Crash A veteran artist, Crash has been rocking galleries since 1981 when he held a solo show at Real Art Ways in Hartford, Connecticut. Born in the Bronx in 1961, this man is no stranger to the game. Here's a list of the one man shows that changed the face of gallery graf: 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, IA "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 ], collaborative paintings CRASH / SHEONE 2004 "POP, BOOM and CRASH",     Animation and Fine Arts Gallery, NC "CRASH, Recent Paintings", PROSPER, Tokyo, Japan CRASH/HERVE DiROSA, Collaborations,     Galerie Speestra, Paris