John Matthew Heard

b. 1987, New York City, NY, lives and works in New York City, NY

CV · Press

John Matthew Heard’s recent work is the potential for institutional overdetermination. To this end caption cards, audio guides, and catalogs have been produced to crowd the image of his paintings. An ongoing obsession with the difference between a thing and itself has focused displays on display, labels, frames and the backsides of frontsides.
John Matthew Heard studied at Oberlin College and graduated from CalArts in 2010. He also studied with Michael Krebber, Josef Strau and Haegue Yang at Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. For his audio/visual installation Paintings for the Blind and Dyslexic John Matthew Heard was awarded with the Städelschule graduation prize 2018.

Gallery exhibitions
2021 dependent
2021 ASSISTED SURVIVAL
2020 Boutique
2020 Flash Card
2019 L’Arbre du Soleil

Selected works
To enquire please email at info@mountains.gallery


John Matthew Heard, Untitled, 2020 · 6 miniature oil paintings on mat board cutouts, in architectural model of the previous gallery space, pedestal · 82 × 120 × 60 cm · Installation view in Assisted Survival, Mountains, 2020


Installation view · John Matthew Heard, Assisted Survival, Mountains, Berlin, 2021 · Photo by groupshow.eu


Installation view · John Matthew Heard, Flash Card, Mountains, Berlin, 2020 · Photo by groupshow.eu


Installation view · John Matthew Heard, Flash Card, Mountains, Berlin, 2020 · Photo by groupshow.eu


(L) John Matthew Heard, Shaggy Blonde Hair, 2019 · Ink on canvas, wood frame, custom fruit stickers under glass · 80 × 60 × 3,5 cm
(R) John Matthew Heard, The Godfather Part Nine, 2019 · Ink on canvas, wood frame, custom fruit stickers under glass · 80 × 60 × 3,5 cm


Installation view · (L-R) Ulrike Müller, John Matthew Heard, Wahege Raufi, L’Arbre du Soleil, 2019, Mountains, Berlin


John Matthew Heard, The Godfather Part Nine, 2019 (detail) · Ink on canvas, wood frame, custom fruit stickers under glass · 80 × 60 × 3,5 cm


John Matthew Heard, Paintings for the Blind and Dyslexic, 2018 · Mixed media · Installation view in After Rubens, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 2018


John Matthew Heard, Paintings for the Blind and Dyslexic, 2018 (detail)


John Matthew Heard, Paintings for the Blind and Dyslexic, 2018 (detail)


John Matthew Heard, Paintings for the Blind and Dyslexic, 2018 (detail)


John Matthew Heard, Paintings for the Blind and Dyslexic, 2018 (detail)


John Matthew Heard, Paintings for the Blind and Dyslexic, 2018 (detail)


John Matthew Heard, Figure with two bags VII, 2019 (recto) · Paint on canvas · 130 × 90 cm


John Matthew Heard, Figure with two bags VII, 2019 (verso) · Paint on canvas · 130 × 90 cm


John Matthew Heard, Figure with two bags VI, 2019 (recto) · Paint on canvas · 130 × 90 cm


John Matthew Heard, Figure with two bags VI, 2019 (verso) · Paint on canvas · 130 × 90 cm


John Matthew Heard, Figure with two bags V, 2019 (recto) · Paint on canvas · 130 × 90 cm


John Matthew Heard, Figure with two bags V, 2019 (verso) · Paint on canvas · 130 × 90 cm


John Matthew Heard, Figure with two bags IV, 2019 (recto) · Paint on canvas · 130 × 90 cm


John Matthew Heard, Figure with two bags IV, 2019 (verso) · Paint on canvas · 130 × 90 cm

 

Photos: groupshow.eu (1-3), Julie Becquart (4-11)