Exhibition Solo Exhibition · 2005
Aroma, Cleveland Park, Washington, DC
Solo Exhibition — Aroma, Cleveland Park, Washington, DC (May–June), approx. 30 large works — the third and last of his Aroma solos
In their words
Solo show at ‘Aroma’ in DC (thanks eric)
Saved web pages and links
- sesow.com “2005 Year in Review” (archived June 15, 2006) · Internet Archive copy
- The second Aroma solo show (March–May 2003)
- The first Aroma solo show (August 2001)
Research notes
- Matt’s “2005 in Review” lists this show under April: “Solo show at ‘Aroma’ in DC (thanks eric).” It was the same month as the Collateral Damage plays in Phoenix and his solo show in Virginia Beach.
- Aroma, in Cleveland Park, gave Matt solo shows in 2001, 2003 and 2005. A 2008 YouTube video, “Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow at Aroma, Washington DC art show,” is saved in the press archive (_PRESS_ARCHIVE/_YOUTUBE).
Where this record comes from
- history.sesow.com (live, 2026-10-03)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Aroma, Cleveland Park, Washington, DC.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2005. history.sesow.com/e/2005-aroma-cleveland-park-washington-dc.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2005
- Milestone Painting “Newborn” — 2004 later entered the permanent collection of the Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries…
- Exhibition Museum of the Southwest, South Wing Galleries, Midland, TX
- Exhibition Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
- Press Washington Post — listing for a group show at MOCA DC / A+M Galleries, Georgetown, with Andrew Wodzianski…
- Exhibition “Carrots and Sticks,” Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC
- Exhibition “Looking Back, Sprint Forward,” Gallery Co., Minneapolis, MN
- Exhibition Hunter Hogan Gallery at The Barry Robinson Theater, 4552 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA
- Exhibition “Eye of the Storm,” Studio One Eight, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Guillotine Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Exhibition “Off the Beaten Path: The 2nd Annual Exhibition of New Talent and Old Masters,” Ramscale Gallery, 463 West…
- Exhibition “Face Dances,” Hurn Museum — traveling exhibition; painting in Hurn Museum collection
- Exhibition Solo Exhibition and stage commission
- Exhibition Cover of LeftTurn Magazine — November
- Exhibition International Art Singulier festival, Roquevaire, France
- Exhibition “Hell Bound” — “Hellbound III” and “Bunny Collector” touring in “Revelations and Reflections of American…
- Award Won Best Experimental Theater
- Press Ron Taylor, Demon Beach Records
- Press Allison Hersh, Savannah Morning News
- Press Jim Magner, Capitol Hill Rag Magazine
- Milestone Painted in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Exhibition “What’s So Terrible About Being Beautiful?” — Museum of Contemporary Art DC (2005)
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
- Exhibition “On The Wall” — Portland, OR, shoe painting to benefit Skatepark
- Exhibition Alcove Gallery, Atlanta, GA — “Date Night” and “Fruit Bowl” group shows
- Press Hartford Courant — interview on outsider art
- Media Exit Clov CD cover — painting on CD cover by DC band Exit Clov
- Exhibition “Husker Du? — Do You Remember?,” Folsom Gallery, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Exhibition “Downtown Girl, Uptown Boy” — D.C. Public Library, 2005
- Press “Rival Revival” — Washington City Paper, July 14, 2005
- Exhibition “Learning to Crawl” — Inside/Outside Art Gallery, Cleveland, 2005
- Exhibition Benefit — punk-rock show and eBay art auction co-sponsored by Positive Force D.C., Cafe Mawonaj, 624 T Street…
- Press The Virginian-Pilot — The Beacon
- Press Get Out — Phoenix weekly