MATTHEW ADAM FLORIANI
Cell: (707) 328 8023
Email: m.florianiarts@gmail.com
Website: www.matthewflorianiarts.com
EDUCATION
2017 Mills College, Masters of Fine art in studio art, Oakland, CA
2014 Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2013 California State University Monterey Bay, BA in Visual and Public Art, Monterey, CA
2011 Richmond University, Florence, Italy
2008 California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA
Grants/Awards/ Publications
2019 Public Mural, 18th and Poplar Street, Oakland, CA
Public Mural, Kirkham and 18th Street, Oakland, CA
Public Mural, Poplar and Kirkham Street, Oakland, CA
Public Mural, 16th and Poplar Street, Oakland, CA
2018 The Hero Within Me online publication, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Public Mural, The Star Bar, Sebastopol, CA
Studio Resident, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2017 Public Mural, 3rd and Washington, Oakland, CA
MFA Now 2017 Archive, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2016 Stipend for vinyl installation in Peace Town, Sebastopol, CA
2014 Pajaro Park Mural, Pajaro Park, Pajaro, CA
2013 Marina Youth Arts mural Funding (Title: Evolution to Sk8ing)
Commemoration of Evolution to Sk8ing, Marina skatepark and youth center, Marina, CA
Group Exhibitions
2019 5550 Show, de Plume Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Excelsior, H Gallery, Ventura, CA
Peace on Earth, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Portrait Gallery, 5550 Apartments, Los Angeles, CA
Taste, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2018 17th Annual Art Acution, Root Division, San Francisco
Very Very Rare Affordable Art Fair, JCO’s Art Haus, Los Gatos, CA
Skin and Bone, de Plume Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
5550 Show, de Plume Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Taste, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Roses in Concrete, Google Head-quarters, San Francisco, CA
2017 BIOTIC, H Gallery, Ventura, CA
Twelve Degrees, Mills College, Oakland, CA
The Spread, Embark Gallery, Fort Mason, CA
Open Studios, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2016 Alumni Exhibition, Balfour/Brutzman Gallery, CSUMB, Seaside, CA.
Open Studios, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA.
Open Studios, Mills College, Oakland, CA.
2015 Open Studios, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2013 Identity, Balfour/Brutzman Gallery, CSUMB, Seaside, CA.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 StArtUp Las Angeles, The Kinney Hotel, Venice, CA
2018 The Hero Within Me, Root Division/ Frank-Ratchye Studio Artist Project Space, San Francisco, CA
Perfect Imperfections, Burnt Oak Gallery, Oakland, CA
StArtup Art Fair, Venice Beach, CA
2017 Imperfections, The Cutting Edge Alternative art space, Sebastopol, CA
Shelter, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Mixed Media, Shade and Wire Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Collaborative Projects
2019 Community Engaged Mural, 16th and Poplar Street, Oakland, CA
2017 Mural Project, 3rd and Washington, Oakland, CA
2016 Me You and This Other Thing, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2015 Art Night San Francisco, SERPS, San Francisco, CA
2013 Public Art commission, Evolution to sk8ing, Marina, CA
Restoration of Statue of Liberty mural, SOMA, San Francisco, CA
Community based mural in a new public park, Pajaro Valley, CA
Artist Panels/Talks
2018 Root Division in Conversations, The Hero With In Me, San Francisco, CA
StArtup Art Fair interviews, StArtup Art Fair, Venice, CA
2017 BIOTIC Panel Discussion, H Gallery + Studios, Ventura, CA
Kim Anno, In Conversations with Matthew Floriani, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Oakland, CA
One Point, Two Point, Three Point Perspective lecture, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Value lecture, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2016 Professional Practices for Artist Series, CSUMB, Monterey, CA.
Current Employment
2019 Lecturer, California State University Monterey Bay, Mixed Media/ Intro to Metal Works, Marina, CA
2018 Lecturer, California State University Monterey Bay, Mixed Media, Marina, CA