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John "C R A S H" Matos Growing up in the Bronx, Crash began his career at age 13. He was first noticed for his murals on subway cars and buildings. He later transferred his art from the street to canvases, and has since exhibited at museums worldwide. In 1996, Crash painted a signature Stratocaster as a gift for musician Eric Clapton. Clapton used this guitar throughout his 2001 tour. He collaborated with Fender, Tumi, and Stussy on limited edition collections, and was commissioned to paint murals for the Bronx Zoo, Bronx Museum, and Public Art Fund, NYC. Recognized as a fine artist, Crash is considered a pioneer of the graffiti movement. Crash's work is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, and private collections worldwide. |
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John "C R A S H" Matos Growing up in the Bronx, Crash began his career at age 13. He was first noticed for his murals on subway cars and buildings. He later transferred his art from the street to canvases, and has since exhibited at museums worldwide. In 1996, Crash painted a signature Stratocaster as a gift for musician Eric Clapton. Clapton used this guitar throughout his 2001 tour. He collaborated with Fender, Tumi, and Stussy on limited edition collections, and was commissioned to paint murals for the Bronx Zoo, Bronx Museum, and Public Art Fund, NYC. Recognized as a fine artist, Crash is considered a pioneer of the graffiti movement. Crash's work is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, and private collections worldwide. |
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ONE MAN SHOWS:
1981 Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1982 Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY
1983 Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam 51X Gallery, NYC
1984 Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam "CRASH & DAZE", Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
1985 Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
1986 Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC Jus de Pomme Gallery, NYC Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
1987 "CRASH!", Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins Municipal Bldg., 1 Centre St., NYC
1988 Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
1989 Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL "CRASH", B5 Gallery, Monaco
1990 "CRASH & DAZE", Gallery Structure, Montpellier, France Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL "CRASH & DAZE", Black and White in Color Gallery, Bronx, NY
1991 Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris, France "CRASH", Galerie Artcade, Nice, France
1992 "New Paintings by CRASH", Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC "John "CRASH" Matos : New Works", C'an Isidro, Ibiza, Spain "CRASH Superheroes", Martin Lawrence Modern, NYC
1993 "CRASH", Through Express Part I, ( Retrospective ) MEXI-CARTE Museum, Austin Texas, June 11-July 10 Taller Puertoriqueno, Philadelphia, PA., Oct. 15-Dec. 10 Hostos Arts Gallery, Eugenio Maris de Hostos Community, College of the city of NY, Bronx, NY Gallery Cotthem, Zottegem, Belgium CRASH & DAZE, Deux Peintres New Yorkais, Galerie de la Cathredrale
Monaco Villa 1994 "CRASH, Works on Paper", The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, MA "CRASH", Mary Anthony Fine Arts, New Hope, PA "CRASH/DAZE, Recent Works", York College, City University of New York Jamaica, Queens
1995 "CRASH, The Villains", Mary Anthony Galleries, SOHO, NYC Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoutte, Belgium
1996 Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Fl
1997 Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, SOHO, NYC "CRASH", 2nd Floor Limited, New Orleans, LA New York-New Works: John "CRASH" Matos, Galeria Las Palomas, Gaucin, Spain
1998 "CRASH / DAZE", Enrico Coveri, Florence, Italy "CRASH, Verticals and Horizontals", Mary Anthony Galleries, NY "CRASH", Vail/Giesler Contemporary Art, Des Moines, IW "CRASH, The Exhibition", The Masterpiece Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1999 CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977-1999 Palais Liechtenstein, Reldkirch, Austria CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977-1999 GroBmarkthallen Munich, Germany American Graffiti: CRASH & DAZE Musee D’Art Moderne et D’Art Contemporian, Nice, France
2000 “CRASH, The Timetable”, Galerie BLU, Pontiac, MI Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL “Graffiti Indoors”, AZ/NY Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ VIPS International, Rotterdam, Holland
2001 CRASH, Fine Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C. “Breaking Curfew”, CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI “Installation”, PROSPER, NY INT./EXT. Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL “Collaborations: CRASHE ONE”, TRIIAD, Paris, France “Post-Graffiti New York”, Crash-Toxic, Veranneman Foundation Kruishoutem, Belgium
2002 “ The Power of CRASH”, Art Link International, West Palm Beach, FL “CRASH, Notes from the Westside”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France KAWS & CRASH, MADEgallery, Vancouver, BC CRASH, “The Train Paintings”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France CRASH, “BARRIOS”, Hostos Art Gallery, Hostos Community College/CUNY, Bronx, NY
2003 100 Small Paintings, RECON @ San Francisco, CA CRASH, “BARRIOS”, ArtLink International, Lake Worth, FL CRASH, “BARRIOS”, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa “Protocol, CRASHE ONE”, the LAB101, Los Angeles, CA
2004 “POP, BOOM, CRASH”, Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, NC “CRASH, Recent Paintings”, PROSPER, Tokyo, Japan CRASH/HERVE DiROSA, “Collaborations”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris CRASH, Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary, Fender Museum, Corona, CA
