MICHELLE MATTHEWS
CONTACT & CV
Education:
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2021 Atelierhaus Hilmsen Residency, Wallstawe, Germany
2020 A.I.R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France
2018-2019 Atelierhaus Hilmsen Residency, Wallstawe, Germany
2018 Residency, La Meridiana, International Centre of Ceramics Certaldo, Italy
2016 Block Fellow, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2015 Certificate of Achievement, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1981 Bachelor of Arts, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Solo Exhibitions:
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2021 Untitled, Mönchskirche Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
2020 Untitled, TANK Space, Spring Street Studios, Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
2019 Resilient, Mother Dog Studio, Houston, TX
2018 Sculpted, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2016 Empty Spaces, a Sculpture Month Houston Exhibition, Galeria Regina, Houston, TX
2015 An Interpretations, Galeria Regina, Houston, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2019 Ritual and the Rite of Resurrection of the Original, in collaboration with Jeff Forster, Art Galley,
Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
Without Borders, (Co-Curated) Mönchskirche Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
2018 Out of Clay, A Sculpture Month Houston Exhibition, MFAH, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
Clay Connection, Mönchskirche Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
Collective Transference: Houston Area Clay, HCC Central Campus, Art Gallery, Houston, TX
2017 Neoteric Ignition, TEAplusArt, Houston, TX
Collective Transference: Houston Area Clay, Stephen F. Austin State University, Cole Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
2016 The Block, 2015 Glassell School of Art Fellows, Curator Sally Sprout, Williams Tower, Houston, TX
Sculpture Month Houston, Music and Sculpture: A Journey for the Senses, Houston, TX
2015 MFAH, Cullen Sculpture Garden Installation, Houston, TX
Nourish: ClayHouston Membership Exhibition, HCCC, Houston, TX
The University of Dallas Regional Juried Ceramic Competition, Dallas, TX
Art in 3 Dimensions Invitational, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX
Ceramics in the Environment, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
BLOCK Studio Exhibition, MFAH, Laura Blanton Gallery, Houston, TX
MFAH, Glassell School of Art, Kinder Morgan Exhibition Series, Houston, TX
Think & Make Tank, Organized by Lily Cox-Richard, Laura Blanton Gallery, Houston, TX
2014 Women Who Wood Fire, Invitational, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
Infinite Connections, Two-person show, Galeria Regina, Houston, TX
2013 Farewell Exhibition, Canal Street Gallery, Houston, TX
Organicity, in conjunction with NCECA, organized by Michelle Matthews, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX
Artifacts from the Inferno: Contemporary Wood-fired Ceramics, Jack Troy, Juror, Baltimore Clayworks, MD
Visions In Clay Exhibition, Peter Held, Juror, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
64 Arts 2013, National Juried Exhibition, Monmouth, IL
BAL National 2013, Beaumont, TX
Roughneck: A ClayHouston Exhibition, in conjunction with NCECA, HCCC, Houston, TX
Chowan University National Juried Exhibition 2013, Murfreesboro, NC
The University of Dallas Regional Juried Ceramic Competition, Dallas, TX
47th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
2012 New Hampshire Institute of Art’s National Ceramic Biennial Exhibition, Manchester, NH
Across the Divide, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
46th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
2010 The Art of Fine Craft “Ceramics and Metals from Glassell”, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
Stretch ClayHouston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft juried show, Houston, TX
7 Women & Bill, Canal Street Gallery, Houston, TX
Publications:
2018 American ceramic artists exhibits in the Salzwedeler Mönchskirche, by Anke Pelczarski, Diesdorf, Germany
Accountant has come to the sound, by A. Pelczarski, Jeetze-Courier, Salzwedel, Germany
Ceramics Inspired by the Region, by David Schroder, Salzwedeler Volksstimme, Salzwedel, Germany
Limited Engagement: Michelle Matthews’ Raw Clay, by Perry Price, Executive Director, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2017 Michelle Matthews, ed., Collective Transference: Houston Area Clay, SFASU, Cole Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
2016 Stephanie Finnegan, “The Fine Art of Crafting with Clay” in Handmade Business, June 2016 (featured artist)
Curator:
2019 Without Borders, Mönchskirche Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
2018 Collective Transference: Houston Area Clay, HCC Central Campus, Art Gallery,
Houston, TX
2017 Collective Transference: Houston Area Clay, Stephen F. Austin State University, Cole Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
Awards/Recognition:
2016 Visiting Artist at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2015 Merit Award Nourish: ClayHouston Membership Show, Houston, TX
2013 Honorable Mention, BAL National, Beaumont, TX
Honorable Mention and People’s Choice Award, Six Pack Show, Columbus, TX
Texas Clay Arts Association Featured Artist Series
Empty Bowls Houston Featured Artist
2010 Clay Arts Museum and Education Organization of Houston Emerging Artist, Houston, TX
Artist Talks:
2019 Resilient, Mother Dog Studio, Houston, TX
2018 Residencies, conversation with ClayHouston
2018 Out of Clay, conversation with Volker Eisele, Jeff Forster and Clara Hoag
Conversation with Joe Havel and Perry Price at Lawndale Art Center
2016 Talk with Laura A. L. Wellen at Galeria Regina
Visiting Artist, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
2014 "Infinite Connections", Galeria Regina, Houston, TX
2013 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, Roughneck: A ClayHouston Exhibition
in conjunction with NCECA