MATT DRISSELL
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Matt Drissell

Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing
  Western New Mexico University
  P.O. Box 680
​Silver City, NM 88062

Education
 
2005 - 2007       New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
                          MFA in Painting
2002 - 2004       Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI   
                          K-12 Art Teaching Certification
1997 - 2001       Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
                          BA in Studio Art
 
Professional Experience 
 
2022 –                Limited Term Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing
                          Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM
2014 – 2022       Associate Professor of Art
                          Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA
2008 – 2014       Assistant Professor of Art
                          Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA
2007 – 2008       High School Art Teacher
                          Fort Zumwalt West High School, O’Fallon, MO
2001 – 2005       Middle School Art Teacher
                          Milwaukee Education Center, Milwaukee, WI
 
Awards/Grants
 
2020          Lilly Fellows Program Small Grant Program - Rewiring for Diversity with Professor Howard Schaap
                  Dordt University Perspectives Grant - Rewiring for Diversity with Prof. Howard Schaap
                  Paper Media Award, Octagonal: All Media Exhibit 
2019          Sioux City Art Center Selects 2019 Awardee                                                                               
                  Dordt University – Faculty Spring Semester Course Release: Elemental Kingdom Project                               
2016          Dordt College – Faculty Spring Semester Course Release: Barn Quilt Project
                  Merit Award, Americas 2016 – All Media, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND 
2015          Iowa Arts Council Iowa Artist Fellowship
                  Creative Capital Professional Development Program Workshop, September 2015
                  Council of Independent Colleges: Teaching European Art History Seminar, July 2015
2014          Food for Thought Award, Good Enough to Eat, Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, IL
2013          Best in Show, The Fl3tcher Exhibition, East Tennessee State University
                  (Juror: Michael Aurbach, Vanderbilt University)
                  Dordt College – Innovation Award 2013-14, Art Vending Machine Project
 
Exhibition Record

2022          Regalos: A New Mexico Small Works Exhibition, Hecho Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (group show)
2021          Residue, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA (solo show)             
                  The Elemental Kingdom,
 Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA (solo show)
                  An Art Show, Sioux Center Public Library, Sioux Center, IA (group show)
                  While We Were Out Again, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA (group show)
2020          Autumn Rest, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA (group show)
                  2020 Fl3tcher Exhibit, ETSU, Johnson City, TN (group show)
                  While We Were Out, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA (group show)
                  
Octagonal: All Media Exhibit, Ames, IA (group show)
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019          Of system of elements, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA (solo show)                                                               
                  Sioux City Art Center Selects, Sioux City, IA (group show)                                                           
                  62nd Arrowhead Regional Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN (group show)        
                  ARTcetera 2019, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (group show)

2018          SITE:Brooklyn Mixed Media Show, Brooklyn, NY (group show)                                                                  
                  MACAA Members Juried Exhibition, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (group show)
                  Drawn to Print, Scene Metrospace, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI (group show)
                  Best of the Worst, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (group show)
                  Art from the Heartland 2018, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN (group show)
                  33rd Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas – Tyler, Tyler, TX (group show)
                  Orange City Arts’ Regional Exhibition, Juror’s Showcase, Orange City, IA (group show)
2017          Dordt College Faculty Show, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA (group show)

                  Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI (group show)
                  NYAA Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, NYC (group show)
                  Orange City Arts’ Regional Exhibition, Orange City, IA (group show)
                  Octagon Center for the Arts, 49th National All Media Exhibition, Ames, IA (group show)
2016          Global Agricultural Summit Art Show, Dordt College (group show)
                  Warren Cultural Center, IAC Fellows Show, Greenfield, IA (group show)
                  ARTcetera 2016, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (group show)
                  Color Fields, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA (solo show)
                  Americana, Viaduct Art Gallery, Des Moines, IA (group show)
                  Americas 2016 – All Media, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND (group show)​
2015          Shelved, Luther College, Decorah, IA (solo show)
                  The Art of Courage, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA (group show)
                  The Briar Cliff Review Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (group show)
2014          Artists Showcase, Northwestern College & Orange City Arts Council, Orange City, IA (group show)
                  Hunter/Gatherer, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO (group show)
                  Good Enough to Eat, Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, IL (group show)
                  Beloit and Vicinity, Beloit College, Beloit, WI (group show)
                  Impressions 2014, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD (group show)
2013          Shelf Life, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA (solo show)
                  The Briar Cliff Review Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (group show)
                  Cell Mates, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ (group show)
                  NYAA 7th Annual Summer Exhibition, Allegra LaViola Gallery, NYC (group show)
                  Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI (group show)
                  Fertile Imagination, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY (group show)
                  Printmaking 2013, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY (group show)
                  The Fl3tcher Exhibition, East Tennessee State University, (group show)
2012          Dordt College Artworks, Le Mars Arts Center, Le Mars, IA (group show)
2010          Gathering: College Faculty Exhibition, Trinity College, Palos Heights, IL (group show)
2009          Faculty Exhibition, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA (group show)
                  CIVA Exhibition: Culture?, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN (group show)
2008          Time Out, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA (solo show)
2007          2007 MFA Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY (group show)
                  NYAA 25th Anniversary Exhibition, juried show, curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville and
                  Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY (group show)
2006          Artists of the NAC, Westwood Gallery, New York, NY (group show)
                  The Roundtable Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY (group show)
                  Academy, Anatomy, Academy, NY Academy of Sciences, New York, NY (group show)
2005          After Life, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY (group show)

