Matt Scheatzle

Artist Statement:

My work revolves around ideas about beauty, material, and the language of objects. Visual pleasure and uniqueness are primary goals. 

Education

1999, M.F.A., Mills College, Oakland, CA
1997, B.F.A., Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

Awards

2009, European Ceramics Work Centre/EKWC, the Netherlands
2006, NCECA Emerging Artist, Portland Oregon
2004, John Michael Kohler Art Center Residency, Kohler, Wisconsin
2001, Fleishhacker nominee
1999, Jay DeFeo Artist Grant
1995, Director’s Award, California Collegiate Ceramic Competition

Selected Exhibitions
       
2009, San Francisco Decorator Showcase, SF, CA
2009, Jackson St. Gallery, Secret Lives of Teachers, SF, CA
2009, MG Gallery, Never/Always, Oakland, CA
2007, Gallery 555, Oakland Museum at City Center, Oakland, CA
2007, LMCA Gallery, Structure, Pittsburgh, CA
2006, New House Gallery, Happy Pills, Ross, CA
2006, Bedford Gallery, By the Hand, Walnut Creek, CA
2006, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Hair, Sheboygan WI
2005, John Michael Kohler Art Center, A Tale To Tell, Sheboygan WI
2004, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, 25th Anniversary Show, San Francisco, CA
2003, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003, Oakland Art Gallery, Bay Area Currents, (James Elaine) Oakland, CA
2003, Cecile Moochnek Gallery, Until Now, Berkeley, CA
2001, S-MOVA, Small Works Show, (Kenneth Baker,) Santa Rosa, CA 1999,
1999, Traywick Gallery, Introduction 99’, Berkeley, CA
1999, Mills Museum, Graduate Show 99’, Oakland, CA
1998, Bay Area Sculpture Biennial, Contract Design Center, SF, CA

Selected
Collections

Bill Rush, San Francisco, CA
Smita Singh, San Francisco, CA
Sonya Lee, El Cerrito, CA
Richard Spence, Berkeley, CA
Diane Levinson, Belvedere, CA
Mariam Parmentor, San Rafael, CA
Ruth Kohler, Sheboygan, WI
Herbert Kohler, Sheboygan, WI