Matthu Placek

Matthu Placek is an American-born photographer and artist born on November 19, 1979 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania and raised in Columbus, Ohio.

Since 1997, Matthu's work has appeared in The New York Times The New Yorker, Visionaire, V magazine, Vogue. & Nowness, His works and collaborative works have been exhibited at the MoMA, Deitch Projects, Mary Boone, and Galleria Lia Rumma. He has photographed and/or collaborated with Marina Abramović, Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Vanessa Beecroft, Richard Prince, Brice Marden, Cindy Sherman, Marc Jacobs and James Ivory.

• 2011 Vacant Gallery, Tokyo, "Act Like You're Fine" Japan Curated by iO Tillett Wright
• 2010 The Kitchen, New York City “Live Forever” Curated by Robert Melee (Live Performance)
• 2009 Colette, Paris FISCHERSPOONER

• 2011 Mary Boone Gallery New York City, “nothingtodoterencekoh” Terence Koh

• 2010 MoMA, New York City "The Artist is Present" Marina Abramović
• 2009 MoMA/Performa, FISCHERSPOONER, Curated by Klaus Biesenbach
• 2009 Art Perform, Miami Basel “Shifting Shapes,” Kelly Nipper Curated
• 2007 Galleria Lia Rumma, Rome, “VBSS” Vanessa Beecroft
• 2007 Deitch Projects New York City “The End of My Life as a Rabbit in Love." Terence Koh
• 2007 Deitch Projects, New York City “I want to ride my bicycle” Pia Dehne

• Houser, Kristopher Arden . Vogue Italia. Condé Nast Digital, 2011