email:
matthewjeffs.art@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2011 BFA Sculpture, Distinction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
AWARDS
2016 Mary Beasom Bishop and Francis Sumner Merritt Scholarship
2014 Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
2011 Helen Blair Crosbie Sculpture Award
2011 Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Award – Honorable Mention
2011 Gwozdziec Synagogue Reconstruction Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 Visiting Artist, Designer, Craftsman, REBOOT, Florida State University, FL
2017 Project Manager, Trojan Horse Workshop, Handshouse Studio, MA
2016 Assistant Preparator, Material Memory: Olanrewaju Tejuoso, International AIR Exhibit, PA
2016 Wood Shop Technician, Haystack Open Studio Residency, ME
2016 Finish Carpenter, Handshouse Studio,18th-Century Timber-Framed Polish Bell Tower, MA
2016 Artist Assistant, Emily White, "Boomtown Bear" - Philadelphia Flower Show, PA
2015 Workshop Leader for Handshouse Studio at Haystack School of Craft Conference, ME
2015 Installation Manager, Handshouse Studio -Pletka Przedborz Ceiling to Private Residence
2015 Artistic Leader, Instructor, Handshouse Studio - Pletka Przedborz Ceiling Workshop
2015 Artist Assistant, Rob Duarte, Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, Orlando Museum of Art, FL
2014 Artist Assistant, Emily White, "Constructed Nature" - Philadelphia International Airport, PA
2014 Artist Assistant, Ezra Masch, "BIG BANG II" - Icebox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012- 2014 Designer, Fabricator, Washington D.C.
2013 Installation Team Member, HandsHouse Studio, Warsaw, Poland
2012 - 2013 Pigment Mixing Instructor, HandsHouse Studio, Warsaw, Poland
2005 - 2009 Carpenter Assistant, Acadia Contractors, MDD
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015 Teaching Assistant, Handshouse Studio, Laskey Charrette, Washington University
2014 Technical Assistant, Rob Duarte, Haystack Residency, Music Machines & Soundstruments
2012 Instructor, Woodworking Open Shop, Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts
2011 Instructor, Woodworking Open Shop, Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts
2011 Teaching Assistant, Anatomical Structures, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2010 Teaching Assistant, Joinery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2010 Teaching Assistant, Mold Making and Casting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2009 (Fall) Teaching Assistant Projects in Wood
, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2009 (Spring) Teaching Assistant Projects in Wood, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2016 ART of the MOOC: Public Art and Pedagogy. Duke University, Creative time. Online
2016 Chinese Contemporary Ceramics, Bai Ming, Haystack School of Crafts, ME
2015 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Summer Conference
2014 A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior, Dan Airely, Duke University. Online
2014 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Summer Conference
EXHIBITIONS
2013 - 2016 Hiatus to Build Sculpture Studio, PA
2013 The Story of the Creative, 26-19 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY
2013 Creatives Rising, 26-19 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY
2012 Gwozdziec Reconstruction Project. Arkady Kubickiego, The Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland
2012 Photography Invitational. Knajpa U Fryzjera, Kazimierz Dolny ,Poland
2012 Eliot School Student and Faculty Show, The Eliot School, Boston, MA
2011 Graduating Senior Exhibition, Paine Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 We didn't Know What Else to Do, S. Life Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Black & White, Lincoln Arts Project Gallery, Waltham, MA
2011 Stephen Paine Scholarship Exhibition, Suffolk University Art Gallery,Boston, MA
2011 Yesterday's Horizon of Tomorrow, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 26 Weapons, Moderno 12 & U Street NW, DC
2010 Basic Instinct, Doran Gallery Boston, MA
2010 Restored, North Crackatorium Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Abington Studios, Abington, MA
2010 Canto 6, Canto 6 , Boston MA
2010 All School Show (Selected Works), Mass Art, Boston, MA
2010 Out of the Woods, Godine Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 The Colour of Challenge, Boston, MA