MATHEW HENRY GRADY

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Education
2013 2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts; Fiber & Material Studies, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Associates; Liberal Arts, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio

Awards
2013 Presidents Travelling Scholarship (Mary C. Page Memorial) , Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Outstanding Fiber Work, Persona; A Runway Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Audience Favorite, Project MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio Winner/Judges Pick, Project MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio Wenda von Weise '75 Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Institute of Art Honorary Scholarship, Cleveland, Ohio Barbara L Kuhlman Foundation Scholarship, Greene, New York Clara Rust Brigham Award, Cleveland, Ohio Robert Jergens Scholarship for Excellence in Foundation Design, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Institute of Art Transfer Portfolio Scholarship, Cleveland, Ohio

2012 2011 2010

2009

Exhibitions
2013 4U, Zygote Press, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Institute of Art BFA Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Institute of Art Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Emerald Ghost, Anne Von H. Boutique, Cleveland, Ohio Five, Art Spot, Cleveland, Ohio Persona; A Runway Show, Aitken Auditorium, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Project MoCA: A Cinematic Fashion Competition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio Young Bloods, FORUM artspace, Cleveland, Ohio ArtCares.12, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio Bazaarbeque Vol. 3, FORUM ArtSpace, Cleveland, Ohio Fashion-Material-Culture; A Runway Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio intervention: Cady Noland, Art Institute of Chicago Museum, Chicago, Illinois Student Independent Exhibition 66, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Texture, Art Spot, Cleveland, Ohio TWO, Art Spot, Cleveland, Ohio WAR; THE Experimental Art Event, Ford 7, Cleveland, Ohio Along 76, Junction View Studios, Columbus, Ohio th BLANK CANVAS, Cleveland West Art League, 78 Street Studios, Cleveland, Ohio Monumental Idea in Miniature Book II, SGC International Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (traveling exhibition with catalogue) th See CLE, Cleveland West Art League, 78 Street Studios, Cleveland, Ohio th Six in the Studio, Cleveland West Art League, 78 Street Studios, Cleveland, Ohio Student Independent Exhibition 65, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Three Person Show, Kollective Gallery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, (with Michael Helms, and Ryan Samples)

2012

2011

2010 2009 2008

Line of Sight; Bridge Span Mural Project, Ingenuity Fest, Cleveland, Ohio Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, Ohio (Painting: 2
nd

Place)

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, Ohio (Works on Paper: Honorable Mention)

Bibliography
Ann McGuire, Art Spot exhibition features fresh energy, ideas from CIA students Heights Observer, Volume 6, Issue 10. Joseph Sussi Celebrity, consumerism, & anxiety: 66th Student Independent Exhibition shows off CIAs finest CWRU Observer, February 2012. Steven Litt, Student exhibition at Cleveland Institute of Art is full of expressive work Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 2012.

Collections
Gund Library Artist Book Collection, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Southern Graphics Council Archives, St. Louis, Missouri University of Akron, Printmaking Department, Akron, Ohio Washington in St Louis permanent collection, St. Louis, Missouri

Professional Experience
2010-2011 Work Study, Fiber and Material Studies, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Applicable Skills and Processes

manual silk screen (coating, stripping, exposing, registration, printing), textile dye printing, pattern and repeat design, work space maintenance and organization

References
Tina Cassara, Fiber & Material Studies Dept. Chair, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11411 East Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 1-216-421-7381 Email: tcassara@cia.edu Tommy White, Assistant Professor, Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11411 East Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Phone: 1-216-421-7000 Email: twhite@cia.edu