{"id":54702,"date":"2017-05-04T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=54702"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:36:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:36:18","slug":"alumni-spotlight-mathew-cerletty","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2017\/alumni-spotlight-mathew-cerletty\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight: Mathew Cerletty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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After four years of undergraduate studies at Boston University, Mathew Cerletty<\/a> (CFA’02) stood by for his big launch. For most artists, that\u2019s the stuff of dreams, but for Cerletty, it was a reality. He had talent to begin with, and after four years at Boston University, he had the whole package: the ambition, the skills, the connections, and the portfolio he needed to get his first show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within months of graduating, he would debut his paintings in the heart of Chelsea, get a review in the New York Times, and begin preparing work for a solo exhibition. Within a year, he would exhibit in shows with his heroes\u2014such painters as John Currin\u2014 and within five, he would show his work in Tokyo, Paris, and Russia. By the ten year mark, Cerletty would be tapped for a group show at the Whitney Museum of American Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The momentum he carries today\u2014that which got him into Flatlands<\/em>, a five-person exhibition Whitney Museum of American Art in 2016, among so many other exhibitions\u2014has an origin point, and that locus is Boston University. \u201cThe professors took a ton of time for me. They gave me critiques outside of class, and one professor gave me his old books.\u201d Among them was a very special book: that of John Currin. He became a fan of the great painter, but would never guess that the names Cerletty and Currin would appear on an exhibition card together. The stuff of dreams? That\u2019s what Cerletty does for a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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