Matthew Metz

Living in Houston, Minnesota

Born March 15, 1961, Kendallville, IN

EDUCATION

1985

University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA - Master of Fine Arts - Ceramics,

1983

Ball State University, IN, Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ceramics

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2003 Intentional Surface, Solo Show, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA

2001 Objects for Use, American Craft Museum, New York, NY

A Ceramic Continuum - 50 Years of the Archie Bray Influence, Holter Museum, Helena, MT

American Potters, Moegi Gallery, Mashiko, Japan

1998 Recent Work-Two Person Show, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO

Pouring Vessels, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997 Side by Side, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago IL

Domestic Pottery, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale AR

Form & Surface, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD

Two-Person Show - Sikora & Metz, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

1995 Marks of an Artist, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN

1994 Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA

Ceramics and Fibers-A New Generation, Wustom Museum, Racine, WI

1993 The Legacy of the Archie Bray Foundation, 1957-1993, Bellevue Museum of Art, Bellevue, WA

Soup Tureens 1993, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

The Tea Party, American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1992 Archie Bray Potters: NCECA, Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS

1997 Workshop-Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN

Workshop-Boulder Potter’s Guild, Boulder, CO

Workshop- Southwest Missouri State, Springfield, MO

1996 Workshop- Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB, Canada

Workshop-Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC

Spring Concentration-Penland School, Penland, NC

Lecture-University of Georgia, Athens, GA

1995 Workshop-Edina Arts Center, Edina, MN

Workshop- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Workshop-Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN

1994 Workshop-Northern Clay Art Center, St. Paul MN

Workshop-University of Whitewater, MN

Workshop-Cester Springs Studio, PA

Workshop-Penland School, Penland, NC

1993 - 1995 Winona State University, MN

1989 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

1988 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

1987 Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI

GRANTS

1997 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists, Northern Clay Center

1990 Individual Crafts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts

1986 Residency Grant, Mid-Atlantic States Arts Consortium and the National Endowment for the Arts

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Minneapolis Institute For the Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ceramics Monthly, “Philadelphia Crafts Show”, January 1997

American Craft, “Portfolio-Matthew Metz”, p.52 June-July1996

Ceramics Monthly, “The Archie Bray Legacy”, p. 47-62 December 1993

Ceramics Monthly, “1990 NEA Grants” pp.40-47 December 1990