CRASH
John Matos – Américain
Né en 1961
Né en 1961, John Matos, plus connu sous le nom de CRASH, est originaire du Bronx. En tant que pionnier et figure de proue du mouvement, son parcours artistique audacieux a été essentiel dans la redéfinition des frontières du graffiti New Yorkais et du Post-graffiti…
Nous sommes en 1975. John impose CRASH dans les rues de New York en investissant les wagons de métro et la ville de ses créations colorées. Ces surfaces mobiles sont devenues des toiles éphémères qu’il investit comme un ado rebelle, qui pense et qui affirme que le graffiti n’est pas du vandalisme.
Aux côtés de ses amis, il explora le Wild Style, une déformation artistique du lettrage devenue la signature audacieuse du graffiti new-yorkais des années 1970-1980. Puis il intègra en 1979, le Studio Graffiti qui permit à des artistes – tels que Dondi, Futura, Daze – de se tourner vers la production en atelier. Ce moment marqua le début d’un nouveau chapitre dans sa carrière, embrassant avec passion le mouvement Post-graffiti, mouvement qui allait redéfinir d’une certaine façon la perception de l’art contemporain.
En octobre 1980, âgé de 19 ans, il organise une exposition intitulée “Graffiti Art Success for America” à la Fashion MODA dans le South Bronx. Cette exposition révolutionnaire joua un rôle crucial dans la légitimation du mouvement. Endossant un rôle de pionnier, CRASH élargit considérablement le champ des possibles, faisant le lien entre les artistes de rue et le monde de l’Art de Manhattan, lui permettant ainsi d‘exposer en 1983 dans la prestigieuse galerie de Sidney Janis (Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko…). Cette exposition marqua un tournant dans sa carrière, lui ouvrant les portes de nombreuses galeries, musées et collections privées prestigieuses, où le nom de CRASH résonne depuis comme un cri de liberté.
ECHOES OF THE PAST, exposition rétrospective, extrait du catalogue : « Dans l’éclat insubordonné de l’art contemporain, qui transcende les frontières et invite à la réflexion, la créativité de CRASH résonne comme une mélodie rebelle. Chaque geste devient une note, chaque oeuvre une symphonie vivante. Tel un compositeur, il transforme – à partir des années 70 – les rues de New York en une partition visuelle, où le béton et l’acier jouent les supports d’une rébellion stylistique portée par un nouvel instrument : l’aérosol.
Les prémices de son parcours s’enracinent dans l’effervescence exubérante des années 70, parmi les agitations débridées d’un New York underground bouillonnant de vitalité et de génie créatif. De cet univers tumultueux, surgit une poésie urbaine – symphonie graphique rebelle défiant l’ordinaire – portée par des esprits audacieux et des expressions artistiques avant-gardistes. Ils transforment cette période en un creuset d’idées novatrices et de soulèvements, où l’audace et la contestation se conjuguent pour façonner un paysage culturel révolutionnaire. Puis vint la fin de cette époque et le début des années 80 : le passage de la rue à l’atelier. Cette transition fut guidée par le désir d’explorer de nouvelles dimensions éloignées des contraintes de l’éphémère urbain. Il perfectionne sa technique, affine son style et approfondit sa réflexion. Dans cette épopée artistique, cette décennie se dévoile comme une symphonie enivrante, une partition ouverte sur une énergie bouillonnante. Tel un crescendo visuel, les galeries devinrent pour CRASH les vitrines illuminées d’un nouveau monde, énigmatique mais captivant. Son style singulier, fusion harmonieuse de lettrage et de comics, se transforme en une mélodie dansante au rythme de son imagination et de ses inspirations, semblable à un accord d’expressions artistiques en constante évolution. Ses toiles de jeunesse émergent telles des pièces maîtresses, transcendant les codes de l’art contemporain avec audace. Ses œuvres se présentent non seulement comme des créations esthétiques, mais aussi comme des témoignages intrépides d’une expression artistique résolument provocante.
