Matthias Neumann is an artist and architect based in New York and in Athens, Greece. He was born in Germany where he graduated with an architectural degree from the University of Dresden. In 2000 he relocated to New York City with a multi-disciplinary practice with projects in the US, Europe and Africa, including venues such as Manifesta 8, Galeria HIT, National Museum of Contemporary Art Romania, SITE:Lab, the Queens Museum, Montalvo Art Center, and the Jule Collins Smith Museum, among others, in addition to a significant number of public art installations throughout the United States. His architectural work has been recognized through competitions, including his finalist design for the World Trade Center Memorial in New York, his winning competition entry for the Africa Centre near Cape Town, South Africa, and through publications and exhibitions of proposed and built work in the US and abroad.
He is the recipient of the Kaplan Director’s Award of the Cape Cod Museum of Art, and the recipient of generous grants from institutions such as the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, CEC ArtsLink, and the American Institute of Architects, among others. He was artist in residence at Mac Dowell Colony, MoKS - Center for Art and Social Practice, ORTE Residency, I-Park Residency, Vermont Studio Center, and Nu'Vem on Pico Island, Azores. He has taught at numerous academic institutions, including at Spitzer School of Architecture at City College New York, at New York Institute of Technology, and at New York University, and acted as guest critic and lecturer at Columbia University, Parsons, New Jersey Institute of Technology, among others.
