Matthew Vivirito

Education

MFA, Sculpture, UW-Madison
BFA, Sculpture and Post Studio Practice, University of Colorado Boulder
BA, Art History, University of Colorado Boulder

Biography

Matthew Vivirito lives, teaches, and maintains a studio practice in Milwaukee, WI. Born and raised in Illinois, he lived in the western United States of Colorado and California for ten years before becoming a full time artist and educator. Matthew has created a diverse body of work responding to the varied places and environments he has resided within. His work is an exploration of materials, memory, and site-specific content responding to these environments.

Matthew is currently a faculty member at the Pack School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He exhibits work regionally and nationally and was shown in the New York Times and Hyperallergic for his piece Framework as part of the Wormfarm Institute’s Farm/Art Dtour. He recently received the Gener8tor Grant, the Ruth Arts Grant, and a Fellowship to the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery. Matthew has permanent installations on campus at the the Chazen Museum in Madison, WI, at the University of Colorado Boulder, Mitchell Street Arts (MISA) and Harley Davidson in Milwaukee, WI. He has collaborated and worked for notable artists including Macarthur Fellow Mel Chin. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Bachelor in Art History from the University of Colorado and his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin Madison.

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Recent Work