Born in Los Angeles, CA 1974; Lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

Education

2021 M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

2001 M.F.A. Painting, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

1996 B.A English, Creative Writing, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Fly Awake Tea House

2011 The Mozarteum in Salzburg: Maybe It Was 1953 (Aria, Prelude and Chapters, Incomplete), Worksound Gallery, Portland, OR (3 person solo exhibition)

2010 The Mozarteum in Salzburg: Maybe It Was 1953 (Prologue and Ch. 1, Incomplete), {open} Books, Long Beach, CA

2008 New Painting, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA (June 2008)
Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2 person solo exhibition)

2006  Wordless Chorus, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Project Room, Gavlak Projects, Palm Beach, FL

2005  Towing the Line: Five Young L.A. Artists Making Their Mark, Paper Magazine in LA, ACME, Los Angeles
Re-Make/Re-Model, SolwayJones, Los Angeles (*catalogue)

2003  Hancock Park Sister Series, SolwayJones, Los Angeles

2001  Jellyfish… and Unisex, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Center, CA
Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023  nice;01, MidwestNice Art, JFAC Gallery at Northern State Univ., Aberdeen, SD. Curated by Tim Rickett and Epiphany Knedler.

2011  EVOCATECTURE, Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA. Curated by Chip Thom.

2010  REBUS Reconstructuring, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA. Curated by John O’Brien and Cielo Pessione.

2009  Rant, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Dan Callis.
REBUS: 25 Artisti da Los Angeles, Museo Archeologico, Piazza Augusto Vera, Amelia, Italy. Curated by John O’Brien and Cielo Pessione.
Front + Center, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. Curated by Headlands and Kimberly Johansson
ART LA, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2008 10: Sandroni Rey 10th Anniversary Group Show, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
TEN: Toomey Tourell 10th Anniversary, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ART LA, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA
Sandroni Rey Group Show, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2007  The Urban Myth: Visions of the City, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. Curated By Jeremy Tessmer. (*catalogue)
“W.O.P.”, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Christina Valentine.

2006  Many, Many Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties, Circus of Books, West Hollywood, CA. Curated by Julian Hoeber
Flaming June, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York, NY. Curated by Sarah Gavlak.

2005  Towing the Line: Five Young L.A. Artists Making Their Mark, Paper Magazine in LA,ACME, Los Angeles. Curated by Sarah Cohen.
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition, Volume # 61, Juried by Connie Butler
Fast Forward: A Passion for the New, curated by Scenic, House of Campari,Venice, CA
Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2004 Paper Show: New Drawings, Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hieronymus Slept Here, Curated by Rebecca Niederlander, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

2003  Burchman, Byloos, Karubian, Gobel, E. Johnson, M. Johnson, Mihm, Ovelmen, Reeder, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Peter Bartlett.
Nocturnal Video Program, Curated by Skip Arnold, Galerie Christine Konig, Vienna, Austria

2002 Art Positions: Sandroni Rey, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
12 Between 6th and 7th, Restaurant Supply Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Text Festival, Curated by Fred Dewey, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA

2001 22nd Annual Art Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

2000  Paintland, Curated by Terry R. Myers, Lemon Sky, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture, Collage, Mixed Media, Juried by Phillipa Blair, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
Introductions 2000, Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1999 Toomey-Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 Onyx, Los Angeles, CA.

Awards & Residencies

2012 Stichting Kaus Australis (Residency), Rotterdam, Holland

2008 Finalist, METRO Art Commission for Culver City Light Rail Aerial Station
Finalist, Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, S.F., CA

Bibliography

2011 What’s Yours Is Mine (Worksound’s Drawing Shades Reinterprets Photography) by Jenna Lechner. Portland Mercury, June 23, 2011.

2009 Byloos, Matty. “PORTFOLIO: Condemned to Memory: The Mental Alchemy of Remembering,” ORION Magazine, Vol. 28, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2009 Issue, pgs. 26-31. Orion Link

2008 Myers, Holly. “Ghostly Tribute to Neighborhoods, Exhibition Review,” Los Angeles Times, Friday, July 18, 2008.
Simay, Doug. “Best Picks for July,” Art Academy of San Diego Academy Newsletter, July 12, 2008.

2007 Tessmer, Jeremy. “The Urban Myth: Visions of the City.” The Urban Myth: Visions of the City. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, curated by Jeremy Tessmer. Exhibition from September – October.
Woodard, Josef. “’Urban’ Outfitted-Perspectives Range in the Impressive ‘Visions of the City,’” Santa Barbara News-Press, Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
Biel, Kim. “The Urban Myth: Visions of the City, Exhibition Review” Art Ltd. (West Coast Art + Design), September 2007.

2006 “Pick of the Week,” Las Vegas City Life, Thursday, March 30, 2006. Anania, Katie. “The Density of Sprawl,” Las Vegas City Life, Thursday, April 13, 2006.
Review for the exhibition at Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, March 30-April 30, 2006. Twardy, Chuck. “Matty Byloos Deconstructs the Domestic,” Las Vegas Weekly, Thursday,
April 13, 2006. Review for the exhibition at Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, March 30-April 30, 2006.

2005 Wood, Eve. ArtUS, Issue #11, Dec. ’05 – Feb. ‘06. Review for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition, Volume # 61, Juried by Connie Butler
“Continuing and Recommended,” Art Scene. Vol. 25, No. 2. October, 2005. Pg. 27.
Kraus, Chris. “Icons and Puzzles.” ReMake/ReModel. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
Valentine, Christina. “Myopic Dreams: The Elusiveness of Sight.” ReMake/ReModel. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.

2003 Scott, Carolyn Patricia. “Sunday Pick,” Los Angeles Times Sunday Calendar, Nov. 23. Green, Tyler. “ModernArts Notes Blog,” ArtsJournal.com, Dec. (http://www.artsjournal.com/man/archives20031201.shtml)

Collections

Dr. Lawrence Wheeler, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art
Don and Susan Wallerstein, Los Angeles
Collection Richard Ekstract, Long Island, NY
Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Heights, OH
Ninah and Michael Lynne, New York City
Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles
Kenneth L. Freed, Boston, MA
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Purchased by Ruth and Marvin Sackner, Miami, FL
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Los Angeles, Curated by David Pagel and Ellen Phillips
Swiss Re, San Francisco, Curated by Swiss Re and Jenny Monbouquette
Genentech Corporate Collection, San Francisco