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Using the IRT subways as his launching pad, "CRASH" established a visual link between the 'underground' and the 'aboveground'. His large scale paintings that were executed on the sides of the trains inspired his large scale paintings that are now in many collections throughout the world.

Museums such as the Gronninger Museum, Groningen,Holland, The Ludwig Museum, Kassel, Germany, and many private as well as public collections see CRASH as much more the an 'ex-graffiti' writer who turned to painting canvas. He was seen as a visionary, capturing moments in life, then spinning stories for anyone and everyone to see. His love of large scale works has kept him on the outside retaining the feel of the 'rough' through his many mural painting.

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Untitled # 10
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Untited #5

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Rain painting

 

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Under Ground Love # 2

 


Untitled # 4 
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the evil seed
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Under Ground Love # 1

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saving grace

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hijacked
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Untitled # 22

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paychecked

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Untitled # 5

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Untitled # 4

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The Joker

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the ties that bend

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Untitled # 3


  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  • Raimund Thomas Collection, Munich
  • The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Art Collection
  • Aachen, Neue Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig, Germany
  • Frederick R. Weismann Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
  • Museum of Modern Art, NYC
  • Groniger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Museum Boymans-van Beuninger, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Galerie d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
  • The Nellens, Brussels, Belgium
  • Neumann Family Collection, Chicago, IL
  • Peter Styvesant Collection, The Netherlands
  • Varreneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, Belgium
  • Various private and corporate


Born 1961, Bronx, NY 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 

1981   
 
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

1982    
Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY

1983    
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
51X Gallery, NYC

1984   
 
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam
"CRASH & DAZE", Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC

1985   
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam

1986    
Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
Jus de Pomme Gallery, NYC 
Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam

1987   
"CRASH!" Manhattan Borough President 
David N. Dinkins Municipal Bldg., 1 Centre St., NYC

1988
Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC

1989
Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
"CRASH", B5 Gallery, Monaco

1990    
"CRASH & DAZE", Gallery Structure, Montpellier, France
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
"CRASH & DAZE", Black and White in Color Gallery, Bronx, NY

1991
Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris, France
"CRASH", Galerie Artcade, Nice, France

1992    
"New Paintings by CRASH", Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
"John "CRASH" Matos : New Works", C'an Isidro, Ibiza, Spain
"CRASH Superheroes", Martin Lawrence Modern, NYC

1993   
"CRASH", Through Express Part I ( Retrospective )
MEXI-CARTE Museum, Austin Texas, June 11-July 10 
Taller Puertoriqueno, Philadelphia, PA., Oct. 15-Dec. 10
Hostos Arts Gallery, Eugenio Maris de Hostos Community, 
College of the city of  NY, Bronx, NY 
Gallery Cotthem, Zottegem, Belgium
CRASH & DAZE, Deux Peintres New Yorkais, Galerie de la  Cathredrale  Monaco Villa

1994  
"CRASH, Works on Paper", The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, MA
"CRASH", Mary Anthony Fine Arts, New Hope, PA
"CRASH/DAZE, Recent Works", York College, City University of 
New York Jamaica, Queens

1995    
"CRASH, The Villains", Mary Anthony Galleries, SOHO, NYC
Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoutte, Belgium

1996
Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Fl

1997
Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, SOHO, NYC
"CRASH", 2nd Floor Limited, New Orleans, LA
New York-New Works: John "CRASH" Matos, Galeria Las Palomas, Gaucin,  Spain

1998    
"CRASH / DAZE", Enrico Coveri, Florence, Italy  
"CRASH, Verticals and Horizontals", Mary Anthony Galleries, NY
"CRASH", Vail/Giesler Contemporary Art, Des Moines, IW
"CRASH, The Exhibition", The Masterpiece Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1999     
CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train  1977-1999
Palais Liechtenstein, Reldkirch, Austria
CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train  1977-1999
GroBmarkthallen Munich, Germany
American Graffiti: CRASH & DAZE
Musee D’Art Moderne et D’Art Contemporian, Nice, France

2000     
“CRASH, The Timetable”, Galerie BLU, Pontiac, MI
Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
“Graffiti Indoors”, AZ/NY Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
VIPS International, Rotterdam, Holland

2001

CRASH, Fine Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C.
"Breaking Curfew",CPOP Gallery,Detroit,MI 
"CRASH" Prosper, New York City
John CRASH Matos, "notes from the westside", GALERIE SPEERSTRA, Paris, France

2002
   
John "Crash" Matos, The Power of CRASH, ArtLink International, Lake Worth, FL
KAWS & CRASH,MADEgallery,Vancouver BC

CRASH " The Train Paintings", Galerie Speestra Paris, France 
"CRASH, BARRIOS", Hostos Art Gallery, Hostos Community College/CUNY, Bronx, NY
 
2003
100 Small PaintingsRECON @ San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Crash, "BARRIOS" ArtLink International, Lake Worth, FL
Crash, "BARRIOS" Karolyn Sherwood Gallery
Des Moines, Iowa
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100 Small Paintings, RECON @ San Francisco, CA
 
CRASH, “BARRIOS”, ArtLink International, Lake Worth, FL
CRASH, “BARRIOS”, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa

“Protocol: CRASHE ONE”, theLAB101, Santa Monica

2004
 “POP, BOOM and CRASH”, Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, NC
 
“CRASH, Recent Paintings”, PROSPER, Tokyo, Japan
CRASH/HERVE DiROSA, Collaborations, Galerie Speestra, Paris

 

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