MATTA
SELECTED ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
DATES
Born 1911, Roberto Matta Echaurren, Santiago, Chile
Died 2002
EDUCATION
1932, Catholic University of Santiago, Architecture degree
2017
Roberto Matta: On the Edge of a Dream, Robilant + Voena, London, March 3–April 21, 2017.
2015
Matta in the 1950s and 1960s, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, November 6, 2015–January 9,
2016. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris, September 10–October 24, 2015. (Catalogue)
Roberto Sebastian Matta: Sculptures, Garden of Palazzo Soranzo Cappello, Venice, May 9–October 15,
2015.
2014
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Roberto Matta: The Freedom of Gesture, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, May 20–October 25, 2014.
The Surrealist Roberto Matta, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, April 16–May 18, 2014.
2013
Matta: Man and Universe, National Museum in Krakow, July 13–October 31, 2013.
Matta, du surrealism à l’histoire, Musée Cantini, Marseille, February 15–May 20, 2013. (Catalogue)
2012
Matta: Fiktionen, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, September 22, 2012–January 6, 2013. Traveled to:
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, January 19–June 2, 2013. (Catalogue)
CasaMatta, Triennale Design Museum, Milan, June 21-September 2, 2012. (Catalogue)
Matta: Un surrealista a Roma, Auditorium di Roma, March 16–May 20, 2012.
2011
Matta Sculptures, Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris, November 26, 2011–February 15, 2012. (Catalogue)
Matta: Centenario 11.11.11, Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, Santiago, Chile, November 11, 2011–
February 26, 2012. (Catalogue)
Matta: A Centennial Celebration, The Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, November 7, 2011–
January 28, 2012. (Catalogue)
Don Qui. El Quijote de Matta, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, March 9–May 15, 2011.
Matta 1911–2011, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Spain, February 15–May 1, 2011. Traveled to: Bilbao Fine
Arts Museum, May 16–August 21, 2011. (Catalogue)
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2009
Matta: A Retrospective, Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami, December 4, 2009–January 30, 2010.
Matta: Five Decades of Painting—Works from the Collections of Federica and Ramuntcho Matta,
PaceWildenstein, New York, January 30–February 28, 2009. (Catalogue)
2008
Descubritorio Matta, José Victorino Lastarria 307, Santiago, Chile, June 27–October 26, 2008.
Don Qui, Homage from Matta to Don Quixote, Instituto Cervantes, Chicago, May 9–June 20, 2008. Traveled
to: Instituto Cervantes, Brasilia, October 9–November 11, 2008; Instituto Cervantes, Rio de Janeiro,
December 4, 2008–January 30, 2009; Instituto Cervantes, Sao Paulo, June 3–July 30, 2009.
2007
Roberto Matta: What is the Object of the Mind?, El Sourdog Hex, Berlin, November 5–December 29, 2007.
Gravures — Roberto Matta, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich, January 18–March 10, 2007.
2006
Matta: Manifiesto Gráfico, Colección del Museo de la Solidaridad, Galería Cultural Codelco, Santiago, Chile,
March 1–March 28, 2006. (Catalogue)
2005
Matta: Óleos y Dibujos 1943–1982, Galeria A.M.S. Marlborough, Santiago, Chile, 2005. (Catalogue)
2004
Matta: Debut d’un Nouveau Monde, 1936–1944, Daniel Malingue Gallery, Paris, May 19–July 16, 2004.
(Catalogue; text by Olivier Malingue)
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Matta: Making the Invisible Visible, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts,
February 1–May 24, 2004. (Catalogue)
2003
Roberto Matta: Architect of Surrealism, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C., November 19,
2003–March 7, 2004. (Catalogue, text by Ana Maria Escallón)
Matta 1938–1971: La Grande Avventura Dell’Uomo che Amava il Proibito, Galleria de’Foscherari, Bologna,
Italy, October 25–December 31, 2003.
Matta: Paintings, Drawings and Sculture from 1938–1945: From the Collection of J. Todd Figi, Institute of the
Americas, La Jolla, California, May 20–26, 2003. (Brochure)
Exposición de Roberto Matta – Colleción Santa Cruz – Yaconi, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile,
March 13–May 11, 2003. (Catalogue)
2002
Matta: L’Occhio e La Finestra, Galleria Maggiore, Bologna, Italy, 2002. (Catalogue; texts by Enrico
Mascelloni and Max Clarac-Serou)
Matta, Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Cables, Florida, 2002. (Catalogue; text by Carol Damian)
Matta: Sin Titulo, Casa d’Arte Ulisse, Rome, November 6, 2002–January 31, 2003. (Catalogue)
Roberto Matta: Le Grand Burundun, Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, May 23–September
22, 2002.
Don Qui 1605–1985, Haim Chanin Fine Art, New York, April 3–May 4, 2002.
2001
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Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
September 30, 2001–January 6, 2002. Traveled to: Miami Art Museum, Florida, March 22–June 2, 2002 and
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, July 13–October 20, 2002. (Catalogue; texts by Elizabeth A.T.
Smith, Colette Dartnall, and William Rubin)
Matta: Turbulence des Collisions: Paintings, Pastels, Drawings, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, June 8–July
2, 2001. (Catalogue).
