William Matheson
williamdavismatheson@gmail.com
Born 1990
Lives and works in Portland, OR
Education
2014-2016 MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
2009-2013 BFA, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR
Exhibitions
Solo and two person:
2022 Dissipatio, Nationale, Portland, OR
2019 ERA, Frontier Gallery, Treasure Hill, Taipei
2019 Antigen, Nationale, Portland, OR
2018 A Cage Within a Bone, 2 Chome-37-2, Kofu, Japan
2017 Animal Laughter (with Nick Norman), Nationale, Portland, OR
2015 Night was already in my hands, Nationale, Portland OR
2015 Kanect (With Luke Alex Atkinson) H & H, Washington D.C.
2014 Sunless, Nationale, Portland, OR
2014 Long Summer, Stumptown Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Hyaline, Higgins Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Group:
2024 Embrace of Madness Artsinsquare, artsinsquare.com
2023 Art Maze 32-33, London, UK
2023 Ulaanbaatar Media Arts Festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2022 Structured Spaces, Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Flat Rate Contemporary 11, flatratecontmeporary.com
2021 ÖRES 21, Online and screening on Örö, FI
2018 Flat Rate Contemporary Inaugural Show, flatratecontemporary.com
2018 Washington Project For the Arts 10:10, Uline Arena, Washington D.C
2017 Whateverbeing, Present Company, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Aesthetica Art Exhibition, York Art Gallery, York, UK
2016 Grand Instant Fiction, Umakart Gallery, Brno, CZ
2016 Seasteading CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2016 PARA, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Washington Project For the Arts Auction, Washington D.C
2015 Disjecta Art Auction, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2015 Thought to process Depot Gallery, Richmond, VA
2015 EMERGE/EMERGED Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA
2015 VCU Candidacy exhibition, 2601 Maury st, Richmond VA
2015 Southern Hospitality University of Georgia, GA
2014 Housewarming FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
2013 Poetry will be made by all LUMA/89plus, Zurich, CH
2013 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Online exhibitions/Instagram features
2022 Mepaintme, featured artist
2017 Field Projects, featured artist
Screenings
2020 Little Islands Festival, Sikinos, Greece (delayed)
2020 New York Independent Film Festival, NY
2020 Altered Images, London, UK
Residencies
2019 Siao-Long Cultural Center (TAV exchange), Jiali, TW
2019 Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, TW
2018 AIRY Residency, Kofu, Japan
2017 MASS MoCA artist in residence, North Adams, MA
2017 Öres Residency Programme, Örö Island, Finland
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Professional experience
2016-2018 Adjunct Faculty, Art Foundation program, VCU
2016 Teacher, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA
2016 Adjunct Faculty, Painting and Printmaking, VCU
2014 Graduate TA, Painting and Printmaking, VCU
Awards
2019 Puffin Foundation Grant, NJ
2019 Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant, OR
2017 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Quebec
2017 Faculty research grant for MASS MoCA, Virginia Commonwealth University
2014/2015 Graduate award, Virginia Commonwealth University
2013 Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center
2013 C.S. Price painting award, Pacific Northwest College of Art
2013 Abraham and Anna C. Helman Thesis Award, Pacific Northwest College of Art
2009-2013 Presidents Scholarship, Pacific Northwest College of Art
Bibliography/Publication
William Matheson on Spectrality, the Uncanny, and the Unseen, Kate Parvenski, Testudo, 2023
Uncanny Feelings, Donna Honarpisheh, Testudo, 2023
Artmaze Issue 32-33, 2023
Unknowable Spaces: William Matheson’s “Dissipatio” at Nationale, Sebastian Zinn, Variable West, 2022
Spring Reflections, Oregon ArtsWatch, Lyndsay Costello, 2022
William Matheson’s Nocturnes, Paul Maziar, Nationale 2019
July VizArts Monthly, Oregon ArtsWatch, 2019
Critical Viewing, Lindsay Costello, Art&About PDX 2019
Future Now: 100 Contemporary Artists, Aesthetica, 2017
"Interview: William Matheson," Gabi Lewton-Leopold, Nationale, 2015
Represented by Nationale
Featured Artist on Testudo
Featured Artist on Peggy