Du dédale urbain aux cimaises des galeries, le parcours artistique de CRASH se dessine peu à peu – où le fugace et la créativité entrelacent leurs destins. Dans l’intimité révélatrice de son atelier, une célébration s’épanouit. Une métamorphose s’opère. Dans ce laboratoire secret, les toiles blanches deviennent des terrains d’expérimentations. Les explosions audacieuses de couleurs, les lettres tracées avec maîtrise, les clins d’œil à la culture pop dessinent un langage visuel orchestré qui capture l’essence intemporelle de la créativité. Invitant à une immersion dans l’imaginaire, ses œuvres incitent à ressentir l’insaisissable, à saisir la spontanéité du geste. L’atelier, en ce sens, n’est pas seulement un lieu physique, mais un portail vers l’univers mental de CRASH. Chaque trait, chaque composition participent à une aventure visuelle où l’artiste, peignant et dessinant l’éphémère dans l’immuable, cristallise l’effervescente essence du graffiti. Ses créations dévoilent des reflets d’émotions et de significations, transcendant l’évanescent pour témoigner de l’audace du Post-graffiti, offrant ainsi une méditation visuelle sur l’éphemérité de l’existence et la permanence de l’art. De l’énergie frénétique des débuts aux explorations plus subtiles de la maturité, il devient pionnier d’une contemporanéité artistique Post-graffiti. Il explore des dimensions plus vastes, remettant en question les normes esthétiques établies et démontrant que la beauté, dans ce contexte, peut revêtir des formes variées et parfois non conventionnelles.
Durant ces 40 ans de création, l’héritage artistique de CRASH perdure, évolue, tissant une chronique visuelle singulière dans la trame intemporelle de l’art. Une empreinte inscrite dans le continuum artistique du temps. Cette exposition dépeint cette conversation artistique où l’aérosol transcende le simple medium pour se muer en force vitale. De la spontanéité audacieuse aux nuances réfléchies, CRASH devient un narrateur visuel, tissant son histoire à travers une palette artistique riche en échos des époques traversées ».
« Le Post-graffiti n’est pas une tendance ; c’est une machine à remonter le temps nous ramenant à des époques définies par leur essence. Chaque pièce, imprégnée de passion et de persévérance, transcende les limites du temps pour créer un dialogue intemporel avec le spectateur. Ses toiles de jeunesse émergent telles des pièces maîtresses, transcendant les codes de l’art contemporain avec audace. Ses œuvres se présentent non seulement comme des créations esthétiques, mais aussi comme des témoignages intrépides d’une expression artistique résolument provocante. Dans chaque nuance d’aérosol réside une histoire inédite, une émotion à révéler. Au cœur du tumulte des pigments, l’harmonie se dessine ». Extrait du catalogue « Echoes of the Past » Exposition rétrospective, Ghost galerie, 2024.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Echoes of the Past : Timeless creativy & Exploration from 1980 to 1990, Ghost Galerie, Paris, France
2023 - CRASHONE : Subway/Canvas/Street,Oever Gallery Ostend, Belgium.
2022 - John “CRASH” Matos: Shape Of Things To Come ,JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York ,Chelsea, New York, USA. - Crash One: Scripted Memories ,Thinkspace Projects ,Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2021 - CRASH x Warner Bros: Space Jam: A New Legacy ,Art in the Parks ,New York, USA. - Gallery Art Summer 2021 Exhibition, Gallery Art, Aventura, USA, July 1 st – 31st. - Icons & Vandals, West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin, USA, May 15th – July 11th. - THE PRINT ROOM, Aurum Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, April 1st – June 30th. - THAT 70s SHOW : SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, John ‘CRASH’ Matos, Michael Callas, Anja Van Herle + Jana Cruder, JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York, USA, April 13 th – June 1st. - Modern Masters, End to End Gallery, Hollywood,CA, March 20th – May 30th. - JoAnne Artman Gallery at Affordable Art Fair New York, Spring 2021, BOOTH B39, New York, USA, May 19th – 23th.
2020 - John ‘CRASH’ Matos : CELEBRATING 45 YEARS, Joanne Artman Gallery, New York, USA, September 1st – October 31st.
2019 - Precious, AtDown Galerie, Montpellier, France, October 26th – November 30th. - John CRASH Matos feature, Art Elysées Art and Design Art Fair, Paris, France, October 17th – 21st. - CRASH: Textures, Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, October 7th – October 12th. - Concrete Jungle: Featuring John ‘Crash’ Matos, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA, November 8th, 2018 – January 19th, 2019.
2018 - Full Circle: John Matos Crash, Brugier-Rigail Galerie, Paris, France, September 7th – 23rd. - Life of Icons, Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France, January 27th – February 24th. - Coming Full Circle, Southport Galleries, Southport, UK.
2017 - The Color Swatches, Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, June 15th – July 15th. - All About Print 2, Galerie Slika, Lyon, France, December 15th, 2016 – January 15th, 2017. - Scrabble, AtDown Galerie, Montpellier, France. - Breaking Ground : Defining The Urban Experience, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, USA.
