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