matt-williams.com contains the work of an artist named Matt Williams (he/him/his) AKA actiondad. Born in Cleveland, shaped by the sprouts of Brussels, the privilege of Winchester and the cheese (and beer) of Wisconsin, Williams lives, loves and works in New England, USA.
Where did Matt go to school?
2016 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Photography.
1995 University of Maine-Orono, Secondary School Teaching Certificate Program.
1989 University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA: Radio, Television, Film.
Does Matt show his work?
2020 Space, Place & Time, Lyceum Gallery, Manchester, NH.
2019 SPE Northeast Juried Exhibition, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI.
2018 Place(Holder), Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA.
30 from 10, PushDot Studio, Portland, OR.
2017 Everything Happens (1976), Proof Gallery, Boston, MA. *
2016 Certain Things, ClampArt, New York, NY.
Performing Decay, Open Aperture Gallery, Newport, RI.
Prisoner’s Cinema, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI.
2015 In Our Company, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI.
The Proximity Paradox, The Design Center, Providence, RI. *
2014 RISD Photo Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI.
The Things We Carry, Courtyard Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
2013 Genetic Material, Atrium Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA.
PRC Student Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University.
2012 Photo-Area Show, Grossman Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA.
Can You Hear Me Now?, Stone Crop Gallery, Ogunquit ME.
The Backyards of Somerville, Hi 'n Dry Gallery, Somerville, MA.*
*solo show
Where has Matt been a visiting artist and/or lectured?
2018 Emerson University, Boston, MA.
2017 University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston, MA.
2016 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA.
Any awards or recognitions we should know about?
Santa-Fe 100, Review Santa Fe, 2017.
Jason Fulford, Sara Terry, Anthony Bannon selection committee.
Has Matt published any books of his work?
WHEN I FELL TO EARTH, (in progress)
EVERYTHING HAPPENS, ©2016
1976, ©2016
HOW TO MAKE CONTEMPORARY ART, VOLUME 04: THE STILL LIFE, ©2014
phoneTASTIC, ©2012
Does Matt have teaching experience?
2018 - current Adjunct faculty, Art History Department, Institute of Art and Design at NEC (formerly New Hampshire Institute of Art), Manchester, NH.
2018 - current Part-time faculty, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
2018 Teaching Assistant, Photography and Videography, Northeastern University Dialogue of Civilizations program, Thingeyri, Iceland.
2017 - current Adjunct Professor of Photography, Boston University Summer Studio’s program, Boston, MA.
2017 - current Photography Instructor, Boston University Summer Challenge program, Boston, MA.
2016 Adjunct Professor of Photography, RISD, Providence, RI.
2015 Teaching Assistant, Photography and Videography, Northeastern University Dialogue of Civilizations program, Skagastrond, Iceland.
2015 Teaching Assistant, Photography Department, RISD, Providence, RI.
1995 -1996 Classroom Teacher, Ellsworth Middle School, Ellsworth, ME.