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.
Cremaster 4
(The Loughton Candidate)
Drawing Restraint 9
(Occidental Guest)
Drawing Restraint 17
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
(Self)
Secondary
(Ken Stabler)
Redoubt
(Engraver)
River of Fundament
(The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers)
Cremaster 5
(Diva / Giant / Magician)
Instrument of Surrender
(Douglas MacArthur)
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
(Himself)
Matthew Barney: Creating Stories
(Himself)
Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
(Himself)
Redoubt
(Engraver)
Blind Perineum
(Himself)
Cremaster 3
(The Entered Apprentice)
Cremaster 2
(Gary Gilmore)
Cremaster 1
(Director)
Cremaster 1
(Writer)
Cremaster 2
(Director)
Cremaster 2
(Writer)
Cremaster 3
(Director)
Cremaster 3
(Writer)
Cremaster 4
(Director)
Drawing Restraint 9
(Director)
Drawing Restraint 9
(Writer)
Cremaster 5
(Director)
Cremaster 5
(Writer)
Radial Drill
(Director)
Destricted
(Director)
Destricted
(Writer)
River of Fundament
(Director)
River of Fundament
(Writer)
Catasterism
(Director)
Catasterism
(Writer)
Drawing Restraint 9
(Editor)
Drawing Restraint 17
(Director)
Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
(Director)
Delay of Game
(Director)
Scabaction
(Director)
Instrument of Surrender
(Director)
DRAWING RESTRAINT 26
(Director)
Secondary
(Director)
DRAWING RESTRAINT 2
(Director)
Skinned Deep
(Thanks)
Redoubt
(Director)
Blind Perineum
(Director)
Redoubt
(Writer)
Redoubt
(Producer)
Hoist
(Director)
Hoist
(Writer)
Cremaster 1
(Producer)
Cremaster 2
(Producer)
Cremaster 3
(Producer)
Cremaster 3
(Editor)
Cremaster 4
(Writer)
Cremaster 4
(Producer)
Cremaster 5
(Producer)
Drawing Restraint 23
(Director)
Union of the North
(Writer)
Blood of Two
(Director)
Blood of Two
(Producer)
Blood of Two
(Editor)
Drawing Restraint 7
(Director)
DRAWING RESTRAINT 28
(Director)