Juror Bio

Matthew Bourbon is a painter, art critic, and professor of art at the College of Visual Arts and Design.
Bourbon earned separate undergraduate degrees in Studio Art and Art History from the University of
California, Davis, Davis, Calif. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts,
New York City. His art has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Recent shows include
Wider West at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul, South Korea, C’est de la Peinture! at Bankley Studios
and Gallery, Manchester, England, Time, Space, and Process at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minn., and
Waiting For Now at the Old Jail Art Center Museum in Albany, Texas.

Bourbon has won numerous awards for his work, including the Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant
by the Dallas Museum of Art to conduct research in Japan. He also has been selected twice to be
included in the Texas Biennial and on numerous occasions been selected for the publication New
American Paintings.

Bourbon is an active art critic, contributing to ArtForum, Flash Art, ArtNews, New York Arts Magazine,
and Glasstire Online Arts Journal. He also served for several years as the regional editor for the muchloved journal Art Lies. Recent reviews penned for ArtForum include The Nature of Arp at the Nasher
Sculpture Center, Jay DeFeo at Galerie Frank Elbaz Dallas, and Stanley Whitney at The Modern Art
Museum Fort Worth.