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Posted: June 06, 2010
Thwarted!
Karina Irvine, Front Magazine
The Lions are featured in the Summer 2010 issue of Front Magazine. (view)

Posted: May 11, 2010
The Phoenix Art, Frieze Magazine
James D. Campbell, Frieze Magazine, May 2010
May 2010 issue of Frieze Magazine
Curated by: Robert Enright. (view)

Posted: January 26, 2010
Birds of a Feather Gala
Border Crossings Magazine, Winnipeg, MB
The Lions donated a drawing!

Posted: January 06, 2010
Pulp Fiction
Saint Mary's University Art Gallery,
Organized & Circulated by Museum London

Opening Reception: Friday, 8 January, 8:00 pm
Curator’s Talk: Saturday, 9 January, 3:00 pm
 
Artists’ Talk, Performance & Catalogue Launch: Thursday, 18 February, 8:00 pm
with James Kirkpatrick & Peter Thompson of Brain Trust
Winter Weather Date: Friday, 19 February, 8:00 pm
 
Rough, cheeky and vibrant work by a fourteen young artists from across Canada opens the 2009 winter season at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery. Fresh from a high-profile run at Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Pulp Fiction assembles members of a generation who began, in the 1990s, to bypass artist-run centres, museums and galleries and create ad hoc and independent networks for collaboration and distribution, working sometimes as collectives, sometimes as individuals. Despite living in different parts of the country, most of the artists in Pulp Fiction have worked together on projects or know of each other through colleagues.
Curated by: Corinna Ghaznavi.

Posted: December 18, 2009
The Phoenix Art: Viewing Painting’s Renewed Power
Canadian Art, Canadian Art Online

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Posted: December 18, 2009
Étincelles et enterrement de la peinture
Jérôme Delgado , Le Devoir

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Posted: November 11, 2009
The Phoenix Art: The Renewed Life of Contemporary Painting
Galerie Simon Blais , Montreal, QC
November 11 to December 24, 2009  I will have 3 - 4 paintings in this group show of painting.  Hopefully I'll be able to make the opening!!
Curated by: Robert Enright.

Posted: October 20, 2009
Toronto International Art Fair 2009
Fair Dates: October 22-26, 2009,Oopening Night Preview: Thursday October 22, 6:30-10pm, Special Collectors Preview : Thursday October 22, 4:30-6:30pm.  Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Exhibit Hall A & B, 255 Front Street West.  Courtesy of Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto. Clint Roenisch Gallery

Posted: July 10, 2009
Pulp Fiction Press
MOCCA, Toronto
Toronto Star: Art, Again, Finally, Pulp Fiction Takes it's Sweet Time, DIY Projects, Critic's Choice; Eye Weekly: Pulp Fiction; Canadian Art: Pulp Fiction

Posted: July 01, 2009
Pyramid Power, Issue 6 - Spring / Summer 2009
The Lions take up 12 pages

Posted: June 30, 2009
This Zodiac of Lights, This Tent of Dropping Clouds
Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
Roger Ballen, Martin Bennett, Matthew Brown, Jack Burman, Kent Dorn
Massimo Guerrera, Harold Klunde.  17 June - 11 July 2009 (view)

Posted: June 29, 2009
Pulp Fiction
MOCCA, Toronto; Museum London; Mount St. Vincent University Gallery, Halifax, Toronto, London, Halifax
Jun 27, 2009 - Aug 23, 2009.  Exhibition will be travelling to Mount St. Allison, Halifax in 2010 after the MOCCA. With Marc Bell, Mark DeLong, Jason McLean, Shayne Ehman, Seth Scriver, Liz Garlicki, James Kirkpatrick, Amy Lockhart, Jennie O'Keefe, Fred Thomas, Peter Thompson, Barry Doupe and Tasha Brotherton.
Curated by: Corinna Ghaznavi. read review in Canadian Art

Posted: February 07, 2009
REVIEW: Matthew Brown at Clint Roenisch Gallery
Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Review of solo exhibition, "The Mouth of a Monk is Like and Oven" at Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto. (view)

Posted: January 23, 2009
The Mouth of a Monk is Like an Oven
Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
I will be having a solo show at Clint Roenisch Gallery January 29 - March 7, 2009. Opening reception January 30, 7 - 9PM. Gallery address: 944 Queen Street West, Toronto. Phone: 416-516-8593, email: yes@clintroenisch.com. Hours: Wed. - Sat. 12-6PM, Sun. by appointment
Curated by: Clint Roenisch. press release

Posted: January 22, 2009
The Unreal
With Jason Mclean and Rebecca Brewer, Vancouver
Opening March 6 until March 28, 2009 @ Gallery Atsui.   Three person show relating to theme of "fantasy."
Curated by: Emmy Lee and Stephanie Rebick. (view)

Posted: December 29, 2008
Review: Pulp Fiction, Canadian Art Magazine
Leah Turner,
Leah Turner reviewed Pulp Fiction, Museum London in Canadian Art Magazine. (view)

Posted: December 10, 2008
Drawings used to Illustrate Cinematic Folds, Published by Pleasure Dome Toronto
Pleasure Dome, Toronto, ON
"Cinematic Folds: The furling and unfurling of images" published by The Pleasure Dome, Toronto, 2008. Edited by Firoza Elavia. 300 pages. Matthew's drawings are used throughout the book. see book info (view)

Posted: November 04, 2008
CBV2
Museum Of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON
November 15 - December 28, 2008. Book launch and painting exhibition for Carte Blanche, Vol. 2 - Painting. My work will be included in the exhibition. Organized with the Magenta Foundation
Curated by: Clint Roenisch and David Liss. Magenata Publishing