M A R T Y N A M A T U S I A K
VISUAL ARTIST
MARTYNA.MATUSIAK@WESTLIBERTY.EDU
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EDUCATION
2020 PHD INTERDISCIPLINARY PRINTMAKING
THE EUGENIUSZ GEPPERT ACADEMY OF ART & DESIGN, WROCŁAW, POLAND
2010 M.F. A DRAWING/ PRINT MEDIA
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, INDIANA, PA
2007 M.A ART EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE, POLAND
EMPLOYMENT
08.2012-current Professor of Art
Printmaking, Drawing, Mixed Media, 2D Design
West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV
08.2011-08.2012 Assistant Professor of Art
Color 2-D Design, Figure Drawing, Fundamentals of Drawing,
Advanced Mixed Media,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
09. 2020 10th International Print Biennale Douro, Portugal
03. 2020 Four Rivers Print Biennale, Carbondale Community Arts, IL
09. 2020 * TBA, Gallery at Ton Pottery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
02. 2020 * Guarded, Galeria XS, the Jan Kochanowski University, Kilece, Poland
01. 2020 Structures: Between Organic and Geometry, Faculty of Art, the Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Kielce,
POLAND
01. 2020 * Korzenie, solo exhibition, Sainclar College, Dayton, OH, USA
11. 2019 Bucharest International Print Biennale, Bucharest, Romania
11. 2019 WV Juried Exhibition, The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, Culture Center, State Capitol,
Charleston, WV
10. 2019 * Heartland, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
07. 2019 Second International Print Biennale Yerevan 2019, Yerevan, Armenia
05. 2019 Crosscurrents, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, USA
04. 2019 The Dot Show, the Nutting Gallery, Wes Liberty University, USA Center,
10. 2018 Poe Show, Wheeling Artisan Center, Wheeling, WV, USA
04. 2018 Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Arts Center, New Castle, PA, USA
03.2018 * Colours of Motherhood II, Diamond Shop Gallery, Morgantown, WV, USA
01.2018 60 Square Inches, Purdue University Gallery, West Lafayette, IN, USA
01. 2018 Tree Show, Nutting Gallery, WLU Art Faculty Exhibition, West Liberty University, WV, USA
10.2017 Divergent Ink, International Juried Print Exhibition, Rubber City Prints, Akron, OH, USA
06.2017 Best of West Virginia, Juried Art Exhibition, Tamarack, WV, USA
03.2017 28th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore,MD, USA
06.2016 * Standing in No Place: a new landscape of motherhood, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley PA, USA
01. 2016 Almost Level-West Virginia, WLU Faculty Exhibition, Nutting Gallery, WLU, USA
10.2015 Kato #4, the Strasbourg Central Station, France
09.2015 Expectation of Privacy, the Renke Art Center, 170 Qingchun Rd, Hangzhou, China
03.2015 Printmaking Exhibition, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL, USA
01. 2015 6 x 6 x 6, West Liberty University, Nutting Gallery ,West Liberty, WV, USA
12. 2014 Mixed Media Competition, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
08.2013 AIR/HMC, The Barabas Villa Gallery, Budapest, Hungary,
12.2013 Trace + Gestures, Rose Netzorg and James Wilfrid Kerr Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts,
Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, MI, USA
03. 2013 Trace + Gestures, Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA
01. 2013 Oddities, Faculty Exhibition, Nutting Gallery, West Liberty University, WV, USA
05. 2012 The End, The Brew House Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
02. 2012 Our Daily Rite, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT, USA
02. 2012 Multiversity, University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
12. 2011 Mean, Median, Mode, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
12. 2011 Emergence, Digital Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia, USA
08. 2011 * Martyna Matusiak & Meredith Miller, Bogigian Gallery, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA,
USA
08. 2011 2.25 x 2.25 International Print Exchange, Oxbow Press Gallery, Reno, NV, USA
06. 2011 9 x 12, Ferencovasi Gallery, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2010 New Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
RESIDENCIES
06.2013 Artist in Residence, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
08.2011-05.2012 Artist in Residence, Distillery 6, Artist in Residence, Pittsburgh, PA
07. 2011 Artist in Residence, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, USA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
