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1981    

Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

 

1982    

Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY

 

1983    

Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam

51X Gallery, NYC

 

1984   

Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam

"CRASH & DAZE", Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC

 

1985    

Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam

 

1986    

Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC

Jus de Pomme Gallery, NYC

Yaki Kornblit Gallery, Amsterdam

 

1987   

"CRASH!", Manhattan Borough President

David N. Dinkins Municipal Bldg., 1 Centre St., NYC

 

1988    

Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC
 

1989    

Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL

"CRASH", B5 Gallery, Monaco

 

1990    

"CRASH & DAZE", Gallery Structure, Montpellier, France        

Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL

"CRASH & DAZE", Black and White in Color Gallery, Bronx, NY

 

1991    

Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris, France

"CRASH", Galerie Artcade, Nice, France

 

1992    

"New Paintings by CRASH", Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC

"John "CRASH" Matos : New Works", C'an Isidro, Ibiza, Spain

"CRASH Superheroes", Martin Lawrence Modern, NYC

 

1993    

"CRASH", Through Express Part I, ( Retrospective )

MEXI-CARTE Museum, Austin Texas, June 11-July 10

Taller Puertoriqueno, Philadelphia, PA., Oct. 15-Dec. 10

Hostos Arts Gallery, Eugenio Maris de Hostos Community, College of the city of  NY, Bronx, NY            

Gallery Cotthem, Zottegem, Belgium

CRASH & DAZE, Deux Peintres New Yorkais, Galerie de la Cathredrale, Monaco Villa

 

1994    

"CRASH, Works on Paper", The Hobbs Gallery, Boston, MA           

"CRASH", Mary Anthony Fine Arts, New Hope, PA

"CRASH/DAZE, Recent Works", York College, City University of New York, Jamaica, Queens

 

1995    

"CRASH, The Villains", Mary Anthony Galleries, SOHO, NYC

Gallery Cotthem, Knokke-Zoutte, Belgium

1996    

Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Fl

 

1997    

Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, SOHO, NYC

"CRASH", 2nd Floor Limited, New Orleans, LA

New York-New Works: John "CRASH" Matos, Galeria Las Palomas, Gaucin, Spain

 

1998    

"CRASH / DAZE", Enrico Coveri, Florence, Italy

"CRASH, Verticals and Horizontals", Mary Anthony Galleries, NY

"CRASH", Vail/Giesler Contemporary Art, Des Moines, IW

"CRASH, The Exhibition", The Masterpiece Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1999    

CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train  1977-1999, Palais Liechtenstein, Reldkirch, Austria

CRASH and DAZE: On the Express Train  1977-1999, GroBmarkthallen Munich, Germany

American Graffiti: CRASH & DAZE, Musee D’Art Moderne et D’Art Contemporian, Nice, France

 

2000   

“CRASH, The Timetable”, Galerie BLU, Pontiac, MI

Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL

“Graffiti Indoors”, AZ/NY Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ

VIPS International, Rotterdam, Holland

 

2001   

CRASH, Fine Arts and Artists, Washington, D.C.

“Breaking Curfew”, CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI

“Installation”, PROSPER, NY

INT./EXT.  Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Collaborations: CRASHE ONE”, TRIIAD, Paris, France

“Post-Graffiti New York”, Crash-Toxic, Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, Belgium

2002   

“ The Power of CRASH”, Art Link International, West Palm Beach, FL

“CRASH, Notes from the Westside”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France

KAWS & CRASH, MADEgallery, Vancouver, BC

CRASH, “The Train Paintings”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris, France

CRASH, “BARRIOS”, Hostos Art Gallery, Hostos Community College/CUNY, Bronx, NY

 

2003    

100 Small Paintings, RECON @ San Francisco, CA

CRASH, “BARRIOS”, ArtLink International, Lake Worth, FL

CRASH, “BARRIOS”, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa

“Protocol, CRASHE ONE”, the LAB101, Los Angeles, CA

 

2004    

“POP, BOOM, CRASH”, Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, NC

“CRASH, Recent Paintings”, PROSPER, Tokyo, Japan

CRASH/HERVE DiROSA, “Collaborations”, Galerie Speerstra, Paris

CRASH, Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary, Fender Museum, Corona, CA

 

2005    

“Second Skin”, New paintings by CRASH, Wooster Projects, NY

“Second Skin”, Paintings by CRASH, Sponsored by STUSSY, Tokyo, Japan

 

2006

“The Lucky Strike Diaries”, Speestra Gallery, Paris, France

“Collision I and II “, with Jahan Loh, The Esplanade, Singapore

“CRASH”, Lehmann/Leskiw Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada

 

