Utne Reader

These illustrations are for an Utne Reader

article on the Mexican Mob disrupting middle

class families. Thank you Stephanie Glaros.

Sketches for upcoming work.

Here are some new sketches I've been working on

For my upcoming show at Last Rites Gallery.

Two year end best of lists

Had the good fortune of having work

on two best of 2011 year end lists.

Roger Ebert chose Resurrect Dead as #5 best documentary:

Roger Ebert's Journal

And a piece I did on Syria made the notable

Op-Ed of 2011 from the NY Times:

Notable Op-Ed 2011

Post on Beautiful Decay

Honored to have my work posted on the

excellent blog Beautiful Decay:

http://beautifuldecay.com/2012/01/10/matt-rota/

Upcoming Solo Show at Last Rites Gallery.

This is the first piece of a new series I'm working on for a show

at Last Rites Gallery, opening April 15th

Some of the things I've been working on these past three months:

I had the honor of showing work in the Dark Water show at Copro

Gallery, curated by Martin Wittfooth. The work is on display until

December 3. I had fun working on four new pieces for the NY Times.

The stories were about Somali pirates, starvation in east Africa, the

anniversary of 911, and a soldier grappling with the moral complexity

of war. December 3, the Krampus show opens at Curly Tail Fine Art in

Chicago. There are a lot of great artists in the show, so it was an

honor to be invited by Monte Beauchamp, the curator.

New work

Illustration to be used in an upcoming

ad for a group show, details soon.