Curriculum Vitae

Robert Matthew Bollinger

Education

2012	Master of Fine Arts, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2010	Master of Architecture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
2002	Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, Painting/Printmaking, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM

Teaching Experience

2019 -	Assistant Professor, Studio Art and Design, Diné College, Tsaile AZ
2016 - 2019	Faculty, Studio Art and Design, Diné College, Tsaile AZ

Individual Exhibitions

2023	Missing, Murdered, Remembered, BRDG Project hosted by Next Gallery, Curated by Brett Matarazzo and Michael Dowling, Lakewood, CO
2021	Revealed/Structure, Exploded/Identity, Formative Architecture, Albuquerque, NM
2019	Chromaticism, AC2 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
	Psychic Typographies and Guiltless Repetition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
	New Works for the Old Ceremony, SMPC Architects, Albuquerque, NM
	Predicament of Texture, Fourteen Fifteen Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023	Harmonize (forthcoming), Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe NM
	Lost and Found: Art with Found Objects (forthcoming), The Collective - Community Arts Center, City of Lafayette Arts/Cultural Resources Department, Lafayette CO
	Made in Colorado, Juried by Kerry Brougher, University of Colorado - Denver, Emmanuel Art Gallery, Denver CO
	Big Draw Colorado, Arvada Arts Center, Arvada CO
2022	Labyrinth, Juried by Molly Casey, Littleton Museum, Littleton CO
	Loss, Curated by John Morgan and Beth Hansen, Fourteen Fifteen Gallery, Albuquerque NM
	Shelfie Show, Curated by Laine Godsey, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood CO
	Albuquerque to Ukraine Benefit Exhibition, Curated by Chandler Wigton and Lacey Chrisco, Inpost Artspace - The Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque NM
	Growing Pains, La Chancla, Albuquerque NM
	Action/Advocacy, Curated by Andrea Koesters, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University - UCENT, Phoenix AZ
	Art of the State 2022, Juried by Louise Martorano, Ellamaria Ray and Collin Parson, Arvada Arts Center, Arvada CO
2021	Together (Again), Juried by Catherine Chauvin, Littleton Museum, Littleton CO
	AMoA Biennial-600 Justice/Equality/Race/Identity, Juried by Leslie Moody Castro, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo TX
	Interplay, Curated by Leah Podzimek, Michael Dowling and Brett Matarazzo, BRDG Project , Denver CO
	All In One, Art123, Gallup NM
	Our Existential Space, Curated by Virgil Ortiz and Augustine Romero, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque NM
	On Edge, Juried by Brandy Coons, Edge Gallery, Lakewood CO
	Still. Life., Art123, Gallup NM
	Memorial. Monument. Movement., Art Against Racism, Virtual
	Shame Radiant, Curated by Mark Sink with Todd Herman, RedLine Art Center, Denver CO
	In the Wake – Word and Image, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque NM
	Phoenix Revival, GPEC, Phoenix AZ
2020	Liberating Humor, Juried by Sarah Magnatta, Littleton Museum, Littleton CO
	12 x 12, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
	Vision/Hope, Norbertine Community, Albuquerque NM
	Honoring Loss, Juried by Angie Rizzo and Gigi Yu, Masley Gallery - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
	Breathing While Black, Augusta Savage Gallery - UMass Amherst, Amherst MA
	The Architecture of Beauty - Works by Prominent NM Artists, Curated by Regina Held, NMCC, Albuquerque NM
	April/August Show, Art123, Gallup NM
	Play/Things, Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe NM
	Faculty/Staff Exhibition, Ned A. Hatathli Cultural Center Museum, Diné College, Tsaile AZ
	8 x 10 x 20, Art123, Gallup NM
	We, the People of the Land, Curated by Laine Godsey, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood CO
2019	Divination, Curated by John Morgan and Ren Adams, Fourteen Fifteen Gallery, Albuquerque NM
	What is Holiness, Curated by Celina Chavez, Norbertine Community, Albuquerque NM
	12 x 12, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
	AMoA Biennial-600 Textile/Fiber, Juried by Alec Unkovic, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo TX
	Longer Table, Santa Fe Arts Commission Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
	August Show, Art123, Gallup, NM
	Earth Threads Fiber Arts, Juried by Gallery Committee, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque NM
2018	Outpost Biennial, Curated by Erin Galvez and Robbin Bates, Inpost Artspace - The Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque NM
	Currency: What do you value? (digital and debtfair.com display), 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
	Art All Around Us, Art123, Gallup, NM
2015	From the Ground Up: Design, Here + Now (White Cube Installation), 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2013	Mead on Architecture, Curated by Emeritus Regents’ Professor Christopher Mead, George Pearl Hall - University of New Mexico Architecture/Planning, Albuquerque NM
2012	Vernissage - MFA Thesis Exhibition, Phoenix Hotel - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
	SOL Legit (three-person exhibition with Dimitra Skandali and Missy Engelhardt), Diego Rivera Gallery - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2011	2D3D: Drawing in the Post-Digital Age, Woodward University, Los Angeles CA
	Ecstasy and Architecture (two-person exhibition with Sarah Nantais), Swell Gallery - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2010	SAAP Open House, George Pearl Hall - University of New Mexico Architecture/Planning, Albuquerque NM
	A.C.E. - M.Arch Thesis Exhibition, George Pearl Hall - University of New Mexico Architecture/Planning, Albuquerque NM
2009	Sustained Ridgelines (three-person exhibition with Karen Doten and Matt Frantz), KiMo Art Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2007	We Are SFAI, Red Ink Studios - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2002	Yes/No: Abstractions, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque NM

