Matthew Barney
Known for
Directing
Born
March 25, 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
San Francisco
Biography
Matthew Barney was born in San Francisco in 1967; at age six, he moved to Idaho with his family. After his parents divorced, Barney continued to live with his father in Idaho, playing football on his high school team, and visiting his mother in New York City, where he was introduced to art and museums. This intermingling of sports and art informs his work as a sculptor and filmmaker. After graduating from Yale in 1991, Barney entered the art world to almost instant controversy and success.
Best known work
Destricted
2006
Skinned Deep
2004
Cremaster 1
1996
Cremaster 3
2002
Cremaster 2
1999
Cremaster 4
1995
Cremaster 5
1997
Drawing Restraint 9
2006
River of Fundament
2014
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
2006Filmography
TBA
Redoubtas Engraver
2024
DRAWING RESTRAINT 28Director
2024
DRAWING RESTRAINT 26Director
2023
Secondaryas Ken Stabler, Director
2022
CatasterismDirector, Writer
2019
Redoubtas Engraver, Director, Writer, Producer
2017
Union of the NorthWriter
2015
Drawing Restraint 23Director
2014
River of Fundamentas The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers, Writer, Director
2010
Drawing Restraint 17Director
2009
Blood of TwoDirector, Producer, Editor
2006
Matthew Barney: No Restraintas Self
2006
DestrictedWriter, Director
2006
HoistDirector, Writer
2006
DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrenderas Douglas MacArthur, Director
2006
Drawing Restraint 9as Occidental Guest, Director, Writer, Editor
2004
2004
Skinned DeepThanks
2003
The Cremaster CycleDirector, Writer
2002
Cremaster 3as The Entered Apprentice, Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
2002
1999
Cremaster 2as Gary Gilmore, Director, Writer, Producer
1997
Cremaster 5as Diva / Giant / Magician, Writer, Director, Producer
1997
Drawing Restraint 7Director
1996
Cremaster 1Director, Writer, Producer