2005 “Second Skin”, New paintings by CRASH, Wooster Projects, NY “Second Skin”, Paintings by CRASH, Sponsored by STUSSY, Tokyo, Japan 2006 “The Lucky Strike Diaries”, Speestra Gallery, Paris, France “Collision I and II “, with Jahan Loh,The Esplanade, Singapore “CRASH”, Lehmann/Leskiw Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2007 “Kaleidoscope”, Wooster Projects, NY CRASH, Galerie Onega, Paris, France CRASH, Art Link International, West palm Beach, FL DCC “Crashes” MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art-Detroit, Detroit, MI
2008 “Crash”, Lafayette College, Williams Art Gallery, Easton, PA “Crash, The Art of the Line”, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland “Crash & Sharp”, Galerie Onega, Paris, France
2009 “Unfinished Business”, Joshua Liner Gallery, NY “Crash, Betances 1973-82”, Addict Galerie, Paris, France “Crash”, Los Angeles Art Show, FADA, Los Angeles, CA “Crash and Daze”, AdHoc Gallery, Brooklyn, NY “Crash by Crash”, Helenbeck Galerie, Nice, France POP CRIME, New Work by SHEONE and CRASH, Opus Art, UK Crash, Works on Paper, Stripeman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY CRASH, Recent Works, KPort Gallery, Kennebunk, Maine Crash, Red Dot, Miami Beach, Basel Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL Crash, Crashocasters, Toy Tokyo Gallery, NYC
2010 “Crash, The Tin Machines”, Addict Galerie, Paris, France “From the 4 Trains, to Fenders”, A Retrospective, Thomas J. Walsh Gallery Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut Crash, “Works on Paper, 1980-2010”, Dorian Grey Gallery, NYC
2011 “Black to Basics”, bOb NYC, NY “25 Years of Prints”, Southport Galleries, Southport, CT “The Hidden Agendas, new Paintings”, Addict Galerie, Paris, France |
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ONE MAN SHOWS:
1981 Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1982 Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY
1983 Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam 51X Gallery, NYC
1984 Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam "CRASH & DAZE", Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
1985 Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
1986 Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC Jus de Pomme Gallery, NYC Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
1987 "CRASH!", Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins Municipal Bldg., 1 Centre St., NYC
1988 Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
1989 Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL "CRASH", B5 Gallery, Monaco
1990 "CRASH & DAZE", Gallery Structure, Montpellier, France Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL "CRASH & DAZE", Black and White in Color Gallery, Bronx, NY
1991 Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris, France "CRASH", Galerie Artcade, Nice, France
1992 "New Paintings by CRASH", Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC "John "CRASH" Matos : New Works", C'an Isidro, Ibiza, Spain "CRASH Superheroes", Martin Lawrence Modern, NYC
1993 "CRASH", Through Express Part I, ( Retrospective ) MEXI-CARTE Museum, Austin Texas, June 11-July 10 Taller Puertoriqueno, Philadelphia, PA., Oct. 15-Dec. 10 Hostos Arts Gallery, Eugenio Maris de Hostos Community, College of the city of NY, Bronx, NY Gallery Cotthem, Zottegem, Belgium CRASH & DAZE, Deux Peintres New Yorkais, Galerie de la Cathredrale
Monaco Villa 1994 "CRASH, Works on Paper", The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, MA "CRASH", Mary Anthony Fine Arts, New Hope, PA "CRASH/DAZE, Recent Works", York College, City University of New York Jamaica, Queens
1995 "CRASH, The Villains", Mary Anthony Galleries, SOHO, NYC Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoutte, Belgium
1996 Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Fl
1997 Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, SOHO, NYC "CRASH", 2nd Floor Limited, New Orleans, LA New York-New Works: John "CRASH" Matos, Galeria Las Palomas, Gaucin, Spain
1998 "CRASH / DAZE", Enrico Coveri, Florence, Italy "CRASH, Verticals and Horizontals", Mary Anthony Galleries, NY "CRASH", Vail/Giesler Contemporary Art, Des Moines, IW "CRASH, The Exhibition", The Masterpiece Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1999 CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977-1999 Palais Liechtenstein, Reldkirch, Austria CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977-1999 GroBmarkthallen Munich, Germany American Graffiti: CRASH & DAZE Musee D’Art Moderne et D’Art Contemporian, Nice, France
2000 “CRASH, The Timetable”, Galerie BLU, Pontiac, MI Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL “Graffiti Indoors”, AZ/NY Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ VIPS International, Rotterdam, Holland
2001 CRASH, Fine Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C. “Breaking Curfew”, CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI “Installation”, PROSPER, NY INT./EXT. Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL “Collaborations: CRASHE ONE”, TRIIAD, Paris, France “Post-Graffiti New York”, Crash-Toxic, Veranneman Foundation Kruishoutem, Belgium
2002 “ The Power of CRASH”, Art Link International, West Palm Beach, FL “CRASH, Notes from the Westside”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France KAWS & CRASH, MADEgallery, Vancouver, BC CRASH, “The Train Paintings”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France CRASH, “BARRIOS”, Hostos Art Gallery, Hostos Community College/CUNY, Bronx, NY
2003 100 Small Paintings, RECON @ San Francisco, CA CRASH, “BARRIOS”, ArtLink International, Lake Worth, FL CRASH, “BARRIOS”, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa “Protocol, CRASHE ONE”, the LAB101, Los Angeles, CA
2004 “POP, BOOM, CRASH”, Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, NC “CRASH, Recent Paintings”, PROSPER, Tokyo, Japan CRASH/HERVE DiROSA, “Collaborations”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris CRASH, Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary, Fender Museum, Corona, CA
