MATT DUFFIN
EDUCATION
1991 BS, Architecture, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Giddy Up, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Matt Duffin and John Stockwell, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA (two-person)
2011 New Works, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2008 Nightshift, Garson Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
2007 Koelsch, Houston, TX
2007 Waiting for Green, Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester, NY
2005 Life in Shadows, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA (two-person)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 The Art Auction, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2012 The Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2011 Obsolescence, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2011 Dodransbicentennial, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Small Works, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 The Dallas Art Fair, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Art of Play, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Annual Small Works Show, The Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Metropolitan Home Magazine's Modern by Design, Steven Miller Design Studios (Courtesy
Dolby Chadwick Gallery), San Francisco, CA
2009 Annual New Talent Show, The Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Figurations 2, Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Valentine Show, Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN
2009 The LA Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2008 SOFA: Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2008 Small Wonders, Garson Fine Art, NY, NY
2008 Melt My Art: Encaustic Expressions, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2008 The LA Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Flow - Miami Invitational Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, FL
2007 Tease, Garson Fine Art, New York, NY
2007 Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2008 Get Real, The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, NY
2007 Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Flow - Miami Invitational Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, FL
2006 Homegrown, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2006 Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2006 Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Pier 92, New York, NY
2005 Shade, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, CA
2004 Lazy Days, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2004 Scope, Los Angeles, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2004 Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2004 Scope, New York, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2004 Unframed, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 The San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, CA
2003 Good Things Come in Small Packages, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2003 Encaustic Works '03: Fourth International Biennal Exhibition, The Marist College Art
Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY. (Juror: Tracy Bashkoff, Associate Curator for Collections and
Exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY)
2003 The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Pier 92, New York, NY
20th Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, The Berkeley Art Center,
Berkeley, CA. (Juror: Marion Parmenter, Executive Director, San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art Artists Gallery)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Progressive Corporation
Roll International Corporation
The Tullman Collection of Contemporary Art
The Crocker Art Museum
Carlie Hazeltine, San Francisco, CA
Paul Rickert, Greenbrae, CA
Ellanor Notides, San Francisco, CA
Marcy Friedman, Sacramento, CA
Michael Polenske, San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Franzen, Jonathan, Weiter Weg, Essays, Berlin: Rowohlt, Cover image
2012 The Adirondack Review, An Arts and Literature Quarterly, Vol XII No.4, illus.
2012 UCLA Magazine, January (Cover Image)
2011 Dessanay, Margherita, “Sunny Spaces, Dark Places,” Elephant Magazine, Issue #7,
pp. 48-53, illus.
2011 Illustration Annual #52, San Francisco: Communication Arts, illus.
2011 Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 14, Boston: Open Studios Press Spring, illus., (Juror: Beth
Vann.Senior Curator of American Art, Newark Museum)
2010 Wilson, Rainn, Soulpancake: Chew on Life's Bigger Questions, New York: Hyperion, illus.
2009 Bruno, Franklin, "Modern City, Modern Writer: Donald Barthelme's Houston," The Oxford
American 66 Fall 2009: p. 97, illus.
2009 Donohoe, Victoria, "New Talent," The Philadelphia Inquirer Weekend 17 July, 2009: p.1
2009 Promotional Brochure, The LA Art Show, October, Illus.
2008 Baldwin, Rosecrans,"Wax Figures,” The Morning News. 24 November: online
2008 Taylor, Alex, "Reviews: New York: 'Small Wonders'," Artnews V.107 No. 9 October,p. 165
2008 Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 4, Boston: Open Studios Press, Illus., (Juror: Carl Belz, Director
Emeritus of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University)
2007 Syfers, Jim, Hotel Mulberry (Cover Image), Sonoma: Apple Pie Press
2007 Turner, Cherie Louise, "Reviews: National: Nevada City," Artnews Vol. 106, No. 3 March:
pp. 150-151, illus.
2006 Dalkey, Victoria, "Mining a New Vein," Sacramento Bee Weekend Ticket 17 Nov.:
p. 12, illus.
2006 Dusharme, Laurien, "Life in Shadows," NY Arts Magazine Vol. 11, Nos. 3/4 March/April,
pp.16-17, Illus.
2006 Waters, Joan, "Emerging Artists," Sacramento Magazine March, p. 136, illus.
2005 Dalkey, Victoria, Critic's Pick, The Sacramento Bee Sunday Ticket 20 February, p.15, illus.
2005 Dusharme, Laurien, "Night Moods: New Paintings by Matt Duffin," Art Contemporaries: A
Publication of The Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Winter, pp. 16-17, illus.
2004 "City events: 6th annual San Francisco International Art Exposition," SF Station, illus.
2004 Feineman, Carol, "Grass Valley-based artist receives national acclaim," The Union, The
Prospector 1 Jan. 2004, illus.
2003 Zyzzyva (Cover Image), XlX, 2, Fall 2003
2003 Cassai, Mary, "Marist gallery exhibit validates encaustic process," Daily Freeman 14 Nov.
2003 Smart, Paul, "Encaustic comments: two Poughkeepsie shows highlight hot new/old
medium," Woodstock Times 13 Nov., illus.
2003 Edwards, Nicole, "Multi-layering of colors, textures make encaustic works bloom," The
Poughkeepsie Journal, 7 Nov. 2003,: illus.
