Fall 2013 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Illinois State University

Matthew Northridge, New York, NY* in residence September 22 – October 5Public Lecture: Wednesday Sept. 25, Noon @ University GalleriesMatthew Northridge lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He studied at BostonCollege and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving and MFA inpainting and drawing in 1999. His work has been included in such exhibitions as“Out of Site: Fictional Architectural Spaces” at the New Museum of ContemporaryArt, “Open House: Working in Brooklyn” at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, “MaterialMatters” at the Johnson Museum (Cornell University), “The 183 rd Annual” at theNational Academy Museum, and “United States” at the Aldrich Contemporary ArtMuseum. His solo efforts include shows at KANSAS (NYC), Western Exhibitions(Chicago), and Gorney Bravin + Lee (NYC). Northridge’s honors include a 2011fellowship in sculpture from the New York Foundation for the Arts, as well asgrants from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Pollock-KrasnerFoundation. He has also been an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony,the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and the Skowhegan School of Painting andSculpture.