Mattress Factory is an artist-centered museum, international residency program, and renowned installation art producer and presenter. 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 the corner to step inside, immerse, and connect with the artistic process. The artist is the heart of everything we do and everything we are. Here, creativity isn’t constrained by convention. Mattress Factory celebrates our artists' creative processes and commit fully to their vision.
We invite you to explore the artists' work at the links below. New this year, Mattress Factory members are invited to exclusive 2026 Member Preview Exhibition Openings, giving members the opportunity to meet with the artists-in-residence and view the exhibitions before they open to the public.
Not a member? Learn more about member benefits and support the museum as a member here.
Lolo y Lauti is a duo of contemporary Argentine artists who have been working together since 2011. Their work includes video, performance, sculpture, installations and photography presented in formats ranging from exhibition to opera, through social networks and virtual reality. They claim humor as an autonomous experience and a tool to address topics such as sexuality, drugs, death and fine arts. They have shown their work in museums, galleries and festivals in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Spain, United States, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United Kingdom and Uruguay.
They held residencies at Villa Lena and SEA in Greece, and at ISCP in New York, among others. They recently obtained the 2022 Buenos Aires Art Week Award and the 2023 Amigos del Bellas Artes + ArtHaus Performing Arts Prize, as well as the Williams Foundation and Argentine Mozarteum Research Scholarship at the Cité Internationaledes Arts in Paris. They also have a career as curators, having organized PERFUCH (Argentina’s first performance arts festival) in all its editions, as well as curating many individual and group shows in Buenos Aires. 📸 Tom Little
Claudia Martínez Garay (b. 1983, Ayacucho, Peru) + Arturo Kameya (b. 1984, Peru) are a collaborative Peruvian-born artist duo working between Lima, Amsterdam, and beyond.
Together, the duo interrogate Peruvian identity under colonial legacy, exploring how state power, cultural extraction, and historical narratives continue to shape collective memory. Their work has been shown in immersive exhibitions such as Opaque Spirits at Marres, where they transformed the venue into a haunted metaphor for state failure and spiritual afterlife.
This upcoming exhibition at Mattress Factory is presented in collaboration with Carnegie Museum of Art as part of the 59th Carnegie International. 📸 Tom Little
$14.99 general admission, free for members. Register here.
Amanda Ross-Ho’s work takes the form of sculptural installations and material environments that propose dynamic and imagined ecologies of labor, time and the building of speculative archives. Through close observation, she identifies and brings into form connective tissues between personal and eternal conditions. She builds formal syntax comprised of objects, images, and performative gestures mined from personal and collective phenomena, which aim to inscribe meaning through poetic systems of circuitry and taxonomy. Utilizing conflicting sensibilities of the forensic, hyperbolic, and theatrical, her work aims to function as a sensitive instrument: tuned to carefully observe, record, transcribe and translate the landscapes of our made and lived in surroundings.
Amanda Ross-Ho was born in Chicago in 1975. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Ross-Ho has exhibited widely in museums and galleries worldwide, including solo exhibitions at Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway (2019) Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (2017); Vleeshal, Middleburg (2016); Praz-Delavallade, Paris (2015); The Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2014); and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2012). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2016), Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach (2011); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2010); the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010); the Whitney Biennial, New York (2008); among many other institutions. 📸 Tom Little
Mattress Factory presents Akea Brionne in partnership with Pedantic Arts Residency.
Akea Brionne is an interdisciplinary researcher and artist, working at the intersection of lens and fiber based media. Her practice explores the relationship between colonial and imperialist history and their impact on identity politics, cultural storytelling, memory, and assimilation. Her work analyzes this primarily through the observation within the African Diaspora, with a particular emphasis on Creole culture. 📸 Courtesy of the artist
Greer Lankton: Could It Be Love
Curated by Francis Schichtel and Jordan Weitzman
Could It Be Love presents an intimate and powerful photographic survey of Greer Lankton (1958–1996), the legendary East Village artist known for her uncannily lifelike dolls and fearless exploration of gender, beauty, and the body. Featuring 24 rarely seen photographs of her iconic dolls, taken by Lankton herself, this exhibition reveals her uncanny ability to imbue life into her sculpted figures as they lounge, gossip, and perform across New York’s gritty and gorgeous downtown scene.
This exhibition celebrates Lankton not only as a trailblazing trans artist but also as a completely original image-maker whose lens captured a world of oddballs, queer icons, and doll-like doppelgängers with equal parts glamour, melancholy, and wit. Presented in partnership with Magic Hour Press, Could It Be Love follows the release of the first major monograph on Lankton’s photographic work.
