
Matthew Barney
Born
March 25, 1967 (58 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
San Francisco
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.

Secondary
Ken Stabler
2023

Redoubt
Engraver
2019

River of Fundament
The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
2014
Drawing Restraint 17
2010

Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Self
2006

DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
Douglas MacArthur
2006

Drawing Restraint 9
Occidental Guest
2006
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
Himself
2004

Cremaster 3
The Entered Apprentice
2002

Cremaster 5
Diva / Giant / Magician
1997

Cremaster 4
The Loughton Candidate
1995
Redoubt
Engraver

The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
Himself
2002

Cremaster 2
Gary Gilmore
1999
Matthew Barney: Creating Stories
Himself
1995

Blind Perineum
Himself
1991
Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
1991