The Mattress Factory is an artist-centered museum, international residency program and renowned producer and presenter of installation art. We say “yes” to artists, offering time and space to dream and realize projects in our hometown, Pittsburgh, PA. We invite audiences from around the world and around the corner to step inside, immerse and connect with the artistic process.
The Greer Lankton Collection is organized by material and is separated into eight series; Correspondence, Ephemera and Administrative Papers, Journals, Periodicals, Photo Albums, Photographs, Slides and Negatives, and Artwork.
The videos are assemblages from past work that aims to help us remember how to be thriving, radical and Black.
Liz Cohen
A Soviet 1969 GAZ 69A serves tropicalized Russian espresso drinks in a nod to a Cold War era trade deal between the Soviet and Colombian governments.
Naomi Chambers
Focus on a particular (or vague) goal while walking through this exhibit. Weave in and out of the cones… pass off to a companion or not… walk through the goal. Realize your goals for yourself. Play.
Renee Cox
The simplicity and connectivity of the fractal concept is meant to engage the viewer in a profoundly different way, bringing a certain peace, reflection and joy.
Untitled
The Artist’s Uniform is professional work clothing, an identifying mark of the art community.
Emily Newman
With their help and participation, Newman sought to show how Russian parents and grandparents explained Communism and the Cold War to children, in both her St. Petersburg neighborhood and Pittsburgh’s Russian diaspora.
Syanda Yaptik
"I wrote down stories that are especially memorable for me and, on their basis, made instructions with actions through which I can simultaneously share these experiences while simultaneously turning them into something new."
Lera Lerner
You are entering the educational chillout zone. A kind of lecture overheard at a disco. Here is a play for a video that is a polylogue of neoplasms among themselves.
Bekezela Mguni
Mguni uses text, found objects, flowers, video, and print media to carve out space for Black presence and to offer affirmation in a world that continues its violent attempts to erase, devalue, and disappear Black people.
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Credible is a series addressing the overwhelming abuse of the Catholic Church in the State of Alaska.
Naomi Chambers
From the bright blue sky on one side of the room to the star-filled night time sky on the other, entering Naomi Chambers’ installation is like walking into a wonderland.
Njaimeh Njie
Entering into Njaimeh Njie’s installation is like walking into a memory. Easy family conversations fill and shape the space, and the voices fade and emerge as we move from living room, to kitchen, and back.
The videos are assemblages from past work that aims to help us remember how to be thriving, radical and Black.
Liz Cohen
GAZ COFFEE build #1
2022
A Soviet 1969 GAZ 69A serves tropicalized Russian espresso drinks in a nod to a Cold War era trade deal between the Soviet and Colombian governments.
Naomi Chambers
Mommies Vs Aunties
2022
Focus on a particular (or vague) goal while walking through this exhibit. Weave in and out of the cones… pass off to a companion or not… walk through the goal. Realize your goals for yourself. Play.
Renee Cox
Soul Culture
2022
The simplicity and connectivity of the fractal concept is meant to engage the viewer in a profoundly different way, bringing a certain peace, reflection and joy.
Untitled
The Artist’s Uniform
2022
The Artist’s Uniform is professional work clothing, an identifying mark of the art community.
Emily Newman
Ice Cream Station Zebra and Other Works
2022
With their help and participation, Newman sought to show how Russian parents and grandparents explained Communism and the Cold War to children, in both her St. Petersburg neighborhood and Pittsburgh’s Russian diaspora.
Syanda Yaptik
PERFORMANCE FOR RELATIVES
2022
"I wrote down stories that are especially memorable for me and, on their basis, made instructions with actions through which I can simultaneously share these experiences while simultaneously turning them into something new."
Lera Lerner
Instability, Scattering, Wandering, Success
2022
You are entering the educational chillout zone. A kind of lecture overheard at a disco. Here is a play for a video that is a polylogue of neoplasms among themselves.
Bekezela Mguni
I come from a holy place
2022
Mguni uses text, found objects, flowers, video, and print media to carve out space for Black presence and to offer affirmation in a world that continues its violent attempts to erase, devalue, and disappear Black people.
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Credible, Small Secrets
2022
Credible is a series addressing the overwhelming abuse of the Catholic Church in the State of Alaska.
Naomi Chambers
Black Community Survival Conference Tea Party Ice Cream Social Moonlit Cinema
2021
From the bright blue sky on one side of the room to the star-filled night time sky on the other, entering Naomi Chambers’ installation is like walking into a wonderland.
Njaimeh Njie
“Did you get everything?”
2021
Entering into Njaimeh Njie’s installation is like walking into a memory. Easy family conversations fill and shape the space, and the voices fade and emerge as we move from living room, to kitchen, and back.