2014University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Arts/Painting
AWARDS
2017
ArtUp Fellowship, Awarded by ArtUp, Memphis, TN
2016
ArtsAccelerator Grant, Awarded by ArtsMemphis, Memphis, TN
2015
Department of Art Creative Achievement Award, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Deans Creative Achievement Award, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
2014
Awarded Best of Show, 31st Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Art Museum of The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
EXHIBITIONS
2020
To Disappear Away (Places Soon to be no more) Solo Exhibition, Mallory/Wurtzburger Gallery, Dixon Galleries & Gardens, Memphis, TN
2019
Photography in Memphis, Curated by Marina Pacini & Ciara Fisk, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Recent Acquisitions: Friends of the Brooks Museum of Art, Curated by Lester Merriweather, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
Africa in April Original Poster Exhibition, Orange Mound Gallery, Memphis, TN
Descended: Selected works from the Elliot & Kimberly Perry Collection, Curated by Lawrence Matthews & Grace Stewart of The CLTV, The FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN
PHTGRPHS Lester Merriweather & Lawrence Matthews, The CMPLX, Memphis, TN
Colour Somewhere: Curated by Lawrence Matthews, John C. Hutcheson Jr. Gallery at Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
Inheritance: A Lineage of Black Art, Curated by Grace Stewart & Lawrence Matthews, The CMPLX, Memphis, TN
2018
Here & Now: Printmaking and The Political Present, The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, Memphis, TN
For Freedoms Exhibition: A.GEN.CY: A Home in the World, Curated by Lester Merriweather, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
A Performance by Don Lifted, Crosstown Arts, Crosstown Concourse, Memphis, TN
The Other Side of Broad: A Documentary by Lawrence Matthews, Indie Memphis Nights Screening, Caritas Village, Memphis, TN
Thug: An Exploration of Black Masculinity, Curated by Ziggy Mack, Presented by The Collective, Orange Mound Gallery, Memphis, TN
Little Women: An Exhibition and Performance by Nubia Yasin, Curated by Lawrence Matthews, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
After School Special: Celebrating Local Art Teachers, Curated by Lawrence Matthews and The Collective, Arts Memphis, Memphis, TN
The Collective Presents, Liberation: Curated by Lawrence Matthews, Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
A Performance by Don Lifted, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Union: A New Musical, Visual Curator, Clayborn Temple, Memphis, TN
Studio Exchange: Memphis Opening, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Mother’s Maybe: A Series by Lawrence Matthews, Orange Mound Gallery, Memphis, TN
2017
Art/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
A National Treasure: National Trust for Historic Preservation, Clayborn Temple, Memphis, TN
Maintaining Place | Making Space: Community Supported Art, Orange Mound Gallery, Memphis, TN
Local Talent: Curated by Bill Doherty, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
Carpenter Art Garden Neighborhood Exhibition, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Live at The Brooks Museum of Art: Solo Performance and Installation, The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Los Angeles Uprising 1992: Jose Galvez & Lawrence Matthews, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
Survey Two: The Boundaries of Normal, Art Museum University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
The Black Experience, Orange Mound Gallery, Memphis, TN
Either They Don’t Know or Don’t Show: Solo Exhibition, Memphis Slim House Collaboratory, Memphis, TN
2016
An Afternoon with Lawrence Matthews Exhibition/Binghamton Community Block Party, Carpenter Art Garden, Memphis, TN
Art 101: Art Exhibition, The 101, Memphis, TN
The Collective Presents The Ancestors Remind Us, Crosstown Arts, Crosstown Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Broad Street Art Walk, Broad Street, Memphis, TN
The Collective Presents Decibel Lounge Ft. Lawrence “Don Lifted” Matthews, The New Dizzy, Memphis, TN
Young Arts Patrons Present: Young Collectors Memphis Contemporary Art Fair, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
The Marketing of Perception Solo Exhibition: The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, Memphis, TN
Assembled: Curated by Lester Julian Merriweather, Arts Memphis, Memphis, TN
“December” Solo Exhibition and Performance: Glitch Gallery, Memphis, TN
2015
Disco Group Exhibition: Circuitous Succession Gallery, Memphis, TN
Tragedy in Charleston Group Exhibition: Caritas Hope Gallery, Caritas Village, Memphis, TN
In a Violent Way: Solo Exhibition and Performance, Curated by Crosstown Arts, Crosstown Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Doomed to Repeat: Solo Exhibition by Lawrence Matthews III, Circuitous Succession Gallery, Memphis, TN
Lawrence “Don Lifted” Matthews III: Live at Crosstown Arts, Musical Performance, Digital and Sculpture Installation (May), Crosstown Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Africa In April Cultural Awareness Festival: Creator of the official 2015 commissioned art piece for the festival, Memphis, TN
The Ancestors Remind Us: Solo Exhibition and Performance, Curated by The Collective, Crosstown Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Of Mice and Men: Theatre Memphis, Art provided by David Lusk Gallery, Theatre Memphis, Memphis, TN
Lawrence “Don Lifted” Matthews III: Live at Crosstown Arts, Performance and Sculpture Installation (Jan), Crosstown Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
2014 Cigar Box Show, Glitch Gallery, Memphis, TN
Perceptive Perspective: BFA Senior Exhibition, Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Price is Right Exhibition, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN & Nashville, TN
December in May: Sculpture and Photography Installation and Live Performance, Crosstown Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Inspired by Marisol: A Sculptural Response, Brooks Museum of Art & Downtown Memphis Commission, South Main Arts District, Memphis, TN
NSEW: What Grew Us Exhibition, Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Reflections SoloExhibition, The Box Gallery, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
31st Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Art Museum of The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. Awarded “Best of Show”
The New Talent Show, Gallery 56, Memphis, TN
2013
The December LP Sculpture & Photography Show/Album Listening Event, Crosstown Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Pop Up Painting & Photography Exhibition, 500 S. Second St. Memphis, TN
30th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Art Museum of The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2019
Orange Mound Community Center Mural: Urban Art Commission District Mural Program, Orange Mound Community Center, Memphis, TN
2018
Soulsville Community Mural: Four Way Grill, Memphis, TN
Crosstown High: Crosstown Concourse, Memphis, TN
2017
The Artery: Barboro Alley Mural Project, Memphis, TN