Matti Isan Blind
Matti Isan Blind
Matti Isan Blind was born in 1975 in Busan, Republic of Korea. He graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London in 2002. He currently lives and works in Berlin. Graduated with a First-Class Honours Degree from an Academy of Arts, and has held both solo and group exhibitions around the world, including at LISTE 18th in Basel, Switzerland; Wild Horses Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark; Manchester, UK; Berlin, Germany; and Beijing, China.
1975 Born in Busan, South Korea
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2002 BA, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 Dazzle Muzzle, Milchhof Pavilion, Berlin, Germany
2024 Holiday on the Moon, Wild Horses, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021 Publication Catalogue Presentation and Exhibition, Meyerriegger Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2021 Synthetic Transfer Zone, Plus DEDE, Berlin, Germany
2018 Paravent (with Agnieszka Szostek), Hilbert Raum, Berlin, Germany
2017 I closed my eyes, the sun burned crimson through my lids. I opened them and saw a pale fire, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Stettin, Poland
2015 Away, Away and Spiraling In, Pony Projects, Berlin, Germany
2014 Silent Provider (et al.), Absolute Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2013 Stolen Identities, LISTE Art Fair Basel, special project with Galerist Programme, de Appel, Netherlands
2013 Matti Isan Blind (with Vanessa Farfan), Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2012 Laboratory, Uferhallen, Berlin, curated by Peter Lang
2012 Corner Slash, Gerichtstrasse 52a, curated by Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez & Jaro Straub
Group Exhibitions
2024 FOCUS ON ABSTRACTION, Raum Impuls, Waidhofen, Austria
2023 SilverKraut, MilkPavilion, Berlin, Germany
2020 Object of Desire, Changing Room, Berlin, Germany
2020 Sounds of Silence, Ifau Haus, Lindenstrasse 90, Berlin, Germany
2020 Berlin Calling, OPEN Studios, Berlin, Germany
2019 watching a movie is watching the object, Spätkauf, Munich, Germany
2018 Imagine a world where the opposite of light isn't dark, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Stettin, Poland2018 Sun World, +DEDE, Berlin, Germany
2016 Meet me at the Newsstand, kiosk6, Weimar, Germany
2016 Kollision. Im Labyrinth der unheimlichen Zufälle, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2016 L A Festival, Larry’s, Berlin, Germany
2016 Car Park, Schaufenster, Berlin, Germany
2015 Friday 13th, Circle1, Berlin, Germany
2014 Art Beijing, Star Gallery, Beijing, China
2014 Residency @ Art Square Tainan, Taiwan
2013 Summershow, Griffin's, Berlin, Germany
2013 Die Letzte Metro, Galerie Metro, Berlin, Germany
2013 View, Corner, Head, IT Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 Pitch, BaumgartenBrandt, Berlin, Germany
2011 Herbei ein Licht!, Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Ireland2011 New Narrative, DAC, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 BORN AFTER 1924, Castlefield Gallery, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
2010 Fischgraetenmelkstand, Temporaere Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
2010 Boredom, Essays and Observations, Berlin, Germany
2010 Rescue Break, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany
2010 The Cabinet of Dr.C, Bar 25, Berlin, Germany
2009 Out Of Wedding, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
2009 PILOTENTEXT, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany
2008 FEINT Magazine, collaborative artist magazine by Paul McDevitt, Dublin, Ireland
2008 Freunde und Bekannte, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
2007 Wechsel der Zustände, Zustand, Berlin, Germany
2007 Emergency Room, PS1, New York, USA
2007 You Know The World, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
2007 Pimp My Walls, Raum 3, Berlin, Germany
2007 Futurama and Re-Inventing Tradition, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin, Germany
2006 5th Berlin Biennale – Satellite Project: Of Mice and Men, Off Soledad, Brix, Berlin, Germany
2006 Emergency Room, Galerie Olaf Stueber, Berlin, Germany
2005 Polyphonia, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Knocked About!, West Germany, Berlin, Germany
2004 Almost Nothing, The Centre of Attention, London, UK
2003 Real Presence, Museum 25th May, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 Einblicke, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2002 Say Something to the Audience, Akademiegalerie Muenchen, Munich, Germany
2002 TransEuropeExpress, 291 Gallery, London, UK
2001 Location, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
2000–2001 1st London Biennial, London, UK
2000 Showcase, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK