Born: 1975: Moline, Illinois

Out with Chicago, in with: Davenport, Iowa


Education

1999–2002
Graduate Study in Printmaking and Painting, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking and Drawing, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
1995
Associate of Arts, Fine Art, Blackhawk College, Moline, Illinois
Solo exhibitions
     
2009   (untitled as of yet) — McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois
     
2004
  Iowa — Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
     
2003
Lines & Time — Northbrook Public Library ArtSpace, Northbrook, Illinois
2001
Matt Pulford: Small Paintings — McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois
i thought i could fly — Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, Illinois
1998
The ‘Versus Me’ Farm Project — University Galleries, Normal, Illinois
Selected group exhibitions
     
2009   Nowhere Close to Normal (traveling exhibit) — Red Delicious Press Gallery, Denver, Colorado
     
2008   Nowhere Close to Normal (traveling exhibit) — Fort Hays State University Gallery, Hays, Kansas
    Mechanical Advantage (collaboration with Steve Banks and Terry Rathje) — Midcoast raw space at Bucktown, Davenport, Iowa
    Nowhere Close to Normal (traveling exhibit) — Perks Coffee House, Athens, Ohio
    Nowhere Close to Normal (traveling exhibit) — Arts Cafe at the Figge, Davenport, Iowa
     
2007   Faculty Exhibition — Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
    Shared History — Surplus Gallery, University of Illinois at Carbondale
    ISU Printmaking Alumni Exhibition — McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois
     
2006   Group Show at Quad City Arts, Rock Island, Illinois
     
2005   The Sophisticated Traveler artist collective, showing at Art Chicago 2005, Chicago, Illinois
  Stimuli — SNAP Gallery (Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
     
2004
Extension — Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois
    The Sophisticated Traveler artist collective, showing at Stray Show 2004, Chicago, Illinois
 
2002
Shawn Smith, Matt Pulford, Bob Jones, Chris Shepherd — Midway Artists Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois
2001
Us & Them — University of Regina Art Gallery; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Jaspar Arts Center 8th Annual — Krempp Gallery, Jaspar, Indiana
2000
Breakdown: Tyler Budge, Mitch Mitchell, and Matt Pulford — Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois
On/Of Paper — The Clyde Snook Gallery, Alamosa, Colorado
Giradot National Drawing Exhibition — Gallery 100, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
In Print 2000 — Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois
Paper in Particular — Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri
1999
Works on Paper Biennial — Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Decatur, IL
Impressions '99 — University Galleries, Normal, Illinois
Recent Prints — Pigeon Gallery, Normal, Illinois
Six Degrees of Separation: Isolation & Self — Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois