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Matt Eaton

1710 Dartmouth Avenue

Bessemer, Alabama 35020

Home 205-426-0445

Cell 505-235-5182

E-mail:  Meaton384@aol.com


Education

  • 2002

Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture

School of Art and Design, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

Expected Graduation: Fall 2002

  • 1998

Professional Printers Certificate

Tamarind Institute

College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico

  • 1997

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Printmaking

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

 

Professional

2002-2003

Staff Instructor for the School of Art

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

2001-2002

Artist in Residence and Metal Arts Coordinator

Sloss Metal Arts, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Birmingham, Alabama

2000

Instructor of Metal Fabrication

Spruill Center for the Arts

Atlanta, Georgia

2000

Emerging Artist in Residence

Sloss Metal Arts, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Birmingham, Alabama

1999-2000

Graduate Teaching Assistantship

Instructor of Design Foundations

School of Art and Design, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

1998-2001

Graduate Research Assistantship

Studio Technician for the Sculpture Department

School of Art and Design, Georgia State University

1996-1998

Foundry Technician

Adobe Forge and Foundry

Corrales, New Mexico

1994-1996

Assistant to Cathrine Clinger, Printmaking

Department of Art, New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

1995

Woodworker in the Construction of Fine Furniture

G. Whitwell Fine Furniture

Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

Awards and Fellowships

 

  • 2000

Dean Dreyer Juror’s Award

School of Art and Design Annual Juried Art Exhibition

School of Art and Design, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Outstanding Graduate Sculpture Student Award

School of Art and Design, Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

 

The Sloss Emerging Artist in Residency Grant

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Birmingham, Alabama

  • 1997

Lorraine Shula Scholarship for the Visual Arts

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

 

Selected Exhibitions

2003

Sloss Metal Artist

Space One Eleven

Birmingham, Alabama

 

The Sloss Alumni Show

Southern Conference on Cast Iron Art

The Circle Gallery

Birmingham, Alabama

2002

2300F 2002

Grounds for Sculpture

Hamilton, New Jersey

 

Full Well

Space One Eleven

Birmingham, Alabama

 

Breadth

Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery

Atlanta, Georgia

2001

Iron Tribe: An Exhibition of Contemporary Cast Iron Art By Selected Artist From The USA and Scotland

Donnelley Library Fine Art Gallery

Las Vegas, New Mexico

 

Out of the Fire:  Sloss Metal Arts Program

Alabama State Council For The Arts Gallery

Montgomery, Alabama

2000

Cast Iron Sculpture by Artist at Sloss

Space One Eleven

Birmingham, Alabama

 

Iron Show

Durbin Gallery of the Doris Wainwright Kennedy Art Center

Birmingham, Alabama

 

Sloss Artist in Residence Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

Robert Lowery Gallery

Dansville, Georgia

 

Personal Circumstances:  Georgia Artist at the End of the Century

Spruill Art Gallery

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Ferrum:  Contemporary Cast Iron Art by Artist at Sloss

Bare Hands Gallery

Birmingham, Alabama

 

School of Art and Design Annual Juried Art Exhibition

School of Art and Design Gallery of Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

 

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