2000
Matta: el ano de los tres 000, Sala de Arte Fundacion Telefonica, Santiago, Chile, April 7–July 2, 2000.
(Catalogue; text by Germana Ferrari)
Matta: Opere dal 1957 al 1993, Galleria Patrizia Poggi, Ravena, Italy, March 11–May 14, 2000. (Catalogue;
interview with the artist)
1999
Matta, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 1999. Traveled to: Fundacio Caixa de
Catalunya, Barcelona, 1999. (Catalogue)
Matta: Obra Grafica, Fundacion Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Museo-Casa Natal, Malaga, June 24–August 29, 1999.
(Catalogue)
Matta: Godizia dell’Universo: Work in Progress, 1996–1999, Spoleto Festival, Italy, June 19–July 11, 1999.
(Catalogue)
Matta en Viña: Mattamorfosis, Centro Cultural Viña del Mar, Chile, February 12–April 4, 1999. (Catalogue)
1998
Roberto Matta, Centro Cultural Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Lima, 1998. (Catalogue)
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Matta: Following the Footsteps of a Giant, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, November 1998–February
1999. (Catalogue; texts by Thomas R. Monahan and Manuel Basoalto)
Matta: Selected Paintings, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, May 1–31, 1998. (Brochure)
1997
Matta, Fuji Television Network, Tokyo, November 12–December 1 4, 1997. (Brochure)
Matta: Surrealism and Beyond (large-scale retrospective exhibition), The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty
Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 19–November 30, 1997. Traveled
to: Museo de Arte Contemporónea de Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, February–May 1998.
Roberto Matta, Paintings and Drawings, 1937–1959, Latin American Masters Gallery, Beverly Hills, April 5–
May 30, 1997. Traveled to: Galeria Lopez Quiróga, Mexico City, June 12–July 31, 1997. (Catalogue)
Matta: Die Elemente Etc., Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bolzano, Italy, June 7–August 30, 1997. (Catalogue; texts
by Pier Luigi Siena and Andreas Hapkemeyer)
Matta: Paradise Now, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, March 25–April 26, 1997. (Catalogue)
Matta, Paintings & Drawings, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, February 20–March 22, 1997. (Catalogue;
text by August O. Uribe)
Matta: Re-Generation, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, January 16–March 9, 1997. (Catalogue)
1996
Matta: Espejo de Cronos, Galería de Arte Isabel Aninat and Galería Plástica Nueva, Santiago, Chile, June–
July 1996. (Catalogue)
Matta Hoy: Galeria ArtEspacio, Galeria Artespacio and Galeria A.M.S. Marlborough, Santiago, Chile, June
1996. (Catalogue)
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Matta-dors and Jugadors: Sports Drawings by Matta from the Fifties, Mary-Ann Martin/Fine Arts, New York,
May 16–June 15, 1996.
1995
I Sassi Matta: Sculture 1936–1995, Chiese Rupestri Madonna Delle Virtue and San Nocola de Greci,
Matrea, Italy, July 9–October 15, 1995. (Catalogue)
Matta Glisser das La Vent: Entre Céramiques et Papier, Galerie de France, Paris, April 16–July 7, 1995.
1994
Matta, N’oeuf, ERHA Galeria, Milan, May–June 1994. (Catalogue)
Roberto Matta: The Early Years: 1939–1955. A Selection of Paintings and Drawings, Maxwell Davidson
Gallery, New York, April 12–May 28, 1994.
Matta: 42 Grabados en una Loca Geografía, Galería Gabriela Mistral and Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador
Allende, Santiago, Chile, March 1995. (Catalogue)
1993
Matta Grabados, Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile, opened December 16, 1993. (Catalogue)
Roberto Matta, Centro de Extensión, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, August 9–21, 1993.
(Catalogue)
Matta: One’s Own Ocean, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, January 12–March 23, 1993. (Catalogue; text by
Felix Guattari)
Matta: Works from Chicago Collections, Arts Club of Chicago, January 11–March 6, 1993. (Catalogue)
1992
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Matta: Drawings of the 1950’s and 1960’s: Sports, the Wild West & Other Themes, Frumkin/Adams Gallery,
New York, October 23–November 30, 1992.
Matta, Obra Social y Cultural, Caja de Ahorros de Asturias, Oviedo, October–November 1992. (Catalogue;
text by Germana Ferrari)
C’era Mica Matta, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Faenza, Italy, September 19–October 25, 1992. (Catalogue)
Matta Etruscusludens, XXXVI Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Termoli, Italy, June 27–August
31, 1992. (Catalogue)
Matta: Verbo América, Kiosko Alfonso, La Coruña, Spain, June 5–July 5, 1992. Traveled to: Sala de Arte La
Regenta de Las Palmas, Spain, September 4–30, 1992; Sala de Exposiciones Casa de Cultura, Santa Cruz
de Tenerife, Spain, October 9–November 7, 1992; Fundación Marcelino Botin, Spain, November 1992; Palau
de la Música, Valencia, Spain, December 13, 1992–January 10, 1993. (Catalogue; texts by Ravael Alberti,
Elisabeth Burgo-Debray and G. Ferrari).
