Exhibition Group Show · 2002
Art-O-Matic 2002, the former EPA headquarters, 401 M Street SW
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Group Show — Art-O-Matic 2002, the former EPA headquarters, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC — about 700 artists on three floors; Sesow hung small 4-by-6-inch paintings priced at $20
In their words
Also worth mention: The outsider-ish scrawlings of Matt Sesow
Saved web pages and links
- Washington City Paper, “Heist-O-Rama” (December 20, 2002)
- The Washington Post (Weekend, WW50), 2002-11-08 — Art-O-Matic for the People · ProQuest record (library login needed)
Where this record comes from
- Washington City Paper, “Heist-O-Rama,” December 20, 2002
- Found and checked by Claude, October 17, 2026
- The Washington Post (Weekend, WW50), 2002-11-08, p. WW.50 — Michael O'Sullivan, "Art-O-Matic for the People" (found by Grok Bot via ProQuest (DCPL): Washington Post historical/recent; private archive copy S001)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Art-O-Matic 2002, the former EPA headquarters, 401 M Street SW.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2002. history.sesow.com/e/2002-art-o-matic-former-epa-building.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2002
Exhibition (27)
- “Revelations and Reflections of American Self-Taught Artists”
- The Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
- Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers, Camden, NJ
- “Friend or Foe,” Stone’s Breath Gallery, Ocean View, DE
- CDW Gallery, 30th and M Street, Georgetown, Washington, DC
- Windows at 14th and G, downtown Washington, DC
- “In Response,” national juried exhibition, SCAD Red Gallery, Savannah
- “9/11 Memorial Exhibition,” 291 Broadway, New York City
- “Artists With (dis)Abilities,” America Oh Yes!, Washington, DC
- FASA (Folk Art Society of America) event, Savannah, GA
- “Held Ransom,” Gallery Three, San Pedro, CA
- “OUTSIDE/IN: Visionary Artists and Virginia Collectors,” Contemporary
- Regional Juried Show — “To the Nth Degree,” Touchstone Gallery
- “Join Hands” in “Breaking the Walls of Bias: Art from Survivors,” Hofstra Museum (2002)
- “Our Undies Are Showing,” OXOXO Gallery, 1617 Sulgrave Avenue
- Meridian International Center, White-Meyer House, Washington, DC
- DC Commission Grant Fellowship exhibition, MOCA DC, Washington, DC
- “Creativity Gone Wild: Outsider Art Comes In,” Exhibit A Gallery
- “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory,” Savannah College of Art and Design
- “Splash,” Imagine Art Gallery, Austin, TX
- SOWEBO Festival, 100 South Stricker Street, Baltimore, MD
- Artist fair on the Corcoran lawn, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC
- Paintings featured at the Horizon Ballroom
- Continuous representation — K2 Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Continuous representation — East End Gallery, Appleton, WI
- Arts on Foot festival, Penn Quarter / Chinatown, Washington, DC
- Ninth Life Fine Art Gallery, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Press (17)
- Exhibition catalog, wall labels and teaching slide set
- Washington Post — “Summer Show Standouts” names Sesow among
- Folk Art Messenger — Summer/Fall 2002
- Folk Art Messenger — Winter 2002
- New Art International Volume VIII
- Interview with GetUnderground.com
- Nonprofit Magazine — “Enron” painting published full page
- Big News Magazine — cover and inside, homeless benefit magazine
- The Northwest Current, Washington, DC
- Washington City Paper — “Heist-O-Rama” by Bradford McKee
- Risse — painting reproduced (2002)
- Raw Vision Outsider Art Sourcebook (2002)
- The Daily Gazette — “Sunnyview shows art by people with disabilities”
- Autobiographical essay by Matt Sesow
- Newsday — “Art Therapy: Show exhibits works by trauma survivors”
- OutSiter, Visual Arts' Gallery
- Get Underground — “remember your spirit” by Star Jewel Smith