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Oklahoma-born Twin Artists Matthew and Mark Enger moved to New York in 1989. From their first lower Broadway studio they began making paintings and silkscreen prints. By 1990 Matt was working with Robert Rauschenberg  and Mark was working  with Kiki Smith. The Enger Brothers first show was at  the U.L.A.E. gallery in Tribeca in 1990. Matt and Mark founded Exploding Sky Worldwide in 1992, a fine art screen printing and rock-and-roll fashion studio  and art gallery on New York's Lower East Side.Influenced by Pop Art, Fashion, Outlaw Rock and Roll, Native American History and New York City, the Brothers Work is a profusion of paintings,prints,line drawings,drips and vivid colors: an iconoclastic view of American history,Hollywood and their own lives. Exploding Sky produced their own street wear, collected by rock stars, celebrities, artists  and in-the-know New Yorkers. The brothers band, The War Hippies was reviewed by Melodie Maker Magazine in 1993 after a gig at Exploding Sky on Ave. B. In 1999 the Enger Brothers were recruited by Internet pioneer Josh Harris to produce fine art for his Quiet Project and subsequent We Live in Public Project. Matt and Mark are featured artists in Josh Harris's 2009 Sundance Film Festival First place Documentary "We Live in Public". The Enger Brothers continue to create original works of art that compel and relate all the chaos, design and excitement of their unique vision.

Selected Exhibitions 1990 U.L.A.E. Gallery, New York Installation, Drawings

1992 Exploding Sky Gallery, New York solo exhibit of Paintings

1993 Max Fish Gallery, New York group show Paintings.

1995 Jose Frere Gallery, New York Screen printed Paintings.

1996 Here Art Gallery, New York Solo Installation

1998 Max Fish Gallery, New York Solo Exhibit Paintings

2000 Art Space Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Fort Apache Installation, wallpaper and Paintings

2001 Catherine Melandrio Store, New York Installation "Streets of New York

2001 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York Paintings, Group Show

2007 White Box Gallery, New York Paintings

2009 JaJo Gallery, Newark, New Jersey Installation, Paintings

Collections:

Harvey Weinstein, Tom Otterness, Kiki Smith, Matt Dillon, Leonardo Dicaprio, Catherine Melandrino and others.