Master: Pop Culture Recasts Obama, New York Times, 4/29/14
• Hoff, Chris. We Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Dust, OCARTBLOG, 4/6/14
• Nemth, Steven. Life-Size Art Goes Political, Symbolic, The Occidental Weekly, 3/25/14
• Fitzpatrick, Kyle. We Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Dust, Los Angeles I am Yours, 3/10/14
• Staff. Matt Fisher turns algorithm to art in ‘Conjunctions and Topotypes’, The Telescope, 11/13/2013
• Staff. Raid Killed Dead, OC Weekly, 2001