Matt Drissell is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at Western New Mexico University. There he leads courses in 2D studio art and art history. He has an M.F.A. in Painting from New York Academy of Art and a B.A. in Art from Wheaton College. Matt has also been a certified art teacher, having taught middle and high school art for five years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and St. Louis, Missouri. Named a 2015 - 16 Artist Fellow by the Iowa Arts Council, his current projects consider human interaction with the environment. He lives in Silver City with his family, where they love to wander in the Gila Wilderness, enjoy delicious food, and explore both the past and present culture of Western New Mexico.