Matta – Même, Bronze et Papiers 1990–1992, Galerie de France, Paris, April 23–May 16, 1992.
Matta, Galería Klemm Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, April 8–May 12, 1992. (Catalogue)
Matta: Corpo a Corpo, Galleria Elleni, Bergamo, March 11–April 30, 1992. (Catalogue)
1991
Mattalogo, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Bilbao, 1991. (Catalogue)
Exposicion Matta uni Verso 11-11-11, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile, November 30–
December 31, 1991. Traveled to: Fundación Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, February 16–April 19, 1992.
(Catalogue)
Matta, Kunsthalle Der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, September 20–November 11, 1991. Traveled to:
Kunsthaus, Vienna, November 29–February 1992. (Catalogue; text by Wieland Schmied)
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Matta: Serie Inedita “El Quijote de la Mancha,” Litografias, Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile, May 14–
June 9, 1991. (Catalogue, text by Eduardo Carrasco)
Matta: Paintings and Sculpture, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, February 7–March 5, 1991. (Catalogue)
1990
Matta: Dessins 1936–1989, Galerie de France, Paris, 1990. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galerie Thomas R. Monahan, Chicago, 1990.
Matta, Galeria Der Brücke, Buenos Aires, 1990. (Catalogue)
Matta, Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, October 22–November 21, 1990. (Catalogue)
Matta: Dessins 1937–1989, Carre d’Art, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, France, October 6–December
2, 1990. (Catalogue; text by Nathalie Ergino)
Matta, Palazzo Reale, Milan, March 9–May 20, 1990. (Catalogue).
Matta: Dibujos 1936–1990, Fandos/Galeria de Arte Moderno, Valencia, March–May 1990. (Catalogue)
Matta: Dessins 1936–1989, Galerie de France, Paris, January 1990. (Catalogue)
1988
Matta, Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebæk, Denmark, August 13–September 25, 1988.
(Catalogue)
Matta: Zeichnungen 1937–1988, Museum Bochum, Germany, June 11–July 31, 1988. (Catalogue; texts by
Peter Spielmann, Alain Sayag, and Sepp Hiekisch-Picard)
Matta, The Early Years, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, April 27–May 28, 1988. (Catalogue)
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Matta, Palazzo Venezia, Rome, March 17–April 24, 1988. (Catalogue)
1987
Matta, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida, 1987.
Matta: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the 1940’s to the Present, Shary Grossman Fine Arts, New
York, November 5–December 4, 1987.
Matta: Arquitectura del Tiempo, VI Bienal de Arquitectura, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile,
September–October 1987. (Brochure)
Eramen: Sculpture Monumentale de Matta, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, May 20–June 21, 1987.
(Catalogue)
1986
Matta, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1986.
Retrospective Exhibition of Works by Matta: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Goldman-Kraft Gallery,
Chicago, opened October 24, 1986.
Roberto Matta, Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, California, March 22–April 19, 1986.
Matta: Paintings 1950–1960, Totah-Stelling Gallery, New York, January 18–February 22, 1986.
1985
El Quijote de Matta 1605–1985, Galerie de France, Paris and Spanish Institute, New York, 1985.
(Catalogue)
Matta—Seoul, Galerie de Séoul, Korea, 1985. (Catalogue)
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Matta, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, October 3–December 16, 1985.
(Catalogue)
Exhibition of Matta, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, May 8–June 1, 1985. (Catalogue; text by Junji Ito)
Matta, Now: Recent Paintings, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 6–February 5, 1985.
(Catalogue; text by Douglas Webster)
1984
Matta—The Logic of Hallucination, City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, England, August 18–September
22, 1984. Traveled to: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, October 7–December 2, 1984; Glynn Vivian
Art Gallery & Museum, Swansea, England, December 8, 1984–January 12, 1985; Graves Art Gallery,
Sheffield, England, January 19–February 24, 1985; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, England, March 2–April
6, 1985; Hatton Gallery, The University, Newcastle, England, April 19–May 25, 1985. (Catalogue; texts by
Joanna Drew, Matta, Paul Overy and Roger Malbert)
Matta: Point d’Appui, Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris, June–July 12, 1984. (Catalogue, text by Jean-Philippe)
Burundún de Roberto Matta et Gravures sur Cuivre 1970/1983, Musee d’Art Moderne, Villeneuve-d’Ascq,
April–May 1984.
Matta, Associazione della Piazza Maggiore, Palazzo del Popolo, Todi, Italy, Februray 18–March 4, 1984.
(Catalogue; text by Piero Darazio)
Matta, Centro Tornabuoni, Galleria d’Arte Internazionale, Florence, Italy, February 11–March 18, 1984.
(Catalogue; text by the artist)
1983
Matta: Oleos y Dibujos 1943–1982, Galeria Ana María Stagno, Santiago, Chile, 1983. (Catalogue)
12 Wood Bas-Reliefs by Matta, Carone Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, 1983. (Catalogue)
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Matta, Museo Nacional de Belle Artes, Havana, 1983.