2016 - Breaking Ground; Defining The Urban Experience, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA, September 8th – October 31st. - Heroes are Forever, Brugier-Rigail Galerie, Paris, France, September 2nd – 27th. - Movement Revisited, with PRO176, Galerie Zimmerling & Jungfleisch, Saarbrucken, Germany.
2015 - John Matos, CRASH, Galerie Helenbeck, Nice, France, March 11th – May 16th. - Crash-Recent Small Works, bOb’s, New York, USA. - John CRASH Matos, at Galerie Artime, Paris, France. - John CRASH Matos, Then and Now, Villa Tamaris Centre d’Art, La Seyne-Sur-Mer, Toulon, France. - John CRASH Matos: “1990-25 Years Later”, At-Down Galerie, Montpellier, France.
2014 - FLOW, John “CRASH” Matos and Remi Rough, Collaborative paintings, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, USA. - CRASH, ArtPalmBeach, Palm Beach, USA. - Broken English, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, USA. - Crash, Broken Language, Lawrence Fine Arts, East Hampton, USA. - Crash, Recent Paintings:, Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach, USA. - Crash ! An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Steven Vail Fine Arts, Iowa, USA.
2013 - PoP-Eye, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris, France. - Crash, Hide N Seek, Southport Galleries, Southport, USA. - Pop Art and Graffiti, Galerie Raison d’art, Lille, France. - CRASH, Taipei Art Fair, M.A.D., Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan. - John Crash, Matos, Art Elysées, Velvet Galerie, Paris, France.
2012 - Remnant Memories, Toy Tokyo Underground, New York, USA. - CRASH, Study in Watercolors, Addict Galerie, Paris, France. - Crash, Misdemeanors to Masterpieces, Long-Sharp/Curis Modern and Contemporary Fine Art, Detroit, USA. - CRASH, The True Essence…, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland. - The Real Crash, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris, France. - Crash, Letting Ink Dry, Wallworks Gallery, Paris, France. - Crash, Back on the Block, Antiquorum Galleries, New York, USA.
2011 - The Street Art Show, Opera Gallery, London, UK. - Paintings With a Hidden Agenda, Addict Galerie, Pairs, France. - Mural Installation, with TATS CRU and DAZE, Bronx, New York, USA. - Black to Basics, bOb, New York, USA. - 25 years of Prints, Southport Galleries, Southport, USA. - Blurring the Lines, Crash, Risk and Freedom, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2010 - From the 4 Trains, to Fenders, A Retrospective, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT, January 28th – February 29th. - Crash, The Tin Machines, Addict Galerie, Paris, France.
2009 - Crash, Betances 1973 – 82m Addict Galerie, Paris, France - Crash, Los Angeles Art Show, FADA, Los Angeles, USA. - CRASH by CRASH, La Galerie Halenbeck, Nice, France. - Unfinished Business, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA.
2008 - Crash, The Art of the Line, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland. - Crash, Lafayette College’s Williams Art Gallery, Easton, USA.
2007 - Kaleidoscope : Paintings, Prints and Works on Paper, Wooster Projects, New York, USA. - Crash, Galerie Onega, Paris, France.
2006 - The Lucky Strike Diaries, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland. - Crash, Lehmann/Leskiw Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada.
2005 - Second Skin, New Paintings by CRASH, Wooster Projects, New York, USA. - Second Skin, Paintings by CRASH, Sponsored by Stussy, Japan.
2004 - Pop, Boom, Crash, Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA. - Crash, Recent Paintings, Prosper, Tokyo, Japan. - CRASH, Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary, Fender Museum, Corona, USA.
2003 - Barrions, ArtLink International, Lake Worth, FL; Angeles, USA. - Crash : The Train Paintings, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France.
2002 - The Power of Crash, Art Link International Gallery, Lake Worth, USA. - CRASH, Notes from the Westside, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France. - The Train Paintings, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France.
2001 - Breaking Curfew, CPOP Gallery, Detroit, USA. - CRASH, Fine Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C, USA. - Installation, Prosper, New York, USA.
2000 - VIPS International, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. - Graffiti Indoors, AZ/NY Contemporary, Scottsdale, USA. - Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA. - CRASH, The Timetable, Galerie BLU, Pontiac, USA.
1999 - American Graffiti: CRASH & DAZE, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France. - CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977-1999, Palais Liechtenstein, Reldkirch, Australia. - CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977 – 1999, GroBmarkhalien, Munich, Germany.
