MATTHEW BOURBON

Matthew Bourbon is a painter, art critic, and a Professor of Art at the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Bourbon earned separate undergraduate degrees in Studio Art and Art History from the University of California at Davis.  Relocating to New York City, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts. Since then, his art has been exhibited nationally and internationally.  Recent shows include: Wider West at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul, South Korea, C’est de la Peinture! at Bankley Studios and Gallery, Manchester, England, Time, Space, and Process at Bethel University, St. Paul, MN, and “Waiting For Now” at the Old Jail Art Center Museum inTexas.  Bourbon has won numerous awards for his work, including the Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant by the Dallas Museum of Art to conduct research in Japan.  He was also selected twice to be included in the Texas Biennial, and on numerous occasions been selected for the publication New American Paintings. Bourbon was named an Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Faculty Fellow 2015/16, and in 2017 received the Creative Impact Award from UNT.  Bourbon is an active art critic, contributing to Art Forum, the Dallas Morning News, Flash Art, ArtNews, New York Arts Magazine, and Glasstire Online Arts Journal.  He also served for several years as the regional editor for the much-loved journal Art Lies.  He is represented by Kirk Hopper Fine Art Gallery in Dallas.