10. 2020 The Ripple Effect, Chair Panelist @ SECAC conference, Richmond, VA
04. 2020 '+' Etching the Beach, Special Event Organizer, SGC International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico
10. 2019 Limitations as a push to experiment, Panelist Presenter, SECAC Conference, Chattanooga, TN, USA
03. 2019 Mentor, SGC International Conference, Dallas, TX, USA
06. 2017 Workshop Leader on Experimental image transfers & solar etching, Wyzsza Szkola
Techniczna, Katowice, Poland
04. 2014 Mentor, SGC International, San Francisco, CA, USA
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 Award or Excellence
WV Juried Exhibition, The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, Culture Center, State
CAPITOL, CHARLSTON, WV
2009 Indiana University Faculty’s Award, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
2005 Sponsor Award, Annex BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Opole, Poland
PUBLICATIONS
01. 2019 Art Habens Art Review, Interview Publication, England
https://issuu.com/arthabens/docs/biennial.ed.vol.iii/56
2008 New Growth Arts Review
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Magazine for the Arts, Indiana, PA, USA
2007 Master Thesis Exhibition, Catalog Published, University of Opole, Poland
2004 24 Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain, p.51
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Robert Isenberg, “At the PCA, a revue of animation shorts explores the form with weirdness and humor”, Pittsburgh City Paper, June 11, 2009
GUEST LECTURES
2008 Polish Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, USA
* denotes solo or two/three person show
08.2012-current Professor of Art
Printmaking, Drawing, Mixed Media, 2D Design
West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV
08.2011-08.2012 Assistant Professor of Art
Color 2-D Design, Figure Drawing, Fundamentals of Drawing,
Advanced Mixed Media,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
09. 2020 10th International Print Biennale Douro, Portugal
03. 2020 Four Rivers Print Biennale, Carbondale Community Arts, IL
09. 2020 * TBA, Gallery at Ton Pottery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
02. 2020 * Guarded, Galeria XS, the Jan Kochanowski University, Kilece, Poland
01. 2020 Structures: Between Organic and Geometry, Faculty of Art, the Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Kielce,
POLAND
01. 2020 * Korzenie, solo exhibition, Sainclar College, Dayton, OH, USA
11. 2019 Bucharest International Print Biennale, Bucharest, Romania
11. 2019 WV Juried Exhibition, The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, Culture Center, State Capitol,
Charleston, WV
10. 2019 * Heartland, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
07. 2019 Second International Print Biennale Yerevan 2019, Yerevan, Armenia
05. 2019 Crosscurrents, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, USA
04. 2019 The Dot Show, the Nutting Gallery, Wes Liberty University, USA Center,
10. 2018 Poe Show, Wheeling Artisan Center, Wheeling, WV, USA
04. 2018 Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Arts Center, New Castle, PA, USA
03.2018 * Colours of Motherhood II, Diamond Shop Gallery, Morgantown, WV, USA
01.2018 60 Square Inches, Purdue University Gallery, West Lafayette, IN, USA
01. 2018 Tree Show, Nutting Gallery, WLU Art Faculty Exhibition, West Liberty University, WV, USA
10.2017 Divergent Ink, International Juried Print Exhibition, Rubber City Prints, Akron, OH, USA
06.2017 Best of West Virginia, Juried Art Exhibition, Tamarack, WV, USA
03.2017 28th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore,MD, USA
06.2016 * Standing in No Place: a new landscape of motherhood, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley PA, USA
01. 2016 Almost Level-West Virginia, WLU Faculty Exhibition, Nutting Gallery, WLU, USA
10.2015 Kato #4, the Strasbourg Central Station, France
09.2015 Expectation of Privacy, the Renke Art Center, 170 Qingchun Rd, Hangzhou, China
03.2015 Printmaking Exhibition, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL, USA
01. 2015 6 x 6 x 6, West Liberty University, Nutting Gallery ,West Liberty, WV, USA
12. 2014 Mixed Media Competition, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
08.2013 AIR/HMC, The Barabas Villa Gallery, Budapest, Hungary,
12.2013 Trace + Gestures, Rose Netzorg and James Wilfrid Kerr Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts,
Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, MI, USA
