Matthew Warren Lee
born 1983, Madison, Wisconsin
EDUCATION
2014 MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
2007 BFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Book of Miracles, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI
2018 To Whom do we Owe Utopia?, RedLine, Milwaukee, WI
2014 The Empire of Debris, INOVA, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 From One to Another, Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
2017 The Course of Empire, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Drawing Attention, Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
2016 Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art, Charles Allis Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2016 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Bachman’s Warbler, Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
2015 A Tale of Two Residencies, RedLine, Milwaukee, WI
2015 Scientificous, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Distressed Structures – The Weathering of Ecology, Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2014 Meet the Residents, Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
2014 Hidden River, Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI
2014 Master Pieces, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2014 Group Show, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2010 Watercolors and Drawings, Amundsen-Scott Research Station, Antarctica
2007 Watercolor Portraits, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Project Painting, Mary L. Nohl Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
COLLECTIONS
Carthage Institute of Paleontology, Kenosha Public Museums, Kenosha, WI
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri
United States Antarctic Program, South Pole Station, Geographic South Pole, Antarctica
AWARDS
2019 Nohl Fellowship Finalist, Established Category, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, WI
2016 Forward 2016 Viewers Choice Award, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Nohl Fellowship Suitcase Grant, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, WI
2012 First Place, Harbin International Snow and Ice Sculpting Competition, Harbin, China
2010 United States Medal of Antarctic Service with Bronze Clasp, Department of Defense
CURATOR
2015 The World Retrieved: Contemporary Landscapes, Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
RESIDENCIES
2014-2015 Port Art Partners Artist in Residence Program, Port Washington, WI, September 2014 – May 2015
PUBLICATIONS
2017 International Painting Annual 7, Manifest, Fall 2017
2016 International Painting Annual 6, Manifest, Fall 2016
2016 Manifest Exhibition Annual, January, 2016
2015 International Painting Annual 5, Manifest, Fall 2015
2015 Manifest Exhibition Annual, January, 2015
2013 New American Paintings 107, Midwest Edition, August/September, 2013