M.F.A. in painting with honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
B.A. in economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
William Busta Gallery, "Accumulations," Cleveland, OH
The College of Wooster Art Museum, Ebert Art Center, "Necessary Parts," Wooster, OH
Fine Arts Center in Provincetown, "Out of Sync," Provincetown, MA
William Busta Gallery, "Caught in Flux," Cleveland, OH
St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
Hiram College, “Fissures: New Paintings,” Hiram, OH
Kent State University – Stark Campus, Stark, OH
The Dean’s Gallery, MIT Sloan School of Management, “Dissolved Presences,” Boston, MA
Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, VT
Framingham State University, “Locating a View,” Framingham, MA
Doll-Anstadt Gallery, “Neon Gardens,” Burlington, VT
University of Leeds, Bretton Hall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
AS220, Providence, RI
Sol Koffler Gallery, “Seeing Not Doing,” Providence, RI
Sol Koffler Gallery, “Location,” Providence, RI
Kent State University – Stark, OH, "New Worlds", Stark, OH
1708 Gallery, "SECAC Exhibition," Richmond, VA
Cleveland Clinic, "Expansive Gesture," Cleveland, OH
Front Room Gallery, "Terra Non Firma," Cleveland, OH
Legation Gallery, "Terra Non Firma," Cleveland, OH
Myers School of Art, University of Akron, "Faculty Exhibition," Akron, OH
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, "There Goes the Neighborhood," Cleveland, OH
Berry College, "Painting Invitational," Mount Berry, GA
William Busta Gallery, "Gallery Artist," Cleveland, OH
Myers School of Art, University of Akron, "Faculty Exhibition," Cleveland, OH
FAVA Gallery, "Noticing the Unseen," Oberlin, OH
Sherrie Gallery, "Rhode Island School of Design," Columbus, OH
Allegheny College, "8-hour Drawing," Allegheny, PA
Art Advisory Boston, Matthew Kolodziej and Julianna Bruce, “New Paintings and Wall Reliefs,” Boston, MA
Rockford Art Museum, “Rockford Midwestern,” Rockford, IL
Morehead State University, “Fragmentations,” Morehead, KY
Cleveland Foundation, “New Work,” Cleveland, OH
Eastern Missouri State University, “Group Exhibition,” MO
Attic Space, “The Attic Show,” Oakland, CA
Summit Art Space, Fresh Art, Akron, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art, “NEO Show,” Cleveland, OH. Juried by Jeffrey Grove
High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Jane Farver, List Center for the Visual Arts, MIT
Boston; and Louis Grachos, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo
Akron Art Museum, “New Master Drawings,” Akron, OH
Bowling Green State University, “Small Monuments,” Bowling Green, OH
Cleveland Heights Collaborative, “Collector's Choice,” Cleveland, OH
University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Faculty Exhibition, Akron, OH
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, “Small Monuments,” Cleveland, OH
Kent State University, “NEO,” Kent, OH
Cleveland Heights Collaborative, “Painting 2004,” Cleveland, OH
Maryland Federation of Art, “Art on Paper,” Annapolis, MD. National Jury
Xavier University, “New Paintings,” Cincinnati, OH
The College of Wooster Art Museum, “Convergence,” Wooster, OH, Regional Juried
Florida State University Museum of Art, “Combined Talents,” Tallahassee, FL
Oberlin College, “Mediated Nature,” Cleveland, OH
Ohio Art League, “New Paintings,” Columbus, OH
University of Akron, Myers School of Art, “Faculty Exhibition,” Akron, OH
Rockford Art Museum, “Rockford Midwestern,” Rockford, IL
Montserrat College of Art, National Collage Exhibition, Beverly, MA
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, National Juried Show, New Milford, NJ
Charles Mayer Studios Inc., Regional Juried Exhibition, Akron, OH
Harris-Stanton Gallery, Gallery Artists, Akron, OH
University of Akron, Myers School of Art, “Faculty Exhibition,” Akron, OH
Arlington Center for the Arts, “Collage,” Arlington, MA Art Advisory Boston, “New Paintings,” Milton, MA
Art Institute of Boston, “Faculty Exhibition,” Boston, MA
Louisiana State University, “Painters Pick Painters,” Baton Rouge, LA
University of Akron, Myers School of Art, “Faculty Exhibition,” Akron, OH
Discovery Museum, “Mandalas,” Bridgeport, CT
Hera Gallery, “RI 2000: Artists Respond to the Millennium,” Wakefield, RI
Rhode Island School of Design, “Summer Faculty Show,” Providence, RI
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, “Regional Artists,” Waltham, MA
Ukrainian Institute, “Group Show,” Chicago, IL
University of Wisconsin, “Paintings,” La Crosse, WI
Montserrat College of Art, “Biophilia Connection,” Beverly, MA
Attleboro Museum, “Sense of Place,” Attleboro, MA
Moses Brown School, “Paintings,” Providence, RI
Anna Maria College, “Sense of Place,” Paxton, MA
Doll-Anstadt Gallery, “Gallery Artists,” Burlington, VT
Endicott College, “Faculty Show,” Beverly, MA
Rhode Island School of Design, “Faculty Show,” Providence, RI
Fuller Museum, “Faculty Show,” Brockton, MA
Lenore Gray Gallery, “Summer Show,” Providence, RI
Pantsios, Anastasia, Seller’s Market As Cleveland clambers out of recession, local galleries celebrate expansions, Cleveland Scene, March 23
Utter, Douglas Max, “Running in Place,” Scene Magazine, April 14
Sokol, Brett, “36 Hours in Cleveland,“ New York Times, September 20 Litt, Steven, “Artist Matthew Kolodziej shows how he made a painting for MOCA Cleveland: Close Up,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 9 Litt, Steven, “Poetic Provocative Works Echo the Plight of Cities,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 26
Utter, Douglas Max, “Living for the City, Eleven artists meditate on urban life,” Scene Magazine, August 19
Nguyen, Trong Gia, “Weekly Roundup,” Art21 Blog, July 27
Litt, Steven, “Top floor is tops for Akron faculty art show,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 18
Tranberg, Dan, “Things are not what they seem,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 18
Litt, Steven, Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 2
Utter, Max, “Noting the Overlooked,” Cleveland Free Times, March
McQuaid, Cate, “Matthew Kolodziej at Art Advisory Boston,” Art In New England, June-July
Shinn, Dorothy, “Freshest of Fresh Art Show,” Akron Beacon Journal, May
Heath, Benita, “Fragmentations,” Lexington Herald Leader, February 12
“Fragmentations,” Morehead News, January
"NEO Show," Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH: catalog
"New Master Drawings," Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH: catalog
Bracken Sparks, Amy, "NEO Show", Angle Magazine, September
Litt, Steven, "Neo Show," Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 10 Shinn, Dorothy, "NEO Show Struts Best Of Area Artists," Akron Beacon Journal, July 10 Shinn, Dorothy, "Art Space Shows Off Drawings," Akron Beacon Journal, May 22
Tranberg, Dan, "Painting 2004," Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 10 Bracken Sparks, Amy, "Small Monuments," Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 2
The Florida International, Combined Talents", Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL: catalog
"Mediated Nature," Oberlin College, Here Here Gallery, Cleveland, OH: catalog
McQuaid, Cate, "Abstract Pair," Boston Globe, June 22
O'Brien, Barbara, "Tender Allies: The Biophilia Connection," Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA: catalog
Cohen, Joyce, "Rose Art Museum," Art In New England, April-May McQuaid, Cate, "Rose Show Stretches Abstract's Boundaries," Boston Globe, February 21
Sherman, Mary, "Rose Art Museum, A Quiet Revolution," Boston Herald, February 4
Faxon, Alicia, "Attleboro Museum," Art In New England, August-September Faxon, Alicia, "Reviews," Art In New England, December 1997-January 1998
Van Siclen, Bill, "RI Galleries," Providence Journal Bulletin, September
RISD Museum of Art, "Contemporary Art In Rhode Island," Providence, RI: catalog
Ahern, Tom, "Five Artists," Rhode Island Magazine, April
Van Siclen, Bill, "RI Galleries," Providence Journal Bulletin, June
Co-curator with Donna Webb, "Hybridology: Animals Reinterpreted," Synapse Series. Exhibition at the Akron Zoological Park featured the work of Myers Artist in residence Adelaide Paul and University of Akron students. Exhibition explored the relationships of animals to humans. Panel discussion with Peter Mohan, Peter Neiwiarowski, Donna Webb, and Adelaide Paul concerning the roll of observation in art and science.
