Connecticut native Matthew Jensen has found a balance between art and politics. After earning a dual BA in art/art history and political science at Rice University, Houston, Texas, he worked in both fields in Washington, D.C., Iowa and finally New York City where he served as a political consultant and studio assistant to painter/designer John Paul Phillipé. MFA, University of Connecticut. Jensen's social landscape photographs have been shown in Connecticut, Ohio, Los Angeles and New York. He currently teaches photography at the University of Connecticut.

2012
Metropolitan Museum of Art Date TBD
"The 49 States"

2010
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Acquisition of "The 49 State" to permanent collection

LMCC: Building 110 Gallery
Governors Island New York City
Solo Exhibition

New York State Senate Grantee
Grant awarded for continued work on Nowhere In Manhattan

2009
Nowhere In Manhattan Aug 13 – Aug 22
Solo Show, Chashama Gallery, 44th Street, New York City

LMCC Grant Recipient July 1 – Nov 1
Nowhere In Manhattan: Supported by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Citizens Committee for New York City and the NYS Senate; an ongoing exploration and exhibition of the last parcels of ‘nowhere’ remaining in the borough of Manhattan.

2008
Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
May 21-June 20, 2008

Citizens Committee For New York City
Solo Exhibition
May 15-June 30, New York, NY

Toledo Friends of Photography 2008 National Juried Photography Exhibition Jan. 13 - Feb.3 2008

Radius: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Ridgefield Artists Guild Gallery, Ridgefield, CT, Oct 27-Nov 18th

50/50: New Media Object
Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT, Nov 4-Nov 25 2007
Artspace Windham, Willimantic, CT, Jan 28-Feb 25 2008
Artspace Norwich, Norwich, CT, TBA 2008
Artspace Hartford, Hartford, CT, TBA 2008

Matthew Jensen: Recent Photography and Sculpture
Windham Arts Center, Willimantic, CT, 10/10-11/15 2007

Digital Atelier 2007
Contemporary Arts Gallery, University of Connecticut, Aug 30-Sept 2007

CAA New York Area MFA Exhibition
Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, Feb. 10-Mar. 24 2007

I am traveling to Berlin for the first time in October. I will be there for a week and hopefully get to see much of the art scene while there.

Anyone have any suggestions or shows/galleries/museums/events that I should visit?

- A Walk Through Nowhere, NPR/WNYC, Beth Fertig, Morning Edition feature story, 8/20/2009
http://blogs.wnyc.org/culture/2009/08/21/a-walk-through-nowhere/

- Nowhere In Manhattan, The Huffington Post, Rufus Lusk, Front Page Feature Story, 8/11/2009
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rufus-lusk/nowhere-in-manhattan_b_256412.html

- Previews, Whitewall Magazine Online, Lily Rose, 8/13/2009
http://www.whitewallmag.com/2009/08/13/previews-august-13/

- Nowhere In Manhattan, The Stimulist, August 12, 2009
http://thestimulist.com/nowhere-in-manhattan/

- Exhibition Exposes The ‘Other Side’ Of the Rockaways, The Wave, 5/30/2008

- Tall Order, The Chronicle, 8/23/2007, by Janice Steinhagen, review of show, two images.

- One, Two, Tree: Counting The Spruces, Hartford Courant, 6/12/2007, by Peter Marteka, Front-page & A8, feature story, interview, two images.

- Interview with Matthew Jensen, Artists & Authors with Erica Pagliuco, 5/20/2007, 30-minute broadcasted interview, CPTV 14.

- Trash artist strikes again in Willimantic, The Willimantic Chronicle, 11/29/06, by Heather Lottier, Front-page, feature story, interview, two images, pg 1.

- One-man’s trash is another man’s art, The Willimantic Chronicle, 11/13/06, by Heather Lottier, Front-page, interview, one image, pg 1.