Matrix Exhibitions | BAMPFA --> Skip to main content --> Forty years of MATRIX : Watch the first four decades of MATRIX at BAMPFA unfold over hundreds of exhibitions from 1978 to 2018. Also on view on BAMPFA's outdoor screen: June 18–24 at noon, June 25–July 1 at 5:00 PM, July 2–8 at 7:00 PM, and July 9–15 at 10 AM. --> --> MATRIX MATRIX, a changing series of contemporary art exhibitions, introduces the Bay Area community to exceptional work being made internationally, nationally, and locally, creating a rich connection to the current dialogues on contemporary art and demonstrating that the art of this moment is vital, dynamic, and often challenging. Confronting traditional practices of display and encouraging new, open modes of artistic creation, MATRIX provides an experimental framework for an active interchange between the artist, the museum, and the viewer. MATRIX was created at the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1974 by then-director James Elliot as an experimental pilot project, supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. When Elliot became the director at BAMPFA in 1978, he introduced the program to the Bay Area. The series has since presented more than 250 exhibitions at BAMPFA. The MATRIX program has served as a leading model for contemporary exhibition practices, inspiring museums across the country to develop project series of their own, under different names, that spotlight leading contemporary artists.…