B. 1985

EDUCATION
Pratt Institute​​, MFA 2015
University of Virginia​​, BA Studio Art, 2008

REPRESENTATION

Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2021    Erin O’Keefe and Matt Kleberg, Albada Jelgersma, Amsterdam
2020    Holding Pattern, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2019    Blind Arcade, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond
2019    Trespassing, Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York
2018    FRAMEWORK: Matt Kleberg,​ On Main,Telluride                                 2018    Four Rooms: Matt Kleberg​, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2018    Ecstatic Vernacular: Matt Kleberg and Erin O’Keefe​, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
2018    Warp and Weft​, Old Jail Art Center, Albany TX
2017    Works On Paper​, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2017    New Paintings, ​Hiram Butler Gallery, Fort Worth (pop-up)
2017    Pregnant Pause, M​ulherin Gallery, New York
2017    Knock-Kneed and Bow-Legged (Matt Kleberg and Woody De Othello),​ Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2017    Through Sunset Into the Raccoon Night (​ two person), Metcalf Gallery, Taylor University, IN
2016    Caterwauler​, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2016    Hankerings, ​(concurrent), Mulherin Gallery, LES, New York Hankerings, ​(concurrent), Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York Verging On​, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, New York
2015    Coming Close,​ Welcome Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2015    From Beyond the Wood,​ Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York
2014    Matt Kleberg and Caroline Larsen​ (two person), The Gallery at Lakeside, Morris Ct
2013    This Time That Place ​(two person), McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia
2013    Clouds and Veils: New paintings and works on paper​ (solo), The Garage, Charlottesville
2013    Behind Pillars of Smoke​ (solo), New City Arts WVTF Gallery, Charlottesville
2012    In the Cloud, H​ unt Gallery, San Antonio
2012    In All the Vast and Lonely Reaches (​ two-person), The Garage, Charlottesville
Canciones de Mi Padre ​(solo), Sarah Smith Gallery, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville
2011    Ordinary Time (​ solo)​, ​JohnSarahJohn, Charlottesville
2010    Confluent Opening: Matt Kleberg ​(solo), Confluent Gallery (grand opening), Sperryville, Va
2010    No Ordinary People (​ solo), The Garage Gallery, Charlottesville
2008    And Also With You (​ solo), Off-Grounds Gallery, Charlottesville

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019    Paperworks, Albada Jelgersma Gallery, Amsterdam
2018    Boston Pop-up, Reynolds Gallery
2018    SIZZLIN’ (Ellsworth Kelly, Matt Kleberg, Michael Tracy, Bill Jacobson, Brooke Stroud, 2018      Polly Apfelbaum), H​ iram Butler Gallery, Houston
2018    Upstairs Artists​ (​Katie Barrie, Patrick Berran, Samuel Bjorklund, Corydon Cowansage,
2018    Beth Gilfilen, Alison Hall, Daniel Heidkamp, Kiyomi Iwata, Matt Kleberg, Sally Mann)​ Reynolds Gallery, Richmond
2018    Linear Abstraction (Frank Badur, Alain Biltereyst, Nathan R. Green, Ellsworth Kelly, Matt Kleberg, Alicia Mccarthy, Kenneth Noland),B​arry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
2018    Summer Show, R​eynolds Gallery, Richmond
2017    Builders,​ Circuit12 Contemporary, curated by Benjamin Terry, Dallas
2017    Press One for Show,​ Lorimoto Gallery, curated by Robert Otto Epstein, Brooklyn
2017    APERTURES:​ ​Eric Aho, Jack Davidson, Mark Flood, Bill Jacobson, Matt Kleberg, Kate Shepherd, Brooke Stroud, James Turrell​, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2017    Summer Invitational​, Edward Thorp Gallery, NYC
2017    SAYYES, E​laine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, curated by Kimia Ferdowsi Kline
2017    Twenty by Sixteen Biennial, ​Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, curated by Geoffrey Young Object Lab, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown MA
2016    VERB LIST, ​E. Tay Gallery, New York
2016    PPP: Painters Painting on Paper, ​Schema Projects, Brooklyn, New York
2016    Artstormer, D​avid Lusk Gallery, Nashville, TN
2016    Horizon, Horizontal,​ Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston
2016    Paper Paris​, Schema Projects (Brooklyn), Paris
2016    Dallas Art Fair, Morgan Lehman Gallery
2015    Matt Kleberg, Alex Bierk, Kris Knight, ​booth with Mulherin, Untitled Art fair, Miami
2015    Sketchbook: Russell Tyler, Matt Kleberg, Shara Hughes, Austin Eddy, ​Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn
2015    The Emperor of Ice Cream, ​Cindy Rucker Gallery, LES, New York
2015    Matt Kleberg: Paintings, K​ing’s College, New York
2015    Ecstatic Prismatic​ (three-person), Honey Ramka, Brooklyn, NY
2015    Mercury Rising, ​Mulherin, LES, New York                                              2015    Signs of Life: in and out of time and place, P​ierogi Gallery Boiler Room, Brooklyn curated by Sara Reisman, artistic director of Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation
2015    Double Baked, ​Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York
2015    Middle States and NASAD 10-Year Accreditation Exhibition​, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute President’s Show​, Pratt Institute, New York, curated by Ryan Mrozowski
2014    New Student Showcase​, Steuben Galleries,Pratt Institute, New York
2012    Pop-Up Show ​(three-person), Canal Street Gallery, Houston Tx, curated by Illa Steen Gaunt Virginia Painters​, Capital One Headquarters, Richmond, Va
2012    LIKENESS, T​he Athenaeum, Alexandria Va, curated by Twig Murray
Protagonist​, Chroma Projects Art Laboratory, Charlottesville
2011    Contemporary Portraiture, ​Craddock-Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg Va
2011    New Members Show​, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville
2010    There’s No Place Like Home,​ The Haven, Charlottesville
2010    McGuffey Summer Show, M​cGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville Center for The Study of The End of Things,​ Charlottesville

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2017    New American Paintings MFA Annual
2015    Vermont Studio Center, Fall

RELATED                                                                                                                   Visiting Artist Lecture, U Penn, September 2017
Visiting Artist Lecture, Sarah Lawrence College, March 2017
Visiting Artist Lecture, Kings College, NYC, April 2016
Visiting Lecturer and Masterclass Faculty, Ah Haa School, Telluride, Feb. 2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Virginia, Dec. 2015.
Interview with Clare Grill, Painting Is Dead
http://www.paintingisdead.com/clare-grill.html

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

National Gallery of Art, DC Museum of Fine Arts Houston Williams College Museum of Art AD&A Museum, UC Santa Barbara Old Jail Art Center
George Shackelford Janet and Paul Hobby Stephen Reily
Bridgitt and Bruce Evans