Matthew Lopas
Matthew current resides in Conway Arkansas, where he teaches at Hendrix College and paints at home.
| 1965 | Born in Chicago, IL |
| 1985 | Studies Mandarin at Nanjing University and travels in China |
| 1988 | Graduates with a B.A. in Arts and Ideas / Chinese Studies from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 1989 | Travels in Europe |
| 1991 | Graduates with a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1992 | Spends the summer painting in Jerez. Zacatecas, Mexico |
| 1995 | Gradates with an M.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking from Yale School of Art |
| Meets the painter Susan Clark at Yale | |
| 1996 | Lives in Brooklyn |
| 1997 | Moves to Washington, CT |
| 1997- 1999 |
Teaches at Washington Art Association, Naugatuk Valley Community Technical College, Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Wooster Community Art Center, Teikyo Post University |
| 2000 | Marries
Susan Clark and moves
to Arkansas to teach at Hendrix
College |
| 2006 | Adopts Hannah Rose Celine Lopas |
| 2007 | Teaches at University of London for the Hendrix in London Program |
| 1993 | Interiors
and Cityscapes,
Gallery of the
Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette. IL |
| Recent
Cityscapes, Gallery
of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medic Center, Chicago |
|
| 1994 | Interiors
with TVs, Almquist
Gallery of North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, IL |
| 1998 | Interior
Nocturnes,
Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT |
| 1999 | Chairs,
Pianos, and Guitars,
Canterbury School Gallery, New Milford, CT |
| 2000 | New Paintings, Cabe Theater, Conway, AR |
| 2002 | Drawn
for Painting, Trieschmann
Art Gallery Hendrix College, Conway, AR |
| 2003 | New Paintings, Ravenswood Capital, Chicago. IL |
| 2004 | Back to Perception, Cantrel Gallery, Little Rock, AR |
TWO OR THREE PERSON SHOWS
| 1995 | Firelit Interiors, Paris New York Kent Gallery. Kent, CT |
| 1996 | Interiors with Sculptures, Paris New York Kent Gallery, Kent, CT |
| 1997 | Interiors with Beds, Paris New York Kent Gallery. Kent, CT |
| 1999 | New Paintings, Washington Art Association, Washington. CT |
| Bedrooms, Randall Tuttle Gallery, Woodbury, CT | |
| New Paintings, Timothy Tew Gallery Atlanta, GA | |
| 2000 | New Paintings, Timothy Tew Gallery Atlanta, GA |
| 2001 | New Paintings, New Arts Gallery, Bantam, CT |
| 2002 | New Paintings, New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT |
| 2007 | New Paintings (with Paul Georges), Ober Gallery, Kent, CT |
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
| 1991 | Theater
Oobleck, Backdrop for
the Mysticeti and
the Mandelbrot Set, Chicago. IL |
| Genesis Artists’ Warehouse, Chicago. IL | |
| 1992 | Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL First Prize |
| Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL | |
| Joy Horwich Gallery at the Briarwood, Chicago, IL | |
| 1999 | Millenium Show, Paris New York Kent Gallery, Kent, CT |
| Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Mt. Kisco, NY | |
| Annual
Juried Show,
Connecticut Academy of the Arts, Second Prize, Hartford, CT |
|
| 2005 | Arkansas Arts Center, Delta Show, Little Rock, AR |
| 2006 | Creative
Arts Workshop,
Particular Places, New Haven, CT, Juror, Bernard Chaet |
| Inaugural Show, Ober Gallery. Kent, CT |