Selected Exhibitions
2010
North Eastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery,
Matthew Harris and Xu Yong (two-person exhibition), Chicago, IL
Art Ark Gallery, Where I’m From, San Jose, CA
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Ambiguande, Boulder, CO
2009
Artisan Gallery, Sixth Annual Ceramics Invitational, Paoli, WI
Hyde Park Art Center, Beyond China (solo exhibition), Chicago, IL
Lillstreet Art Center, The Ceramic Print, Chicago, IL
2008
Santa Fe Clay, Bling, Santa Fe, NM
Lillstreet Art Center, Postmodern Sculpture, Chicago, IL
2007
Ann Nathan Gallery, SOFA New York, New York, NY
Lillstreet Art Center, To China and Back (solo exhibition), Chicago, IL
Lillstreet Art Center, Faculty Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2005
Blueseed Studios, Ubersetz, Keene, NY
Selected Awards and Residencies
2006-2008 Lillstreet Art Center, Artist-in-Residence, Chicago, IL
2006 Anderson Ranch Art Center, General Ceramics Scholarship, Snowmass, CO
2005 University of Wisconsin, Campus Art Collaboration Scholarship, Madison, WI For a permanent installation in one of the most historic buildings on UW-Madison campus.
2002 University of Wisconsin, Hilldale Research Fellowship, Madison, WI
For nine months research in China into the use of ancient firing methods by contemporary Chinese ceramicists.
Selected Bibliography
2010 Studio Visit: Matthew Harris, Ceramics Monthly, March, Volume 58, Number 3
2009 Broken China: Matthew Harris pieces together the old and new at HPAC, Helenmary Sheridan, Chicago Weekly, University of Chicago
Art Thing with Matt Harris, Chicago Amplified, Chicago Public Radio
500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Publishing
2007 Ceramics Monthly, Upfront, April 2007, Volume 55, Number 4
Selected Professional Engagements
2010-Present Instructor: Intro to Studio Art-Arts1010, University of Colorado-Boulder
2008 Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
2007-2009 Studio Assistant to artist Ruth Duckworth, Chicago, IL
2006-2009 Ceramics Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2006 John Michael Kohler Art Center, Arts/Industry Internship, Kohler, WI
Education
2009-(2011) Master of Fine Arts University of Colorado-Boulder
2000-2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison
2002 Chinese Language Studies University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China