Matthew Pruden

Philadelphia, PA
matt.pruden@gmail.com

Biography

b. 1973	Lodi, NJ
	Currently lives and works in Philadelphia, PA

Education

1991-1995	University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
	BFA with honors: Painting/Drawing; Trustee Scholarship
1991	Sculptor's Apprentice, New York, NY
	Greg Wyatt (sculptor-in-residence, Cathedral of St. John the Divine)
	Contributed to "The Art of Bronze Casting" exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1990	Governor's School for the Arts at Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ

Gallery Affiliation

2002-Present	Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, (Cooperative Gallery), Philadelphia, PA:
	Artist Member and Exhibitions Chairperson

Exhibitions

2009	Grave Concerns, solo exhibition
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2009	Art of the State, group exhibition
	State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2009	Invasive Species, group exhibition
	The Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
2008	Matt Pruden, solo exhibition
	Gallery 815, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008	end of the earth, solo exhibition
	Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
2008	Trading Spaces, group exhibition
	State University of New York, Binghamton, New York
2008	New Faces: Art in City Hall, group exhibition
	Philadelphia, PA
2007	Metaphoric Vinyl, group exhibition
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2007	magnetic sleep, solo exhibition
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2007	Newton's First Law, group exhibition
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2006	The Variety Show, group exhibition
	Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006	Subterrane, group exhibition
	(expanded installation of selected projects from online exhibition)
	Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2006	Subterrane, online group exhibition of digital projects
	www.subterrane.org, Philadelphia, PA
2006	OUTside IN, juried group exhibition
	Philadelphia Art Alliance (in collaboration with the Mural Arts Program), Philadelphia, PA
2005	Seeing Red, group exhibition
	Studio C, Philadelphia, PA
2005	Telling Stories: The Narrative in Contemporary Art, group exhibition
	Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
2004-05	Discontent, group exhibition
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2004	lost in clouds, solo exhibition
	University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
2004	Nano Show, juried group exhibition
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2004	a scene of whirling drift, solo exhibition
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2004	Painting /Drawing Alumni, group exhibition
	University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003-04	Robert Falcon Scott Dreams of the Pole (Aurora Australis), installation
	Rosenwald-Wolf Galleries, Window on Broad, Philadelphia, PA
2002	demo: an exhibition of new members, group exhibition
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2002	Get Out: Lighting for Urban Rooftop Environments, group exhibition
	Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Curatorial Projects

2005	Benjamin Franklin: An American Idol, Co-Curator
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2003	Illegal Art: Degenerate Art of the Corporate Age, Co-curator
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
2003	Iron On!, Curator
	Nexus, Philadelphia, PA

Awards

2009	Davis Memorial Award For Drawing, Art of the State exhibition
2006	PA Council on the Arts Individual Artist's Fellowship: Painting

Publications

2008	Crossing Boundaries, catalog of exhibition and symposium
	16th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, SUNY Binghamton, NY
2006	New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Edition

Press

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