1998 - CRASH / DAZE, Enrico Coeri, Florence, Italy. - CRASH, Verticals and Horizontals, Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, USA. - CRASH, Vali/Giesler Contemporary Art, Des Moines, USA. - CRASH, The Exhibition, Masterpiece Gallery, Birmingham, USA.
1997 - CRASH, 2nd Floor Limited, New Orleans, USA. - Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, USA. - New York – New York : John CRASH Matos, Galeria Las Palomas, Gaucin, Spain.
1996 - Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA.
1995 - CRASH The Villains, Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, USA. - Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium.
1994 - CRASH, Works on Paper, The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, USA. - CRASH, Mary Anthony Fine Arts, New Hope, USA. - CRASH/DAZE Recent Works, York College, a City University of New York, Jamaica, Queens, USA.
1993 - Hostos Arts Gallery of Eugenio Mais de Hostos Community College of the City of New York, Bronx, USA; Gallery Cotthem, Zotegem, Belgium. - CRASH & DAZE, Deux Peintres New Yorkais, Galerie de la Cathédrale, Monaco, France.
1992 - New Paintings by CRASH, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. - John CRASH Matos: New Works, C’an Isidro, Ibiza, Spain. - CRASH Superheroes, Martin Lawrence Modern, New York, USA.
1991 - Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris, France. - CRASH, Galerie Artcade, Nice, France.
1990 - CRASH & DAZE, Gallery Structure, Montpellier, France. - Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA. - CRASH & DAZE, Black and White in Color Gallery, Bronx, USA.
1989 - Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angeles, USA. - Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA. - CRASH, B5 Gallery, Monaco, France.
1988 - Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA.
1987 - CRASH!, The Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, New York, USA.
1986 - Jus de Pomme Gallery, New York, USA. - Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. - Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1985 - Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1984 - Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1983 - Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. - 51X Gallery, New York, USA.
1982 - Fashion Moda, Bronx, USA.
1981 - Real Art Ways, Hartford, USA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Winter Recap ,Oever Gallery ,Ostend, Belgium - Wild Style 40 ,Jeffrey Deitch, New York (Wooster Str) ,Soho, New York, USA. - Style Writers ,Mucciaccia Gallery, London ,Mayfair, London, UK. - Beyond the Streets London ,Saatchi Gallery ,London, UK. - Gallery Collection 23’ ,Mucciaccia Gallery, Rome ,Rome, Italy. 2022 - Kablam! Pop Art/Op Art from the Collection ,MOAS, Museum of Arts and Sciences ,Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. - Accrochage saisonnier, Ghost Galerie, Paris, France, Janvier-Juin 2022 - Crash, galerie At Down, Montpellier, District 13 International Art Fair Drouot, 15-18 Septembre 2022.
2021 - Beyond The streets on paper, SouthAmpton Arts Center, SouthAmpton, New-York, USA, July 17th – August 28th . - Pow! WOW! The First Decade from Hawaï to the world, Thinkspace projects, Culver city, Los Angeles, California, USA, May 15th – September 19th. - BEYOND THE STREETS on PAPER, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, USA, July 17th – August 28th. - Street Art & Urban Art, Alpha 137 Gallery, New York, USA, August 2nd – October 19th. - Nos Fantômes – exposition inaugurale, Ghost galerie, Paris, France, 10 Septembre – 20 Novembre, 2021.
2020 - Collecting by Color : Pink, Alpha 137 Gallery , New York, USA. - WYNWOOD WALLS : 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE GROUP SHOW, GGA Gallery, Miami, USA. - BEYOND THE STREETS presented by NTWRK, BEYOND THE STREETS, Brooklyn, USA. - Rare Finds, ArtWise, Brooklyns, USA. - Concrete To Canvas, West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin, USA. - Art With Text : The Message is the Medium, Alpha 137 Gallery, New York, USA. - P O P.u.lar : Featuring GREG MILLER, JOHN ‘CRASH’ MATOS + MICHAEL CALLS, JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York, USA. - FACES OF STREET ART, Aurum Gallery, Bangkok, Thailande. - Man Cave Decor, ArtWish, Brooklyns, USA. - VOCABULARY OF EXPRESSION, Kolly Gallery, Zürich, Suisse. - Aurum Gallery Opening Show, Aurum Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. - ONLINE : One World, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Little River, April 18th – May 31th. - ONLINE : Sprayed, Show me yours cans, Joanne Artman Gallery, New-York, May 7th – June 20th
2019 - Pow! WOW! Hawai’i : Exploring the New Contemporary Movement VI, Thinkspace projects, Honolulu, Havaï, February 9th – February 19th . - LAX: SFO Part III, Heron Arts, San Francisco, California, USA, June 15th – July 6th . - LAX-MSY, Thikspace projects, Culvey city, california, USA, August 10th , August 30th .
