MATRIX Exhibitions
October 1, 2008
In six to eight exhibitions each year, the MATRIX Program for Contemporary Art introduces the Bay Area community to provocative views expressed by international avant-garde artists, creating a local connection to the current global dialogue on contemporary art and demonstrating that the art of this moment is vital, dynamic, and often challenging. Confronting traditional practices of display and encouraging new, open modes of analysis, MATRIX provides a framework for an active interchange between the artist, the museum, and the viewer. There have been more than 225 MATRIX shows at the Berkeley Art Museum in thirty years, featuring artists such as John Baldessari, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, Nancy Spero, and Andy Warhol. In recent years the selection of MATRIX artists has become more international in scope, with the roster including Sanford Biggers, Teresita Fernández, Ricky Swallow, Tobias Rehberger, Ernesto Neto, Berni Searle, and Anne Chu, representing countries including Germany, Iran, Australia, Brazil, and China.
Free Admission to the MATRIX Gallery!
We invite you to enjoy free admission to the MATRIX Gallery through February 8, 2009.
View current MATRIX exhibition
Browse past MATRIX exhibitions: More than 225 MATRIX exhibitions, covering 30 years.
The MATRIX Program at the UC Berkeley Art Museum is made possible by a generous endowment gift from Phyllis C. Wattis.
Additional donors to the MATRIX Program include the UAM Council MATRIX Endowment, Jane and Jeffrey Green, Joachim and Nancy Bechtle, Rena Bransten, Maryellen and Frank Herringer, Noel and Penny Nellis, James Pick and Rosalyn Laudati, Barclay and Sharon Simpson, Roselyne C. Swig, Paul L. Wattis III, Penelope Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser, Paul Rickert, Iris Shimada, and other generous donors.
