Matthew Lopas
Hendrix College
1600 Washington Ave
Conway, AR 720332
Cell (501)733-3772
lopas@hendrix.edu
www.matthewlopas.com

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, 1988
Taiwan, semester in studying Mandarin Chinese in private tutorial, 1986
Nanjing University, Semester studying Mandarin Chinese and Modern Chinese History, 1985

Two or Three Person Shows
“Panoramic Interiors”, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX, September, 2009
“New Paintings”, Albany Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, U.K., February, 2008
“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, Washington, CT, 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  

Selected Group Shows
“10 + 10 One Artist Invites Another”, Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative, October 2007
Inaugural Show, Ober Gallery, Kent, Ct, August 2006
“Particular Places”, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Juror, Bernard Chaet, April, 2006
“Delta Show”, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2005
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

Teaching
Associate Professor of Art with tenure, 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

Courses Taught
Painting, all undergraduate levels
Drawing, all undergraduate levels
Senior Studio, all media
Woodcut
Etching
Materials and Techniques
Design
Color Theory
Contemporary Art in London
Conversational English (In China)

College and Department Activities at Hendrix
Art Department Chair, current
Consulted in the formal review for Berry College, GA, 2009
Wrote four year $100, 000 grant to Wingate Foundation for Hendrix Gallery Program, 2008
Director of Hendrix in London Program, 2007
Closely participated in raising 3.3 million dollars to build a new Art Complex, 2000
Closely participated in total redesign of the Art Department curriculum, 2000
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 within three building Art Complex, 2002
Organized and raised money for Senior road trips to Chicago, 2003 – 05
Managed Gallery Program, 2003 - 05
            Visiting Artists
            Four professional shows per year
           Two student shows per year
Managed Hendrix College Permanent Collection, 2003 - 05
Committees served on:
             Drawing and Printmaking search committee, Chair, 2008
             Committee on Institutional and Instructional Resources, current
            Committee on Academic Integrity, Chair, 2006
             Committee on Academic Integrity, 2005
             Committee on Diversity Concerns, 2004
            Admissions Committee, 2003
            International / Intercultural Studies, 2002
            Council of New Student Advisors, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008

Selected Bibliography           
WRR, 101.1, Dallas NPR Radio, “Art Matters”, Interviewed by Quinn Matthews, 9/26/09
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.
New York Times, “ART; Form, Color and More From 25 Artists”, by William Zimmer, 8/30/00
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.

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

Grants and Awards
Granted one semester sabbatical, Fall 2006
Hendrix College Project Grant, designed and printed personal catalogue, 2006
Hendrix College Project Grant – Studied Critical Theory at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2005
Hendrix College Project Grant – Studied Relief Printing at Slugfest, Austin, TX, 2002
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

References
Rob Ober III, Owner of Ober Gallery, Kent CT, (860) 927-5030, obergallery@yahoo.com
Margaret Grimes, Professor of Painting, Western Ct State U., (203) 837-8402 (wk), (860) 868-0387 (hm), no email address available
Bob Entzminger, Provost, Hendrix College, (501) 450-1273, Entzminger@hendrix.edu