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Matt MacFarland
mattiemac17@gmail.com
(310) 892-9522 (cell)

Education:
2001-2003  Master of Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
1995-1999  Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Cruz
1991-1995  High School Diploma, Analy High School, Sebastopol, CA.

Awards
2005  L.A.'s Curators Choice Award, Immodest Proposals, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX.
2003  Armory Center for the Arts Fellowship

Lectures/Public Presentations
2004  Artist Lecture, ArtForum Lecture series, Santa Ana College

Collaborations
2007  Suitcase meets FUDP, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
2007  Suitcase Volume II:  The Unpacking  Park Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
2006  Suitcase, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2004  Brown Out V:  Le Pinchefuntastique, Dangerous Curve, Los Angeles, CA.

Screenings
2008  Old Pasadena Film Festival, Pasadena, CA
2007  Video Picnic, Me and You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
2006  Video Picnic, Me and You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.

Press
2008  Erech Overaker, Interview with Matt MacFarland, murdershow.net.  July 14, 2008

Solo Shows
2008  Die My Dear?  Why That's the Last Thing I'll Do!, Sea and Space Explorations, Highland Park, CA.
2005  Arby Alpert and the Old Man of the Mountain, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2005  Phantom Galleries LA, 1007 Mission St.  South Pasadena, CA. (storefront window)

Selected Group Shows
2008  Graphics Interchange Format, Curated by Laurel Ptak, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008  Sea and Space Resort, Sea and Space Explorations, Highland Park, CA.
2007  Maximum of Maximums, Me and You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
2007  Drive By, Phantom Galleries LA, Pasadena, CA.
2007  Haus Guests, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
2006  Oh Lots of Things. It's About Rats and Balloons Mostly, Me and You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
2006  Great American Nude, Harvey Levine Gallery, Culver City, CA.
2006  Delusionarium 3, Grand Central Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.
2006  Interactions, Armory NorthWest, Pasadena, CA.
2006  Young Americans, 1711 N. Spring St.  Los Angeles, CA.
2005  Blam! Art Collective, Arts District, Los Angeles, CA.
2005  Hands On, Armory NorthWest, Pasadena, CA.
2005  Immodest Proposals, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX.
2005  Next, GOCA (Gallery of Contemporary Art), Organized by Ed Gomez.  640 N. Avalon Blvd.  Wilmington, CA.
2005  Sixteen:One Anniversary Show, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2005  Delusionarium II, White Box Gallery, Marina Del Rey, CA.
2004  Fly by Night, Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2004  Delusionarium 1, Legacy Arts Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.
2003  Terpicooniteen (Please) Give Until Gone, 16 to 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2003  Thesis Show, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.
2002  Making, Boone Children's Gallery, Lacma West, Los Angeles, CA.
2002  Openings, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA.
2002  Wall Space, Miller Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.  

Teaching Experience

Current
Museum of Contemporary Art-Contemporary Art Start program (Ages 5-18)
Armory Center for the Arts-various schools and studio programs (Ages 5-14)

Previous:
Summer, 2004  Getty Center, Artful Weekends (All ages)
Summer, 2004  Childrens Arts Institute-Studio Classes (Ages 6-11)
1995- Gate Summer Program -cartooning- ages 10-13  


References:
Roy Dowell, Otis College Fine Art Graduate Chair, (310) 665-6893
Lorraine Cleary-Dale, Armory Center for the Arts, (626) 792.5101 x133
Holly Tempo, Otis College Assistant Fine Art Chair, (310) 665-6886