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Matthew Thomason

matthewthomason.blogspot.com


 Education

2008-10            MFA-Installation/Sculpture
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2001-02            Core Fellowship
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1991-96            BA-Design
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC


 Teaching Experience
2011                        Master Printer/Instructor-Winter Printmaking Residency,
                                    Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2009                        Instructor, Printmaking-Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide
Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2007                        Instructor, Printmaking-Prepare to Print
Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2006                        Assistant, Blacksmithing to Marc Maiorana
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME


 Awards

2009                        Helen A. Thrush Scholarship, Graduate Assistantship
                                    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2008                        Helen A. Thrush Scholarship, Graduate Assistantship
                                    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC


 Experience

2010-                Sales Associate (sewing machine and fabric sales)
                                    Randy’s Quilt Shop, Greensboro, NC
2009-10            Woodshop Technician (Graduate assistantship)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2008-09            Gallery preparator (Graduate assistantship)
                                    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2005-08            Studio Artist (Printmaking, painting, and drawing)
                                    MT Studio, Julian, NC
2002-05            Sales Associate (Gallery sales, art handling, packing/shipping)
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2001-03            Core Fellowship (Work/study-dining hall manager, shuttle driver)
                                    Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

-Related Skills/ ExperiencePrintmaking (intaglio, relief, etching, aquatint, Japanese
 woodcut, serigraphy, lithography, collagraph, water-based inks)
-Bookmaking (various structure and exposed binding techniques, artist’s books)
-Woodworking, Blacksmithing (experience/knowledge of tools


                    Selected Shows




2011           Paper Planes-Group installation in 18 hours, Center for Visual Arts,
                            Greensboro, NC
2010           Identity,Center for Visual Arts,
                            Greensboro, NC
                    Temporary Solo Installation, Greensboro Cultural Center,
                            Greensboro, NC
               __tension, Christina Ray Gallery
                            New York, NY
                    The Merger, Spare Room
                            Greensboro, NC
              MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum
                      Greensboro, NC
              Graduate Student Show, Gatewood Gallery
                      Greensboro, NC
2009            2nd Year Graduate Show, EUC Gallery, UNCG
                            Greensboro, NC
                    Graduate Student Show, Gatewood Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2008            Grad Works on Paper, EUC Gallery, UNCG
                            Greensboro, NC
                    Pots and Prints (two person show), Pullen Arts Center
                            Raleigh, NC
                   Paradise City Arts Festival (juried retail shows)
          Philadelphia, PA
          Northampton, MA
2006            Growing Through Craft, Grove Arcade Arts and Heritage Gallery
                            Asheville, NC
2005            Schwa Show, Emerge Gallery
                            Greenville, NC
2002            The Liquid Language of Artist’s Books, University of Wyoming
                            Laramie, WY
2001            Free Association: Book and Paper Show, Toe River Arts Council
                            Spruce Pine, NC