Department of Visual Arts Marais Press Hosts Visiting Artist

The Department of Visual Arts Marais Press hosted visiting artist Matt Hopson-Walker during the spring semester. While at Marais Press these Matt Hopson-Walker worked with printmaking students in the production of 2 printed editions and presented a lecture on his personal work in the Department of Visual Arts. 

Matt Hopson-Walker, is currently an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at the University of South Alabama, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2015. He teaches printmaking and drawing. As a printmaker he is noted for his expertise in silkscreen, etching and relief printing. She has exhibited widely throughout the United States in both invitational and juried exhibitions. 

In 2002 he completed his MA followed by his MFA in 2003 both from the University of Iowa. In 2006 he was recipient of the prestigious James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking given by the San Francisco Foundation and administered by the KALA Institute. Matt has been included in 172 juried and group exhibitions and 12 solo shows since 2006. His work is in the collections of the Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, the University of North Dakota Art Collections in Grand Forks North Dakota, the Amity Art Foundation in Woodbridge Connecticut, the Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts in Miramonte California, the Drawing and Print Collection at The University of Iowa Museum Of Art, and the Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo Japan.