Matta: Storming the Tempest, Riverside Studios, London, December 22, 1982–January 23, 1983.
L’adieu au Burundún, Centre Municipal Culturel Jaques Prévert, Villeparisis, December 4, 1982–January 30,
1983.
Sebastian Matta, Galleria Blu, Milan, October 24–November 26, 1983. (Brochure)
Matta: Pastelli e Disegni 1980/1983, Città di Fiesole, Azienda di Soggiorno e Turismo, Fiesole, Italy, June
22–July 23, 1983. (Catalogue; text by Tormachio Levy)
Matta: Retrospectives Simultanies (El Mediteráneo o El Verbo America), Sala d’Exposicions, Ajuntament de
Valencia, Spain and Palau Meca, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Spain, May–June 1983. Traveled
simultaneously with Matta: El Verbo America to: Palacio de Cristal, Madrid and Circulo de Bellas Artes,
Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, September–October, 1983; Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, November–
December 1983; Canary Islands, February 1984; Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, May–June 1984; and
Taormina, Italy, April 1985. (Catalogue)
Printed Matta: Highlights from Four Decades of Printmaking by Roberto Matta. Organized by Center for Inter-
American Relations, New York. Traveled to: Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, March 9–27, 1983; Center for
Inter-American Relations, New York, July–October 1983; Museo de Monterrey, Mexico, November–
December 1983; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, January–February 1984; Musée du Panthéon
National Haitien, Port-au-Prince, March–April 1984. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galerie Lauter, Mannheim, March 4–May 31, 1983. (Brochure)
Matta: Ubu Roi, Galerie Arenthon, Paris, February 23–March 12, 1983. (Catalogue; text by Alfred Jarry)
Auvoir à Voir, Roberto Matta, Galerie AMC, Mulhouse, France, February 18–March 26, 1983.
Sebastian Matta, Galleria San Luca, Bologna, January 22–February 1983. (Catalogue)
Matta: Œuvres Anciennes, Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, January 8–February 19, 1983.
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1982
Sebastian Matta: Garganta Tua, Stamperia della Bezuga, Florence, December 12, 1981–February 12, 1982.
Traveled to: Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Arezzo, Palazzo Guillichini, Arezzo, February 21–
March 14, 1982; Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris, June 1982. (Catalogue; texts by Jean-Pierre Faye and Matta)
Matta: What is the Object of the Mind?: Matta: Zum Einhundertsten Todestag von Charles Darwin, Reinhard
Onnasch Ausstellungen, Berlin, September 15–October 15, 1982. (Catalogue)
Matta: Burundún, Place Salvador Allende, Hôtel de Ville, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, September 11–22, 1982.
(Catalogue; text by the arist, Jean-Poerre Jouffroy, and P.R. Chaigneau)
Ceramica Matta, La Torre Canossa, Tarquinia, Italy, July 1982.
Matta: The First Decade, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, May 9–June 20,
1982. (Catalogue; text by Nancy Miller)
Matta: Las Flores Saben el Sol, Lima, February 1982. (Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta, Galleria L’Attico-Esse Arte, Rome, January 16–March 13, 1982. (Catalogue; texts by Achille Bonito
Oliva and Italo Calvino)
Roberto-Sebastian Matta: Architecture du Temps, Theatre d’Ivry, Ville d’Ivry sur Seine, France, January 16–
February 14, 1982. (Catalogue; texts by the artist, Theirry Sigg, and Jean-Pierre Faye)
1981
Matta: The Early Years: Selections of Paintings and Drawings from the years 1937–1947, Maxwell Davidson
Gallery, New York, November 10–December 19, 1981. (Catalogue)
Roberto Matta: Paintings and Drawings, 1971–1979, Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, California, November 8–
December 20, 1979. Traveled to: Blanden Memorial Art Gallery, Fort Dodge, Iowa, May 2–30, 1981.
(Catalogue)
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Matta Echaurren: Recent Paintings, Iolas & Jackson Gallery, New York, September 1981.
Matta: Odisseano si è Fermato a Napoli, Palazzo Reale, Naples, July 20–September 20, 1981. (Catalogue;
texts by the artist, Maurizio Valenzi, and Dario Micacchi)
Sport: Amoci, Nei Mascolo, Misculo, Musculo, San Pancrazio, Tarquinia, Italy, June 1981. (Brochure)
Matta: Graphics, American Academy of Rome, Italy, April 8–May 8, 1981.
Matta: Pastels, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida, March 1982.
1980
Matta, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, 1980.
Matta: Pasteles, Dibujos y Grabados, Centroarte El Parque, Valencia, September 1979. (Catalogue; texts by
Roberto Guevara and Juan Calzadilla)
Matta: Le Dos du Dé, Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris, June 10–July 30, 1980.
Matta: Il Cuore e un Occhio, Palazzo degli Alessandri, Viterbo, May 15–September 15, 1980. (Catalogue;
text by the artist)
Matta: Œuvre Grave 1974–1979, Art Curial, Paris, April–May 10, 1980.
1979
Matta, Stamperia della Bezuga, Florence, 1979.
