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EDUCATION:

Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture 1993

SELECTED SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS:

2010 Solo Shows
PVCC - Charlottesville, Virginia - "Odebla" (collaboration with David Culpepper) February
CMOR - Richmond, Virginia - Show in conjunction with Studio 101 Visiting Artist Workshop / January

2009 Solo Shows
Adam Cave Gallery - Raleigh, North Carolina - "Home" October
Gail Pierson Gallery - Cape May, New Jersey - "Floating Room" September
Red Door Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - "Home" April
Group Shows
Think Small 5 - Artspace Gallery - Richmond, Virginia
1708 Gallery - InLight Richmond "Place-ables" Lantern Installation / Save Planet Art - Art Auction / Globe for the 30th anniversary of the 1708 Gallery /
Small Wonder December
Quirk - Richmond, Virginia - Shop Show June
Ghostprint Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - "Whodunnit?" June

2008 Solo Shows
Adam Cave Gallery - Raleigh, North Carolina - "Recent Work" April

2008 Group Shows
1212 Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - November
VMFA - Richmond, Virginia - Faculty Show September
Quirk - Richmond, Virginia - "Whodunnit?"
PVCC - Charlottesville, Virginia - "The Other Show" May
1708 Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - Annual Art Auction - April, "Holiday in a Box" November
The Flippo Gallery @ Randolph- Macon, Ashland, Virginia - "The Animal Exhibition" March
D'Art Center - Norfolk, Virginia - "Howling at the Moon" March

2007 Solo Shows
The Hunt Gallery @ Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia - "Live Smoke" September
Avery and Powers - Avalon, New Jersey - June

2007 Group Shows
Artspace Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - Think Small International Invitational Miniature Show
Gallery at Flashpoint - Washington, DC - "Anonymous III" June
Red Door - Richmond, Virginia - "Times and Places" - 3 person show - June
1708 Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - International Invitational
Alcove Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia - 3 person show July

2006 Solo Shows
Art 6 - Richmond, Virginia - "Dead/Alive" November
Project Space - Plant Zero, Richmond, Virginia - "Smoke" November
Peabody Gallery - San Francisco, California - "New Works" June
Avery and Powers - Avalon, New Jersey - June
Main Art Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - "The Wind Chill Factory" June

2006 Group Shows
Project Space - Plant Zero, Richmond, Virginia - Pine Camp
Alcove Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia - March
Eggspace - Richmond, Virginia - 2 person show - May

2005 Solo Shows
Peabody Gallery - San Francisco, California - "New Works" June

2005 Group Shows
1708 Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - International Invitational
Artspace Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - Think Small International Invitational Miniature Show

2004 Solo Show
Artspace Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - "Fable of the Transatlantic Tube Train" Installation October

2003 Group Shows
Artspace Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - Think Small International Invitational Miniature Show
Schoharie County Arts Council - Cobleskill, New York - National Juried Small Works Exhibition Award winner

2002 Solo Shows
Artspace Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - "Super-Mom (Cels and production material from the animated film)"
Bennett Gallery - Nashville, Tennessee - "Paintings"

2001 Group Shows
Hunter Museum of American Art - Chattanooga, Tennessee - National Juried Exhibition
A.A.W.S - Winston-Salem, North Carolina - "Dimensions 2001" National Juried Show
Warehouse Living Arts Center - Corsicana, Texas - 18th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Page Bond Gallery - Richmond, Virginia

1993-2000 Solo Shows
Liss Gallery - Toronto Canada - "Works"
Resource Forum - Atlanta, Georgia - "New Paintings and Drawings"
Rosenbaum Contemporary - Boca Raton, Florida
Nations Bank Plaza - Atlanta, Georgia - "Money Rabbits"
Bennett Gallery - Nashville, Tennessee - "New Works"
Smith Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia - "New Paintings"
Ariel Gallery at TULA - Atlanta, Georgia - "Moves"

1993-2000 Group Shows
Eyedrum - Atlanta, Georgia - Juried Show
Smith Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia - Spotlight on Southern Artists - 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Lansdell Galleries - Atlanta, Georgia - "Young Masters"
Key Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - Juried Shows 1992, 1993
Anderson Gallery - Richmond, Virginia - V.C.U. Juried Fine Arts Exhibition 1992, 1993

 

PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS

Official Artist, Ukrop's 10K / March, 2010
The Hook / Lively Envisions the Future / February 9, 2010 / Laura Parsons
The Collegian / InLight festival Illuminates downtown / September 26, 2009 / Cate Harkin
Myartspace.com / Featured Artist for the month of August / 2008
C-Ville / Charlottesville News and Arts / "And now for something completely different.. " Brendan Fitzgerald / Issue# 20.22
WCVC / Cinemaphiles: "Death" / Producer and co-creator of 30 minute film / May 19, 2008
Arts Journal / Review of "Recent Work" / Dave Delcambre / May 2008
The Virginia Pilot / March 2008 / review of Howling at the Moon group show
The Mechanicsville Local / 2008 / The Animal Exhibition
Turnrow / Featured artist and cover artist 2007
Art in Richmond : A Guide to Galleries / cover artist 2007
Richmond Magazine / September 2006 / " Hot Tickets: 25 Can't Miss Events for the Upcoming Year" / 13 Matthew Lively's exhibition at Plant Zero /July
Poster for Richmond Magazine "Lively Monument" 2008
Style Weekly / 2007 / "Art-Tee Ideas" Ink Tank publishing / June 2007 / Red Door group show "Times and Places"/ 2008 - Richmond poster "Monument" 2008 / Red Door Solo Show - Arts and Entertainment / April 2009 /
/ February 2008 "Mid Season Art Review" / June 2009 Beecycle
Richmond Times Dispatch / December 19, 2004 "The Art of the Co-op"/ April 23, 2009 "Lively Show at Red Door Gallery"
POLO magazine 2005 cover artist / Poster for the Sarasota Polo Championship
Art World News / Jan. 2004 "Lively Starts Publishing Company" / Sept. 2002 / Oct. 2000 " Liss Gallery.."
Illustrator: "Stuff Guys Need to Know: How to Do Just About Everything" Kensington Press,2001
Art Business News / Sept. 2002 / " Matt Lively Named Expo Official Artist" / Poster for Decor Art Expo
US ART / February 2000 / "Top 50 prints of 1999" (#6)
Boca Life / May 1999 / Arts and Entertainment
Creative Loafing June 1996 / "Young Masters" / October 1999 / "Best of Atlanta 1999 - Best Artist / March 1995 / "Lively Moves"
Trawick Prize finalist 2003, semi-finalist 2008
New American Paintings / Vol. 22 1999 / Vol. 33 2001

 

INTERVIEWS

CBS 6 This Morning / Interview about the Ukrops Monument Avenue 10K original art / January 27, 2010
Talk 20 gallery talk at 1708 Gallery / September 2009
CBS 6 This Morning / Interview for InLight Richmond / September 3, 2009
Zero Hour / "Matt Lively" Broadcast radio Interview with Tim Bowring WRIC Richmond, Virginia
RVA Magazine / Interview /"Matt Lively Goes Home and Talks About Armageddon" April 2009 /Interview with Ed Trask / April 2008 /
Urge Magazine / Q&A / Matt Lively Happy-go-Lucky Little Critters / Winter 2008 Issue #4
VCUarts documentary - alumni interviews / 2008
NPR interview / The State of Things Frank Stasio host/ WUNC radio live on April 22, 2008
Style Weekly / (cover story) / June 2006 "A Man Apart"
Richmond Times Dispatch / November 19, 2006 "Lively Displays" Dead/Alive and Smoke
Single-eYe-twilighT/ October 2004/ Interview and Review of "The Fable of the Transatlantic Tube Train" installation
Punchline/ October 2002/ "Super-Mom: A Lively Story"

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Self-employed artist 1993 - present
Virginia Commonwealth Universty adjunct faculty 2004 - present
1708 Gallery Board Member 2007 - present - Exhibitions co-chair, Facilities Chair
VMFA Studio Art Classes Into to Painting, Painting Studio, Figure Drawing and Painting 2008 - present
CMOR Studio 101 Visiting Artist Workshop - January 2010
Art Director and co-founder Belly of the Whale film production company
VCU Summer Discovery 2009 Inventive Mold Making and Charcoal to Painting
Producer and co-creator of "Death" (30 minute film), Producer and creator of "The Wind Chill Factory" (10 minute film)
Virginia Independent Film Festival / "Death" / Byrd Theatre, Richmond, VA / February 2010
Served as Exhibition Installer for 1708 Gallery, Art6, Artspace, Ghostprint and many individual artists
Served as Juror for All Media show at Artworks 2008, 2009
Ink Tank founder and director 2007 - present
Beecycle, llc. founder and art director 2006 - present
Lively Art publishing company co-owner 2004 - 2005
Exhibition Committee Art6 Gallery 2004 - 2005
Virginia Commonwealth University T.A. and substitute Sculpture instructor 2003
Chair of Exhibitions at Artspace Gallery in Richmond 2002 - 2003
Henrico and Chesterfield County Public Schools guest speaker and workshops 1993 - 2009
Richmond City Public Schools guest speaker and workshops 2003 - 2009
University of Richmond Governors School guest speaker and workshops 2001

 

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