Co-curator with Kirk and Nate Mueller, "Marius Watz: Electroplastiques," featuring an exhibition of processing, rapid prototypes and laser cut drawings. A 60-foot kinetic image of Marius' work was projected for three nights onto the side of the EJ Thomas theatre building. Akron, OH
Curator, “Intersections,” featuring James Hyde, Fabian Marcaccio, Lydia Dona, Julia Fish, Joe Fyfe, Richmond Burton, and Steve Roden, University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH. Show explores architectural space in contemporary painting.
Curator, "Small Monuments," Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Work explores roll of monuments in contemporary public and private space.
Curator, Brian Sharp, New Work, Projects Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Curator, Chris Ryan, New Work, Projects Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Curator, 3x2x5, Student Painters from Kent State University, Cleveland Institute of Art, and Myers School of Art and Design, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Co-Curator with Gregory Whitkopp, Director of Cranbrook Museum of Art, “Steve Mumford: Drawings from Life in Iraq,” University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH; Cranbrook Museum of Art, Detroit, MI; Moore Space, Miami, FL. Exhibition on life during Iraq conflict. Exhibition required loans of Winslow Homer, Goya images from the Cleveland Museum of Art, and private collection of regional artist, Paul Travis.
Guest Curator, “Small Monuments,” Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Curator, Melissa Meyers, “30 Years of Prints,” University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH.
Liason, Brought traveling show of James Siena, “Paintings,” University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH.
Curator, Gary Stephan, “Paintings,” University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
Curator, “Sense of Place,” Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA. Work traveled to Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA.
Matt Kenyon (SWAMP), Steve DiBenedetto, Lorri Ott, John Roloff, Duke Riley, Eve Laramee, David Cohen (critic), Alice Aycock, Gary Stephan, Kori Newkirk, Melissa Meyer, Steve Mumford, James Siena, Fabian Marcaccio, Julia Fish, Richmond Burton, Chris Ryan, Will Mentor, Dan Dove, Sarah McKenzie, Brian Sharp, Dana Schutz, Diana Cooper, Marius Watz, Polly Aphelbaum, Lydia Dona, John Pearson, Suzanne Joelson, Sarah Kabot, Kevin Hogan, Lisa Dent (curator)
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
American Greetings, Cleveland, OH
Fidelity Investments Inc., Boston, MA
Nokia Corporation, Boston, MA
The Providence Group, Providence, RI
CSC, Waltham, MA
Edwards and Angell Law Offices, Providence, RI
University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH
Southeastern College Art Association, Honorary Mention Secac Fellowship
Southeastern College Art Association, Conference Exhibition Award
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
University of Akron, Myers Grant
University of Akron, Folk Grant
National Science Foundation, in collaboration with Polymer Science to support science and art dialogues at the University of Akron
University of Akron, Spring Research Grant
Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Fellowship, Provincetown, MA
Ohio State Council for the Arts, Innovation Grant, Synapse: Connecting Art and Science
Nomination, Tiffany Foundation Grant
Ohio Arts Council, Individual Excellence Award
Provost Fellow for Innovation, University of Akron
University of Akron, Myers Grant
University of Akron, Folk Grant
University of Akron, Summer Research Fellowship, Italy
University of Akron, Summer Research Grant, Italy
University of Akron, Folk Grant, curatorial research
Best in Show, Fresh Art, Summit Art Space, Akron, OH
University of Akron, Myers Grant, studio
University of Akron, Myers Grant, Italy
University of Akron, Folk Grant, studio
University of Akron, Summer Research Grant, England
Fulbright Scholar, Research and Painting Grant, England
Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, Painting Fellowship
Award of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design
Liquitex Excellence in Fine Arts, Supply Grant
Dean's List, University of Chicago
Southeastern College Art Association, Panel Chair, The End of Representation and Abstraction
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Chair, Synapse Series, Panel with Designer Marius Watz and Biologist Paco Moore, EJ Thomas Hall, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Chair, Synapse Series, Panel with Artist Diana Cooper and Fred Collopy, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH Visiting Artist, Lecture, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Chair, Panel with Julia Fish, Richmond Burton, Christopher Diehl, Intersections, Myers School of Art
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Small Monuments, Bowling Green State University, OH
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Akron Arts Alliance, Akron, OH
Panelist, Small Monuments, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Kent State University, Stark, OH
Visiting Artist, Critiques, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist Lecture, Painting Zero Degree, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Macon, GA
Visiting Artist, Panel Discussion, Biophilia Connection, Montserrat College of Art
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
Chair/Panel Discussion, Sense of Place, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
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