Greer Lankton was one of the most significant artists to have taken part in the revolutionary art scene of New York City’s East Village during the 1980s. Lankton grew up in Park Forest, IL, where she graduated a year early from high school to attend the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975 to1978. That year she moved to New York City and received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 1981. By then Lankton had secured her reputation as a leading figure in the social ferment of NYC in the 1980s through her visceral doll sculpture, and now lesser-known performances and minimalist soft sculpture.
Lankton’s exhibitions and performances included those at PS1, Club 57, Pyramid Club, Franklyn Furnace, Civilian Warfare Gallery, Hal Bromm and the Whitney Biennale, NYC. She also exhibited across the US and Europe, including the UK, Austria and the Venice Biennale, Italy. She exhibited her first full-scale installation artwork at the Mattress Factory Museum shortly before her untimely death in 1996. 📸 Greer Lankton
Mattress Factory's mission is supported by our members, donors, visitors, and board of directors. Thank you for helping us continue saying "YES" to artists for years to come.
EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS
Kick off your summer weekend with art, community, and exploration! From May 1 – August 31, Mattress Factory is open late every Friday until 8 PM—and you can visit for FREE with RAD Pass!
✨ Make it a night out! Bring your friends after work and delight in the latest contemporary art from around the world. Afterward, stroll through the charming Mexican War Streets and grab a drink or bite to eat nearby.
???? Did you know we’re BYOB? Our Garden and Café provide the perfect backdrop to enjoy a drink before you explore the museum galleries.
???? Craving a snack? Bites & sandwiches will be available for purchase at the museum café.
See you on Summer Fridays!
HOURS FROM MAY 1 – AUGUST 31
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| Wed: | 11 AM – 8 PM |
| Thu: | 11 AM – 6 PM |
| Fri: | 11 AM - 8 PM |
| Sat - Sun: | 11 AM – 6 PM |
Photo credit: Jill Farrar Professional Photography
The RAD Summer Staycation program, offering free admission to Mattress Factory and other regional attractions, was such a success last year that it’s back for Summer 2025! The RAD Summer Staycation program runs now through August 31, 2025, giving so many opportunities to explore and enjoy Allegheny County's cultural assets!
Through the RAD (Allegheny Regional Asset District) Staycation program, Mattress Factory offers free admission throughout the summer to Allegheny County residents. All you need is an Allegheny County library card and a reservation to to enjoy the museum's exhibitions for free!
Free tickets for Mattress Factory through the RAD Summer Staycation can be booked and redeemed by following a four-step process at RADPass.org:
When offers appear at RADPass.org, guests are encouraged to be courteous to other RAD Pass users: only book a reservation that you plan to use on the selected date. If you find you are unable to attend, please cancel your reservation to open up spots for others.
Summer Fridays just got longer! Enjoy Mattress Factory on Fridays until 8 PM, May 1 - August 31. Stay late and visit for free with your RAD Pass!
RAD SUMMER STAYCATION
The Allegheny Regional Asset District – RAD –unveiled the RAD Summer Staycation program to provide Allegheny County library card holders access to RAD-funded attractions that typically charge for daily admission. RAD Summer Staycation also highlights additional free summertime events taking place at RAD assets.
In addition to reservable free tickets at these attractions, the RAD Summer Staycation serves as a “one-stop shop” for people to explore free experiences at regional assets throughout the summer. RADworkshere.org will feature a calendar of fun opportunities ranging from free concerts and movies at regional parks to summertime festivals and events throughout Allegheny County.
Marc Vilanova is a sound and visual artist whose work delves into the intersection of art, science, and technology. His research centers on themes such as audiovisuality, automation, machine self-expression, AI, superintelligence, and the socio-political implications of society’s relationship with technology. His dynamic practice encompasses sound and light sculptures, immersive installations, performances, and interdisciplinary collaborations with dance, theatre, and film.
Vilanova’s works have gained international acclaim, captivating audiences across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and beyond.
Click the link for more information about Vilanova and his works.
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Vivian Caccuri is an artist based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For the past fifteen years, Caccuri has been exploring musical cultures and sound production broadly through installations, performances, drawings, and embroideries. Cuccuri investigates how sound can disorient everyday experiences, inspire new forms of living and modulate power dynamics in society.
Caccuri has participated in shows such as the 32nd and 33rd São Paulo Biennial, the Venice Biennale and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India, and has exhibited works at the New Museum and High Line Art in New York City, Museo JUMEX in Mexico among others.
Click the link for more information about Caccuri and her works.
REGISTER FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION JUN. 27
Rebecca Shapass is a filmmaker and artist investigating documentary form and archival practice through the creation of film & video, photo, installation, and text. Her work has been exhibited and screened with various institutions and festivals. She holds an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and a BFA from New York University.
