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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










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