2007

“Kaleidoscope”, Wooster Projects, NY

CRASH, Galerie Onega, Paris, France

CRASH, Art Link International, West palm Beach, FL

DCC “Crashes” MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art-Detroit, Detroit, MI

 

2008

“Crash”, Lafayette College, Williams Art Gallery, Easton, PA

“Crash, The Art of the Line”, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland

“Crash & Sharp”, Galerie Onega, Paris, France

2009

“Unfinished Business”, Joshua Liner Gallery, NY

“Crash, Betances 1973-82”, Addict Galerie, Paris, France

“Crash”, Los Angeles Art Show, FADA, Los Angeles, CA

“Crash and Daze”, AdHoc Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

“Crash by Crash”, Helenbeck Galerie, Nice, France

POP CRIME, New Work by SHEONE and CRASH, Opus Art, UK

Crash, Works on Paper, Stripeman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

CRASH, Recent Works, KPort Gallery, Kennebunk, Maine

Crash, Red Dot, Miami Beach, Basel Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL

 

2010

“Crash, The Tin Machines”, Addict Galerie, Paris, France

“From the 4 Trains, to Fenders”, A Retrospective, Thomas J. Walsh Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut

“Crash, Crashocasters”, TT Underground, NYC

 

2011
“The Street Art Show”, Opera Gallery, London, UK
“Paintings With a Hidden Agenda”, Addict Galerie, Paris, FR
Mural Installation, with TATS CRU and DAZE, Bronx, NY

“Black to Basics”, bOb, NYC

25 years of Prints, Southport Galleries, Southport, CT.

“Blurring the Lines”, Crash, Risk and Freedom, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


2012
“Remnant Memories”, Toy Tokyo Underground, New York, NY

“Crash”, Study in Watercolors, Addict Galerie, Paris, FR
“Crash, Misdemeanors to Masterpieces”, Long-Sharp/Curis Modern and 
Contemporary Fine Art, Detroit, MI

Crash, “The True Essence…”,  Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland

“The Real Crash”, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris, FR

“Crash, Letting Ink Dry”, Wallworks Gallery, Paris, FR

Crash, “Back on the Block”, Antiquorum Galleries, NYC
 

2013

Pop-Eye, Galerie Brugier-Rigail, Paris, FR

Crash, “Hide ‘N Seek”, Southport Galleries, Southport, CT

Pop Art and Graffiti, Galerie Raison d’art, Lille, FR

“CRASH”, Taipei Art Fair, M.A.D., Taipei, Taiwan

John "Crash" Matos, Art Élysées, Velvet Galerie, Paris, FR

 

2014

“FLOW”, John “CRASH” Matos and Remi Rough, Collaborative paintings, Dorian Grey Gallery, NYC

“Crash, Back to Metal”, Speerstra Gallery, Bursins, Switzerland

“Crash”, ArtPalmBeach, Palm Beach, FL

“Broken English”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, NYC, ( June, 2014 )

“Crash, Broken Language”, Lawrence Fine Arts, East Hampton, NY

“Crash, Recent Paintings:, Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL

 

2015

John Matos, CRASH, Galerie Helenbeck, Nice, France

“Crash-Recent Small Works”, bOb’s, NYC.

John CRASH Matos, at Galerie Artima, Paris, France

John CRASH Matos, “Then and Now”, Villa Tamaris Centre d’Art, La Seyne-Sur-Mer, Toulon, France

John CRASH Matos, “1990-25 Years Later”, At-Down Galerie, Montpellier, France

 

2016

“Movement Revisited”, with PRO176, Galerie Zimmerling & Jungfleisch, Saarbrucken, Germany.

“Heroes are Forever”, Brugier-Rigail Galerie, Paris, France

“Breaking Ground: Defining The Urban Experience”, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

 

2017

“Breaking Ground: Defining The Urban Experience”, JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

"For the Love of Paper", Gallery Slilka, Lyons, France

"The Color Swatches", Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

"Scrabble", AtDown Galerie, Motepellier, France

2018

"Life of Icons", Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France

"Full Circle", Brugier-Rigail Galerie, Paris France

"Coming Full Circle", Southport Galleries, Southport, CT

"CRASH, PRO176, SOTEN", 44309 street art gallery, Dortmund, Germany

"Concrete Jungle", JoAnne Artman Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

2019

"Textures", Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

John CRASH Matos feature, Art Elysses Art Fair, Paris, France

"Precious", AtDown Galerie, Montpellier, France

2020

"Genesis", Speerstra Gallery, Paris, France

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