Matta en Urbino: Ai Confini Dell’io, Universita Degli Studi Fondazione Carlo Levi, Urbino, Italy, July–August
1979. (Catalogue; text by the arist)
Matta (exhibition of 50 drawings), Maison de la Culture, Amiens, France, June 1979.
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Matta: L’homme descend di singe, Centre Culturel Municipal Jacques Prévert, Villeparisis, France, May
1979. (Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta, Galería Rayvela, Madridi, March 1979.
L’Araucana, Stamperia della Bezuga, Florence, January 11–February 25, 1979. (Catalogue; text by Alonso
di Ercilla)
Matta: 1956–1973, Iolas & Jackson Gallery, New York, January–February 9, 1979.
1978
Matta: Grabados, Centroarte El Parque, Valencia, 1978.
Matta: Cinquante-cinq Dessins Depuis 1937, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, September 26–November 10, 1978.
(Catalogue)
Matta: Óleos Recientes, Galería Minotauro, Caracas, March 1978. (Catalogue; texts by Roberto Guevara
and Juan Calzadilla)
Matta: Hom’mere, Kettle’s Yard Gallery, University of Cambridge, England, February 4–26, 1978.
(Catalogue; text by the artist)
1977
Matta: Coïgitum, Hayward Gallery, London, September 27–November 20, 1977. (Catalogue)
Matta, Palazzo degli Alessandri, Viterbo, April 3–June 30, 1977. (Catalogue; texts by the artist, and Sandro
Vismara)
1976
Matta: Opere dal 1939 al 1975, Galleria dell’Oca, Rome, 1976. (Catalogue; text by L. Laureati)
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Matta, Casa de las Américas, Havana, February 1976. (Catalogue)
Matta: Hommage aux Pyrénées, Château de Castellnou, France, July 2–August 31, 1976. (Catalogue; text
by the artist)
1975
Roberto Matta: Eaux-Fortes et Aquatintes 1963–1973, Galerie Ziegler, Geneva, November 13, 1975–
January 24, 1976.
Matta, Hôtel de Ville, Venissieux, November 1975. (Catalogue; texts by Thérèse Rechatin, Jean-Pierre
Jouffroy)
Matta, Galleri Ostemalm, Stockholm, August 28–September 1975.
Matta: Ojoser (L’œil-être), Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, June 12–July 12 and September–October 11,
1975. (Catalogue)
Matta: Pastelli (L’homme descend du signe), Galleria dell’Oca, Rome, April 23–May, 1975. (Catalogue; text
by Guiliano Briganti)
Matta, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, February 4–March 1, 1975. (Catalogue)
Matta: Obra Grafica, Galeria Juan Martin, Mexico City, February 1975.
Matta. A Totemic Word: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, January 11–
February 15, 1975. (Catalogue; text by Nicolas Calas)
1974
Matta: Peintures, Gravures, 12eme Festival Culturel, L’Union des Arts Plastiques, L’Office Culturel
Municipal, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France, 1974.
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Matta: Homenaje a Jorge Zalamea, Galería Aele, Madrid, November 1974. Traveled to: Museo de Arte
Moderno, Mexico City, February–March 1975; Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotà, May–June 1975; Museo de
Bellas Artes, Caracas, September 1975. (Catalogue)
Matta: The Early Years: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings from the Years, 1939–1957, Maxwell
Davidson Gallery, New York, October 26–November 30, 1974. (Catalogue)
Matta: Works on Paper, European Gallery, San Francisco, October 21–November 30, 1974. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galerie des Quatre Mouvements, Paris, October 1974.
Matta, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, July 12–September 29, 1974. (Catalogue; texts by the
artist, Wieland Schmeid, and Carl Albrect Haenlein)
Matta: L’Art de Noe, Palazzo Durini, Milan, May 1974. (Brochure)
Sebastian E. Matta, Centro Arte Internazionale, Milan, March 1974. (Catalogue)
Roberto Sebastian Matta: Dare Alla Vita una Luce, Centro di Sperimentazione Artistica Sala I, Rome,
January 11–31, 1974. Traveled as Bella Ciao to: Sala XX Settembre, Terni, April 24–May 12, 1974.
(Catalogue; text by the artist)
1973
Matta, Galerie Yaki Komblit, Amsterdam, 1973.
Matta, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, November 1–December 16, 1973.
(Catalogue)
Matta, Galleria il Fauno, Turin, Italy, October 1973. (Catalogue)
Manifestazione di Solidarietà con il Popolo Cileno: Insieme a Matta per il Cile, Museo Civico, Bologna,
opened October 5, 1973. Traveled as Manifestazione di Solidarietà con il Popolo Cileno: Per il Cile con
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Matta, to: Pinacoteca Comunale, Loggetta Lombardesca, Ravenna, Italy, October 30–November 1973;
Centro Storico, Quartiere Venezia, Livorno, Italy, December 1973. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galerie Cour St. Pierre, Geneva, September 13–October 15, 1973. (Catalogue)
Matta Où, Galerie Alexander Iolas, Paris. Concurrent with Matta qui, Galerie Henri Creuzevault, Paris, June
14–July 12, 1973 (Brochure
Sebastian Matta: Dipinti, Disegni e Incisioni 57/73, Galleria Schubert, Milan, May 1973. (Catalogue)
Matta, Maison de la Culture, Amiens, France, February 15–March 11, 1973. (Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta Paintings and Drawings 1966–1972, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, February 6–March 3, 1973.
