Mat O’Brien, Well I Ain’t No Freud, I’m from S.F., a solo show

Available Work by Mat O’Brien

Artist’s Statement

Often my pieces address the awkward aspects of human relationships, intimacy and desire. I keep a note pad with me at all times. Everything or nothing may interest me, intrigue, or allure me.  The bits construct a common language and then, perhaps, I subvert it. The not so difficult to fathom, cartoon captions have made there way in. I am a fan of Jim Davis' line quality. A particular Garfield strip seemed perfectly relevant in portraying the tug of war with the mundane.* So interesting to happen upon this while stuck at work, longing for my own time. 

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Born

1973, New Haven Conn.

Solo Exhibition:

2007

Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Release, San Francisco, CA

2006

Adobe Books backroom gallery, Hug the Grey, San Francisco, Ca

Group Exhibitions:

2007

Gregory Lind Gallery, The Unknown Quantity, San Francisco, CA

Needles and Pens, Image Is the Master, S.F.,C.A.

2006

Marjory Graue, Carry on, Marfa,Texas

Four Star Video, Another Best Friend Somehow, (dylanmania), San Francisco, CA

Needles and Pens, Citations and Relocation's, San Francisco, CA

2005

Low Gallery, Contrast, San Francisco, CA

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Zine Unbound: Kults, Werewolves,

and Sarcastic Hippies, San Francisco, CA

111 Minna, '5.5' Fecal Face Anniversary Show, San Francisco, CA

2004

Adobe Books, Benefit Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

Mimi Bar Boutique, Gondola, San Francisco, CA

Antisocial Gallery, Pride is Your Achilles Heel, British Columbia

Mimi Bar Boutique, Books Awesome, San Francisco, CA

Kcdc, Deluxe and Friends, Brooklyn N.Y.

Mimi Bar Boutique, Paper Awesome, San Francisco, CA.

2003

Culture Cache, Work, San Francisco, CA

Publications:

2006

Bay Guardian, preview "Another Best Friend Somehow", Aug 9-15, pp. 70.

Art on Paper, review "The Zine Unbound:....", Jan/Feb, pp. 78.

2003/04

Anthem Magazine, 011-Interview, "San Francisco Underground", pp. 124.