2018 - CRASH, PRO176, SOTEN, 44309 street art gallery, Dortmund, Germany. - Bloom / Wilt / Bloom, Elga Wimmer PCC, Chelsea, New York, USA, April 12th – May 05th. - Art from the streets, Art Science museum, Singapore, January 13th – June 3th . - Unsanctionned: Voices of the wall, Opera Gallery, Singapore, JUne 7th – June 22th . - Iconic, Woodward Gallery, Soho, New York, USA, September 15th – October 26th .
2016 - Glamorous Graffiti: Basquiat, Crash, Haring & More, NAssau Country Museum of arts, Roslyn, New York, USA, March 19th – June 10th.
2014 - Pop Rocks : Heroes, Icons and the Mundane, The A.E Backus Museum & Gallery, March 12th – May 2nd.
2012 - Graffiti – New York 80 ́s, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, may 27th – july 20th.
2008 - New Works by John CRASH Matos and Aaron Sharp Goodstone, Galerie Onega, Paris, France. - Locked and Loaded, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA.
2006 - The Silkscreen Pieces, Lucky Strike, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France. - Collision II, (with Jahan), Jendela (Visual Arts Space), Singapore. - Collision I, (with Jahan), Esplanade Concourse, Singapore.
2005 - Dreamland Artist Club 2005, Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn, USA.
2004 - Collaboration, (Crash/ Herve DiRosa), Galerie Speersta, Paris, France.
2003 - 100 Small Painting, RECON @, San Francisco, USA.
2002 - Barrios, Hostos Art Gallery, Hostos Community College/CUNY, Bronx, USA. - KAWS & CRASH, MADE gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
2001 - INT. /EXT., Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, USA. - Collaboration : CRASH ONE, TRIAD, Paris, France.
2000 - Projets United, Kunst Zurich 2000, Zurich, Switzerland. - From Pablo Picasso to Andy Warhol, Antico Monastero Santa Chiara, San Marino, USA.
1999 - BEST Buddies, Galerie Blue, Pontiac, USA. - Cadaver Dog, Art from the East Village/LES-the 1980’s, LIFE Café, New York, USA.
1998 - Coming From The Subway : New York Graffiti Art, Museum Der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany. - American Graffiti, Museo Andriade Muricy, Curitiba, Brazil; San Paolo, Brazil.
1997 - Spraycan Art from the Ludwig Collection and other Collections, Machio Angioino, Naples, Italy; Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy; Florence, Italy. - Unholy Lust, Todd Kaplan Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
1996 - Everything That’s Interesting is New, The Dakis Joannou Collection at The Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece New York Unplugged II, Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium. - The Usual Suspects, Avanti Gallery, New York, USA.
1995 - Synaesthesia, Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, USA.
1994 - Influential Works in the 90’s, The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, USA. - Urban Expressionism (The Hip Hop Movement), The Hudson Guild Art Gallery, New York, USA.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
– Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. - Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, USA. - Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, USA. - Fort Wayne Museum, Fort Wayne, USA. - Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, USA. - Museum of the City of New York, New York, USA. - Naples Museum of Art, Naples, USA. - Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, USA.
2024 - Echoes of the Past : Timeless creativy & Exploration from 1980 to 1990, Ghost Galerie, Paris, France
2023 - CRASHONE : Subway/Canvas/Street,Oever Gallery Ostend, Belgium.
2022 - John “CRASH” Matos: Shape Of Things To Come ,JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York ,Chelsea, New York, USA. - Crash One: Scripted Memories ,Thinkspace Projects ,Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2021 - CRASH x Warner Bros: Space Jam: A New Legacy ,Art in the Parks ,New York, USA. - Gallery Art Summer 2021 Exhibition, Gallery Art, Aventura, USA, July 1 st – 31st. - Icons & Vandals, West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin, USA, May 15th – July 11th. - THE PRINT ROOM, Aurum Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, April 1st – June 30th. - THAT 70s SHOW : SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, John ‘CRASH’ Matos, Michael Callas, Anja Van Herle + Jana Cruder, JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York, USA, April 13 th – June 1st. - Modern Masters, End to End Gallery, Hollywood,CA, March 20th – May 30th. - JoAnne Artman Gallery at Affordable Art Fair New York, Spring 2021, BOOTH B39, New York, USA, May 19th – 23th.
2020 - John ‘CRASH’ Matos : CELEBRATING 45 YEARS, Joanne Artman Gallery, New York, USA, September 1st – October 31st.