2005 “Second Skin”, New paintings by CRASH, Wooster Projects, NY “Second Skin”, Paintings by CRASH, Sponsored by STUSSY, Tokyo, Japan 2006 “The Lucky Strike Diaries”, Speestra Gallery, Paris, France “Collision I and II “, with Jahan Loh,The Esplanade, Singapore “CRASH”, Lehmann/Leskiw Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2007 “Kaleidoscope”, Wooster Projects, NY CRASH, Galerie Onega, Paris, France CRASH, Art Link International, West palm Beach, FL DCC “Crashes” MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art-Detroit, Detroit, MI
2008 “Crash”, Lafayette College, Williams Art Gallery, Easton, PA “Crash, The Art of the Line”, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland “Crash & Sharp”, Galerie Onega, Paris, France
2009 “Unfinished Business”, Joshua Liner Gallery, NY “Crash, Betances 1973-82”, Addict Galerie, Paris, France “Crash”, Los Angeles Art Show, FADA, Los Angeles, CA “Crash and Daze”, AdHoc Gallery, Brooklyn, NY “Crash by Crash”, Helenbeck Galerie, Nice, France POP CRIME, New Work by SHEONE and CRASH, Opus Art, UK Crash, Works on Paper, Stripeman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY CRASH, Recent Works, KPort Gallery, Kennebunk, Maine Crash, Red Dot, Miami Beach, Basel Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL Crash, Crashocasters, Toy Tokyo Gallery, NYC
2010 “Crash, The Tin Machines”, Addict Galerie, Paris, France “From the 4 Trains, to Fenders”, A Retrospective, Thomas J. Walsh Gallery Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut Crash, “Works on Paper, 1980-2010”, Dorian Grey Gallery, NYC
2011 “Black to Basics”, bOb NYC, NY “25 Years of Prints”, Southport Galleries, Southport, CT “The Hidden Agendas, new Paintings”, Addict Galerie, Paris, France |
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The New York Times
A feature on Crashs painting A-U-T-O-matic appearing in the Brooklyn Museums exhibition, Graffiti Read More
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Blognity
A feature on Crashs collaboration with luggage manufacturer TUMI to benefit AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA( Read More
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NBC New York
Crash talks about interests and inspiration behind his collaboration with TUMI Read More
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Fairfield University Magazine
This article discusses Crashs collaboration with high school students on a mural. Read More
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Connecticut Post
Feature on the artists move from painting on the streets to painting on canvas and exhibiting in galleries. Read More
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Hypebeast
An interview with Crash about what the street scene was like when he was just starting out and his artistic collaborations. Read More
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Juxtapoz
Feature announcing Crashed exhibition with artists Risk and Freedom at Corey Helford Gallery Read More
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A video portrait by Tumi on the artist screen shot at .11 Read More
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Crash talks about his artistic influences and solo exhibition Unfinished Business at Joshua Liner Gallery, NYC Screen shot at .03 Read More
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Crash goes off on Le M.U.R. Read More
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Opening of Crash's exhibition at Addict Galerie. Read More
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Feature on Crash's exhibition "Remnant Memories" at TT Underground. Read More
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Crash takes part in Open-Air-Gallery in the Bronx. Read More
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Crash gets cover feature on Ven magazine. Read More
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The New York Times
A feature on Crashs painting A-U-T-O-matic appearing in the Brooklyn Museums exhibition, Graffiti Read More
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Blognity
A feature on Crashs collaboration with luggage manufacturer TUMI to benefit AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA( Read More
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NBC New York
Crash talks about interests and inspiration behind his collaboration with TUMI Read More
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Fairfield University Magazine
This article discusses Crashs collaboration with high school students on a mural. Read More
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Connecticut Post
Feature on the artists move from painting on the streets to painting on canvas and exhibiting in galleries. Read More
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Hypebeast
An interview with Crash about what the street scene was like when he was just starting out and his artistic collaborations. Read More
|
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Juxtapoz
Feature announcing Crashed exhibition with artists Risk and Freedom at Corey Helford Gallery Read More
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A video portrait by Tumi on the artist screen shot at .11 Read More
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Crash talks about his artistic influences and solo exhibition Unfinished Business at Joshua Liner Gallery, NYC Screen shot at .03 Read More
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Crash goes off on Le M.U.R. Read More
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Opening of Crash's exhibition at Addict Galerie. Read More
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Feature on Crash's exhibition "Remnant Memories" at TT Underground. Read More
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Crash takes part in Open-Air-Gallery in the Bronx. Read More
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Crash gets cover feature on Ven magazine. Read More
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