ABOUT GENERIC ART SOLUTIONS
Generic Art Solutions is the collaborative efforts of Matt Vis and Tony Campbell. This New Orleans-based art duo utilizes nearly every art medium as they examine the recurring themes of human drama and the (dis)functions of contemporary society. Always rooted in the performative, they play every character in their work. In their more distilled “duets” we see something of a yin and yang (a balance between individuals that aren’t quite interchangeable), but in their more elaborate stageings the resultant effect is as epic as the subject matter itself. By combining Classical, Romantic, and Baroque compositional elements with contemporary pictorial techniques, they manage to illuminate the common thread that connects past histories with current events. This strategy creates something of a “Déjà Vu effect” that is driven by drama and surreality with traces of levity. In this dialogue between the past and present the viewer realizes several things: 1) that the history of art is inextricably political, 2) that human behavior repeats itself no matter how tragic or brutal, and 3) that this cycle of repetition must be broken so personal and societal progress can be made. Despite all this, their work contains a glimmer of hope-a hope that through thoughtful examination (and armed with a commitment to change) we can indeed forge a better future.
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Artist Residencies
2014 The Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva FL.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Back in Black, Yes We Cannibals, Baton Rouge, LA.
2021-23 Face Value: The Illusions of Power and Money, Jazz Museum (Louisiana State Museum), New Orleans, LA.
2020 Final Curtain, Orville Hanchey Gallery, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA.
2019 Still|Death - The Franklin Outdoors, Chicago, IL.
2018 The Art of Vanitas – Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2017 Raw Horsepower – Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL.
2017 Our Mortal Souls- Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2016 10,000 RPMs - University of New Orleans Gallery Saint Claude, LA.
2015 In The Shadow of at Giant- Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2014 Generic Art Solutions, - Cross McKenzie Gallery, Washington, DC.
2013 Circa:NOW- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery– New Orleans, LA.
2013 Renaissance Men- Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL.
2013 Ignite Change - And X Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.
2012 Bullet Proof – Arcadia Center for the Arts – Lafayette, LA.
2011 Anarcadia- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery – New Orleans, LA.
2010-2011 Déjà Vu All Over Again - New Orleans Museum of Art. LA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023 The SideShow Show, Good Children, New Orleans, LA.
2023 Schools Out for Summer, The Rockaway Artist Alliance, Rockaway, NYNY,.
2022 SouthXEast Tri-Annual, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
2022 Louisiana Contemporary, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA.
2022 Under the Weather, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2021 The Sleep of Reason…, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2020 Stay Home Edition, Design 13 & Dock 6 collective. Chicago, IL
2019 You Are Here: The History of Photography and Place, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA.
2019 Good Bite, Napoleon gallery, Philadelphia. PA
2019 First Children, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, La
2018 The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) FL.
2018 A Decade of Good, Good Children Gallery. New Orleans, LA.
2018 Unloaded. Walsh Gallery, Fairfield University, CT.
2016 Photography and Film Constructs – Willis Smith Gallery Ringling College, Sarasota, FL.
2015 Material,-Duplex 10 m² Sarajevo, Bosnia.
2015 Katrina then and now part 2 – Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester , MASS
2015 Moving Image Art Fair, Mindy Solomon gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY.
2014 Toward a New Paradigm – Gallery 126, Cork, Ireland.
2014-15 Guns in the Hands of Artists- Jonathan Ferarra Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2014 Crime in Art- Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland.
2014-15 Crowning Glory- Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014 Fútbol: The Beautiful Game- Los Angeles County Museum of Art- Los Angeles CA.
2013 In God We Trust- Zachęta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2013 Crescent City Connection- Dishman Museum, Beaumont TX.
2013 Making It- University of New Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2013 Volta NY- Mindy Solomon Gallery. NY NY
2013 Subversive Narratives, balzer ART project, Basel, Switzerland.
2012 Pulse Miami. Jonathan Ferrara gallery, Miami, FL.
2012 Texas Contemporary – Mindy Solomon Gallery, Houston TX
2012 SCOPE, Basel – Mindy Solomon Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
2012 SCOPE, New York - Mindy Solomon Gallery, New York, NY.
2011 Double Crescent – C24 Gallery – New York, NY
2011 Hit Re-Fresh – Good Children Gallery – New Orleans. LA
2010 Emerge - Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans. LA.
2010 Strange Birds - Good Children Gallery, New Orleans.LA.
2010 Hot Up Here - Arcadia Center For The Arts, Lafayette. LA.
2009 Voodoo Fest - KKProjects. City Park, New Orleans. LA.
2009 Hot Up Here - Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans. LA.
2009 We Collaborate Better Than You. - Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2009 Still Lives and Tragic Endings. - Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2008 No Dead Artists - Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2008 Artgasm - NOLA Candle, New Orleans LA.
2008 The Horror Show, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans LA
2008 Constance - Barristers Gallery New Orleans LA.
2007 Game Bird sampler- The White Box @The Annex, New York NY
2007 Nova Project- Barristers Gallery, New Orleans LA
2007 Unusual Suspects - Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans LA
2006 Hurricane free Zone- New Orleans street signs.
2006 All dressed up, Zeitgeist, New Orleans USA.
2006 Likeness: Atypical Portraiture, Anne Wright Wilson Gallery, Georgetown College, KY
2006 In Harm’s Way - Cities and Recovery, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
2005 American Muscle - Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans LA
2005 Natural Disaster - ACME Gallery, New Orleans LA
2003 Mardi Gras air freshener- Annual performance project, New Orleans.
2003 Independence Day- South London Gallery, London UK.
2001 Bing Bang- Mermaid Lounge, New Orleans. LA
2001 Not your usual still life- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans LA
2001-11 “Art Cops Tour”, New York, London, New Orleans, Dublin, Belfast, Venice Biennale., Hobart Tasmania.
Commissioned performances
2014 The Nest – Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS.
2012 Spaces (Good Children, Antenna and the Front)- Monopoly (st Claude), Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans. LA.
2001-11 “Art Cops Tour”, New York, London, New Orleans, Dublin, Belfast, Venice Biennale.
2010 Tin Soldiers - Silver Circle performance – Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans , LA.
2010 Spill- New Orleans Museum of Art, LA.
2009 Nest -Voodoo Fest - KKProjects. City Park, New Orleans. LA.
2009 Art For Arts Sake. - Fountain. - Performance commissioned by The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. LA.
2008 Art For Arts Sake. - Sing and Drinking Sculptures. - Performance commissioned by The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. LA.
Curated shows
2023 The SideShow Show, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2023 When the News Hit Shore, UNO St Claude Gallery, New Orleans. LA
2022 Under the Weather, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2021 The Sleep of Reason…, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2019 The Thin Veil, Jane Cassidy UNO St Claude Gallery, New Orleans. LA