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Matt Kuhlman is an artist, writer, and journalist originally from Lawrence, KS. His interdisciplinary practice ranges from working in pencil and paper to creating fully immersive environments. His works often focus on themes of interplay between order and disorder, but are more broadly a reaction to observations made of the world and society, which sometimes brings other ideas into the mix. His work has appeared in many exhibitions throughout the United States, and he hosted and produced the Studio Sessions podcast series for Big Red & Shiny from 2012 to 2014. Currently residing in Milwaukee, he has also lived in New York City, Chicago, Albuquerque, the north shore of Massachusetts, and rural Kentucky.
Education
2018 Master of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2011 Master of Science, Journalism, University of Kansas
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, printmaking, and art history minor, University of Kansas
Select Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2010 “Spontaneous Construction”, Plenum Space Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2013 “Surreal Fields”, The Bourgeois Pig, Lawrence, KS
2014 “Brick and Mortar”, The Roost, Lawrence, KS
2018 “Palindrome|emordnilaP”, The Kenilworth Square East Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2022 untitled wall drawing installation, The Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI
2024 “Interstitium”, Abel Contemporary, Stoughton, WI
Juried Shows
2016 “Drawing Never Dies”, RedLine, Denver, CO
2016 “Watercolor Wisconsin”, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2017 “Order and Chaos”, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2017 “Void: Places without People”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL
2019 “Pushing Paper”, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2019 “Juxtaposition”, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2019 “Cimarron National Works on Paper”, Gardiner Gallery at Oklahoma State
University, Stillwater, OK
2021 “Home”, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, CA
2021 “41st Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition”, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2021 “PaperWest 3rd National Juried Exhibition”, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, UT
2022 “TMA Contemporary”, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2022 “24th Works on Paper Natl. Juried Exhibition”, Long Beach Island Foundation of the
Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2022 “The Power of Abstracts”, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2023 “36th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition”, McNeese State University, Lake Charles,
LA
“Contemporary Drawing Exhibition”, Western Wyoming Community College Art
Gallery, Rock Springs, WY
Group Shows
2018 “A House Divided”, Rouse Company Gallery at Howard Community College,
Columbia, MD
2019 untitled wall drawing installation, Agitator Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 “Drawn to Paper”, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
2022 “Art Inspired by Artists”, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
2023 “Made to Order”, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI