H O O K S – E P S T E I N G A L L E R I E S 2631 Colquitt Houston, TX 77098 713.522.0718

BERNARD MATTOX

BORN 1954 March 15

EDUCATION 1982-1984 M.F.A. , 1980- 1982 B.F.A. University of Southwestern , Lafayette

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 The Archaeology of Solitude, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2014 Object/Mirror/Subject, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2011 Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2010 Mapmaker, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2008 Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX 2007 The Noumenon Circus, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2006 Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2005 Vortext, Hooks Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2005 Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA Gallerie Eclaireuse, Lafayette, LA 2003 Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA 2002 Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA 2001 Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA 2000 Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA 1999 Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 1998 Wyndy Morehead fine Arts, New Orleans, LA St. Tammany Museum of Art, Covington, LA 1996 Louise Janine Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA 1995 Blue Heron Gallery, Covington, LA 1995 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA Artist Alliance Gallery, Lafayette, LA 1994 Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA 1993 The Blue Door Gallery, San Antonio, TX Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA 1992 Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA 1990 Gallerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA 1989 Altars and Alleys, University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA 1987 Altars and Alleys, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA 1985 One Man Show, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, LA SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (CON’T.) 1984 St. Tammany Art Association, Covington 1983 Bienville Gallery, New Orleans

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC 2007 Nu Gallery, Sandestin, FL New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, New Orleans 31: Thirty-one artists. Thirty-one works. , Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston 2005 Brunner Gallery, Baton Rouge 2003 Five State Juried Exhibit, Sidell, LA 2002 St. Tammany Art Association, New Orleans 2001 Brunner Gallery, Dallas Texas 2001 Brunner Gallery, Park City, UT 2000 New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans 1999 3 Man Exhibit Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 1998 Earthly Treasures, Camp Street Gallery, New Orleans 1997 The Ritual in Southern Sculpture- Atlanta Center, Atlanta, GA Louisiana Major Works Invitational, Cac Lecture and Exhibition, McNeese State University, Thibodeaux, LA 1995 Years of Newcomb Faculty Ceramics (NOMA) New Orleans Louisiana Artist Annual, Slidell Cultural Center, Slidell 1994 LA Sculpture Biennial Sculpture South, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC Worth Gallery, Taos, New Mexico 1993 Mixed Media, Slidell Cultural Center, Slidell, LA African Influence, St. Tammany Museum of Art, Covington, LA 1992 The Presence of Art, Wyndy Morehead Gallery, New Orleans 1992-1994 Louisiana Artist Annual, Covington, LA 1991 Selections, Five Artists, university of New Orleans, New Orleans Ceramic Expression, Slidell Cultural Center, Slidell, LA St. Tammany Art Association Juried Show, Covington, LA St. Tammany Art Association Juried Show, New Orleans Art in Bloom, NOMA New Orleans 1990 A Sacred Presence Simms Gallery of Fine Art, New Orleans 1989 Group Show, Downtown Gallery, New Orleans 1988 Day of the Dead, Rhino Gallery, New Orleans 1987 Louisiana in Clay, Downtown Gallery, New Orleans Art Against AIDS, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans Art for Art’s Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans New Mexico New Orleans Exhibition, Rhino Gallery, New Orleans Newcomb Centennial: 1896-1996, NOMA, New Orleans 1985 Odyssey Benefit Art Invitational, NOMA, New Orleans Sculpture Invitational, Dalsheimer Gallery Major Mini Works, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans St. Tammany Art Association Summer Exhibit, Covington LA Glass Sculpture Invitational, Glass Art Society

2 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CON’T.) 1985 Convention, Newcomb Women’s Center, New Orleans Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans 1984 Pots about Pots, Midwest Clay Invitational, St. Louis, MO Art for Art’s Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans St. Tammany Art Association Summer Exhibit, Covington, LA M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Newcomb Women’s Center, Newcomb College/Tulane University, New Orleans 1983 Art for Art’s Sake, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans St. Tammany Art Association Summer Exhibit, Covington, LA Two Man Show, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans Three Man Show, Nuance Glass Gallery, New Orleans Three Sculptors, International Trade Mar Building, New Orleans National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts NCECA Conference and Symposium, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta A Dozen Fresh Ones, Elmhurst Park Gallery, Lafayette, 1982 Louisiana Sculpture Biennial, CAC, New Orleans Group Exhibit Invitational, Graphic Editions, New Orleans St. Tammany Art Association Summer Exhibit, Covington, LA 1981 14th Louisiana Craftsman’s Traveling Exhibit, Baton Rouge 1980 15th Annual St. Tammany Art Association Summer Exhibit, Covington LA 1979 12th Louisiana Craftsman’s Traveling Exhibit, Baton Rouge Two Man Show, Newcomb Women’s Center, Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2014 “Between the Know and the Hidden,” Inside Northside Magazine 2007 “Abstract Thinking,” New Orleans Times Picayune by Doug MacCash 2005 “Bernard Mattox,” New American Paintings, July 2005. Number 58. 106- 109 “Mattox Presents One Man Show at Brunners,” St. Tammany Newsbanner “Artist is Resigned to Loss of His Work,” New Orleans Picayune 2003 “Coming Full Circle,” New Orleans Times Picayune 2002 “Creative Force Mattox at the Brunner Gallery” 2001 Interview with Studio Potter Magazine MacCash, Doug, “Mattox Shapes his Cityscapes” New Orleans Times Picayune 2000 “Mattox in Collaboration,” St. Tammany News Banner 1999 “The Spirit of Diabhileu-Collaboration Celebrate an Old Spirit,” CAC, New Orleans, LA “Thoroughly Modern, Bernard Mattox as Sculptor and Teacher,” St. Tammany News Banner, by Leslie Ackel “Art as Symbol,” New Orleans Times Picayune, by Sam McCarty 1998 “Bernard Mattox-Paradise Lost,” St. Tammany News Banner, by Connie “Bernard Mattox Switches Media for Solo Show,” New Orleans Times Picayune, review by Chris Waddington Southern Living Magazine 1997 “Report from New Orleans” (April), Art In America, by Marcia Vetrocq

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (CON’T.) 1996 “100 Years of Newcomb Ceramics,” New Orleans Museum of Art, by Professor Jesse Poesch 1995 “Mythoscapiae – The Art of Bernard Mattox,” The Times of Acadiana, by Ann Wakefield, Lafayette, LA 1994 Sculpture South Catalog, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, South Carolina “Making Myths,” Bernard Mattox, Wyndy Morehead Gallery, New Orleans, LA “Clay Artist Break Out of the Mold,” New Orleans Times Picayune, by Chris Waddington 1993 “The Electronic Age and the Cyclops Kitchen,” New Orleans Art Review, by Doug MacCash “Timeless and Eternal,” Gambit Magazine, New Orleans, LA by D. Eric Bookhardt “Modern Art, Ancient Twist,” New Orleans Times Picayune 1992 “Capturing the Intangible,” New Orleans Times Picayune, by Chris Waddington WWNO Radio Interview, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 1991 An interview article, The Times Picayune, by John Kemp 1990 “Parallels,” The New Orleans Art Review, by Judith Bonner, October 1988 “Day of the Dead,” The Times Picayune, The State Item, article by Roger Green, November 4, 1988 “Gallery,” interview by Bill Zibal, WWNO Public Radio, University of New Orleans, September 1987 Louisiana Major Works Catalog, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 1985 The New Orleans Art Review: A Journal of Criticism, article by Terrington Calas October/November 1985 1983 The New Orleans Art Review: A Journal of Criticism, article by Claudine deRemy, November 1983

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1990-1992 Assistant Professor of Art, Xavier University, New Orleans 1986-1989 Assistant Professor of Art, Tulane University, New Orleans 1984-1987 Adjunct Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans 1982-1984 Teaching/Technical Assistant, Tulane University, New Orleans

RELATED EXPERIENCE 2007 Visiting Artist-Master Series, New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, New Orleans 2006 Lecturer, SLU Workshop, Hammond LA 2003-2005 Juror: LA Division of the Arts Grant-Awards Panel 2000 Lecturer, Art Speak Series, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 1999 Recipient of Contemporary Arts Center, Silver Circle Commission, New Orleans

4 RELATED EXPERIENCE (CON’T.) 1999 Collaborating Sculptor, Contemporary Arts Center, Thibodeaux, LA 1997 Visiting Lecturer, McNeese State University, Lake Charles 1996 Visiting Lecturer, University of Southeastern Louisiana, Lafayette 1995-present Juror, Art in the Park, Covington, LA 1993-1999 Chairman, Visual Arts Committee, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA 1991-present Instructor, Children’s Sculpture Workshops, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA 1992 Juror, New Orleans Art League Exhibit, New Orleans 1990 Visiting Artist, Lecturer and Workshop Instructor, McGehee School, New Orleans 1988 Juror, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 1986-1988 Workshop Coordinator, Lecturer, Tulane/Newcomb Art Student Association, New Orleans 1986 Visiting Artist, Consultant, New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, New Orleans 1980 Curator, Pre Columbian Art Exhibition, Lafayette

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS 2004 Five State Juried Exhibit, Best of Show Award 2003 Five State Juried Exhibit, Best of the Show Award 2002 Louisiana Division of the Arts, $5000 Fellowship 1996 Louisiana Artist Annual 1994 Louisiana Artist Annual 1993 Louisiana Artist Annual Jurors Award 1992 Louisiana Artist Annual Jurors Award 1990-1991 Nominee for A.V.A. Grant 1988 Subject for WYES Public Television film 1988 WYES Public Television Art and Auction: Jurors Award 1985 St. Tammany Parish Juried Summer Show 1982 Assistant, Tulane University Grade School U.S.L. Juried Exhibition

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Center for Development and Learning, Covington, LA Treme Museum, New Orleans, LA F.A. Richard Insurance, Mandeville, LA Lazarus House AIDS Hospice, New Orleans New Orleans Museum of Art Ogden Southern Collection, Ogden Museum, New Orleans St. Tammany Parish Judicial Complex, Covington, LA The Pentagon, Department of Architecture and Design, Washington, DC Windlake Farms, West Monroe, LA

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SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Fae and Phalene Bright, Hammond, LA Dr. Candace Cutrone, New Orleans Mike DeGennaro, Houston Judge Stephen Ellis, Covington, LA Dr. Gloria Fiero, Lafayette Judge Peter Garcia, Covington, LA Mr. and Mrs. Steward Gibert, Tampa Roanne Kaplan, New York Dr. And Mrs. Dewey Lane, Pascagoula, MS Stephen Larson, Eaton, NH Thomas Lehman, New Orleans Shiela and Todd Lemke, Boston Sherry and Ken Levy, Houston Dr. Stephen Littlewood, Sacramento Roger Ogden, New Orleans Donna Perret, New York Robert Phelan, Covington, LA Juan Carlos Quintana, San Francisco Mel Reyna, Houston Francois Billon Richardson, New Orleans Dr. Arthur Silverman, New Orleans Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, San Antonio Michael Tusk, Berkeley Joel Weinstock, New Orleans Jennifer Weiss, Baltimore

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