Matthew McHugh

Contact Information

Education

• MFA: Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking, 2021 
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• BFA: Drawing, Minor in Arts Leadership and Administration, 2016
  Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Professional/Academic Experience

• 2022-present: Adjunct faculty, University of Northern Colorado 
• 2021-present: Adjunct faculty, Aims Community College 
• 2018-2021: Graduate teaching assistant and drawing instructor of record, Purdue University

Research/Areas of Interest

In his art, Matt explores the act of self-contextualization through the lenses of time, identity narratives, and mortality. He often references paleolithic art, the sublime, and the uncanny to echo how vast time and the world’s complexity are in relation to the smaller scale of an individual.

Publications/Creative Works

Select recent juried shows: 
2023: 48th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
2023: Existence, DANOK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023: Figures and Faces, 2023 Online Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2023: National Juried Painting Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
2023: Impressions Printmaking Exhibition, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2023: 28th Parkside National Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, WI
2022: Brand 50th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
2022: Masterpieces 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2022: Boulder Art Association National Juried Art Exhibition, ‘R’ Gallery, Boulder, CO
2022: Variations, Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead, MA (Juror: Miriam Stewart, Harvard University Museum Curator of the Collection, Division of European and American Art)
2021: Viral Hope Exhibition, Bitfactory Gallery, Denver, CO 
2021: Blastoff Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
2021: Black and White Online Exhibition, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Juror: Shana Nys Dambrot, Arts Editor for the L.A. Weekly)
2021: Not! An Art Fair, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2020: Grown, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019-2020: Drawing Show, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Juror: Olga Valle Tetkowski, Exhibition Manager of The Drawing Center, New York City, NY)

Honors and Awards

2023: 1st place drawing award and 1st place printmaking award, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
2022: Artistic Merit Award, Boulder Art Association National Juried Art Exhibition, ‘R’ Gallery, Boulder, CO
2021: 3rd place in show, Viral Hope Exhibition, Bitfactory Gallery, Denver, CO 
2021: Best student film, Blastoff Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA

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