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 drawings, prints, paintings, and drawn animations, Matt uses spatial metaphors and surreal environments to reflect on narrative and identity formation.

Publications/Creative Works

Select recent juried shows: 
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

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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