(Catalogue)
1972
Bella Ciao, San Pancrazio, Tarquinia, Italy, 1972.
Matta, Galeria Carmen Waugh, Buenos Aires, 1972.
Matta, Galerie Artek, Helsinki, April 25–March 10, 1972.
Matta: Flèche au Poil. Dessins et Estampes, Galerie Suzanne Visat, Paris, February 1–March 10, 1972.
Matta: Le Honni Aveuglant, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, January 11–February 5, 1972. (Catalogue)
1971
Matta: Dans le Cadre de la Semaine Chilienne, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France, October 23–
November 15, 1971. (Catalogue)
Matta: L’Entree est a la Sortie, Maison des Arts et Loisirs, Hôtel de Ville, Sochaux, France, March 25–May 7,
1971. (Brochure; texts by the artist and André Breton)
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 19
Matta, Galleria San Luca, Bologna, February 1971. (Catalogue)
Matta: 5 Sculptures, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, January 28–February 28, 1971. (Catalogue)
1970
Matta: Paintings and Drawings, 1940–1960, The Byron Gallery, New York, January 31–March 12, 1970.
Roberto Matta: Lithographs, London Arts Gallery, New York, December 1, 1970–January 19, 1971.
(Catalogue)
Matta: Paintings, Drawings and Graphics, Pyramid Galleries, Washington, D.C., opened September 18,
1970.
Roberto Matta: Paintings & Graphics, London Arts Gallery, England, July 29–August 22, 1970. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galería Iolas-Velasco, Madrid, June 1970. (Catalogue)
Matta, Musée de Saint Denis, France, May–June 1970. (Catalogue)
Matta, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, May–August 1970 (Catalogue;
text by Ursula Schmitt)
Matta, Centre Culturel, Toulouse, April–May 1970. (Brochure; texts by Marcel Jean, André Breton, and Alain
Jouffroy)
Matta: Œuvres Recentes, Galerie Maya, Brussels, March 6–28, 1970. (Brochure)
Matta: Grimau—L’heure de la Verite 1964/65, Michael Hertz, Bremen, March–April 1970. (Brochure; text by
Werner Spies)
1969
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 20
Matta: La Révolution est Architecture, Centre Culturel Municipal, Villeparisis, December 1, 1969–January 31,
1970. (Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta: Des Fontaines de l’Abîme, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, November 25–December 1969.
(Catalogue)
Pittura e Sculptura di Matta, Galleria Alexandre Iolas, Milan, November 11–December 1969. Traveled to:
Galleria Iolas-Galatea, Rome, February 1970. (Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta: Engraving, Lithographics and Drawings, Cisneros Gallery, New York, October–November 8, 1969.
(Catalogue)
Matta, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, January 28–February 28, 1969. (Catalogue)
1968
Matta, Silkebourg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 1968–1969. (Catalogue; text by Ursula Schmitt)
Roberto Sebastian Matta, Galleria Schneider, Milan, 1968.
Matta: Recent Oils, Drawings, Graphics, Court Gallery, Copenhagen, May 18–June 10, 1968.
Matta, Cisneros Gallery, New York, May 14–June 14, 1968.
Matta, Sala Mario Alicata, Naples, April 29–May 5, 1968. (Catalogue)
Matta, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden. April 20–May 19, 1968. (Catalogue)
Matta, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, March 1968. (Catalogue)
Matta: Opere Scelte 1948–1966, Galleria La Medusa, Rome, March 1968. (Catalogue)
1967
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Avec Matta, Musée de Saint-Denis, France, 1967. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galleria San Luca, Bologna, 1967.
Matta: Le Centre du Milieu, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, December 12, 1967–January 13, 1968.
Étre Avec. Réveil Matta, Musee d’Art et d’Histoire, Reims, France, December 1, 1967–April 21, 1968.
(Catalogue; text by Colette Banaigs)
Grimau, University of Santiago, Chile, July 26–August 1967.
Matta, Galeria Latinamericana, Casa de las Américas, Havana, March 1967. (Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta: Eaux-fortes et Illustrations, Geo Michel, Brussels, March 1967.
What’s Happening Baby?, Galleria Senior, Rome, January–February 1967.
1966
Matta: El Cubo Abierto, Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, Lima, September 12–30, 1966. (Catalogue; text by
Max Clarac-Sérou)
Matta: Le Honni Aveuglant, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, June 1–July 1966. (Brochure; text by the artist)
Matta, Palazzo Artelli, Rome, June 1966.
Matta: Paintings. The State of the Nation, Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, April 18–May 14, 1966.
(Brochure)
Matta, Galleria Blu, Milan, February 1966. (Catalogue)
1965
Matta: Skulpturen Bilder, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, November 3–December 7, 1964. (Catalogue)
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 22
Matta: Le Cube Ouvert, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lucerne, Switzerland, August 8–September 26, 1965.
(Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta: La Llave de Los Campos, Galería del Techo, Caracas, April 1965. (Catalogue; texts by Max Clarac-
Sérou, Péran Erminy, and Edmundo Desnoes)
Sebastian Matta: Les Voix, Wittenborn Gallery, New York, March 4–April 1, 1965. (Catalogue)
Matta: Sculptures and Paintings, Gimpel Fils, London, February 23–March 20, 1965. (Catalogue)
1964
Matta: Sculptures 1959–1960, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, and Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York,
December 1964–January1965. (Catalogue)
Les Voix: Peintures Récentes, Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, November 4–December 5, 1964.
(Catalogue)
Dipinti di Matta, Galleria l’Attico, Rome, May 23–June 1964. (folded sheet; titled Matta: Cuba Frutto Bomba)
Matta, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, May 5–31, 1964. (Catalogue, text by Max Clarac-Serou)
Matta, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, April 14–May 30, 1964.
Matta: Recent Paintings, Robert Fraser Gallery, London, April 14–May 16, 1964. (Catalogue)
Roberto Sebastian Matta, Staadtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, March 14–April 12, 1964. (Catalogue)
Roberto Matta: Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Gravüren, 1942 bis 1963, Galerie Michael Hertz, Bremen, Germany,
February 21–April 24, 1964. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, February 20–March 20, 1964. (Catalogue)
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 23
El Artista del Mes: Matta, Casa de las Américas, Museo Nacional, Havana, February 15–26, 1964.
(Brochure)
Matta, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, February 1964.
Matta, Galerie Van de Loo, Munich, January 21–February 1964. (Catalogue)
1963
Matta, Frank Perls Gallery, Los Angeles, 1963.
Matta, Galleria Galatèa, Turin, 1963.
Matta: Peintures - Dessins, Galerie Alexander Iolas/Galerie Edwin Engelberts, Geneva, November 15–
December 7, 1963. (Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta, Salone Annunciata, Milan, October 5–31, 1963. (Catalogue; text by Emilio Villa)
Matta: Choix de Peintures et Dessins 1937–1957, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, June 17–July 1963. (Catalogue)
Matta, M.H. de Young Museum Memorial Museum, San Francisco, June 4–July 7, 1963.
Sebastian Matta: Mostra Antologica in Bologna, Museo Civico, Bologna, Italy, May–June 1963. Traveled as
Matta, to: Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, September 13–October 20, 1963; as Roberto Sebastian
Matta, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westlafen, Düsseldorf, November 19, 1963–January 5, 1964; as
Matta, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, January 17–March 2, 1964; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, March
5–May 31, 1964. (Catalogue)
Matta: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from Chicago Collections, Renaissance Society, University of
Chicago, Illinois, April 1–May 11, 1963.
Matta: New Paintings, Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery, New York, March 5–30, 1963.
Matta, Aüslander Gallery, New York, March 1963.
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 24
Matta: Prints, Wittenborn Gallery, New York, February 5–March 2, 1963.
Matta: Mostra Personale, Galleria Schwarz, Milan, January 8–February 8, 1963. (Catalogue; text by Italo
Calvino)
1962
Matta: Un Trittico ed Altri Dipinti (We Are All Brothers), Galleria l’Attico, Rome, November 1962. (Catalogue;
text by Italo Calvino)
Comme detta Dentro vo Significando, Galerie le Point Cardinal, Paris, October 4–31, 1962. (Catalogue)
Matta: Dessins et Pastels, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, June–July 1962 (Catalogue)
Matta: Paintings and Drawings, Gimpel Fils, London, June 1962. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galleria de Foscherari, March 30–April, 1962. (Catalogue; text by Maurizio Calvesi)
Matta: Peintures Récentes et Gravures, Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, March–April 1962. (Catalogue)
Matta: Drawings, Pastels and Paintings, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, February 1962.
1961
Matta, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, 1961.
Matta, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, 1961.
Matta, Galerie Cordier & Stadler, Frankfurt, November 30, 1961–January 10, 1962. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galleria l’Attico, Rome, November 1961. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, June 1961.
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 25
Matta, Gimpel Fils, London, May 4–27, 1961. (Catalogue)
Matta: Recent Paintings, Cordier and Michel Warren Gallery, New York, February 2–25, 1961.
1960
Matta, Galerie del Naviglio, Milan, 1960.
Matta: Oeuvres 1950–1960, Galleria Seno, Milan. Traveled to: Galerie Giana Sistu, Paris; Edward Totah
Gallery, London; Totah Stelling Gallery, New York, 1960. (Catalogue)
Matta: Drawings, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, December 12, 1960–January 7, 1961.
Matta: Drawings, Pastels and Oils, 1941–1957, Bodley Gallery, New York, November 21–December 3, 1960.
(Catalogue)
Matta: Paintings and Drawings, J. L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, September 4–27, 1960. (Brochure)
Sculptures de Matta, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, March 1960. (Catalogue)
1959
Matta: Aquarelles et Gouaches, Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris, 1958. (Catalogue)
Matta, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, 1958.
Matta, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, 1959.
Matta, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, 1959.
Matta: Paris Engravings, Wittenborn’s One-Wall Gallery, New York, December 15, 1959–January 1960.
