RESUME

Matthew Paul Bower (August 28th, 1983)
4810 Zenith Street
Anchorage, AK 99507
partmb@gmail.com 218-851-2149

EDUCATION

Brainerd Highschool. Brainerd, MN. 2002

Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO. 2006.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Interdisciplinary Studies and Design.

AWARDS

KCAI Merit Scholarship 2002-2006.

Acceptance into the competitive KCAI Interdisciplinary Program, one of five 2006 graduating students.

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Artist Residency. October 2008 -January 2009.
-The overwhelming majority of artists selected during the lifetime of this program previously earned a Masters Degree. I was one of five artists selected from a pool of over 90 applicants for the Fall term.

SELECT SKILLS

WOODSHOP (5 Years Experience)

-table saw, dado, custom jigs and components
-compound miter
-planer and joiner
-sanding, routing, biscuit joinery
-clamping systems and lamination
-archival museum crating

MOLDMAKING ( 5 Years Experience )

-complex manufactured melamine (concrete counter tops and sinks)
-dental alginate and urethane rubbers
-wax, plaster and concrete
-sand-bed (slumped glass) and plastic composites

REMODELING (5 Yeas Experience)

-While in school I remodeled a severely neglected 1920's Bungalow
-Structural framing of walls and rooflines
-Staircase installation
-Finish carpentry, windows and doors
-drywall, light plumbing and electric etc.

NEW MEDIA (Various ongoing Experience)

-Digital and 35mm photography and printing processes.
-Photoshop CS3, value and color perfection, panoramic stitching,
-fusing multi-exposures (dynamic range), image building and printing.
-Illustrator, Google Sketchup, Rhinoceros

PAINTING AND PRINTMAKING (10 years Experience)

-canvas building and prep
-special affinity for wood-block
-vast scope of acrylic media and additives
-silk-screen and Xerox transfer
-cyanotype
-ink wash and watercolor
-oils, glazes and associated media
-superb understanding of color theory
-concrete acid staining and dying, stenciling,
faux finishing and texture alteration
-20/10 vision

CONDENSED WORK HISTORY (Early to Late)

Screen Printer/Graphics Assistant
Minnesota T's. 822 Front Street Brainerd, MN.
www.mn-ts.com. May 2005-August 2005
(Summer Job)

Studio Assistant / Canvas Fabrication
Ronald Slowinski (Painting Professor)
February 2005-September 2007
(was on call as needed during this time period)

Woodshop Technician
KCAI Woodshop. Kansas City, MO.
2006 Academic Year, temporary position

Fine Art Handler / Warehouse and Shop Tech

Artworks of Kansas City.
3017 Gillham Road. Kansas City, MO.
www.artworkskc.com March 2007-December2007.
(gave two weeks notice and pursued an opening in architectural glass)

Fabricator / Studio Assistant
Uro-Glass. 1611 Genesee. Kansas City, MO.
www.uroglass.com. January 2008-May 2008
(secured opportunities in Alaska and Oregon and moved from Kansas City)

Artisan / Designer / Laborer
Concrete Polishing and Artistic Staining of Alaska.
19042 Baidarka Street. Chugiak, AK 99567.
www.concrete.magictogether.org
May 2008-October 2008. January 2009-October 2009
(part-time, seasonal contracts)

Artist in Residence / Lecturer and Instructor
The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
56605 Sitka Drive. Otis, OR 97368
http://www.sitkacenter.org/FallI08.html
October 2008 - January 2009
(4 month Temporary Position)

Digital Restorations Artist / Lab Technician
Eagle River Photo Studio. Business Blvd, Eagle River, AK.
www.eagleriverphoto.com
January 2010-Present (Saturdays, some Mondays and Tuesdays, fill in busy times)

I am also a freelance printmaker, sculptor, painter, photographer and graphic artist.



REFERENCES

Ronald Slowinski (Professor/Employer at KCAI) 575-776-3912

Dustin Cockerham (Artworks Supervisor and major contributer to my bungalow remodel) 636-443-3968

Colin Tyler Bogucki (Professional Photographer, boss at current job with Eagle River Photo) 612-616-6206