2019 - Precious, AtDown Galerie, Montpellier, France, October 26th – November 30th. - John CRASH Matos feature, Art Elysées Art and Design Art Fair, Paris, France, October 17th – 21st. - CRASH: Textures, Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, October 7th – October 12th. - Concrete Jungle: Featuring John ‘Crash’ Matos, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA, November 8th, 2018 – January 19th, 2019.
2018 - Full Circle: John Matos Crash, Brugier-Rigail Galerie, Paris, France, September 7th – 23rd. - Life of Icons, Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France, January 27th – February 24th. - Coming Full Circle, Southport Galleries, Southport, UK.
2017 - The Color Swatches, Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, June 15th – July 15th. - All About Print 2, Galerie Slika, Lyon, France, December 15th, 2016 – January 15th, 2017. - Scrabble, AtDown Galerie, Montpellier, France. - Breaking Ground : Defining The Urban Experience, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, USA.
2016 - Breaking Ground; Defining The Urban Experience, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA, September 8th – October 31st. - Heroes are Forever, Brugier-Rigail Galerie, Paris, France, September 2nd – 27th. - Movement Revisited, with PRO176, Galerie Zimmerling & Jungfleisch, Saarbrucken, Germany.
2015 - John Matos, CRASH, Galerie Helenbeck, Nice, France, March 11th – May 16th. - Crash-Recent Small Works, bOb’s, New York, USA. - John CRASH Matos, at Galerie Artime, Paris, France. - John CRASH Matos, Then and Now, Villa Tamaris Centre d’Art, La Seyne-Sur-Mer, Toulon, France. - John CRASH Matos: “1990-25 Years Later”, At-Down Galerie, Montpellier, France.
2014 - FLOW, John “CRASH” Matos and Remi Rough, Collaborative paintings, Dorian Grey Gallery, New York, USA. - CRASH, ArtPalmBeach, Palm Beach, USA. - Broken English, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, USA. - Crash, Broken Language, Lawrence Fine Arts, East Hampton, USA. - Crash, Recent Paintings:, Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach, USA. - Crash ! An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Steven Vail Fine Arts, Iowa, USA.
2013 - PoP-Eye, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris, France. - Crash, Hide N Seek, Southport Galleries, Southport, USA. - Pop Art and Graffiti, Galerie Raison d’art, Lille, France. - CRASH, Taipei Art Fair, M.A.D., Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan. - John Crash, Matos, Art Elysées, Velvet Galerie, Paris, France.
2012 - Remnant Memories, Toy Tokyo Underground, New York, USA. - CRASH, Study in Watercolors, Addict Galerie, Paris, France. - Crash, Misdemeanors to Masterpieces, Long-Sharp/Curis Modern and Contemporary Fine Art, Detroit, USA. - CRASH, The True Essence…, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland. - The Real Crash, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris, France. - Crash, Letting Ink Dry, Wallworks Gallery, Paris, France. - Crash, Back on the Block, Antiquorum Galleries, New York, USA.
2011 - The Street Art Show, Opera Gallery, London, UK. - Paintings With a Hidden Agenda, Addict Galerie, Pairs, France. - Mural Installation, with TATS CRU and DAZE, Bronx, New York, USA. - Black to Basics, bOb, New York, USA. - 25 years of Prints, Southport Galleries, Southport, USA. - Blurring the Lines, Crash, Risk and Freedom, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2010 - From the 4 Trains, to Fenders, A Retrospective, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT, January 28th – February 29th. - Crash, The Tin Machines, Addict Galerie, Paris, France.
2009 - Crash, Betances 1973 – 82m Addict Galerie, Paris, France - Crash, Los Angeles Art Show, FADA, Los Angeles, USA. - CRASH by CRASH, La Galerie Halenbeck, Nice, France. - Unfinished Business, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA.
2008 - Crash, The Art of the Line, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland. - Crash, Lafayette College’s Williams Art Gallery, Easton, USA.
2007 - Kaleidoscope : Paintings, Prints and Works on Paper, Wooster Projects, New York, USA. - Crash, Galerie Onega, Paris, France.
2006 - The Lucky Strike Diaries, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland. - Crash, Lehmann/Leskiw Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada.
2005 - Second Skin, New Paintings by CRASH, Wooster Projects, New York, USA. - Second Skin, Paintings by CRASH, Sponsored by Stussy, Japan.
2004 - Pop, Boom, Crash, Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA. - Crash, Recent Paintings, Prosper, Tokyo, Japan. - CRASH, Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary, Fender Museum, Corona, USA.
2003 - Barrions, ArtLink International, Lake Worth, FL; Angeles, USA. - Crash : The Train Paintings, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France.
2002 - The Power of Crash, Art Link International Gallery, Lake Worth, USA. - CRASH, Notes from the Westside, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France. - The Train Paintings, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France.
2001 - Breaking Curfew, CPOP Gallery, Detroit, USA. - CRASH, Fine Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C, USA. - Installation, Prosper, New York, USA.
2000 - VIPS International, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. - Graffiti Indoors, AZ/NY Contemporary, Scottsdale, USA. - Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA. - CRASH, The Timetable, Galerie BLU, Pontiac, USA.
1999 - American Graffiti: CRASH & DAZE, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France. - CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977-1999, Palais Liechtenstein, Reldkirch, Australia. - CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train 1977 – 1999, GroBmarkhalien, Munich, Germany.
1998 - CRASH / DAZE, Enrico Coeri, Florence, Italy. - CRASH, Verticals and Horizontals, Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, USA. - CRASH, Vali/Giesler Contemporary Art, Des Moines, USA. - CRASH, The Exhibition, Masterpiece Gallery, Birmingham, USA.
1997 - CRASH, 2nd Floor Limited, New Orleans, USA. - Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York, USA. - New York – New York : John CRASH Matos, Galeria Las Palomas, Gaucin, Spain.
1996 - Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA.
1995 - CRASH The Villains, Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, USA. - Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium.
1994 - CRASH, Works on Paper, The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, USA. - CRASH, Mary Anthony Fine Arts, New Hope, USA. - CRASH/DAZE Recent Works, York College, a City University of New York, Jamaica, Queens, USA.
1993 - Hostos Arts Gallery of Eugenio Mais de Hostos Community College of the City of New York, Bronx, USA; Gallery Cotthem, Zotegem, Belgium. - CRASH & DAZE, Deux Peintres New Yorkais, Galerie de la Cathédrale, Monaco, France.
1992 - New Paintings by CRASH, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. - John CRASH Matos: New Works, C’an Isidro, Ibiza, Spain. - CRASH Superheroes, Martin Lawrence Modern, New York, USA.
1991 - Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris, France. - CRASH, Galerie Artcade, Nice, France.
1990 - CRASH & DAZE, Gallery Structure, Montpellier, France. - Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA. - CRASH & DAZE, Black and White in Color Gallery, Bronx, USA.
1989 - Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angeles, USA. - Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, USA. - CRASH, B5 Gallery, Monaco, France.
1988 - Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA.
1987 - CRASH!, The Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, New York, USA.
1986 - Jus de Pomme Gallery, New York, USA. - Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. - Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1985 - Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1984 - Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1983 - Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. - 51X Gallery, New York, USA.
1982 - Fashion Moda, Bronx, USA.
1981 - Real Art Ways, Hartford, USA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Winter Recap ,Oever Gallery ,Ostend, Belgium - Wild Style 40 ,Jeffrey Deitch, New York (Wooster Str) ,Soho, New York, USA. - Style Writers ,Mucciaccia Gallery, London ,Mayfair, London, UK. - Beyond the Streets London ,Saatchi Gallery ,London, UK. - Gallery Collection 23’ ,Mucciaccia Gallery, Rome ,Rome, Italy. 2022 - Kablam! Pop Art/Op Art from the Collection ,MOAS, Museum of Arts and Sciences ,Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. - Accrochage saisonnier, Ghost Galerie, Paris, France, Janvier-Juin 2022 - Crash, galerie At Down, Montpellier, District 13 International Art Fair Drouot, 15-18 Septembre 2022.
2021 - Beyond The streets on paper, SouthAmpton Arts Center, SouthAmpton, New-York, USA, July 17th – August 28th . - Pow! WOW! The First Decade from Hawaï to the world, Thinkspace projects, Culver city, Los Angeles, California, USA, May 15th – September 19th. - BEYOND THE STREETS on PAPER, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, USA, July 17th – August 28th. - Street Art & Urban Art, Alpha 137 Gallery, New York, USA, August 2nd – October 19th. - Nos Fantômes – exposition inaugurale, Ghost galerie, Paris, France, 10 Septembre – 20 Novembre, 2021.
