Matthew J. Brown / CV





MATTHEW J. BROWN

Matthew.J.Brown@asu.edu

@mattieice_brownieslice

EDUCATION

2021 Master of Fine Arts with distinction
University of Georgia
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts
East Tennessee State University

EXHIBITIONS

2026Why We Look: Questioning the World Before Us
Curated by Marvin Heiferman
Vermont Center for Photography
Brattleboro, Vt.
2025 The New South Vol 2 Atlanta Center for Photography
Atlanta, Ga.
2023 Engaging the South Tipton Gallery
Johnson City, Tenn.
2022 Mallrats
Curated by Michael Raines
Family Photo Studio,
The Lloyd Center Mall
Portland, Or.
2022 Investigations in Infrastructure
Curated by Noah Waldeck
Detroit, Mi
Everything is Narrative
Curated by Noah Waldeck
Detroit, Mi
Towns that Bloom with Blue Ridge Ribbon Athens, Ga.
2021 When in Athens
Curated by Irina Rozovsky and Mark Steinmetz, The Humid
Athens, Ga
Whistling in the Dark: MFA 2021 Athenaeum
Athens, Ga.
2020 Shelter Projects: Sleep Schedule Willson Center
Athens, Ga.
Looking At Appalachia The Clay Center,
Juliet Art Museum
Charleston, W. Va.
Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art Piedmont College
Demorest, Ga.
2019 Honor Roll Atlanta Photography Group
Atlanta, Ga.
Looking At Appalachia Drinko Library,
Marshall University
Huntington, W. Va.
Fall Line Photo Jam Exhibition Downtown Sparta, Ga.
Ringer: Contemporary Portraiture Athens Institute for Contemporary Art
Athens, Ga.
Playing Possum II Five Bananas Gallery
Athens, Ga.
Looking At Appalachia Massillon Museum
Massillon, Ohio
Positive / Negative 34
Curated by Ann Meisinger, Independent Curator,
Public Programs & Creative Practice,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Slocumb Gallery
Johnson City, Tenn.
2018 Flux Thomas Street Finishing School
Athens, Ga.
2017 Playing Possum Five Bananas Gallery
Athens, Ga.
New Developments Reece Museum
Johnson City, Tenn.
Looking At Appalachia
Selected images from 2014-2016
West Virginia University Libraries
Morgantown, W. Va.
Looking At Appalachia Scarborough Library,
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Under The Influence Reece Museum
Johnson City, Tenn.
High Sign Tipton Gallery
Johnson City, Tenn.
2016 Current Elements Fine Arts Building Gallery,
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Va.
New Developments Space Place Gallery
Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Student Honor Show
Juried by: Carolyn Grosch, Curator, Asheville Art Museum
Slocumb Gallery
Johnson City, Tenn.
Documentum
Curated by artists Stephen Shore, William Boling, Dawn Kim, David Campany and Chris Rhodes
Poem 88 Gallery
Atlanta, Ga.
2015 Orientation Slocumb Gallery
Johnson City, Tenn.
Taking Care of Business
Student Photography Association Group Exhibition
Tipton Gallery
Johnson City, Tenn.
Art Through The Lens
Sarah Sudhoff, Executive Director, Houston Center for Photography
Yeiser Art Center
Paducah, Ky.

PRESS / PUBLICATIONS

2025New South, Volume II: Double Vision, Atlanta Center for Photography
2023ESPN College GameDay Built by The Home Depot: University of Georgia vs. Ole Miss, Photographed for Octagon
2022ESPN College GameDay Built by The Home Depot: University of Georgia vs. University of Tennessee, Photographed for Octagon
Bottega Veneta store opening, Editor for Mark Steinmetz, Atlanta, Ga.
Fortune.com: Private equity is the biggest player in a booming autism-therapy industry...
Seeing Red, Float Magazine, Curated by Dana Stirling; Icon & Spirit, Issue 2
2021Investigations in Infrastructure, Subjectively Objective, Curated by Noah Waldeck
Everything is Narrative, Subjectively Objective, Curated by Noah Waldeck
TOO TIRED PROJECT ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME I, Edited/Designed by Kelly Burgess
2019"Help Me Languish Here", Hobart Photo Stories
2018"The Culture of Convenience", Oxford American
Kingsport Times News: Explore-New-Developments-at-ETSU-s-Reece-Museum
2017Ain't Bad Magazine
Looking at Appalachia
Some Days Just Are, Collaborative photo series by Tara Wray
Lenscratch: The 2017 Mommie Dearest Exhibition
The Latent Image by Max Marshall
The Mockingbird Vol. 44; Under The Influence
2016Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine "The Future of Appalachia" Vol. 32 No. 2
Fotoblogia.pl
¡GNANT
Documentum Vol. 1: The Instagram Series
Oxford American: Eyes on the South
It's Nice That
Aint-Bad Magazine
2015American Photography 31, Chosen Image
2014Interview with Dave Jordano, Contemporary Photographer Series / ETSU Photo

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2023Guest Artist Lecture: All Work, All Play, International Center of Photography, Irina Rozovsky
2020Guest Artist Lecture: Mobile Photography, East Tennessee State University, Tema Stauffer
2019Looney Foundation Graduate Award
2018PDN 30 Nominee
2017First Place in Short Film Category and Audience Choice, Due Date (Dir. David Floyd), Director of Photography, Tennessee Communication Association
2015-2017Artist in Residence, East Tennessee State University
2015Student-Faculty Collaborative Grant, East Tennessee State University Honors College, Sponsor: Michael A. Smith; Sponsored Doug DuBois lecture and critique
2014Studio Assistant for Mike Smith

OTHER WORK

2023Image Technician, INSIEME, Irina Rozovsky and Mark Steinmetz, Chose Commune (2023)
2023Image Technician, Mark Steinmetz
2023Image Technician, Perpetual Care, Clay Maxwell Jordan, Fall Line Press (2024)

COLLECTIONS

Duke University

East Tennessee State University

University of Georgia