These works require both time and patience.

As with my past work, the horizontal banding is meant to create a restful visual field. The slight inconsistencies that betray my hand and the lack of sharp contrast allow the eye to wander across the surface of the painting, never finding purchase. The kernel of reference is to the landscape of the Great Plains where I was raised; however, the resulting composition has become a device in its own right — a simulacrum of the horizon that is meant to evoke the sensation of openness, without direct allusion.

These works are not minimal. They have more in common with John Cage’s 4’33″ than they do with Donald Judd.
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Contact: matthew(at)landkammer(dot)net

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Holding on to Nothing
March, 2008–Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA

2005
Chromophile
August, 2005–Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA2003
Lull
August, 2003–Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

Meniscus
January, 2003–Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

2001
Nine-Mile Prairie
November, 2001–Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

1999
UHF
November, 1999–Oculus Gallery, Seattle, WA

Textile Designs for Insomniacs
August, 1999–Inchmeal Gallery, Portland, OR

1998
Measure Twice, Cut Once
November, 1998–Oculus Gallery, Seattle, WA

Recent Works
May–June, 1998–University Friends Gallery, Seattle, WA

1997
Recent Works in Grey
November, 1997–Oculus Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996
Stones
November, 1996–Oculus Gallery, Seattle, WA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003
Strata
December, 2003–Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WASmall Treasures/Final Exhibition
December, 2003–Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Crossroads: New Art from the Northwest
Guest curator: Michael Klein, Microsoft Art Collection Curator
March – April, 2003–Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle, WA

2002
Small Treasures
December, 2002–Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Inagural Exhibition
June, 2002–Artists’ Consortium, Lincoln, NE

Summer Group Exhibition
June, 2002–Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Introductions
January, 2002–Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

2001
Small Treasures
December, 2001–Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Contemporary Prints and Works on Paper
October, 2001–Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

Synthesis
September, 2001–Wohlfarth Gallery, Washington, DC

Unearthed: Contemporary Landscape
August, 2001–Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

Summer Group Exhibition
June, 2001–Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE

2000
00/01
December, 2000 – January 2001–James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

Small Treasures
December, 2000–Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Noodleworks Invitational
November, 2000–Noodleworks Studios, Seattle, WA

Shrinky-Dink Invitational
November, 2000–Zeitgeist Kaffe/Kunst, Seattle, WA

They Shoot Painters, Don’t They? 24-hour painting marathon & auction
September, 2000 –Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

Bumberbiennialle: Painting 2000, curated by Matthew Kangas
September, 2000–Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA

Distill: New Seattle Formalists
April, 2000–Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

Do Not Touch: an exploration of delicate obsessions
Jan-Feb, 2000–Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

1999
Alumni Exhibit
September-October, 1999–Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE

More
a curated exhibition at Bumbershoot Arts Festival
September, 1999–Seattle Center, Seattle

Phresh
at Bumbershoot Arts Festival, curated by Trevor Fairbrother, SAM
September, 1999–Seattle Center, Seattle

Linear
August, 1999–H2K Design, Seattle

artsEdge
Installation of candy on windows
June, 1999–Seattle Center, Seattle

Liminal
Curated exhibition of minimal and abstract works
June & July 1999–artsEdge, Seattle Center & ArtSpace Gallery, Seattle

Box Populi
June, 1999–ArtSpace Gallery

Beeswax and Dental Floss
February–March, 1999 -Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998
Third Annual Membership Exhibit
December, 1998–Oculus Gallery, Seattle

GOODS: Artist Multiples, Found Objects, and the New Economy of Meaning
Group installation curated by SOIL Gallery, Seattle
June, 1998–Arts Edge Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle
September, 1998–Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle

1997
New Membership Exhibit
December, 1997–Oculus Gallery, Seattle

Cabbage Quilt, group installation
June, 1997–Arts Edge Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle

Straw
May, 1997–Oculus Gallery, Seattle

Rejects and Affirmations
Group performance and installation
February, 1997–Oculus Gallery, Seattle

1996
Day Without Art
December, 1996–Oculus Gallery, Seattle

Alumni Exhibit
September-October, 1996–Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Between Initiation and Consumption
July, 1996–Oculus Gallery, Seattle

AWARDS

GAP Grant, Artist Trust, June, 1999

COLLECTIONS

City of Seattle Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Microsoft Corporate Art Collection, Redmond, WA
SAFECO Corporate Art Collection, Seattle, WA
King County, WA Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Harborview Hospital Collection, King County, WA
Metropolitan Hotel, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pacific Coast Edition
New American Paintings, December, 2003

Seattle: Matthew Landkammer at Davidson
by Matthew Kangas — Art in America, September, 2003

The Conversation: COCA at the Crossroads
by Emily Hall — The Stranger, April 10, 2003

Northwest Art Converges at COCA’s “Crossroads”
by Sheila Farr–The Seattle Times , March 28, 2003

About vs. Is
by Victoria Josslin–Artdish: Puget Sound’s Forum of Visual Art, November 2002

Kris Timken, Heather-Larkin Timken and
Matthew Landkammer at Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery
by Pat Boas–Art Week Magazine, March, 2002

“Nine Mile” Painter Goes the Distance With Subtle Tones
by Sheila Farr–The Seattle Times, November 23, 2001

Playing the Field
by Mark Jenkins–Washington, D.C. City Paper, September 21, 2001

The Cultural Status of Painting
by Daniel Kany–Artdish: Puget Sound’s Forum of Visual Art, October, 2000

Vibrant Collage of Eclectic Work from Northwest and Elsewhere
by Regina Hackett– Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 1, 2000

Reviews: Seattle
by Jill Conner–Art Papers Magazine, July/August 2000

Alternative Escapes
by Matthew Kangas–Seattle Times, April 14, 2000

Using the Delicate Touch at Consolidated Works
by Lara M. Johnson–UW Daily, February 17, 2000

Delicate Art, Obsessive Artists
by Emily Hall–The Stranger, February 10, 2000

Washington: Matthew Landkammer at Oculus, Betty Merken at AIA
by Ron Glowen–Artweek, January 2000

“Do Not Touch” Invites a Close Look at Artists’ “Delicate Obsessions”
by Regina Hackett–Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 28, 2000

Absolutely Seattle
by Cynthia Rose–Seattle Times, November 7, 1999