Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
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Installation view: Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Bolero Bordello, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, 2025 -
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When we move through the world we are constantly adjusting our bodies in relationship to space. I began to understand this dynamic through dance, where the body is constantly vibrating against architecture and other bodies redefining itself. In my paintings I use this as a starting point to open a discussion on audience and scale.
– Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
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Works
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
When Forms Collapse Only Discipline Is Left, 2025Acrylic and colored pencil on canvasSigned and dated verso215 x 320 cm
84.7 x 126 inchesB-MLUTZKINOY-.25-0025Further images
The Ballets Russes’ legacy resonates today partly because it emerged from a Russia on the brink of revolution, when artists sought freedom of expression beyond state confines. Among its brightest...The Ballets Russes’ legacy resonates today partly because it emerged from a Russia on the brink of revolution, when artists sought freedom of expression beyond state confines. Among its brightest figures was Vaslav Nijinsky, whose radical choreography and magnetic performances embodied the troupe’s daring spirit. The company’s collaborations with composers like Igor Stravinsky, particularly the groundbreaking 1910 premiere of The Firebird, fused modernist music and dance into a new, electrifying form. In the current political climate, marked by censorship and geopolitical conflict, this history of cosmopolitan collaboration and artistic exile gains renewed urgency as a symbol of cultural openness and resistance to authoritarianism. Infused with a lyrical rhythm, Lutz- Kinoy’s use of historical ornament and material abundance interlace to form sensuous atmospheres that resonate with the Ballets Russes’ synthesis of dance, music, and visual art.1of 15External ExhibitionsMatthew Lutz-Kinoy, Heavenly Biches, 2025
Sogetsu, Tokyo
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Jack O'Brien, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
'Positions #9 - Make Some Noise: Desire. Stage. Change.' (Group Show), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
January 31 – September 20, 2026 31 January 2026With sound, performance and bold expression, the exhibition Make Some Noise: Desire. Stage. Change. encourages movement and change. ‘Let yourself be heard’ is the core...Read more -
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
'"Beyond our Horizons": from Tokyo to Paris' (Group Show), la Galerie du 19M, Paris
January 29 – April 26, 2026 29 January 2026From January 29 to April 26 2026, the exhibition Beyond our Horizons: from Tokyo to Paris is being held at la Galerie du 19M in...Read more
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Berlin Art Link: "Spatial Choreography: An Interview with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy"
Chris Erik Thomas, 20 November 2025 -
taz: "Sich einfach mal dem Camp hingeben" (Matthew Lutz-Kinoy)
Sophie Jung, 12 November 2025 -
The Wall Street Journal: "‘Matthew Lutz-Kinoy: Filling Station’ Review: Ballet at the Pump"
Robert Greskovic, 20 September 2023 -
The New York Times: "Finding ‘Ghost Collaborators’ for an All-American Ballet" (Matthew Lutz-Kinoy)
Brian Seibert, 13 September 2023 -
Wallpaper: "Matthew Lutz-Kinoy’s pink pom-pom utopia"
Harriet Lloyd-Smith, 17 June 2021 -
STIRworld: "Matthew Lutz-Kinoy presents 'Window to the Clouds' at Salon Berlin"
Shraddha Nair, 1 June 2021 -
TLmag: "Matthew Lutz-Kinoy: Window to the Clouds"
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Monopol: "Matthew Lutz-Kinoy in Berlin. Wenn der Stress-Pegel sinkt"
Elke Buhr, 24 April 2021 -
Flaunt Magazine: "MATTHEW LUTZ-KINOY | "WINDOW TO THE CLOUDS" AT SALON BERLIN - MUSEUM FRIEDER BURDA"
Joshen Mantai, 21 April 2021 -
Tagesspiegel: "Ausstellung im Burda-Salon: Komm, lass uns träumen!" (Matthew Lutz-Kinoy)
Christiane Meixner, 1 April 2021 -
émergent magazine: "Matthew Lutz-Kinoy at Museum Frieder Burda"
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Numéro: "Encounter with the artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy"
Nicolas Trembley, 8 September 2020 -
Bilan: ""Sculpture Garden" se déroule à Genève dans les parcs comme un "work in progress" (Matthew Lutz-Kinoy)
Etienne Dumont, 5 August 2020 -
Bomb Magazine: "Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and SOPHIE by Legacy Russell"
Legacy Rusell, 11 January 2012
Publications-
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Les presses du réel, 2023 2023Hardcover, 224 pagesRead more
Publisher: Les presses du réel
ISBN: 978-23-7896-433-7
Dimensions: 23 x 27 cm -
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Painting Backdrop Picture, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2022 2022Paperback, 167 pagesRead more
Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König
ISBN: 978-3753302270
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Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and Natsuko Uchino. Keramikos, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2020 Nicolas Trembley, 2020Hardcover, 184 pagesRead more
Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
ISBN: 978-3960989103
Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm
The exhibition video includes scenes from the 30-minute live performance Bolero Bordello – Berlin Rhapsody,which took place as part of the current exhibition Bolero Bordello at Capitain Petzel. Surrounded by paintings,objects, and architectural gestures, the performance transformed the gallery into an active stage, blurring theboundaries between installation, choreography, and concert.With Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and PRICE. Music Arrangement by Merlin Modulaw.Biography
Photo: Mary ManningBorn 1984 in New York, NY
Lives and works in Paris, France
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy works at the intersection of performance, installation, and painting. His practice explores the interaction between body and space, often drawing on dance or theater as reference points. By transforming scenes, objects, and environments, he creates poetic, sometimes surreal visual worlds where reality and fiction intertwine.
Lutz-Kinoy’s solo exhibitions include The Kitchen and Dia Beacon, New York; Cranford Collection, London; Museum Frieder Burda | Salon Berlin; Vleeshal, Middelburg; Le Consortium, Dijon; and MoMA PS1, New York. His work has also been featured in institutional group exhibitions at Singer Laren Museum; Luma Westbau, Zürich; Z33, Hasselt; Aïshti Foundation, Beirut; Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris; Kunsthalle Zürich; FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux; Sharjah Biennial; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
His work is held in collections including ADN Collection; Aïshti Foundation; Collection Consortium Museum; Cranford Collection; FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA; Homestead Museum; KADIST Foundation; Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris; Rennie Collection; S.M.A.K. Gent; Syz Collection; TBA21; and The Ekard Collection.
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