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 26
Sebastian Matta: 15 Former av Tvivel (15 Forms of Doubting), Moderna Museet, Stockholm, opened October
24, 1959. (Catalogue)
Virgies sur Cibles, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, July 1959.
Matta, Galerie Daniel Cordier, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, May 26–June 30, 1959. (Catalogue; text by Will
Grohmann)
Matta, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, March 1959. (Catalogue)
1958
Matta, Galleria Galatea, Turin, Italy, November 22–December 6, 1958. (Catalogue; text by Carluccio)
Matta, Dessins Récents, Sala Rotonda, Galleria Schneider, Rome, October 1958.
Matta, Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, October 21–31, 1958. (Brochure; text by the artist)
Matta, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, June 10–July 5, 1958. (Brochure)
Matta: Recent Paintings, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, March 1958.
1957
Matta, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, 1957.
Matta, Sala de Exposicíones, Fundación Eugenio Mendoza, Caracas, October 4–20, 1957. (Brochure)
Matta: Oil Paintings and Colour Drawings, Ruth Moskin Gallery, New York, September 24–October 31, 1957.
Matta, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 10–October 20, 1957. Traveled to: Walker Art
Center, Minneapolis, November 15–December 30, 1957, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston,
January 18–March 2, 1958. (Catalogue; text by William Stanley Rubin)
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 27
Œuvres Graphiques de Mata 1937–1957, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, April 1957.
Matta, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, March 5–36, 1957.
Matta: Colored Drawings (1937–1955), Ruth Moskin Gallery, New York, January 15–February 9, 1957.
(Catalogue)
1956
Matta: Sports Drawings, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, 1956 (Catalogue)
Matta: Terres Nouvelles, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, June 8–30, 1956. (Brochure; text by Édouard Glissant)
1955
Matta, Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, 1955.
Matta, Galerie Colibri, Malmö, Sweden, December 1955–January 1956.
Matta of Chile: Oils and Drawings, Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., February 16–March 15, 1955.
(Catalogue)
Matta: New Paintings, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, January 3-31, 1955. (Catalogue)
1954
Matta, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1954.
Matta, Galerie Colibri, Malmö, Sweden, 1954.
Matta, Galleria dell’Obelisco, Rome, 1954.
Matta, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, November 1954.
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 28
Pitture di Matta, Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, August 30–September 8, 1954.
Matta, Sala Chile, Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago, May–June 1954.
Matta, Galería de Lima, Lima, April 12–26, 1954. (Catalogue)
Matta, Galleria Schneider, Rome, February 5–16, 1954. (Catalogue)
1953
Matta 1949–1953, (Organized by the Galleria del Cavallino, Venice), Sala Napoleonica, Venice, August 16–
28, 1953. (Catalogue; text by the artist, and Alain Jouffroy)
Matta: Rome 1949–1953, Hugo Gallery, New York March 5–26, 1953.
1952
Matta (New Works), Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, November–December 15, 1952.
Dessins de Matta, Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris, May 30-June, 1952. (Brochure; text by the artist)
Matta: Recent Paintings, Hugo Gallery, New York, May 6–23, 1952.
1951
Matta, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, January 16–February 15, 1951. (Catalogue; text by the artist)
Matta, Hugo Gallery, New York, May 1951.
Matta, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, April 16–May 5, 1951. (Brochure; text by the artist)
1950
Matta, Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, 1950.
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 29
Matta, Galleria Schneider, Rome, 1950.
Matta, Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, 1950.
Matta, San Francisco Museum of Art, June 14–July 22, 1950.
Matta, Galleria del Secolo, Rome, March 1950. (Catalogue; text by Emilio Villa)
Matta: Fosforesciamo, Galleria dell’Obelisco, Rome, opened January 12, 1950.
1949
Matta, Galerie René Drouin, Paris, May 10–31, 1949. (Catalogue; texts by the artist, Michel Tapié, and J. La
Forojulien)
Matta: Color-Drawings 1937–1948, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, March 14–April 2, 1949.
1948
Matta, Galería Dedalo, Santiago, Chile, 1948.
Matta, William Copley Gallery, Beverly Hills, opened October 19, 1948. (Brochure)
Matta, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, May 18–June 5, 1948.
1947
Matta: Paintings, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, November 4–22, 1947. (Brochure)
Matta, Galerie René Drouin, Paris, May 1947. (Catalogue; text by André Breton)
1946
Matta: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 30
Matta, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, April 11–May 4, 1946.
1945
Matta, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1945.
Matta: Paintings 1944–1945, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, March 12–31, 1945. (Brochure)
1944
Matta, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, February 15–March 11, 1944. (Brochure)
Matta Echaurren, The Arts Club of Chicago, January 4–29, 1944. (Brochure)
1943
Matta: Drawings, Julien Levy Gallery, New York, March 16–April 5, 1943. (Brochure)
1942
Matta: Paintings and Oil Pencils, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, March 31–April 21, 1942. (Catalogue;
text by Alfred Jarry)
1941
Matta, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1941.
1940
Matta, Julien Levy, New York, April 16–May 7, 1940.