Education:
  • MFA Painting- Bard College
  • BFA Painting & Drawing- Tyler School of Art, Temple University
  • Temple University Rome, Italy
Exhibitions (solo and two person exhibitions marked with an asterisk *):
  • 2025- The Strange Bird Whose Nest I Am In-The Painting Center, New York, NY* (forthcoming- September 2025)
  • 2024- Bowery Gallery, New York, NY- juried by Enrico Riley
  • 2023- I Really Like That! Dona Nelson’s Collection of Tyler Artists, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2023- Asters & Goldenrod- Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME 
  • 2022- Eigen Shlapp- Michel Obultra Project Space, Philadelphia, PA* 
  • 2022- Country & Western, Exhibit w/ Keith Crowley- Atelier FAS, PA* 
  • 2022- Faculty Exhibition- Delaware Co. Community College, Media, PA
  • 2021- Educate- Wallingford Community Art Center,  Wallingford, PA
  • 2021- Tiger Beats- Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2020- Two Person Exhibit w/ Anne Minich- Philadelphia Cathedral, PA*
  • 2019- A Benefit for Visual Aids- Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2019- Just Painting- Jack Barrett Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2017- Slow Form- School 33, Baltimore, MD
  • 2016- Octotillo- Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2015- Bard College MFA Thesis Show- Bard College, Red Hook, NY
  • 2015- Momenta Art Benefit- Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2014- December Letters- Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2014- Benefit Exhibition- Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2014- R/W- Hicks Arts Center, Bucks County, PA
  • 2014- To Tiger, With Love- Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2013- Temporary Allegiance- Gallery 400, University Illinois, Chicago*
  • 2013- Benefit Exhibition- Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2013- Imago- Kipp Art Gallery- Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  • 2013- In Front of Strangers I Sing- Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2012- Cathedral- Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA*
  • 2012- Chain Letter- Samson Projects, Boston, MA
  • 2011- Work! We Are No Strangers- Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2010- New Paintings- Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA*
  • 2009- 1.5 Million- Elkins Galleries, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2005- Art Full Text- Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2004- Annual Painting Exhibition- Cheltenham Center for the Arts, PA
  • 2004- A Place Near to You- Tyler School of Art, Temple University*
  • 2003- Paintings and Drawings That Are Not Like This (BFA Show), Tyler School of Art, Temple University*
Bibliography:
  • Wowwart, "Beyond Style and Image: Matthew Sepielli on Painting as Process"- December 2024. 
  • Contemporary Art Daily, “Just Painting” at Jack Barrett Gallery- Contemporaryartdaily.com- August 2019
  • Art Viewer “Just Painting” at Jack Barrett Gallery- artviewer.org- July 2019
  • Heinrich, Will, “What to See Right Now: New York Galleries”- The New York Times- July 2019
  • ElGenaidi, Deena, “A View from the Easel”- Hyperallergic.com- October 2018
  • Rochester, Katherine, “First Friday Picks” Philadelphia Weekly- February 2012
  • Feige, Jacob, “Cathedral”- Review- Title Magazine-February 2012
  • McMenamin, Allison, “Work!, We Are No Strangers”, Review- August 2011
  • Kreimer, Julian, “Matthew Sepielli’s Heavy and Not-heavy Paintings- 2010
  • Nicolas, Alexa, Lead Exhibit Review, The 34th Street Magazine – 2010
  • Pastrovich, Jacob, “DIY FF”, Phrequency Blog, Philadelphia Daily News - 2010
  • Metz, Dustin, “Studio Visits”, Funnel Pages, www.funnelpages.com- 2010
  • Gierschick, Timothy, “Wherefore Painting?” Gierschick Work Blog- 2010
  • Roberta Fallon, “Sketches”, Philadelphia Weekly Newspaper- 2005
  • Hill, Lori, “Artsquicks”, Philadelphia City Paper- 2004
Residencies, Grants and Awards:
  • Dean’s and Provost’s Merit Awards, Temple University- 2018, 2019
  • Dean’s Grant for Creative Research, Tyler School of Art, Temple University- 2018
  • Bard College MFA Fellowship- 2013-2016
  • The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Newbliss, Ireland- March 2015
  • Basekamp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- November 2005- January 2006
  • Edith Weil Hecht Memorial Award in Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University- 2004
  • Alumni Service Award, Tyler School of Art, Temple University- 2004
Teaching:
  • July 2025- Present- Associate Professor Studio Art (Tenured)- Delaware County Community College
  • August 2020- June 2025- Assistant Professor of Studio Art- Delaware County Community College
  • August 2016-July 2020- Assistant Teaching Professor and Program Head of Painting- Tyler School of Art, Temple University
  • 2016-2019- Director- The Summer Painting & Sculpture Intensive- Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Curatorial:
  • 2016- “Broadcast from Cedarburg, New Jersey”- Bannerette Gallery- Brooklyn, NY
  • 2006-2009- The Vacuum, www.40north3rd.org- Philadelphia, PA
Other Activity:
  • 2009-2013-Member- Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA (Director: 2010-2013)