Education
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) MFA, 2010
Illinois State University BFA, 2007
Selected Exhibitions
2017
“Glass Weekend,” with Morgan Contemporary, Wheaton Glass Center, Millville NJ (forthcoming)
Solo exhibition, Bullseye Glass New York (forthcoming)
2016
“Sculptural/Bias II” Morgan Contemporary, Pittsburgh, PA
“Evolve” Bullseye Projects, Portland, OR (traveling)(catalog)
“Anthropoceneans” New Hope Art Center, New Hope, PA
2015
“Fracture” Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, (Solo)
“Glass Weekend,” with Morgan Contemporary, Wheaton Glass Center, Millville NJ
2013
“Glass Weekend,” with Morgan Contemporary, Wheaton Glass Center, Millville NJ
“ART Shanghai,” Shanghai, China
2012
“Grow” Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra ACT Australia (Solo)
“Clearly” Canberra Glassworks, Canberra ACT Australia (with publication) (Solo)
2011
“Glass Weekend,” with Morgan Contemporary, Wheaton Glass Center, Millville NJ
2010
“New Contemporaries,” Rhode Island School of design Museum, Providence RI
“Looking” 65 Eddy St. Gallery, Providence RI
“Accumulations of Opaque Experiments,” RISD Thesis show, Dunkin-Donut
Convention Center, Providence RI
2009
Glass Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI
2008
Reflections, Graduate glass biannual, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI
Emerge, survey of emerging artist, Bullseye resource center, Portland OR (juried)
Awards
2011
Lois Roth Travel Grant recipient to undertake research in Adelaide and Sydney
U.S. Department of State Travel Grant
2010
Fulbright Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra Australia
2009
Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
Graduate assistantship, Rhode Island School of Design
Full scholarship to Pilchuck School of glass, master class with Richard Whiteley, Pilchuck Glass School,
Stanwood WA
2008
National Endowment for the Arts, John Rena scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design
Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
Graduate assistantship, Rhode Island School of Design
Professional Practice
2016
Lecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Lecture, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Lec-Mo GAS Conference, San Jose, CA
2014
Emerging Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, (Forthcoming)
Artist in Residence, Selwyn Orchard, Christchurch, New Zealand
2013
ABC News Radio Interview: Sunday Brunch with Melanie Tate. National broadcast, Australia.
Presenter Fulbright Symposium “Soft Power, Smart Power: The Multiplier Effect of Educational and
Cultural Exchange.
New Glass Review #34, Corning, NY
Semi-Finalist Fountainhead Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University
“Clearly Fantastic!” Canberra Times Review.
2012
Visiting artist/lecture, Illinois State University, Bloomington Normal, IL
Visiting artist/lecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Visiting artist/lecture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Wheaton Fellow, Wheaton Glass Center, Millvile NJ
“Clearly” (publication) new works by Matthew Day Perez in conjunction with “Clearly” presented at
Canberra Glassworks
2011
Visiting artist/lecture, University South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia Australia, funded by the U.S
State Department for lecturing within the arts.
Visiting artist/lecture, Sydney College Of the Arts, Sydney, Australia, funded by the U.S State
Department for lecturing within the arts.
Art Forum Lecture “The Color of Clear” Australia National University, Canberra Australia
RISD XYZ, Alumni Magazine, Alumni Reports, Prestigious Merit, Spring
2010
Emerging Artist in Residence Coordinator, Pilchuck Campus, Stanwood WA
The Providence Phoenix, Celebration of Sensation, Exhibition Review, Greg Cook
Emerge, a showcase/publication of rising talents in kiln formed glass, Bullseye Glass Company
SEEN: Diverse materials in RISD glass MFA graduate thesis exhibition, The GLASS Quarterly
Hot Sheet
2009
New Glass Review #30, Corning, NY
2008
Artist in resident (March), Corning Museum of Glass
Emerge, a showcase/publication of rising talents in kiln formed glass, Bullseye Glass Company
The gather: CMOG museum publication artist bio and residency information
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY Master class with Daniel Clayman
2007
Corning Museum Of glass, “Particular about Particulates,” Anna Boothe
Illinois State University demonstration and lecture: “The multipart mold, the multipart object”
Work Experience
2016
Material Specialist, Dustin Yellin Studio, Brooklyn NY (present)
Instructor “Kiln as Chisel”, Bullseye Resource Center Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Instructor “Kiln as Chisel”, Bullseye Resource Center New York, Mamaroneck, NY
Instructor “Kiln as Chisel”, Bullseye Resource Center Bay Area, Emeryville, CA
2015
Cold working/lamination consultant, Dustin Yellin Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Co-Project Manager, Immaculate Conception studio, Janine Antoni, Brooklyn, NY
Instructor “Mold Making Mash-up”, The Studio CMOG, Corning, NY
Instructor “Kiln as Chisel”, Bullseye Resource Center Portland, Portland, OR
Instructor “Kiln as Chisel”, Bullseye Resource Center Bay Area, Emeryville, CA
Instructor “Kiln as Chisel”, Bullseye Resource Center Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Instructor “Kiln as Chisel”, Bullseye Resource Center New York, Mamaroneck, NY
Instructor “Smoke and Mirrors” Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA
2014
Instructor “Mold Making Mash-up”, The Studio CMOG, Corning, NY
Instructor “Little Parts, Big Art”, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (Forthcoming)
2012
Instructor “From Museum to Studio: Tiffany”, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Instructor “Object Lab, “Mold Making Mashup” Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney Australia
Teaching Assistant, Michiko Miyake, “Finding Your Originality” Pilchuck school of glass, Stanwood WA
Adjunct Faculty (fall), Australian National University, courses in art theory, professional practice, and
interdisciplinary mold making.
2011
Research Fellow, Australian National University (December 2010- present)
Teaching Assistant, Anna Boothe, “Particular about Particulates” Pilchuck school of glass, Stanwood WA
2010
Instructor “Art History 101” , Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
Instructor “Contradictory Spaces”, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI