Exhibition Group Show · August 12, 2017
“BLAMMO! Pop-Up Art Exhibition,” Stratford, Ontario
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Group Show — "BLAMMO! Pop-Up Art Exhibition," Market Square, Stratford, Ontario, Canada (August 2017), curated by Leigh Cooney of Meet Your Maker Gallery: lowbrow, folk, cartoon and neo-expressionist work by artists from southern Ontario and the US; he shipped work from Washington, DC. Stratford Beacon Herald, August 9, 2017 (James Wells)
In their words
the remaining artists have graciously shipped their art from as far away as Pennsylvania (Mike Egan) and even Washington, D.C. (Matt Sesow).
Where this record comes from
- Stratford Beacon Herald (Ontario), Aug. 9, 2017, p. A2 — James Wells (found by Grok Bot via NewsBank/ProQuest (DCPL); private archive copy S027)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “‘BLAMMO! Pop-Up Art Exhibition,’ Stratford, Ontario.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2017. history.sesow.com/e/2017-blammo-pop-up-stratford-ontario.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2017
Exhibition (19)
- Galerie Une Vision Singulière, Lamballe, France
- Matt Sesow paintings shown alongside Meaghan Busch’s “Scratching”
- “Sesow in the Zone,” Silo118 Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
- Paintings at Sideshow at AVAM gift shop
- “Art and the City,” Hill Center Galleries, Capitol Hill, Washington
- “Freedom Square” painting created for the architect of the monument
- “Hair of the Dog,” Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery, Sanford, FL
- “Thrill Ride,” Gallery 50, Rehoboth Beach, DE
- “Matt Sesow: Politicized 2 — Inauguration Day Open House,” The Pub
- “Co_works” with Norbert Guthier
- “80 Years — Guernica Revisited,” VSA Colorado / Access Gallery
- “Déjà Vu,” Hill Center Galleries, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
- “Shock and Awe” members-only closing reception
- “Outsider or Insider Art,” Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
- Summer group show, Gallery 1515, Vancouver, BC
- Monthly open studios with Dana Ellyn at 916 G Street NW #304
- “Stepping into the Unknown,” group show on political anxiety, Silo118
- Transformer annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Washington, DC
- “Stronger Together,” Artists & Makers Gallery, Rockville, MD
Press (9)
- Santa Barbara Magazine — writeup of the Silo118 solo exhibition
- Noozhawk.com — article previewing the Silo118 solo exhibition
- Santa Barbara Independent — review of Drink & Draw live painting event
- Featured in German book about the Pied Piper
- AVAM “Museum Gift Swap” — painting gifted to Phillips Museum
- Bologna, Italy — continued catalog inclusion and museum representation
- David J. Smith — “Baltimore’s Unofficial Museum of Social Justice”
- Artborne Magazine — “Hair of the Dog: New Works by Matt Sesow”
- Cape Gazette — preview and review of “Thrill Ride” at Gallery 50
Media (5)
Milestone (8)
- American Visionary Art Museum selects 26 Sesow paintings for its
- Painted 100 small works in a single day while preparing for the Santa
- Sesow’s own year-end assessment
- Three-week artist residency with The Squire Foundation, Santa Barbara
- Launched Patreon patron program
- Studio move — leaves the Adams Morgan apartment studio for Mather
- Paintings returned from the AVAM show are offered to collectors
- AVAM puts its newly acquired Sesow paintings