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 much of his recent work, McHugh invites Paleolithic cave art into contemporary contexts to reflect on the contrast between the vastness of time and the transience of individual human life.

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Publications/Creative Works

Select recent juried shows: 
2025: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 10th Curated Hang, London, UK, internationally juried

2025: Drawing Discourse 16th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Asheville, NC, internationally juried. Invited for guest lecture: https://aah.unca.edu/exhibitions/drawing-discourse/16th-annual/studio-visit-matthew-mchugh

2025: 7th Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA, internationally juried

2025: 127th Annual Midwest Art Exhibition, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS, nationally juried

2024: Society of American Graphic Artists 89th Annual Members Exhibition, The Arts Center at Governors Island, New York, NY, nationally juried

2024: The Director’s Cut, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, UK, internationally juried

2024: The International Exhibition on Animals in Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, internationally juried. Best of Show Award

2024: 37th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, nationally juried

2024: GALEX 57 National Competition & Exhibition, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL, nationally juried

2024 Under Pressure: 2024 National Printmaking Exhibition, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO, nationally juried

2023 48th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX, internationally juried. Awards: 1st place drawing, 1st place printmaking

2023 National Juried Painting Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, nationally juried

2023 Existence, DANOK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, nationally juried

2022 The Gallery at The Met Store: Society of American Graphic Artists Installation
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Met Store Gallery, New York, NY, nationally juried

2022 Masterpieces 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, internationally juried

2022: Boulder Art Association National Juried Art Exhibition, ‘R’ Gallery, Boulder, CO, nationally juried. Artistic Merit Award