Matthew Burgy
Profile
Matthew Burgy received his B.F.A. in Printmaking and Sculpture from Wright State University in 2005. He obtained Multimedia Certification in 2008 from Sinclair Community College where he studied graphic design, typography, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator software, and video editing.
Matthew served as an Art Educator at Rosewood Arts Center in Kettering from 2007 to 2012 and at the Dayton Art Institute from 2006 to 2009. He has also worked as a set designer and painter for children’s theatre at Apex Community Church in Kettering from 2009 to 2012. Matthew has worked as a professional artist and exhibitor since 2005, with work featured in museums such as the Dayton Art Institute and the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus. His work is also currently featured in several galleries throughout the Greater Dayton area, including the Dayton Visual Arts Center, Gallery 510, Rosewood Gallery, Visceral Gallery (Middletown), and the Town and Country Gallery (Kettering). His jewelry is currently on display in the Dayton Art Institute’s gift shop. Matthew was the featured artist of 2012 for the city of Centerville’s annual “Art at the Trace” art expo. His kinetic sculpture and jewelry has been selected by the Dayton Art Institute’s gift shop for Featured Artist of the Month (Aug 2011). Minimalist painting awarded Juror’s Award of Merit by the Dayton Visual Arts center for their annual member’s exhibit (2010). He has professionally exhibited in over 40 juried shows throughout the state of Ohio and participated in several art expos, including the Ohio Designer Craftsmen’s “Winterfair” in Cincinnati. His professionally displays and sales include sculpture, jewelry, painting, printmaking, and photographic work. He is a current member of the Dayton Visual Arts Center and the Apex Community Church.
Faculty Perspective
My dream goal is to see one of my sculptures, paintings, or prints on permanent display at the Dayton Art Institute, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C., the National Gallery, or at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (several places that have inspired me). I do not want my artwork in one or even several of these museums just for posterity’s sake to view, but rather to help current and future generations to see the world around them in new ways and to think about the universal and eternal impact that they can have on it as well. I am a firm believer that each of us can make a positive impact on the world if we each take the chance to explore, learn, and grow as a community.
I am an educator because I want to foster, mentor, and equip students with the tools needed to not only strive for their own success, but for the success of others as well. Teaching is not a one-way street, but rather it is an airfield where ideas can take off and carry all individuals involved to new heights of understanding. Likewise, I do not wish to merely teach art to students, but to instead teach students through art and for students to teach me through their art as well. Art is language—a visual communication that is universal and is spoken best when shared with others. It has formed and defined societies and even transformed our cultural history as a people. As both an artist and art educator, I work in numerous artistic mediums because I want to learn as many dialects of the language as possible. Although this is my first year teaching at the University, it is my hopes that I will be speaking the language of art at the University of Dayton and in the Dayton community for a long, long time.
Degrees
- Masters of Education, Multi-Age Visual Art, Wright State University
- Bachelor of Fine Art, Printmaking/Sculpture, Wright State University
Research Interests
- Kinetic and Mobile Sculpture
- Metal Sculpture, Welding
- Mixed Media Sculpture (clay, wood, repurposed items, etc.)
- Kinetic Jewelry
- Painting (oil, acrylic, enamel—realist, abstract expressionist, and minimalist)
- Drawing (charcoal, ink, pencil—portraits)
- Printmaking (Relief and silk-screen—abstract expressionist and minimalist)
- Photography—Nature, portraits, landscapes
Artist's Statement
I create sculpture that lives. Empowered by the unseen and omnipresent forces of nature (such as gravity, wind, air, and space), my sculpture, just like life itself, is always changing and moving in new directions. In fact, my kinetic art is the manifestation of being moved on many levels.
The process of creating kinetic sculptures is a personal and spiritual experience for me. In the same way that the wind moves my sculptures I believe that we too are moved and affected by elements that we cannot see. It is my intention to reveal the unseen world that exists both around and within us and to call attention to the hidden connections between nature and spirit. Wind, like faith, can only be best seen when it is in action.
My artwork is created from repurposed materials. These materials originally began as common industrial hardware, but I saw their true potential as a work of art and gave them a purpose beyond the mundane. The act of repurposing evokes a spiritual significance to me because I believe we each also have been designed with a purpose beyond our own understanding. As I create and assemble the parts to form one of my sculptures, I am reminded of a people utilizing their individual abilities to work together and become something more beautiful than any one of them could have been individually.
Selected Publications
Dayton Daily News article: “Artist spreading a Christian message through his work” by Pamela Dillon. Life Section. April 8th, 2012Selected Exhibits, Shows and Performances
Short Show: You Are Here. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Participated in artist collaboration hosted by artist Terry Welker. Created and exhibited wall sculpture of Dayton court house along with works of other Dayton artists. 2012.
ArtED 2012. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Displayed a seven-foot pencil self-portrait drawing exhibited with artworks of fellow Dayton area art educators. 2012.
Demo Day. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Exhibited kinetic sculpture and demonstrated techniques used to create kinetic work. 2012.
No Borders, 21st Annual Open Members’ Exhibit. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Kinetic sculpture displayed and artist lecture given on sculpture’s meaning and creation process. 2012.
Delicious. Rua Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Created Warhol-style mayonnaise jar silkscreen painting selected by gallery owner. Exhibited with several other Dayton area artists and artists from out of state for food themed show. 2012.
Drawing Demonstrations & Performances at the Kettering Rec Center and Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, Ohio. Drew charcoal master studies of Van Gogh and Vermeer works in front of a live audience. Sponsored by Rosewood Arts Centre and the city of Kettering. 2012.
