Artist Talk | Matt Bodett
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Matt Bodett received his MFA from Boise State University in 2011, and taught printmaking there until he moved to Chicago in 2013. Since moving to Chicago he has played an active role in disability advocacy and utilizing artwork to open dialogue around madness.
Matt’s work directly responds to his lived expereinces with madness. Being given a dianosis of schizo-affective disorder in 2005, he has spent his career attmpeting to understand his own mind, the social implications of madness, and the historical underpinnings. His artwork continues to evolve and pulls references from Western Art history in an attempt to connect the ideals of western society to the problematic nature of how we interact with contemporary madness.
Matt's work is currently on display at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecure and the UT Downtown Gallery as part of "Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm."
ASL interpretation will be available for this event.
These exhibitions and related programming are supported in part by a grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and Tennessee Arts Commission’s Arts for All program. Co-sponsorship is provided by UT’s Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts, the School of Art Programming Committee, and through a College of Arts and Sciences Haines-Morris Grant. Additional funding is provided by The Creative Motif Fund.
Matt’s work directly responds to his lived expereinces with madness. Being given a dianosis of schizo-affective disorder in 2005, he has spent his career attmpeting to understand his own mind, the social implications of madness, and the historical underpinnings. His artwork continues to evolve and pulls references from Western Art history in an attempt to connect the ideals of western society to the problematic nature of how we interact with contemporary madness.
Matt's work is currently on display at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecure and the UT Downtown Gallery as part of "Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm."
ASL interpretation will be available for this event.
These exhibitions and related programming are supported in part by a grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and Tennessee Arts Commission’s Arts for All program. Co-sponsorship is provided by UT’s Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts, the School of Art Programming Committee, and through a College of Arts and Sciences Haines-Morris Grant. Additional funding is provided by The Creative Motif Fund.
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Where is it happening?
McCarty Auditorium, Art +Architecture room 109 | 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37996
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Host or PublisherEwing Gallery of Art + Architecture
