2005
October 7 – December 30
Space 237, Toledo, OH
Mixed Medias – Selected Paintings, Featured Artist
2004
July 8 – August 29
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
SIX: Angelo State University Art Department Faculty
2002
July - October
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Angelo State University Art Faculty Exhibition
July 23 – August 27
Del Rio Council for the Arts, Fire House Gallery, Del Rio, TX
Diverse Works – John Mattson & Karen Zimmerly
2001
July 6 – September 9
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
San Angelo, TX
Point of View – Selected Paintings
2000
September 1 - 30
The Center for Contemporary Arts
Abilene, TX
Quiet Places: Photographs from Small Texas Towns
2017
April - June
Art 7 Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
A Shift of the Mind's Eye
March 25 - April 29
deadWEST, Lakeside, TX
Strange Affinities with Danville Chadbourne
March 4 - April 21
REM Galley, San Antonio, TX
The Nebulous Hum:Paintings
2009
April 18 – May 2
Studio One Gallery, Old Chicken Farm Art Center, San Angelo, TX
Parallels: Clay/Paper – 2-person show
January 23 – March 1
McNamara House O’Connor Gallery, Victoria Regional Museum Association, Victoria, TX
Time and Place in Texas
2007
January – February
South Texas Library Art Gallery, McAllen, TX
One Person Show – Selected Paintings, Curated by David Freeman
S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S
1999
July 15 – August 15
The Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX
Sojourn: Musings on Time and Place in Texas
February 28 – March 28
Square House Museum, Panhandle, TX
Sojourn: Musings on Time and Place in Texas
1998
November 12 – January 17
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Sojourn: Musings on Time and Place in Texas
UNM Library at Los Alamos
Los Alamos, NM
Recent Paintings
April - May
Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
Sojourn: Musings on Time and Place in Texas
1996
July 6 - August
AOI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Material Matters
Curated by Bobie Foshay -Miller
1994
June 3 - August
AOI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Works on Paper: Maxine Fine, Atsuhiko Musashi, John Mattson
1993
November 19 - December
AOI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Five New Mexican Artists
1992
Copeland-Rutherford Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico Top 40
Galerie Poller
Frankfurt, Germany
Paintings
July 1 – July 30
L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Daly, John Mattson, Michael Rogers
2020
October – December
San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio,TX
2020 Invitational Exhibit, group show
September
Fotoseptiembre USA, San Antonio, TX
Street Shots – Walking San Antonio
2020 SAFOTO Web Galleries Monograph, online exhibit
2015
November 19 - 30
Gallery Verde, San Angelo, TX
Photo Journeys: 32 Years Through Small Texas Towns
September 2 – October 1
Simon Michael Art Gallery, Coastal Bend College, Beeville, TX
Coastal Bend College Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition
August 7– September 26
The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
Reports en Route: Works on Paper by John Mattson
July 10 – August 22
Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Snapshots: Works on Paper
May 16 – July 17
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
Photo Journeys: 32 Years Through Small Texas Towns
January 3 – February 27
REM Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Uncharted Territory: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper by John Mattson
2014
July – September
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Angelo State University Art Faculty Exhibit
2013
November 7 —December 5, 2013
Weil Art Gallery, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
Strange Affinities, with Danville Chadbourne
2012
November 22 – January 18, 2013
International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
High and Dry XII, juried photography exhibit; Juror: Luther Smith
July – September
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Angelo State University Art Faculty Exhibit
June 28 – August 10
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
Great Photographs!, group photography exhibit
2011
November 22 – January 13, 2012
International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
High and Dry XI, juried photography exhibit; Honorable Mention
Juror: O. Rufus Lovett
August 22 – October 7
Austin College, Sherman, TX
Journeys, Paintings and Photography
2010
September – November
Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX
Off The Wall – paintings and photography
August 28 – October 6
Gallery Nord, San Antonio, TX
3-person show – Selected Paintings
April 13 – May 22
L. Nowlin Gallery, Austin, TX
Time and Place in Texas
2006
September 30 – December 16
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
Texas Paint Part II: Out of Abstraction
Curated by Anne Allen
April – June
Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI
Found and Recycled
February 24 – March 26
Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Stretched Tight. Juror: Jack Rasmussen
2005
October 7 – December 30
Space 237, Toledo, OH
Mixed Medias – Selected Paintings, Featured Artist
2004
July 8 – August 29
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
SIX: Angelo State University Art Department Faculty
2002
July - October
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Angelo State University Art Faculty Exhibition
July 23 – August 27
Del Rio Council for the Arts, Fire House Gallery, Del Rio, TX
Diverse Works – John Mattson & Karen Zimmerly
2001
July 6 – September 9
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Point of View – Selected Paintings
2000
September 1 - 30
The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
Quiet Places: Photographs from Small Texas Towns
2021
August 7 – 28
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX,
2021 Texas Artists Exhibition, group show
May – July
International Cultural Center Galleries, Office of International Affairs, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Monuments of the World, group show
April 18 – June 18
San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, TX
Annual Juried Exhibition, group show
2019
September –November
Art Gallery at Musical Bridges Around the World, San Antonio, TX Bygone Texas: Photographs by John Mattson and Karen Zimmerly
May – June
REM Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Pictures: Drawings & Paintings
1-person show
John Mattson
2016
October 22 - December 10
deadWEST, Lakeside, TX
Structure and Change