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Matthew Friday

Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
M.F.A. Indiana State University
B.F.A. University of New Mexico

Graduate Coordinator
Department: Art Department
Office: SAB 204C
Phone: (845) 257-2609
E-mail: fridaym@newpaltz.edu
Web Site: www.matthewfriday.net

Career History & Promotions/Job Changes

A committed educator, Friday has taught in a number of different institutions and settings including the State University of New York at Oswego, Empire College (NYC) and Ohio University and now serves as the graduate coordinator and professor of critical studies for the Art Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Matthew Friday has spoken internationally about ecology, aesthetics and politics at venues such as NYU, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Rubin Foundation and Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark).

Teaching Interests

contemporary art, art history, visual and material culture studies, critical theory, systems theory / systems design, post-nature ecology, radical pedagogy, continental philosophy

Research/Creative Activity

Working both collectively and individually, Matthew Friday’s research-based projects have taken up issues of urban ecology, watershed remediation and the history and future of organized labor. He is an active member of the ecosystem research and design collective SPURSE. He has exhibited at a number of venues including the Wave Hill, Spaces (Cleveland), MassMOCA, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Grand Arts, White Columns, the Kitchen, Bemis Art Center, Kunsthal Aarhus and the BMW Guggenheim LAB. His work has been reviewed in October, the New Art Examiner, Dwell and Art Papers and has been included in several catalogs including The Interventionists (MassMOCA) and Experimental Geography (Creative Time/ Independent Curators International). Friday’s work has been supported with a number of grants including the New York Federation for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Initiative. Matthew Friday studied at the Whitney Independent Study Program and earned his MFA from Indiana State University.

Awards, Honors & Recognition

Friday’s work has been supported with a number of grants including a New York Federation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend, an Ohio Arts Initiative grant and an Andrew Mellon funded Art and Environment project award through Pitzer College. While at Ohio University Friday was selected of the Excellence in Teaching award (2010).

Publications

Over the past few years, Matthew Friday has spoken internationally about ecology, aesthetics and politics at venues such as NYU, the Rubin Foundation and Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark). His essays have appeared in October, the Journal of Modern Craft, the Journal Aesthetics and Protest, the Brooklyn Rail and Art Journal.

Committee Memberships & Professional Organizations

SUNY New Paltz:
Graduate Council
Graduate Committee on Art

Professional Organizations:
College Art Association
Riverkeepers
Clearwater