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EDUCATION
2009 M.F.A Art Studio – Ceramics Minor in Drawing University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2008 M.A. Art Studio-Ceramics Minor in Metal smithing University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2003 B.A. Art Studio-Ceramics Minor in Art History Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
TEACHING and WORK EXPERIENCE
2015-present Ceramics Instructor and Technician, University of Hartford, West Hartford CT
2015 Studio Staff, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle ME
2014 – 2015 Instructor and Resident Artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg TN
2013 – 2014 Ceramics Instructor, Chicago State University, Chicago IL
2012 – 2014 Resident Artist and Crew member for Rebuild Foundation and Theaster Gates
Studio
2011 – 2012 Instructor and Artist in Residence at Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2010 – 2011 Instructor and Artist in Residence at the Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE
2010 – 2011 Ceramics Instructor, Doane College, Lincoln, NE
2006 – 2009 Instructor of Record, Ceramics Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
RESIDENCIES
2014 – 2015 Artist in Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN,
2012 – 2014 Artist in Residence in Ceramics, Rebuild Foundation/Theaster Gates, Chicago
2011 – 2012 Artist in Residence in Ceramics, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2010 – 2011 Artist in Residence in Ceramics, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
EXHIBITIONS
2018
- The Figure in Clay, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans LA
- Fun House, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie NY
- 2018 NCECA Annual Exhibition, Visual Voices: Truth Narratives, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg PA
- Surreal Salon, Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge LA
- Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena MT
2017
- 3D, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago IL
- SOFA Expo, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago IL
- What Goes Bump in the Night, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV *Best in Show
- Further On, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester CT
- Of the Earth, Arrowmont Schol of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
- Salon 2017, Artist Publication Fellowship, Peripheral Vision Volume 7
- Red Lodge Clay Center Juried National 4, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge MT
- Small Favors:Think Inside the Box, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
- Matt Towers, Nathan Carris Carnes, Matthew Dercole, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown CT
- 40 for 40, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE
2016
- Points of Departure: An Exhibition Without Borders, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI
- Prime Ceramics, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
- Northeast Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition, Art Centro, Poughkeepsie NY
- 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Lillstreet Art Gallery, Chicago IL
- Ceramic Selections from 25 Years of the Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence Program, Co-Curated by Chandra DeBuse, and Bill Griffith, in conjunction with NCECA 2016 Conference,Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
2015
- A Naturally Picked Stacked Attraction of Glitz, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
- III International Triennial of Ceramics Unicum 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014
- 11th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Paoli WI, Sept 2014
- Emerged: After the Residency, Group show to coincide with NCECA, Lillstreet Art Gallery, Mar 2014
- Midwestern Educators and Students, Lillstreet Booth NCECA 2014, Milwaukee WI
2013
- Works included in collaboration for John Preuss and Dilettante Studios installation for HOME, EXPO Chicago. Sep. 2013ARTONE, the Observatory, Chicago IL
- Workhouse Clay National, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA
- Americas ClayFest, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville CA
- Two x Two: small-scale sculptural ceramic biennial, EWU Gallery of Art, Cheney WA,
- We met in Iowa, Earlham College in Richmond, IN
2012
- We met in Iowa, Pittsburg State Univ, Pittsburg KS
- Ceramica Multiplex 2012 at The Fourth International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics 2012, at the City Museum Varazdin, Croatia
- Configured Spaces, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago IL
- Masur Museum of Art 49th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum, Monroe LA * Best in Show*
- Small Favors VII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA, March 2012
- Human, Gallery 180 of the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago IL
- Silicalicious, Backspace Gallery. Peoria IL
2011
- Visions in Clay 2011, LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton CA
- Bibliophoria II, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA
- 31 Concurs Internacional de Ceràmica CICA, 2011, Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, L’Alcora Spain
- Small Favors VI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA,
- as you were, solo exhibition, Folsom Gallery, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE
2010
- Gifts from the Heart, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
- ·Small Format Art Show, Sherman Theatre, Stroudsburg, PA
2009
- 2009 Art Kudos International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition
- 8th Annual Summer All Media Juried Online Art Exhibit, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha NE
- The carpenter and the seamstress, solo exhibition, Studio Arts Gallery, Iowa City, IA
- Graduate Ceramics Exhibition, Studio Arts Gallery, Iowa City , IA
2008
- 2008-09 Big Ten Graduate Student Fine Art Exhibit, Big Ten Conference Office and Meeting Center, Park Ridge, IL
- Unbound, Cannon Gallery of Art, Monmouth OR
- Graduate Ceramics Exhibition, Art Gallery West, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2007
- Vagina Envy, solo exhibition, Art Gallery West, University of Iowa, IA
- Featured Artists, Akar Design Gallery, Iowa City IA
- Graduate Ceramics Exhibition, Art Gallery West University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017- - Artist Lecture, Hangzhou International School, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- SGA Academic Research Grant Recipient
2016- - Renee Samuels Grant Recipient
2014 - -Visiting Artist, Kansas University, Feb 26-27
2013 - -Soul Manufacturing Corporation, The Spirit of Utopia, Whitechapel Gallery, London UK
-Soul Manufacturing Corporation, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia PA,
- Lecture and Presentation, Pittsburg State University
2012 -Soul Manufacturing Corporation, Locust Projects, Miami FL
-Worked as “Skilled Worker" for Theaster Gates’ Exhibition
-Studio Visit and Lecture, Loyola University ceramics students
-Worked for Theaster Gates on Feast project, Smart Museum, Chicago IL
-Lecture, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL
-Lecture and demo, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago IL
2011 -Panel Discussion, “Making Contemporary Ceramics: Multimedia + Clay” At NCECA,
Tampa FL
2010 -Work Study, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2009 - The University of Iowa Research Fellowship, awarded by The Graduate College of The
University of Iowa.
2008 - Iowa Arts Fellowship, Iowa Arts Council for graduate fellowship at The University of Iowa
-Demonstrations and Lecture , Luther College, Decorah, IA
COLLECTIONS and PUBLICATIONS
- Contemporary Craft, Meet a Maker:Matt Dercole,contemporarycraft.org, August 17, 2016
- Julie K. Hanus and Jessica Shaykett, NCECA 2014: Our Top 10 List, craftcouncil.org, April 08, 2014
- The Gap-Toothed Madness, Issue 1, Vol 2, April 2014
- 500 Figures in Clay Vol 2, Lark Publishing, 2014
- Carrie Scozzaro, Small-scale ceramics at EWU highlight earthy art form, inlander.com, Jan 23 2013
- Kerameikon Collection of Contemporary World Ceramics, Varazdin, Croatia
- Direct Art Magazine Vol 19, Oct 2012
- Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, L’Alcora, Spain
- University of Iowa Library, Special Collections Department, Iowa City IA, “A Conversation with Contemporary Clay”