179 Bynum Church Rd. Pittsboro, NC 27312 * 919-742-3796
matt@mattzigler.com * www.mattzigler.com
EDUCATION
University of the Arts - Philadelphia, PA
MFA in Painting, 2010
Elmira College - Elmira, NY
BA in Art, Philosophy Minor, 2000
SOLO EXHIBITONS 2011 The Pigeon PODS of Red Lahore, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
2011 Pigeon: Portraits and Narratives, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
2008 Bynum Front Porch Art Series, Bynum, NC
2008 Side Street Gallery, Pittsboro, NC
GROUP EXHIBITONS 2012 Message and Medium, AIGAPhilly, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Twilight Art Safari, Sara Smith Self Gallery, Asheboro, NC
2012 PoorQuality: Inequality, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Durham, NC
2012 Message and Medium, PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Creative Dishonesty: Cheat Codes, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Durham, NC
2011 Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2011 The MANaged Landscape, The Durham Storefront Project, Durham, NC
2011 The Pigeon PODS of Red Lahore, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2011 Darwin Days, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
2010 University of the Arts Graduate Thesis Show, Philadelphia, PA
2010 ArtSPARK PODS, SparkCON, Raleigh, NC
2010 Future Excavations, University of the Arts- Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
2010 This is Complicated, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 150 for 150, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Animal Nation, Caladan Gallery, Online
2009 Made in the USA NC, William Cozart Manufacturing, Raleigh, NC
2009 WIP Show, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Elements, Chatham Arts Gallery, Pittsboro, NC
2008 WIP Show, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Viridian Artists 17th Annual Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Inc. New York, NY
2004 Side Street Gallery, Pittsboro, NC
INSTALLATIONS 2010 85 Days and 1 Mile Down, Anderson Hall Elevator, College of Art and Design, University of the Arts
2010 The Futility of Conservation, Video Installation, College of Art and Design, University of the Arts
2010 Beneath You, Anderson Hall Elevator, College of Art and Design, University of the Arts
2009 Pigeon Religion, 8th Floor College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008-present North Carolina Zoological Park, Asheboro, NC
WORK EXPERIENCE Art Teacher and Dean of Students, Noble Academy, 2006 to Present
Art Teacher and Director, Auldern Academy, 2001 to 2006
BIBLIOGRAPHY KnightArts.org, “Message and Medium” At PhilaMOCA, www.knightarts.org, 2012
US Airways Magazine, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, Jul. 2011
Hill, Miriam, Artist honors pigeons with mobile museum at Philly University of Arts, The Philadelphia Inquirer. 9 April 2011
Matlock, Molly. Inside the Artist's Studio. WCOM, Carrboro, NC, 18 Aug. 2010. <http://tinyurl.com/ylf2udc>
Waxman, Lori, Lori Waxman's "60 wrd/min art critic" reviews at Durham Arts Council, www.indyweek.com, 2010
Cowell, Rebekah, Dormant Raleigh Warehouse Breathes Again in Made in USA Show, www.indyweek.com, 2009