EDUCATION:
2002 M.F.A. Painting / Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
1994 B.F.A. Painting / Drawing with an emphasis in Illustration, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2002-Present Assistant Professor of Art, Central Wyoming Community College, Riverton, Wyoming.
1999-2002 Instructor of Record, Painting and Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009 “Now and Then,” Central College, Pella, Iowa.
2008 “A View of Solitude,” Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho.
2008 “In Search of…” Memorial Hall Main Gallery, Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska.
2008 “Lost and Found,” Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2007 “In the Distance,” Casper College, Casper, Wyoming.
2007 “Here and Somewhere Else,” Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
AWARDS:
2008 Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Award
2007 Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition, Bobby Hathaway Jurors Choice Award and the Wyoming State Collection Purchase award.
PUBLICATIONS:
Jackson Hole News and Guide, June 4-10, 2008. “Art, Exploration Mix in Show of Paintings” Article and Image.
Jackson Hole Daily, June 6, 2008. Vol. 30 Issue 135. “Art, Exploration Mix to Form Show,” Article and Image.
Planet Jackson Hole, June 4-10, 2008. Vol. 6 Issue 25. “Space Art; Lost and Found; Picasso at NMWA,” Article and Image.
The Casper Star Tribune, May 11, 2007. The Weekender. “Three-Ring Exhibition”
The Dallas Art Review. “Odd Wonderments at 500X.” Article and images.
SPLASH! Vol. 7 #2 “The Renewal of the Spirit” Article and images.
The Wichita Register, April 2002. Image.
COLLECTIONS:
Audax Theatre Group, New York, New York
The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg, Florida
The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming
The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Spink Butler LLC, Boise, Idaho
Numerous Private Collections
“My paintings are about the rhythms of the natural world. Ideas of memory, fragility, and interconnectedness traverse the work.
The imagery I use consists of glyphs, semi abstracted plants, animals, and figures that inhabit a “landscape” made up of simple geometric patterns. The geometry serves as a loose framework to organize, join, and simultaneously isolate the various subjects in the paintings.
Earthy colors, repeated patterns, and marks intermingle with hidden images to form layers of meaning. Rich textures, scratched, weathered surfaces, and subtle light qualities come from months of intuitively working and reworking the surfaces. No preliminary sketches are made; every thought is worked out directly on the piece, forming a roadmap of the creative process. The resulting work is an encouragement to slow down and listen to our surroundings.” – Matt Flint, 2009
