CV / Resumé
Exhibitions
2020 [COVID-19] 🙁
2019 “To The Moon and Back” Phipps, Hudson, WI
2019 “ARCANA///VIDEO/INSTALLATION///” ARCANA, Minneapolis, MN
2019 “Delaying Entropy” FUSE, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
2018 “Fractured Reality” Phipps Gallery One, Hudson, WI (solo)
2017 “Snow Show” Douglas Flanders Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
2017 “Healing Art” Hudson Hospital Gallery, Hudson, WI
2017 “More or Less Paint” 410 Project, Mankato, MN
2017 “Making Past Modern” Minneapolis Club, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
2016 “Made Here” Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
2016 “MCAD IX” Barnes & Thornberg, Minneapolis, MN
2016 “MCAD 9” Phoenix on the River, Minneapolis, MN
2015 “Dames & Detectives” St. Paul Park Square Theater, St.Paul, MN
2015 “Fracturing Space/Time” Ditch Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
2015 “Minnesotan Moments” MN State Capitol, Minneapolis, MN (invited)
2015 “MCAD 8” Barnes & Thornberg, Minneapolis, MN (juried)
2014 “After Hours: Shift B” MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014 “Perpich Alumni Show” Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
2013 “MCAD at Eclipse” Eclipse on Excelsior, St. Louis Park, MN (juried)
2012 “Perception Shift” Stockton College, Galloway, NJ (invited)
2011 “Translations” Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
2011 “Online (Dis)Connect” Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
2010 “Summer Invitational” Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
2010 “Spring Commencement Exhibition” MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2010 “Made at MCAD” BI Gallery, Edina, MN
2010 “Made at MCAD” MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (juried)
2009 “iTaly, Web, iPod” Phoenix on the River, Minneapolis, MN
2009 “Local Artists” Rosenthal Furniture Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2009 “Steel Works” Fallout Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2008 “Local Artists” Rosenthals, Minneapolis, MN
Honors | Awards
2020 Artist Initiative Grant MN State Arts Board
2018 Artist Initiative Grant MN State Arts Board
2017 MN State Fair: Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts
2017 MN State Fair: Minnesota Artist Association Award
2016 Artist Initiative Grant MN State Arts Board
2009 MCAD Drawing Merit Scholarship
2008 MCAD Painting Merit Scholarship
2006 BFA Friends of MCAD Merit Scholarship
Education
2010 BFA in Painting & Drawing, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, MN
2009 Accademia di Bella Arti, Florence, Italy (MCAD Study Abroad Honors Program)
2002 Perpich Center for the Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Professional Experience
2014 – Current Board Member, Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
2010 – Current Professional, Fine Art Painter, Minneapolis, MN
Charitable Auctions
2016 MCAD Annual Auction, Christies, Minneapolis, MN
2015 MCAD Annual Auction, Christies, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Perpich Center For Arts Education, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Select Press
2017 January 11, Star Tribune, “Saving Café Culture”, by Kevyn Burger
2016 August, MplsArt, “Interview: Mat Ollig”, by Juleana Enrigh
2016 May, Art Force, Artist of the Month Mat Ollig, by Alexandra Jagodzinski
2016 April, Sun Press & News, “OMNI Brewing Unveils a Celebration of Art & Beer”
2015 November 2, Herald Journal, “Winsted Native’s New Artwork on Display in Minneapolis Gallery” by Starrla Cray
2015 January 5, The Local Experiment, “Episode #56: Mat Ollig” by Chelsee Jean
2014 January 9, Curious North Podcast, “Mat Ollig” by Haley Anderson
2014 January 8, Curious North Blog, “Hot Art,” by Haley Anderson
2012 October 29, Herald Journal, “Winsted native takes art to new levels”, by Starlla Cray
2012 May, 1, Lodging Magazine, “Stories to Tell” by Megan Sullivan
2012 August 6, Star Tribune, “Hyatt Regency Face-Lift Goes Local” by John Ewoldt
2012 June 23, Star Tribune, “Hyatt Regency Redux Completed as Hotel Bookings Recover” by Neil ST. Anthony
2011 December 2, Star Tribune Blog “More on the Hyatt Regency Renovation” by Janet Moore