03. 2013 Trace + Gestures, Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA
01. 2013 Oddities, Faculty Exhibition, Nutting Gallery, West Liberty University, WV, USA
05. 2012 The End, The Brew House Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
02. 2012 Our Daily Rite, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT, USA
02. 2012 Multiversity, University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
12. 2011 Mean, Median, Mode, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
12. 2011 Emergence, Digital Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia, USA
08. 2011 * Martyna Matusiak & Meredith Miller, Bogigian Gallery, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA,
USA
08. 2011 2.25 x 2.25 International Print Exchange, Oxbow Press Gallery, Reno, NV, USA
06. 2011 9 x 12, Ferencovasi Gallery, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2010 New Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
RESIDENCIES
06.2013 Artist in Residence, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
08.2011-05.2012 Artist in Residence, Distillery 6, Artist in Residence, Pittsburgh, PA
07. 2011 Artist in Residence, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, USA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
10. 2020 The Ripple Effect, Chair Panelist @ SECAC conference, Richmond, VA
04. 2020 '+' Etching the Beach, Special Event Organizer, SGC International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico
10. 2019 Limitations as a push to experiment, Panelist Presenter, SECAC Conference, Chattanooga, TN, USA
03. 2019 Mentor, SGC International Conference, Dallas, TX, USA
06. 2017 Workshop Leader on Experimental image transfers & solar etching, Wyzsza Szkola
Techniczna, Katowice, Poland
04. 2014 Mentor, SGC International, San Francisco, CA, USA
AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 Award or Excellence
WV Juried Exhibition, The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, Culture Center, State
CAPITOL, CHARLSTON, WV
2009 Indiana University Faculty’s Award, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
2005 Sponsor Award, Annex BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Opole, Poland
PUBLICATIONS
01. 2019 Art Habens Art Review, Interview Publication, England
https://issuu.com/arthabens/docs/biennial.ed.vol.iii/56
2008 New Growth Arts Review
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Magazine for the Arts, Indiana, PA, USA
2007 Master Thesis Exhibition, Catalog Published, University of Opole, Poland
2004 24 Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain, p.51
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Robert Isenberg, “At the PCA, a revue of animation shorts explores the form with weirdness and humor”, Pittsburgh City Paper, June 11, 2009
GUEST LECTURES
2008 Polish Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, USA
* denotes solo or two/three person show
BIO:
Martyna Matusiak is a visual artist based in Wheeling, WV. Originally from Knurow, Poland. She received her MFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2010) and MA in Art Education from the University of Opole (2007), Poland. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Printmaking at Eugenisz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Poland with the hope to graduate in the summer of 2020. Her work ranges from traditional prints as etching, silkscreen, and collagraphs to more experimental methods as image transfers, drawing, archival pigment prints to create larger art installations. Martyna exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Martyna is Associate Professor of Art at West Liberty University, WV where she teaches printmaking and drawing courses.
Martyna Matusiak is a visual artist based in Wheeling, WV. Originally from Knurow, Poland. She received her MFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2010) and MA in Art Education from the University of Opole (2007), Poland. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Printmaking at Eugenisz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Poland with the hope to graduate in the summer of 2020. Her work ranges from traditional prints as etching, silkscreen, and collagraphs to more experimental methods as image transfers, drawing, archival pigment prints to create larger art installations. Martyna exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Martyna is Associate Professor of Art at West Liberty University, WV where she teaches printmaking and drawing courses.