MATTHEW KLUBER

Education

MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1991
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1987


Selected Exhibitions


Art Vault, Thoma Art Foundation, Santa Fe, NM, Filtered, 2024

Angela Bulloch, Herbert Bayer, Daniel Canogar, Max Cole, Petra Cortright, John Gerrard, Huntress Janos, Olafur Eliasson, Ivan Navarro, Matthew Kluber, LoVid, Sohei Nishino, Alan Rath,Omar Rodriguez-Graham, David Benjamin Sherry, Jennifer Steinkamp, Leo Villareal, Kumi Yamashita, Marina Zurkow.


Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI, Sword Thumbs, curator: Kaden Van De Loo, 2024

Chris Arabadjis, Cat Birk, Michelle Brandemuhl, Jane Fox Hipple, Rebecca Kaufman, Matthew Kluber,

Paul Lee, Kris Lindskoog, Lester Monzon, Rafael Francisco Salas, Lauren Salazar, Laurel Sparks,

Ken Weathersby.


David Richard Gallery, New York, NY, Some Like It Hot A Summer Exhibition – Part 2: Geometry and Color, (online) catalog, 2024

Isaac Aden, Carl F Anderson, Nathan Ethier, Matthew Kluber, Mokha Laget, Robert C Morgan,

Lester Rapaport, Oli Sihvonen, Andrew Spence, Robert Swain, Laura Watt, Thornton Willis,
Ben Woolfitt


Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO, Decade, 2023

Ahram Park, Alayne Spafford, Andy Brayman, Anne Lindberg, Anthony Baab, Archie Scott Gobber, Armin Mühsam, Bill Jacobson, Brock DeBoer, Caleb Taylor, Claudia Casarino, Darcy Badiali, Davin Watne, Deanna Dikeman, Debra Smith, Del Harrow, Eric Sall, Hendrik Kerstens, Hong Chun Zhang, James Woodfill, Jenny Sharaf, Julie Blackmon, Justin Gainan, Keith F, Davis, Ken Ferguson, Ken Wood, Kika Karadi, Lisa Grossman, Marcie Miller Gross, Matthew Kluber, Michael Krueger, Mike Sinclair, Miki Baird, Nate Fors, Robert Bingaman, Ryan Fenchel, Samara Umbral, Shane Lutzk, Stuart Allen, Terry Evans, Thomas Jackson, Warren Rosser, Wilbur Niewald, Yoonmi Nam. 


David Richard Gallery, New York, NY, Small Artworks by Selected Gallery Artists, (online) catalog, 2023 


Wege Center for the Arts, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, FACTUAL / ACTUAL: Color After Albers, curator: Susan Metrican, 2023

Deborah Zlotsky, Matthew Kluber, Eric Hibit, Fabiola Menchelli, Susan Licthman, 


Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, IA, Digital Vision, (catalog) 2022

Bill Albertini, Matthew Kluber, Kate Petley, John Pomara, John F. Simon Jr., Anne Spalter, Jody Zellen. 


David Richard Gallery, New York, NY, Matthew Kluber: Split Infinitives, 2021 (solo)


Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, Bemis Benefit Auction, 2021


Haw Contemporary, Kansas City MO, Matthew Kluber: Split Infinitives, 2021 (solo)


Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN, A Warm Reset, 2021


David Richard Gallery, New York, NY, A Selection of Paintings and Works on Paper, (online) catalog, 2020 


Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, Bemis Benefit Art Auction, 2020 


Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Mo, Matthew Kluber: Radio_Free Santa Fe, 2019 (solo)


Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN, Friday I'm in Love, 2019 (solo)


David Richard Gallery, New York, NY, No Place Like Utopia, 2018 (solo)


Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, The Laura + John Fraser Collection, curator: Carrie Johnson, 2018


Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN, Sweep, 2018 

Alison Aune, Kirsten Aune, Robert Bingaman, James Brinsfield, Marcus Cain, Peter Granados, Christopher Harrison, Rachel Hayes, Matthew Kluber, Don Kottmann, Kay Kurt, Adam McCauley, Karen Owsley Nease, Heidi Pollard, Warren Rosser, Eric Sall, Rabbett before Horses Strickland, Jonathan Thunder, Mimi Chen Ting, James Woodfill and Leah Yellowbird.


Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, Virtual Views: Digital Art From the Thoma Foundation,

curator: Hansen Mulford, 2017

Jim Campbell, Daniel Canogar, Craig Dorety, John Gerrard, Matthew Kluber, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Manfred Mohr, Anne Morgan Spalter, Alan Rath, Daniel Rozin, Björn Schülke, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Leo Villareal.


Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, Art on Paper, curator: Emily Stamey, 2017


Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO, Summer Exhibition, 2017


Orange Door, Thoma Art Foundation, Chicago, IL, Life After Media, curator: Jason Foumberg, 2017

Guillermo Galindo, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Eduardo Kac, Matthew Kluber, Jon Rafman, and Jason Salavon.


David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Beyond, 2017


Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN, Three States: Matthew Kluber, Kathy McTavish & James Woodfill, 2017


Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, NE, Matthew Kluber & Colin C. Smith, 2017


David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Plugged In, 2016

Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, Studio Faculty Exhibition, 2016


Dallas Art Fair, David Richard Gallery, 2016


Art Miami, David Richard Gallery, 2015


Public Art Commission/Ingersoll Restoration Project: So Much Water So Close to Home (permanent exterior projection 40' x 60'), Des Moines, IA, 2015


David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Re-Op: ‘The Responsive Eye’ Fifty Years After -Visual Perception Today, curators: Peter Frank and David Eichholtz, 2015 

Richard Anuszkiewicz, Karl Benjamin, Francis Celentano, Peter Demos, Fred Eversley, Gabriele Evertz, Beverly Fishman, John Goodyear, Christian Haub, Matthew Kluber, Tom Martinelli, Ed Mieczkowski, Ruth Pastine, Paul Reed, Richard Roth, Oli Sihvonen, Jack Slentz, Julian Stanczak, Robert Swain, Tadasky, Leo Valledor, Stephen Westfall, Sanford Wurmfeld, Mario Yrisarry and Eric Zammitt


Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO, You People, 2015 


Brunnier Museum of Art, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 40/40, 2015 


David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Matthew Kluber: Electr-O-Pura, 2015 (solo)


College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA, East/West Contemporary American Prints, 2015 


Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI, So Much Water So Close To Home, 2015 


Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI, Chroma[a]Chroma, 2014 


David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Projected2, 2014


Moreau Center for the Arts, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, Matthew Kluber: New Work, 2014  (solo)


Art Miami, David Richard Gallery, 2013

Filmambiente: International Film Festival,  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Cool Stories for When the Planet Gets Hot, 2013

David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Projected, 2013

Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, NY, Cool Stories for When the Planet Gets Hot, 2013

Art Miami, David Richard Gallery, 2012

Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Repeat, 2012

David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Matthew Kluber: Color Interference, 2012 (solo)

The Painting Center, New York, Natural/Constructed Spaces, curators: Marianne Van Lent and Galen Cheney (catalog), 2012

Zane Bennet Contemporary Project Space, Santa Fe, NM, 
Currents: Santa Fe International New Media Festival, 2012


East/West: Contemporary American Prints Traveled to: University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Central Connecticut State University, Art Gallery, Ameen Art Gallery Nicholls State University (LA), CU Museum of Art University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, 2012


The National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, Cedar Rapids, IA, The Hour Grows Late, (painting/projection; temporary installation) 2012 

Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Not Here No There, curator: Hesse McGraw, 2011

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, Matthew Kluber, curator: Jeff Fleming, (brochure), 2011 (solo)

Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China, Animamix Biennial:
Metaphors of Un/Real
, curator: Victoria Lu, 2010

Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, John F. Simon, Jr. and Matthew Kluber: Hybrid Media (catalog), 2010

Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, Borderland Abstraction, curator: Hesse McGraw (brochure), 2010

Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI, Matthew Kluber: Half-Day Closing, 2010 (solo)

Art Basel, FOCUS09, Basel, Switzerland, Cool Stories for When the Planet Gets Hot II, curators: Corinne Erni, New York and Anne-Marie Melster, Spain; traveled to: Valencia Museum of Illustration and Modernity, Valencia, Spain: Pavilion City Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, UN Climate Conference COP 15, 2009


Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI, So Much Water So Close To Home, (film installation/ exterior projection), 2009

Newport Mill, Newport, NH, H2O: Film on Water, 2009

Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA, ATA Film & Video Festival, 2009

Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Beyond Printmaking, 2008

The Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Big Ideas: The Teeny Tiny Show, 2008

Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, Perfect with Pixel, curator: Shaurya Kumar 2008

Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, WA, Vertical Hold, curators: Justin Colt Beckman and Andrew Kaufman, 2008

Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, Painting Process, curators: Jaqueline Bekiaris, Maria Silvestri, 2007

ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA, Large Works Group Show, 2007

ACT Inc. Iowa City, IA, New Commissions in the Collection, Matthew Kluber: Data is Nature, 2006

Kuper Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Visualizing TRANS, 2006

Lakeview Museum of Art, Peoria, IL, Selections from the Permanent Collection, 2006

Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, Faculty Biennial, 2006

McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michaels College, Colchester, VT, Matthew Kluber: Paintings, 2005

Sisneros Fine Art, Tulsa, OK, Group Show, 2005

Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, Faculty Biennial, 2004

Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, Mixed Signals, curator: Colin Smith, (brochure) 2003

Eaton-Buchan Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids IA, Matthew Kluber: Firewire Pictures, 2003

Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Matthew Kluber, Nate Fors, 2002

Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA,  Matthew Kluber, 2002 (solo)

123 Watts Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Group Exhibition, 2001

Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Group Show, 2001

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, By Design IA01, curator: Chris Gilbert (catalogue), 2001

Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, Patient Process, curators: Lesley Wright and Donald Doe (catalog), 2001

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, Midlands Invitational, curators: Janet Farber, John Schloder (catalogue), 2000


Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA, Matthew Kluber: Paintings, 2000 (solo)

Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, Matthew Kluber: Paintings, (brochure), 1999 
(solo)

Jason Peng Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Matthew Kluber, David Dawson, Priscilla Sage, 1999

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa Artists 1999

Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL, Surface: Dot, Dash & Grid, 1998

Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX, Group Show, 1998

Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA, Abstract Images, 1998 
(solo)

Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Graphics Beyond Technique, 1998

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, Iowa Artists 1998

Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, College
of Design Faculty
, 1998

The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, Seventy-first International Print Exhibition, curator: Peter Von Ziegesar, 1998 

Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles
Printmaking Society Fourteenth Annual Exhibition, 1997

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, Iowa Artists 1997

Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, College of Design Faculty, 1996

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, Iowa Artists from the
Permanent Collection
, 1996

Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, Accessing a Future, curator: Jean
Graham, 1994

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, Contemporary Drawings and Monoprints, curator: Jo Ann Conklin, 1993

Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA, Matthew Kluber, Paintings and Drawings, 1992 
(solo)

Kiski School, Saltsburg, PA, Matthew Kluber: Paintings and Monotypes, 1991 
(solo)

State University of New York, Purchase, NY, Five Contemporary Printmakers, 1991

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, Iowa Artists 1991

Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, At the Edge II: Contemporary Prints
and Drawings
 1990

Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Printmaking Society Eleventh Annual Exhibition, 1990

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, Iowa Artists, 1990

Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, At the Edge: Contemporary Prints and Drawings, 1989

Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, 39th North American Print Exhibition, 1987

Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, BFA Exhibition, 1987

Selected Collections

Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, Dallas, TX

Estée Lauder International, Inc., New York, NY
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX

Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA

University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder, CO
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
University of Louisiana Art Museum, Lafayette, LA
Lakeview Museum of Art, Peoria, IL
Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
University of Iowa, Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa, City, IA


Grants/Awards


Iowa Artist Fellowship, Iowa Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts, 2019/2020

Mellon Foundation Grant, Drawing Structures: 3D Printing, University of Iowa, 2017

Obermann Fellow, Obermann Center for Advanced Study, University of Iowa, (Fall) 2016

Mellon Foundation Grant, Digital Bridges, 2015
Furbush Faculty Scholar Sabbatical, Grinnell College, 2011/12
National Science Foundation Grant, Reformulating Media Computation With
Functional Programming, Scripting, and Design Principles.
 Co-Principal
investigators: Sam Rebelsky PhD, Janet Davis PhD, Grinnell College, 2007-09
Harris Fellowship: Light + Paint, Grinnell College, 2007/08

Teaching

Professor, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 2017 - present
Associate Professor, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 2009 - 2017
Assistant Professor, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 2003 - 09
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2002 - 03
Visiting Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1994 - 99
Artist-in-Residence, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, 1991 - 93