2020 - Collecting by Color : Pink, Alpha 137 Gallery , New York, USA. - WYNWOOD WALLS : 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE GROUP SHOW, GGA Gallery, Miami, USA. - BEYOND THE STREETS presented by NTWRK, BEYOND THE STREETS, Brooklyn, USA. - Rare Finds, ArtWise, Brooklyns, USA. - Concrete To Canvas, West Chelsea Contemporary, Austin, USA. - Art With Text : The Message is the Medium, Alpha 137 Gallery, New York, USA. - P O P.u.lar : Featuring GREG MILLER, JOHN ‘CRASH’ MATOS + MICHAEL CALLS, JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York, USA. - FACES OF STREET ART, Aurum Gallery, Bangkok, Thailande. - Man Cave Decor, ArtWish, Brooklyns, USA. - VOCABULARY OF EXPRESSION, Kolly Gallery, Zürich, Suisse. - Aurum Gallery Opening Show, Aurum Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. - ONLINE : One World, Fabien Castanier Gallery, Little River, April 18th – May 31th. - ONLINE : Sprayed, Show me yours cans, Joanne Artman Gallery, New-York, May 7th – June 20th
2019 - Pow! WOW! Hawai’i : Exploring the New Contemporary Movement VI, Thinkspace projects, Honolulu, Havaï, February 9th – February 19th . - LAX: SFO Part III, Heron Arts, San Francisco, California, USA, June 15th – July 6th . - LAX-MSY, Thikspace projects, Culvey city, california, USA, August 10th , August 30th .
2018 - CRASH, PRO176, SOTEN, 44309 street art gallery, Dortmund, Germany. - Bloom / Wilt / Bloom, Elga Wimmer PCC, Chelsea, New York, USA, April 12th – May 05th. - Art from the streets, Art Science museum, Singapore, January 13th – June 3th . - Unsanctionned: Voices of the wall, Opera Gallery, Singapore, JUne 7th – June 22th . - Iconic, Woodward Gallery, Soho, New York, USA, September 15th – October 26th .
2016 - Glamorous Graffiti: Basquiat, Crash, Haring & More, NAssau Country Museum of arts, Roslyn, New York, USA, March 19th – June 10th.
2014 - Pop Rocks : Heroes, Icons and the Mundane, The A.E Backus Museum & Gallery, March 12th – May 2nd.
2012 - Graffiti – New York 80 ́s, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, may 27th – july 20th.
2008 - New Works by John CRASH Matos and Aaron Sharp Goodstone, Galerie Onega, Paris, France. - Locked and Loaded, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA.
2006 - The Silkscreen Pieces, Lucky Strike, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France. - Collision II, (with Jahan), Jendela (Visual Arts Space), Singapore. - Collision I, (with Jahan), Esplanade Concourse, Singapore.
2005 - Dreamland Artist Club 2005, Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn, USA.
2004 - Collaboration, (Crash/ Herve DiRosa), Galerie Speersta, Paris, France.
2003 - 100 Small Painting, RECON @, San Francisco, USA.
2002 - Barrios, Hostos Art Gallery, Hostos Community College/CUNY, Bronx, USA. - KAWS & CRASH, MADE gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
2001 - INT. /EXT., Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, USA. - Collaboration : CRASH ONE, TRIAD, Paris, France.
2000 - Projets United, Kunst Zurich 2000, Zurich, Switzerland. - From Pablo Picasso to Andy Warhol, Antico Monastero Santa Chiara, San Marino, USA.
1999 - BEST Buddies, Galerie Blue, Pontiac, USA. - Cadaver Dog, Art from the East Village/LES-the 1980’s, LIFE Café, New York, USA.
1998 - Coming From The Subway : New York Graffiti Art, Museum Der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany. - American Graffiti, Museo Andriade Muricy, Curitiba, Brazil; San Paolo, Brazil.
1997 - Spraycan Art from the Ludwig Collection and other Collections, Machio Angioino, Naples, Italy; Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy; Florence, Italy. - Unholy Lust, Todd Kaplan Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
1996 - Everything That’s Interesting is New, The Dakis Joannou Collection at The Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece New York Unplugged II, Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium. - The Usual Suspects, Avanti Gallery, New York, USA.
1995 - Synaesthesia, Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, USA.
1994 - Influential Works in the 90’s, The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, USA. - Urban Expressionism (The Hip Hop Movement), The Hudson Guild Art Gallery, New York, USA.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
– Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. - Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, USA. - Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, USA. - Fort Wayne Museum, Fort Wayne, USA. - Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, USA. - Museum of the City of New York, New York, USA. - Naples Museum of Art, Naples, USA. - Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, USA.
EPOCHAL VISIONS: AN EXHAUSTIVE CHRONICLE OF WORKS BELONGING OR HAVING BELONGED TO THE GALLERY’S COLLECTIONS