Conference/Artist Presentations
 
2022           Artist Talk: Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM                                                      
                   Artist Talk: Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
                   Artist Talk: Southern Indiana University (Virtual)
2021           Artist Talk: University of Arkansas – Little Rock (Virtual)                                                             
                   Artist Talk: Plymouth State University (Virtual)
                   Artist Talk: Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
2019           College Art Association, February, New York, NY                                                                      
                          Paper: Gained in Translation: Bringing Art Theory into the Art Studio
                   Sioux City Art Center Selects – The Artist Experience, March 23, Sioux City, IA
                   Artist Talk, Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA  
2018           Mid-America College Art Association, October 4, University of Nebraska – Lincoln                   
                          Paper: The Old is New Again: Indirect Painting as Reinvention
2016           Artist Talk, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO                                                                    
                   Meet the Fellows, Iowa Arts Council Fellowship Program Event, April 2, Orange City, IA           
                   Meet the Fellows, Iowa Arts Council Fellowship Program Event, March 5, Greenfield, IA
2015           Artist Talk, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN                                                                                   
                   Meet the Fellows, Iowa Arts Council Fellowship Program Event, December 7, Ames, IA            
2014           Q Commons, October 9, Sioux Center, Iowa                                                                              
                          Talk: Why Small Towns Need Art
2012           Verge: Art & Ethics, October 18, Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C.                                  
                            Paper: Forming Ethics in the Art Studio

Bibliography
 
What Can You Do With A Visual Art Degree? July 30, 2020 
     U.S. News and World Report online article by Illana Kowarski 
IA Magazine, Art Conveys Sense of Place, Volume 8, 2020, feature article
Siouxland Public Media, The Splatters Came First, May 9, 2019
     Radio story by Sioux City Art Center curator Todd Behrens featured on 90.3 KWIT out of Sioux City, Iowa
Siouxland Public Media, Matt Drissell’s Iowa Art, March 31, 2016
     Radio interview by Mark Munger featured on 90.3 KWIT out of Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City Journal, Dordt professor paints with popsicles, spray cheese and other processed foods,
     January 14, 2016, feature article
Medium.com: Meet the Artist Series: Matt Drissell, Iowa Culture Series, November 2015 
Sioux City Journal, A Taste of Art, August 22, 2014, Project featured
Wheaton College Magazine, Spring 2014, Artist Spotlight
The Briar Cliff Review, 2015, Artwork featured
The Briar Cliff Review, 2013, Artwork featured
Dordt College’s Faculty publication, Pro Rege, Volume L, Number 2, Dec. 2021, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XLIX, Number 2, Dec. 2020, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XLVIII, Number 2, Dec. 2019, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XLVII, Number 2, Dec. 2018, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XLVI, Number 2, Dec. 2017, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XLV, Number 2, Dec. 2016, Artwork featured

Pro Rege, Volume XLIV, Number 2, Dec. 2015, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XLIII, Number 2, Dec. 2014, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XLII, Number 2, Dec. 2013, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XLI, Number 2, Dec. 2012, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XL, Number 2, Dec. 2011, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XXXIX, Number 2, Dec. 2010, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XXXVIII, Number 2, Dec. 2009, Artwork featured
Pro Rege, Volume XXXVII, Number 2, Dec. 2008, Artwork featured

 
Courses Taught

Art Appreciation
Ancient to Medieval Art History
Renaissance to 19th C. Art History
Modern to Contemporary Art History
Non-Western Art History
Drawing 1, 2 and 3
Life Drawing
Sculpture 1 and 2
Painting 1, 2 and 3
Printmaking 1,2
Secondary Art Methods
Elementary Art Education

Other Areas of Ability and Interest
 
Illustration
Environmentalism and Sustainability
 
Additional Professional Experiences
 
2015                      Iowa Art Council – Artist Grant Review Panel Member
2014                      Praxis II Art Exam Scorer for ETS
 
Collegiate Professional Service
 
2017 – 2020          Faculty Status Committee Member                                                                                             
2017 – 202            Faculty Advisor, Dordt University Democrats Club
2012 – 17              CORE Program Committee Member, Secretary
2011 – 2022          Faculty Advisor, d’Arte Club – Student Art Club
2009 – 2022          Student Teaching Adviser
2013 – 17              Faculty Adviser, Justice Matters Club
 
Professional Affiliations
 
College Art Association (CAA) member since 2007
 
Exhibitions Juried
 
Juror for the Sioux City Art Center’s Artsplash 2019, Sioux City, IA,  August 2019
Juror for the Orange City Tulip Festival Artburst 2019, Orange City, IA,  May 2019
Juror for the OC Arts Council Regional Exhibition, Orange City, IA,  April 2018
Juror for the OC Arts Council Regional Exhibition, Orange City, IA, April 2016
Juror for the OC Arts Council's Summer Suites Exhibition, Orange City, IA, July 2011
Juror for the Sioux County Area Public School Art Show, Sioux Center, IA, May 2011
Juror for the 42nd Annual Student Spring Art Exhibition, Te Paske Gallery
Northwestern College, Orange City, IA, April 2009
 
Community Involvement
 
2016                        Sioux Center Public Library Coloring Class
2012 – 2022             Member of the Sioux Center Arts and Recreation Council
2012 – 2013, 2016   Sioux Center After school Art Program Leader
2012 – 2015             All Seasons Center Mural Project
2009 – 2010             Summer Environmental Care Camp co-director
© 2023 Matt Drissell
  • About
    • News
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Contact Matt
  • Paintings
    • Of system of elements
    • Externalities
    • Shelf Life
    • Other Works
  • Works on Paper
    • Domestic Disturbance
    • The Flock
    • Morituri Te Salutant
    • Weeds
    • MFA Thesis Series