2003 Taylor, Robert, "Recent works capture artists¹ somber moods," The Contra-Costa Times,
15 Aug.
AWARDS
2003 Juror's Award, Juror: Marion Parmenter, 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2003 Director's Award, Exhibit Director: Laura Moriarty, Encaustic Works '03: Fourth International Biennale Exhibition, The Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
EDUCATION
1991 BS, Architecture, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Giddy Up, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Matt Duffin and John Stockwell, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA (two-person)
2011 New Works, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2008 Nightshift, Garson Baker Fine Art, New York, NY
2007 Koelsch, Houston, TX
2007 Waiting for Green, Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester, NY
2005 Life in Shadows, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA (two-person)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 The Art Auction, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2012 The Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2011 Obsolescence, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2011 Dodransbicentennial, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Small Works, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 The Dallas Art Fair, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Art of Play, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Annual Small Works Show, The Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Metropolitan Home Magazine's Modern by Design, Steven Miller Design Studios (Courtesy
Dolby Chadwick Gallery), San Francisco, CA
2009 Annual New Talent Show, The Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Figurations 2, Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Valentine Show, Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN
2009 The LA Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2008 SOFA: Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2008 Small Wonders, Garson Fine Art, NY, NY
2008 Melt My Art: Encaustic Expressions, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2008 The LA Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Flow - Miami Invitational Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, FL
2007 Tease, Garson Fine Art, New York, NY
2007 Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2008 Get Real, The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, NY
2007 Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Flow - Miami Invitational Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Miami, FL
2006 Homegrown, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2006 Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2006 Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Pier 92, New York, NY
2005 Shade, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, CA
2004 Lazy Days, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2004 Scope, Los Angeles, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2004 Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2004 Scope, New York, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2004 Unframed, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 The San Francisco International Art Exposition, Julie Baker Fine Art, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, CA
2003 Good Things Come in Small Packages, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA
2003 Encaustic Works '03: Fourth International Biennal Exhibition, The Marist College Art
Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY. (Juror: Tracy Bashkoff, Associate Curator for Collections and
Exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY)
2003 The Affordable Art Fair, Julie Baker Fine Art, Pier 92, New York, NY
20th Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, The Berkeley Art Center,
Berkeley, CA. (Juror: Marion Parmenter, Executive Director, San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art Artists Gallery)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Progressive Corporation
Roll International Corporation
The Tullman Collection of Contemporary Art
The Crocker Art Museum
Carlie Hazeltine, San Francisco, CA
Paul Rickert, Greenbrae, CA
Ellanor Notides, San Francisco, CA
Marcy Friedman, Sacramento, CA
Michael Polenske, San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Franzen, Jonathan, Weiter Weg, Essays, Berlin: Rowohlt, Cover image
2012 The Adirondack Review, An Arts and Literature Quarterly, Vol XII No.4, illus.
2012 UCLA Magazine, January (Cover Image)
2011 Dessanay, Margherita, “Sunny Spaces, Dark Places,” Elephant Magazine, Issue #7,
pp. 48-53, illus.
2011 Illustration Annual #52, San Francisco: Communication Arts, illus.
2011 Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 14, Boston: Open Studios Press Spring, illus., (Juror: Beth
Vann.Senior Curator of American Art, Newark Museum)
2010 Wilson, Rainn, Soulpancake: Chew on Life's Bigger Questions, New York: Hyperion, illus.
2009 Bruno, Franklin, "Modern City, Modern Writer: Donald Barthelme's Houston," The Oxford
American 66 Fall 2009: p. 97, illus.
2009 Donohoe, Victoria, "New Talent," The Philadelphia Inquirer Weekend 17 July, 2009: p.1
2009 Promotional Brochure, The LA Art Show, October, Illus.
2008 Baldwin, Rosecrans,"Wax Figures,” The Morning News. 24 November: online
2008 Taylor, Alex, "Reviews: New York: 'Small Wonders'," Artnews V.107 No. 9 October,p. 165
2008 Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 4, Boston: Open Studios Press, Illus., (Juror: Carl Belz, Director
Emeritus of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University)
2007 Syfers, Jim, Hotel Mulberry (Cover Image), Sonoma: Apple Pie Press
2007 Turner, Cherie Louise, "Reviews: National: Nevada City," Artnews Vol. 106, No. 3 March:
pp. 150-151, illus.
2006 Dalkey, Victoria, "Mining a New Vein," Sacramento Bee Weekend Ticket 17 Nov.:
p. 12, illus.
2006 Dusharme, Laurien, "Life in Shadows," NY Arts Magazine Vol. 11, Nos. 3/4 March/April,
pp.16-17, Illus.
2006 Waters, Joan, "Emerging Artists," Sacramento Magazine March, p. 136, illus.
2005 Dalkey, Victoria, Critic's Pick, The Sacramento Bee Sunday Ticket 20 February, p.15, illus.
2005 Dusharme, Laurien, "Night Moods: New Paintings by Matt Duffin," Art Contemporaries: A
Publication of The Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Winter, pp. 16-17, illus.
2004 "City events: 6th annual San Francisco International Art Exposition," SF Station, illus.
2004 Feineman, Carol, "Grass Valley-based artist receives national acclaim," The Union, The
Prospector 1 Jan. 2004, illus.
2003 Zyzzyva (Cover Image), XlX, 2, Fall 2003
2003 Cassai, Mary, "Marist gallery exhibit validates encaustic process," Daily Freeman 14 Nov.
2003 Smart, Paul, "Encaustic comments: two Poughkeepsie shows highlight hot new/old
medium," Woodstock Times 13 Nov., illus.
2003 Edwards, Nicole, "Multi-layering of colors, textures make encaustic works bloom," The
Poughkeepsie Journal, 7 Nov. 2003,: illus.
2003 Taylor, Robert, "Recent works capture artists¹ somber moods," The Contra-Costa Times,
15 Aug.
AWARDS
2003 Juror's Award, Juror: Marion Parmenter, 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2003 Director's Award, Exhibit Director: Laura Moriarty, Encaustic Works '03: Fourth International Biennale Exhibition, The Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
