Exhibition 2003
Sesow showing in Lincoln — University Place Art Gallery
A three-person show in Matt’s hometown: Mary Kolar (Pleasant Dale, Nebraska), Robert Schweiger (Lincoln) and Matt Sesow (Washington, DC) at University Place Art Gallery, Lincoln. The postcard gives an opening reception on Friday, March 7, 2003, with the show running through April 1. Matt flew in for the opening; the photographs below are from his own camera that day. The same morning he spoke to the students of Calvert Elementary, his old school.
Postcard/invitation · inferred: 2003 (Friday, March 7)
Expression To Its Fullest
University Place Art Center (inferred from reverse, p143)
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Photographed by Matt Sesow from his press packets, October 18, 2026; text transcribed from the photos by Claude.
MARY KOLAR Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
ROBERT SCHWEIGER Lincoln, Nebraska
MATT SESOW Washington, D.C.
Opening Reception
Friday, March 7
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Comments at 6 p.m.
Kidzart at 6 p.m.
This show continues through April 1st
Gallery Hours: Mon. - Sat., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
"Night in Newcastle" by Matt Sesow
Expression To Its Fullest
[Reverse: see p143]
UNIVERSITY PLACE ART CENTER
2601 N 48th St. • Lincoln, NE • 68504 • 402.466.8692
[Nebraska Arts Council logo]
ALLEY WAY GALLERY
25th Annual
Nebraska Mothers Association Art Exhibition
February 26 – March 28
Oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media and photography will comprise the media of work exhibited, in the themes of the family and home. The Mothers Association's sponsorship of the annual Creative Arts Exhibition is one of the many means by which they encourage the development of mothers as they preserve and strengthen their families and homes.
MAVIS FOLSOM MEMORIAL GALLERY
Brian Curling Drawings
March 7 – April 1
Brian Curling, a graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will exhibit his drawings of an abstract nature. Curling works with graphite, conte, pencil, charcoal, colored pencil and infused bees wax.
Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Lincoln, NE Permit No. 1007
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From the press archive
Saved web pages and links
Research notes
- Photographs: Matt Sesow’s camera, folder “nebraska 2003” on his archive drive (camera dates March 6–7, 2003; the camera clock was not set to Nebraska time).
Where this record comes from
- history.sesow.com (live, 2026-10-03)
- Matt Sesow press packet (photographed by Matt, 2026-10-18)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Sesow showing in Lincoln — University Place Art Gallery.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2003. history.sesow.com/e/2003-showing-lincoln-university-place-art.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2003
- Exhibition Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
- Exhibition Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial, Union College, Schenectady, NY
- Exhibition UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
- Milestone Launches “31 Days in July” — annual project creating one large painting per day in response to morning news
- Press Washington City Paper on “31 Days in July” (2003)
- Press “…31 days in july…” — Get Underground feature (2003)
- Media The Larz from Mars Show — Matt Sesow, July 2003
- Exhibition “Art Against War,” Grand Atrium, Majlis Cultural Center, Mumbai, India
- Exhibition “Political Bodies,” Seattle, WA
- Exhibition Residency as visiting artist, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
- Exhibition Painted set for Hollywood play “F**king Wasps”
- Exhibition B-Side group show — Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Nisk-Art Gallery, Schenectady, NY
- Exhibition Guest Artist — Kentuck Festival
- Award First Place — 2003 Adams Morgan Juried Arts Festival, Washington, DC
- Award Juror’s Choice Award — Viewpoint Gallery, Schenectady, NY
- Press Las Vegas Mercury review compares work to George Grosz, Francis Bacon, and Edvard Munch
- Press David Brickman, “This Is Not the Academy”
- Press Interview with “The Palette”
- Press Article in “Artesian” Magazine
- Press Compass Magazine — cover and feature article; published by Leonard Cheshire, UK
- Press Coagula Magazine — Los Angeles
- Media Kudzu Wish CD cover — Reverse Hurricane, NC band
- Exhibition The Ottobar, Baltimore, MD — March, over 20 works
- Exhibition Aroma, Cleveland Park, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “A Really Big Show,” Results Gallery with WPA/Corcoran, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “The Art of Conflict,” national juried exhibition, 57 N Fine Art, 1701 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “POV,” ARTOCONECTO national juried exhibition, 1701 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC
- Exhibition OCCOA at CDW Gallery, 30th and M Street, Georgetown, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Kalorama Emerging Artists Fair, 1711 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “Love and Eroticism,” juried exhibition, Khoja Gallery, Arlington, VA
- Exhibition Capital Region Art Center, Albany, NY
- Exhibition Guest Artist — 10th annual Folk Fest 2003, North Atlanta Trade Center, Atlanta, GA
- Exhibition “March Madness” shown in “Art Against War: An Exhibition of Posters and Multimedia”
- Media Lecture — Calvert Elementary School assembly, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Media Lecture — Niskayuna High School assembly, Niskayuna, NY
- Exhibition Stage backdrops — “F**king Wasps,” Theatre of NOTE, Hollywood, CA
- Press The Warrior — Niskayuna High School newspaper
- Press OutsiderArt.info — online exhibition “Matt Sesow...WAR,” about two dozen anti-war paintings from December 2002
- Media Exit Clov CD cover — painting on the cover of “Starfish,” the 2003 EP by DC band Exit Clov