Matthew McHugh: Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION
2018-2021 MFA in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2012-2016 BFA in Drawing, Minor in Arts Leadership and Administration
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Cum Laude and University Honors Scholar
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022-current Adjunct Faculty
Courses taught: Advanced Drawing; 2D Design; Drawing 1; Intermediate Drawing Directed Study; Advanced Drawing Advisor; Figure Drawing
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2021-current Adjunct Faculty
Courses taught: Printmaking 1 and 2; Drawing 1, 2, 3, and 4; Painting 1, 2, and 3; Watercolor 1 and 2; Art Appreciation
Aims Community College, Greeley, CO
2018-2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant: Drawing Instructor of Record
Sole instructor of record for nine Introduction to Drawing courses
Two semesters as the printmaking studio technician
Two semesters as the Art Appreciation teaching assistant
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
JURIED SHOWS
2024 The International Exhibition on Animals in Art, Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
2024 37th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA
(Juror: Graham C. Boettcher, Ph.D. Yale, CEO and Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art)
2024 GALEX 57 National Competition & Exhibition, Galesburg Community Arts Center
Galesburg, IL
(Juror: Jenny Chi, professional artist)
2024 Under Pressure: 2024 National Printmaking Exhibition, Lincoln Center
Fort Collins, CO
(Juror: Theresa Haberkorn, professional artist)
2024 Passion Online Exhibition, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center
Los Angeles, CA
(Juror: Shana Nys Dambrot, Arts Editor for the L.A. Weekly)
2023 48th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
Brownsville, TX
(Juror: Christina Rees, former Editor-in-Chief at Glasstire)
Awards: 1st place drawing, 1st place printmaking
2023 National Juried Painting Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
(Juror: Ken Weathersby, professional artist)
2023 Existence, DANOK Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
2023 Impressions Printmaking Exhibition, Tubac Center of the Arts
Tubac, AZ
2023 28th Parkside National Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Parkside
Emile H. Mathis Gallery
Kenosha, WI
(Juror: Barry Carlsen, printmaker and co-founder of Vox Populi Print Collective)
2023 Figures and Faces, 2023 Online Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
2022 The Gallery at The Met Store: Society of American Graphic Artists Installation
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Met Store Gallery
New York, NY
2022 Society of American Graphic Artists 87th Annual Members Exhibition
The Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
2022 Brand 50th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library & Art Center
Glendale, CA
(Juror: Shannon Currie Holmes, Exhibition Supervisor at Brand)
2022 Masterpieces 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery
Cincinnati, OH
2022 2022 Boulder Art Association National Juried Art Exhibition, R Gallery
Award: Artistic Merit Award
Boulder, CO
(Judge: Anna Kaye, Professional Artist. Juror: Edson Beckett, Boulder Arts Association Member and Professional Artist)
2022 Variations, Marblehead Arts Association
Marblehead, MA
(Juror: Miriam Stewart, Harvard University Museum Curator of the Collection, Division of European and American Art)
2022 2022 National Juried Art Show, Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences
Rocky Mount, NC
(Juror: Jan Sullivan-Volz, Professional Artist)
2021 Viral Hope Exhibition, Bitfactory Gallery
Award: 3rd place in show
Denver, CO
(Juror: Amy Metier, Professional Artist)
2021 Blastoff Film Festival
Award: best student film
Los Angeles, CA
2021 Black and White Online Exhibition, Site:Brooklyn Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
(Juror: Shana Nys Dambrot, Arts Editor for the L.A. Weekly)
2021 Not! An Art Fair, Shockboxx Gallery
Hermosa Beach, CA
2020 Grown, Manifest Gallery
Cincinnati, OH
2019-2020 Drawing Show, Site:Brooklyn Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
(Juror: Olga Valle Tetkowski, Exhibition Manager of The Drawing Center, New York City, NY)
2019 Perturbation, IU Kokomo Campus Gallery
Kokomo, IN
2019 A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, IU Kokomo Downtown Art Gallery
Kokomo, IN
2018-2019 Westwood Exhibition, Westwood Estate
West Lafayette, IN
2015 2015 Student Art Exhibit, Curfman Gallery, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
(Jurors: Louise Martorano, Executive Director of Redline Gallery in Denver, CO,
and Pard Morrison, Professional Artist)
2014 Emergence: Drawing Show, Colorado State University Visual Arts Building
Fort Collins, CO
SOLO, GROUP, AND OTHER EXHIBITIONS
2022 Solo exhibition, First Fridays May Art Show, Ki.Co Marketing, America Building
Fort Collins, CO
2022 Solo exhibition, First Fridays March Art Show, Ki.Co Marketing, America Building
Fort Collins, CO
2021 Solo MFA thesis exhibition, Threshold, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
2020 Corona Portrait Project, online exhibition
https://www.coronaportrait.com/mchugh.
