About REFLECTIONS by MATT BLACK.

Matt Black is a curator and Art & Design dealer, renowned for organizing the REFLECTIONS exhibitions, which offer a unique perspective on contemporary art. Through his exhibitions as well as his private New York residence / REFLECTIONS gallery, Black provides collectors with access to exceptional artworks—many of which are available for purchase—while also offering bespoke consulting services for the curation of private collections. His approach combines personalized, high-touch service with an eye for both emerging and established talent.

Black's deep commitment to the art world is reflected in his close collaborations with artists, helping to shape their careers through strategic guidance and maintaining strong, ongoing relationships with studios and galleries across the globe. This international network allows him to offer collectors unparalleled access to distinctive works of art, often before they become widely recognized.

REFLECTIONS began as an insightful series of films focusing on art world luminaries, produced for the award-winning cultural website NOWNESS. The series, which has profiled Rashid Johnson, Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami, among many others, captures the vision and inspiration of each globally renowned artist and immerses us in their singular world. As ARTNET described the films, they are “A remarkable document on the state of the art world”.

Following the REFLECTIONS film series, Matt released a book with ASSOULINE inspired by his acclaimed series, “Reflections: in conversation with today’s artists”. The book is a compilation of 21 of these conversations with artists, accompanied by new interviews and selected works. The book was launched at the Whitney Museum in New York. Featured in T magazine (The New York Times ), the book is referred to as “a vivid portrait of contemporary art “. As a curator Matt Black launched REFLECTIONS X Gana Art in Seoul Korea in 2020.The exhibition takes the interviews as its jumpingoff point and features artists George Condo, KAWS, Angel Otero, Taryn Simon, Rashid Johnson, Sterling Ruby, and numerous others.The 34-artists exhibition is a sprawling and dazzlingly varied look at contemporary art practice, with each artist presenting an individual point of view.

Matt Black followed up with REFLECTIONS: OPEN ENDED and REFLECTIONS: HUMAN/NATURE, two exhibitions featuring some of the most exiting new voices including Hilary Pecis, Jenna Gribbon, Ludovic Knoth, Katherine Bernhardt or Brian Calvin.It followed with “I CARE BECAUSE YOU DO” A Group exhibition at The Mass Gallery in Tokyo featuring artists such as Sayre Gomez, Julie Curtiss, Dan Flavin or Arthur Jaffa.

In Europe, he organized STELLA / SPERLING, a duo exhibition with legendary American artist Frank Stella and Josh Sperling at the Charles Riva Collection in Brussels. REFLECTIONS: PARTLY FICTION was Matt Black’s first exhibition in Hong Kong in 2022 in collaboration with Kevin Poon & Woaw gallery showing artists such as Pat Steir, Julian Schnabel and Leelee Kimmel.

In collaboration with GANA Art Seoul, he has curated 11 solo exhibitions with artists: Jose Parla, Travis Fish, Keltie Ferris, Michael Kagan, Jammie Holmes, Sam Friedman, Evgen Copi Gorisek, Tyrrell Winston, Elisabeth Schwaiger, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe and Soumya Netrabile.

Other notable Matt Black commercial Fine Art Projects include the following: Jeff Koons X Louis Vuitton, Andy Warhol X NARS, Stephen Sprouse X Louis Vuitton, The TV art series STUDIO(S), Tribeca Film Festival Art Chanel series, Guggenheim X Hugo Boss prize, Doug Aitken “Station to Station” X Levi’s, Gagosian X Richard Avedon Foundation Archival films