Her work has been featured at venues and festivals such as Microscope Gallery, Miller ICA, B3 Festival of the Moving Image, and Antimatter [media art] Festival. She was a 2018-19 Smack Mellon Studio Artist and Van Lier Fellow and received a 2023 Creative Development Award from the Heinz Endowment.
Click the link for more information about Shapass and her works.
REGISTER FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION SEPT. 12
Yasmine El Meleegy is an Egyptian multidisciplinary artist and sculptor living and working in Cairo who is also a time-traveling archaeologist. Through her work, She creates participatory events to instantiate counter-narratives. Her work is concerned with the representation of history, repair and materiality in relation to histories of places such as her latest performative intervention at Stephenson’s 100-year-old pharmacy in downtown Cairo "Scaffolding a Familiar Epoch.“
Her practice stems from a personal impulse to fix and mend, an act which both staves off, and confirms the certainty of loss. Approaching defunct, damaged household items with painstaking care, she seeks to restore an object's emotional and historic resonance by repairing its physicality by creating monumental installations and artifacts as archaeological sites of the future.
Click the link for more information about El Meleegy and her works.
REGISTER FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION NOV. 21
Chang is an artist based in Taipei, Taiwan, and Santiago de Compostela, Spain. His work satirizes society, tackling topics like consumerism’s impact and the art world's dynamics. Revelling in the absurd and illogical, he uses science, technology, and history to explore and critique the world around him, and excuted through immersive installations, video, and theater.
After receiving his MFA at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2011, Chang has exhibited internationally in solo exhibitions and group shows.
Click the link for more information about Chang and his works.
There are two ways to support Mattress Factory's Annual Fund.
Bring your friends and BYOB at Mattress Factory!
Our Garden and Café provide the perfect backdrop to enjoy a drink before you explore the museum galleries. ????
BYOB is every day during museum open hours.
???? Bites & sandwiches made by MayFly Market & Deli will be available for purchase at the museum cafe.
| Mon - Tue: | Closed |
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| Wed: | 11 am – 8 pm |
| Thu – Sun: | 11 am – 6 pm |
The RAD Summer Staycation program, offering free admission to Mattress Factory and other regional attractions, has been such a success that it will now extend into September, giving even more opportunities to explore and enjoy!
Through the RAD (Allegheny Regional Asset District) Staycation program, Mattress Factory offers hundreds of free admissions this summer. All you need is an Allegheny County library card and a reservation to take advantage.
Ticket offers from Mattress Factory will appear on RADPass.org through September.
Free tickets through the RAD Summer Staycation can be booked and redeemed by following a four-step process at RADPass.org:
When offers appear at RADPass.org, guests are encouraged to be courteous to other RAD Pass users: only book a reservation that you plan to use on the selected date. If you find you are unable to attend, please cancel your reservation to open up spots for others.
The Allegheny Regional Asset District – RAD –unveiled a new RAD Summer Staycation program that will provide Allegheny County library card holders access to RAD-funded attractions that typically charge for daily admission. RAD Summer Staycation will also highlight additional free summertime events taking place at RAD assets.
In addition to reservable free tickets at these attractions, the RAD Summer Staycation serves as a “one-stop shop” for people to explore free experiences at regional assets throughout the summer. RADworkshere.org will feature a calendar of fun opportunities ranging from free concerts and movies at regional parks to summertime festivals and events throughout Allegheny County.
We celebrate Mattress Factory alumni William Anastasi who passed away this week at 90.
Anastasi created seven site-specific works at Mattress Factory. Two of these works remain On View at Mattress Factory since the 90's.
William Anastasi is one of the founders of both Conceptual and Minimal Art - relevant works were made before the movements were named. These works, starting in 1961, include Relief and Microphone, among the earliest examples of Conceptual Art.
Between 1963 and 1966, we have Sink - a clear demonstration of entropy - and Issue and Trespass - important forerunners to an entire class of works involving deconstruction. Sink (which combines his Conceptual and Minimal approaches) and En Route, are among the earliest forays into Minimal Art.
Holding that after Duchamp there was no earthly reason why a blind man could not be an artist, his unsighted drawings were also started in 1963. His 1966/67 Six Sites broke the ground for an entire genre of exhibitions under the rubric Site Specific.
Underlying his practice is his sense that the only thing that interests him about taste is that it is always changing.
ARTnews - William Anastasia, Conceptualist Who Drew A Cult Following, Dies at 90
Artsy -William Anastasi, a prominent Conceptual artist, has died at 90.
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