Front page feature 4/19/20 – 4/25/20, main collection 4/26/2020-present
(Curated by Benjamin Mefford, editor of Sculpture Northwest)
2020 Prayer Flags for Puerto Rico Project, Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño
San Juan, Puerto Rico
(Organized by Beauvais Lyons, Chancellor’s Professor)
2020 The Big Ten Printmaking Exchange
Etching added to the permanent collection of Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture, and Design,
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2020 Purple’s Art Collective (PAC) Group Show, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
(Collaborative show with Purdue MFA candidates Mehran Aghazadeh,
Charmaine Griffith, Amanda Kendrick, Jessica Peterson, and Tracy Smoll)
2019 Sporange Installation Show, graduate installation show at a Purdue-sponsored location
1100 N 9th St, Lafayette, IN
2018-2019 Purdue MFA Open Studio Shows, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Fall 2018, Spring 2019, and Fall 2019
2017 Solo exhibition, Credo, Art Lab
Fort Collins, CO
2015 Two-person exhibition, Moore/McHugh Capstone Show, Art Lab
Fort Collins, CO
(Collaborative show with Chase Moore)
2015 Solo exhibition, Perceptions and Environments, Artisan Framing
Fort Collins, CO
2015 Solo exhibition, Art Lab Music and Art Showcase, Art Lab
Fort Collins, CO
2014-2015 Advanced Drawing Open Studio Shows, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015
2014 Environments: Drawing Show, Mini Gallery, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
(Collaborative show with Chase Moore and Ben Stanford)
GRANTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
2021-current SAGA Society of American Graphic Artists member
2019 Purdue Promise Grant, Fall 2019
$750 grant awarded for printmaking supplies, research, and development
2018 Purdue Promise Grant, Fall 2018
$1500 grant awarded fall 2018 for independent travel and art research in Florence, Italy during summer 2019
LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND ARTIST TALKS
2024 Weld 4H Drawing and Watercolor Workshops
Created and led workshops for Weld County 4H
Island Grove Regional Park, Greeley, CO, 2/17/24
2023 Watercolor Workshop
Invited guest lecture and demonstration of watercolor painting processes
Front Range Community College
2023 Watercolor Workshop
Created and led workshop for UNC’s Exploring Arts Day
University of Northern Colorado
2022 “Understanding Charcoal” Workshop
Created and led workshop for UNC’s Exploring Arts Day
University of Northern Colorado
2022 Manifest Gallery Common Ground Artists Panel Talk #18
2021 Behind The Lines: An Inktober Podcast
Episode 1: Welcome to the Class: Matthew McHugh
2021 Purdue Animation Lecture
Invited guest lecture on stop-motion charcoal animation processes
for HONR399 “Brick Meets Pixel” animation course at Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN, 2/10/21
2020 Exhibit Purdue Drawing Lecture
Online guest lecture and demonstration of ink linear value techniques
for Exhibit Purdue art organization, 9/22/20
2019 Purdue Digital Painting Lecture
Invited guest lecture and demonstration of digital painting processes for
AD220 Computers in Art course at Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN, 10/16/19
2018 Purdue Digital Painting Lecture
Invited guest lecture and demonstration of digital painting processes for
AD220 Computers in Art course at Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN, 10/3/18
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Smis, P.C., and Rik van der Vlugt. Harald: Een Historische Novelle.
Leiden, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Historische Verhalen, 2020.
Cover illustration
2020 Tengeler, Key, and Rik van der Vlugt. De Vluchteling Uit Damascus: Een Historische Novelle.
Leiden, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Historische Verhalen, 2020.
Cover illustration
2016 Caddel, Jinxi. Enchanted: Fairy Tales, Folktales and Fables Artistically Explored.
Eugene, OR: Out of Step Books, 2016.
Art selected for publication in contemporary art collective book
2015 Caddel, Jinxi. Black & White: Volume 3.
Eugene, OR: Out of Step Books, 2015.
Art selected for publication in contemporary art collective book