Matthew Belanger new media artist

Bio

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1976 to an artist mother and a computer programming father I was encouraged to use technology and to make and appreciate art from my earliest days. Combining the two disciplines, art making and programming, always felt like the natural thing to do. In my education, I explored anything and everything of interest to me from drawing and painting, to photography and video, as well as interactive and networked art. Today I combine all the disparate elements of my upbringing, education, and current interests to produce art.

Education

Master of Professional Studies
Interactive Telecommunications Program
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
New York, New York
2003

Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography
The Art Institute of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
2000

Selected Exhibitions & Awards

Lumens
Turbulence.org, Greylock Arts, and MCLA Gallery 51
North Adams & Adams, Massachusetts
2008

Being There: A Geocoded Landscape
Greylock Arts
Adams, Massachusetts
2008

The Saddest Thing I Own
Turbulence.org
2006 – Commission Received

aniGma, Exhibition of Computer Generated Prints
Novosibirsk State Art Museum
Novosibirsk, Russia
2005

Exhibition of PODgallery Artists
Levall Gallery
Novosibirsk, Russia
2002

Exhibition of PODgallery Artists
Art Push 2001
St. Petersburg, Russia
2001

HyperArt Biennale
HyperArt.com
New York, New York
2000 – 2nd Prize Received

Senior Exhibition
The Art Institute of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
2000 – Purchase Award Received

25th Prints, Drawings and Photographs Exhibition
The Arkansas Arts Center
Little Rock, Arkansas
1999

Small Works On Paper
The Arkansas Arts Council
Little Rock, Arkansas
1998, 1997 – Purchase Award Received, and 1996 – Purchase Award Received

Residencies

Kidspace at MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA
2008

Experimental Television Center
Owego, NY
2006

Publications

The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes
By Christopher James
Cengage Delmar Learning Publishers
2001 First Edition, 2008 Second Edition

Speaking Engagements

Creating A Web Presence For Your Art
Northern Berkshire Creative Arts
North Adams, Massachusetts
2007

Colloquium On Working In New Media
Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York
New York, New York
2006