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Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions

11/21 Matt Brackett: One Can Imagine, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

1/20 Matt Brackett: Bitter Chill, The McIninch Art Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, VT

4/19 We Need the Storm: Paintings by Matt Brackett, The Mayor's Art Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA

10/18 Matt Brackett: Bitter Chill, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

10/16 Matt Brackett: All The Gifts, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

2/15 Dark Waters/Grateful Daughters, Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, VT

3/14 Matt Brackett: New Waters, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA

11/12 Matt Brackett: Dark Animal, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

4/11 Legacies: Paintings by Matt Brackett and Prilla Smith Brackett, The Historic Northampton Museum, Northampton, MA

3/08 Matt Brackett: Threshold, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

2/06 Matt Brackett: New Paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

2-4/05 A Place Apart, two-person show, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

4-5/01 Matt Brackett: Paintings, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2/24 Furious Pure Issue 3, juried online magazine exhibition, with cover feature, New Haven, CT

12/23 Small Works, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

11/23 CREATURES, Supersonic Art, Oxford, MS, Curator Zach Tutor

9/23 Guess Who I Saw Today?, 3-person show, New Art Center, Newton, MA

6/23 Friend of the Artist Volume 16, juried exhibition in print, Dallas, TX; Curator: Serge Tiroche, co-founder, Art Vantage

5/23 Supersonic Faces and Figures, Supersonic Art, Oxford, MS, Curator Zach Tutor

1/23 What's Going On, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

3-5/22 Art As Salve, New Art Center, Newton, MA

2/22 Beauty in the Background, The McIninch Art Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, VT

11-12/21 Cancer: Never Give Up, Gallerium, Canada

11/21 The Blue Review Art Prize, Sugarlift, New York, NY

11/20 Get the Message: Words and Images, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

9/20 Art in the Time of Corona, Dab Art Co., LA, CA

12/18 December Salon Show, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

10/18 Looking for America, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

6/18 Environmental Textures, Boston Exhibition and Convention Center, Boston, MA

1/16 New Work, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

7/15 34 / Isle Arts Initiative, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA

9/14 The Expressive Voice: Brought to Light, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA

9/13 Buddy System Invitational, Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, OR; Curator: Sven Davis

7/13 Summer Selections, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

7/13 artMRKT Hamptons, Bridgehampton Historical Society, Bridgehampton, NY

3/13 Sting! XIV: Future Futurist, The Beehive at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA

12/12 Art Miami, Miami, FL

9/12 Elsewhere, The Distillery Gallery, MA

9/12 Cruel Sea: Law of the Fishes, The Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA

10/11 National Figures, William Scott Gallery, MA

3/11 Alpha Inaugural, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

4/10 Art Chicago, The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

12/09 Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Wynwood, Miami, FL

3/09 New American Painting #80, juried exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA

1/09 The Los Angeles Art Show, The Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

5/08 The DeCordova Annual Exhibition, The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

4/07 Worth A Thousand Words, group show, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT

4/07 Art Chicago, The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

4/06 Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Chicago, IL

6-8/05 Tufts Second Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA; 

4/05 Art Chicago in the Park, Grant Park, Chicago, IL

3/05 New American Painting #56, juried exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA

2/05 Painting Now: Selections From the 2004 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Awards, ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, MA

1/05 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

6/04 36th Annual New Talent Show, four-person show, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

1/04 New Art 2004, juried show, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA

4-6/02 New England/New Talent, juried show with catalog, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

3/02 New American Painting #38, juried exhibition in print, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA

1-3/02 Northeast Artists, invitational show, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA

9-10/01 Somerville Arts Council Grant Winners, The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA

9-12/00 The Salon Show, group show, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA

9-12/00 Build, The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA

4-5/00 The Drawing Show, juried show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; Curator Ellen Gallagher

5/97 The Yale University Art Gallery, group show, New Haven, CT

8/96 Chautauqua Institution Gallery, group show, Chautauqua, NY

Selected Honors & Awards

2021 Honorable Mention, Blue Review Art Prize, Sugarlift (New York, NY)

2018 Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize, The Pinacothéque (Luxembourg)

2016 Certificate of Excellence for "Moonstone," The 18th Annual International Portrait Competition, Portrait Society of America

2013 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (New York, NY)

2012 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Finalist

2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, nominee (New York, NY)

2006 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (Montréal, Québec)

2005 Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant (Shelter Island, NY)

1/05 Residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

2004 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant

2/04 Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA

1/04 Juror's Prize, New Art 2004, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA

2004 Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant (Somerville, MA)

2003 George Sugarman Foundation Grant (Novato, CA)

2001 Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant (Somerville, MA)

1999 Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant (Somerville, MA)

5/97 Ethel Childe Walker Prize: Departmental Faculty Prize for Outstanding Artistic Distinction, Yale University, New Haven, CT