Art in the Heart Street Art Expo. Centerville, Ohio. Selected by the Centerville Arts Commission to display and sell kinetic sculpture and jewelry. Sold several pieces of kinetic jewelry and demonstrated jewelry creation process. 2012.
Art Auction & Auction Preview Exhibit. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Kinetic sculpture selected by jury and placed in silent auction, sold to highest bidder. Proceeds given to DVAC. 2012.
Second Saturday Street Fair. Waynesville, Ohio. Exhibited and sold jewelry, sculpture, printmaking, drawings, and photography in numerous street art expos. 2012.
Featured Artist, Art at the Trace. Yankee Trace Golf Club, Centerville, Ohio. Jury selected artwork for event publicity. Television interviews with city arts commission about self and work. Sales of jewelry, sculpture, and painting during the event. 2012.
Solo Show, S.E.L.F. II: The Doorway, Revisited. Centerville Police Station Gallery, Centerville, Ohio. Thirty paintings, prints, photographs, and sculpture on display in city's art gallery. 2012.
22nd Annual Works on Paper. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Paper kinetic sculpture selected by juror and exhibited. 2012.
ArtED 2011. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Self-portrait oil painting exhibited along with artworks of fellow Dayton area art educators. 2011.
Demo Day. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Exhibited kinetic sculpture and demonstrated techniques used to create kinetic work. 2011.
Featured Artist of the Month. The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. Jewelry and kinetic sculpture on display, for sale in gift shop. 2011.
Light, 20th Annual Open Members’ Exhibit. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Abstract painting displayed and artist lecture presented. 2011.
Art Auction & Auction Preview Exhibit. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Mobile paper sculpture selected by jury, placed in silent auction, sold to highest bidder. Proceeds given to DVAC. 2011.
ARTtoBUY. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Large selection of sculpture, jewelry, prints, drawings, and photography on display and sold. 2011.
Small Works. Rua Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Exhibited painting and other small works of art along with several other local Dayton artists. 2011.
21st Annual Works on Paper. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Paper mobile sculpture selected by juror and exhibited. 2011.
Art at the Trace. The Golf Club at Yankee Trace, Centerville, Ohio. Paintings, prints, and kinetic sculptures displayed and sold. 2011.
Emerging Artists: Ohio Connections. The Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio. Mobile metal sculpture selected by jury for invitational exhibition. 2010.
Ohio Designer Craftsmen’s Winter Fair. The Covington Convention Center, Covington, Kentucky. Selected and awarded scholarship by the Ohio Designer Craftsmen. Large and small scale kinetic sculptures exhibited and sold. 2010.
Art Auction & Auction Preview Exhibit. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Mobile metal sculpture selected by jury, placed in live auction and sold to highest bidder. All proceeds given to DVAC. 2010.
ARTtoBUY. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Large selection of sculpture, prints, photographs, and drawings on display and sold. 2010.
HxWxD. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Kinetic metal sculpture selected by jury. 2010
Three Person Show, Parallel Visions. Visceral Gallery, Centerville, Ohio. Paintings, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. 2010.
Color, Restrained. Visceral Gallery, Centerville, Ohio. Minimalist print selected by jury. 2010.
Darkness, 19th Annual Open Members' Exhibit. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Minimalist painting awarded the Juror's Award of Merit. 2010.
HxWxD. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Mobile metal sculpture selected by jury. 2009.
Interior/Exterior. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Minimalist painting selected by jury, with brief artist's lecture. 2009.
Drawing from Perception VI. Wright State University, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Dayton, Ohio. Work selected by juror Ruth Miller and exhibited for biennial national show. 2009.
18th Annual Open Member's Show. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Mobile metal sculpture exhibited with brief artist's lecture. 2009.
Color, Restrained. Visceral Gallery, Centerville, Ohio. Minimalist painting selected by juror Amy Anderson for black and white show. 2009.
ARTtoBUY. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Large selection of sculpture, prints, photographs, drawings on display and sold. 2009.
17th Annual Open Member's Show. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Silkscreen print exhibited. 2008.
18th Annual Works on Paper. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Digital print of Xeroxed collage selected by jury. 2008.
HxWxD. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Two metal sculptures selected by jury. 2008.
A-Muse. The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. Oil self-portrait painting selected by jurors, exhibited, awarded, and used for exhibit advertising. 2008.
Sitting Pretty Around the World. The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. Sculpture selected by jury, displayed in Institute’s Experiencenter. 2008.
Alumni Exhibition. Wright State University, University Art Galleries, Dayton, Ohio. Intaglio print selected by jury with other WSU Alumni. 2007.
The Cline Show. The Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio. Large welded metal kinetic sculpture and self-portrait oil painting exhibited with other new DVAC members. 2007.
Crosslinked: An Invitational Print Exhibition. Riverbend Art Center, Dayton, Ohio. Intaglio print, selected by jury. 2007.
17th Annual Works on Paper. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio. Cut and torn silk-screened paper collage, selected by jury. Honorable Mention. 2007.
With Open Hearts, Hands, and Voices. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio. Silkscreen print selected by jury. Second place award. 2006.
Permanent Art Installation. Apex Community Church, Kettering, Ohio. Four 4x5 foot canvases created for and permanently installed into sanctuary halls. 2005-present.
Art Performance. Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton Ohio. Created rendition of Mona Lisa before live audience for Wright State Unversity's Arts Gala. 2003.