Selected Projects

2023	Photographic Documentation, Navajo Cultural Arts Program, Tsaile AZ
2022	Photographic Documentation, Navajo Cultural Arts Program, Tsaile AZ
2021	Photographic Documentation, Navajo Cultural Arts Program, Tsaile AZ
2020	Record LP Cover, Trinfecta - Motion Picture Soundtrack , Portland OR
2019	Public Art, Los Alamos/TIME (Proposal), Las Alamos NM
	Public Art, Las Vegas/TIME (Proposal), Las Vegas NM
2017	Public Art, Happy Valley/Lake Pleasant (Proposal), Peoria AZ
	Public Art, Asian American Monument (Proposal), Albuquerque NM
	Public Art, Tessellation Mural (Proposal), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
2016	Public Art, Twins-Mountain/TIME (Proposal), Grants NM
	Architectural Design, NTU Radio Station, Navajo Technical University, Crownpoint NM
2013	Public Art, Untitled, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (Proposal), San Jose CA
	Public Art, Untitled, Los Duranes Community Center (Proposal), Albuquerque NM
2003	Public Art, Untitled, Large-Scale Community Painting (8 x 20 ft.), Acrylic on Wall, UNM CASAA Runaway and Homeless Youth Center, Albuquerque NM

Artist Talks, Lectures, Conferences

2023	Artist Talk, Technology as Expression, New Mexico Tech, Socorro NM
2021	Artist Talk, Still. Life., Art123, Gallup NM
2020	Artist Talk, Honoring Loss, Masley Gallery - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
	Artist Talk, April/August Show, Art123, Gallup NM
	Artist Talk, Midnight Transmission: A Late Night Reading Series, Video Webcast, Navajo Nation
	Artist Talk, 2nd Look on 2nd Street, Art123, Gallup NM
2019	Artist Talk, Chromaticism, AC2 Gallery, Albuquerque NM
	Artist Talk, 2nd Look on 2nd Street, Art123, Gallup NM
	Artist Talk, Psychic Typographies and Guiltless Repetition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
2016	Conference, A University Website Overhaul, CASE District IV Conference, Dallas TX
2011	Lecture, Art and Architecture: Linescapes, George Pearl Hall, UNM SAAP, Albuquerque NM
	Lecture, Guy Debord and the SI, Osher Hall, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA

Publications, Catalogs, Media

2023	Media, Missing, Murdered, Remembered at NEXT Gallery - Q and A with artist R. Matthew Bollinger, Jeffco Transcript, By Andrew Fraieli, Denver CO
2023	Media, BRDG Project presents Missing, Murdered, Remembered, YourHub/Denver Post, By Amy Norton, Denver CO
2023	Media, Art Attack: Welcome to First Friday of 2023, Westword, By Susan Froyd, Denver CO
2022	Catalog, Art of the State 2022 Triennial - Caulfield, Arvada Arts Center, Arvada CO, 1 color reproduction, 15pp.
2021	Publication, Chromaticism I; II; III; IV; V, The Woven Tale Press, East Setauket NY
	Publication, Chromaticism VII, Forum Magazine, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
	Publication, Missing, Murdered, Indigenous I (Chinle), Missing, Murdered, Indigenous II (Lukachukai), Chromaticism VII, Red Mesa Review, University of New Mexico - Gallup, Gallup NM
	Publication, Missing, Murdered, Indigenous II (Lukachukai), Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of the Greater Southwest, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
	Media, Matthew Bollinger’s Time-Consuming Portraits Shed Light on Missing Indigenous Women, The Observer, Interviewed by K. Fischer, Web Article
2020	Catalog, Vision/Hope, Norbertine Community, 1 color reproduction, 17pp.
2019	Catalog, Chromaticism, AC2 Gallery, 8 color reproductions, XXpp.
	Catalog, Psychic Typographies and Guiltless Repetition, Harwood Art Center, 7 color reproductions, XXpp.
	Catalog, New Works for the Old Ceremony, SMPC Architects, x color reproductions, XXpp.
	Catalog, Predicament of Texture, Fourteen Fifteen Gallery, x color reproductions, XXpp.
2013	Publication, On Architecture, Edited by M. Heighway, C. Mead and K. Woodard, Albuquerque NM
2012	Publication, MFA/MA Art and Ideas, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2011	Publication, From Lakes to Concrete, Hesa Inprint, Issue 7, Finland

Residencies, Grants, Fellowships, Awards

2022	Residency, UETF Resiliency Residency For Independent Artists, Puha Hubiya via the City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, Albuquerque NM
	Award, Regional, Institutional Recognition/Art of the State 2022 Triennial, Art Gym/Arvada Arts Center, Arvada CO
2021	Award, Regional, FUSE Makerspace, Albuquerque, NM
	Grant, National, CERF+, Montpelier, VT
	Grant, Regional, New Mexico Finance, Santa Fe NM
2020	Award, Second Place/Liberating Humor, S. Magnatta (juror), Littleton Museum, Littleton CO
	Grant, National, United States Artists, Chicago IL
	Grant, Regional, gallupARTS, Gallup NM

Related Professional Experience

2016	Instructor, Studio Art, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales NM; Adjunct
2014-2016	Webmaster, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales NM
2013-2014	Instructor, Design, Navajo Technical University, Crownpoint NM; Adjunct
2012-2014	Webmaster, Navajo Technical University, Crownpoint NM
2010-2012	Junior Architect (Architectural Intern), Bull, Stockwell and Allen, San Francisco CA
2011-2012	Teaching Assistant, Art History, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2009-2010	Teaching Assistant, Architectural Design, University of New Mexico SAAP, Albuquerque NM