Matthew Lopas
Hendrix College
1600 Washington Ave
Conway, AR 720332
(501)450-1262
lopas@hendrix.edu

Education

Yale School of Art, M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, 1995
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, B.F.A., Painting and Drawing, 1991
University of Michigan, B.A., Arts and Ideas/Chinese Studies, 1983
Taiwan, semester in studying Mandarin Chinese in private tutorial, 1986
Nanjing University, Semester studying Mandarin Chinese and Modern Chinese History, 1985

“Back to Perception”, Cantrell Gallery, Little Rock, AR, 2004
“New Paintings,” Ravenswood Capital, Chicago, IL, March, 2003
 “Drawn for Painting,” Trieschmann Art Gallery, Hendrix College, Conway, AR, February 2002
“New Paintings,” Cabe Theater, Conway, AR, September, 2000
“Chairs, Pianos, and Guitars,” Canterbury School, New Milford, CT, January, 1999
“Interior Nocturnes,” Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT, December, 1998
“Interiors with TVs,” Almquist Gallery of North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, IL, November, 1994
“Recent Cityscapes,” Gallery of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, June, 1993
“Interiors and Cityscapes,” Gallery of the Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL, September, 1993

“New Paintings,” New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT, November, 2002
“New Paintings,” New Arts Gallery, Bantam, CT, December, 2001
“New Paintings,” Timothy Tew Gallery, Atlanta, GA, October, 2000
“New Paintings,” Timothy Tew Gallery, Atlanta, GA, September, 1999
“Bedrooms,” Randall Tuttle Gallery, Woodbury, CT, January, 1999
“New Paintings,” Washington Art Association, November, 1999
“Interiors with Beds,” Paris New York Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, November, 1997
“Interiors with Sculptures,” Paris New York Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, August, 1996
“Firelit Interiors,” Paris New York Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, November, 1995  

Faculty Show, Trieschmann Gallery, Hendrix College, Conway, AR, January, 2002
Annual Juried Show, Ct Academy of the Arts, Second Prize, October, 1999
Group Show, New Arts Gallery, Bantam, CT, November, 1999
“Juried Show,” Northern Westcheser Center for the Arts, Mt. Kisco, NY, 1999
“Millennium Show,” Paris New York Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, 1999
“The Horse in Contemporary Art,” Kent Caboose Gallery, Kent, CT, June, 1997
Joy Horwich Gallery at the Briarwood, Chicago, October, 1992
“Around the Coyote,” Chicago, September, 1992
Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, July, 1992
Genesis Artists’ Warehouse, Chicago, July, 1991
Theater Oobleck, Backdrop for the “Mysticeti and the Mandelbrot Set”, Chicago, April, 1991

Assistant Professor of Art, Hendrix College, Conway, AR, 2000 – present
Naugatuk Valley Community Technical College, “Dramatic Drawing in Charcoal”, Waterbury, CT, 1999
Northern Westcheser Center for the Arts, “Drawing for People Who Think They Can’t Draw”, NY, 1999
Wooster Academy, 1999
Forman School, Figure Drawing, 1999
Visiting Artist, Western Connecticut State University, 1999
Teikyo Post University, Waterbury, CT, Beginning Drawing, 1998-00
Washington Art Association, CT, 1997 - 2000
Renaissance Center, CT, 1998
Imago Young Persons Workshops (age 8-18), Bantam, CT, Asst. teacher, 1996
Yale University, New Haven, CT, Teaching Assistant, 1995
Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Education Department Intern, 1990
Private Buxiban and Public Schools in Taiwan, English as a Second Language, Preschool to Adult, 1986  

College and Department Activities

Closely participate in raising 3.3 million dollars to build a new Art Complex
Closely participate in total redesign of the Art Department curriculum
Worked closely with entire department and Administration in the design of a three building Art Complex
Drew basic design for 6000 square foot 2D studio building in Art Complex
Organize and raise money for Senior road trip to Chicago, 2003 – 05
Manage Gallery Program 2003 - 05
            Visiting Artists
            Four professional shows per year
             Two student shows per year
Manage Hendrix College Permanent Collection
Committees served on:
            Committee on Academic Integrity, Chair
            Admissions Committee
            International / Intercultural Studies
            Committee on Diversity Concerns
            Academic Integrity
            Council of New Student Advisors

Arkansas Democrat Gazette, “Hendrix professor’s ‘Perception’ on display”, by Werner Trieschmann,  8/22/2004, Style Section
Log Cabin Democrat, “Master Works”, by Carol Rolf, 1/27/02, Our Style, p. 1.
Atlanta Jewish Times, “Holiday Lights”, by Diane Moroff, 11/17/00, p. 36.
Sunday Republican, “Moving from a Wall to the Web”, by Tracey O’Shaughnessy, 4/30/00, Panorama, p. 1.
The New Milford Spectrum, “Man Finds His Way Through Painting”, by Deborah Rose, 8/31/98          .
New York Times, “The Horse in Contemporary Art”, by Michael Kimmelman, Ct. Section, 6/14/98, p. 11.
Sunday Republican, Danbury CT, “Circumstance, Experience, Grief”, by K. Devine, 12/10, 1995, p. 1.
Chicago’s Subnation, “The Colors of Night”, by Liza Schoenfien, 1992, vol. 1 no. 5, page 25.

Victims of Crime, Robert A. Jerin and Laura J. Moriarty, Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1998.
1996 College Catalogue, Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1996.

Second prize, CT Academy of the Arts, Annual Juried Show, October 1999
First Prize, Wilmette Public Library Group Show, 1992
Chicago Artists’ Assistance Program Project Grant, 1992