matthew skelly
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Matthew Skelly
redofthi@gmail.com
Education
2027 | (Expected Graduation*) MFA, Ceramics, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2020 | BA, Studio Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
Employment Experience
2026 - 2027 | Instructor of Record - Ceramics Hand-building
Ohio University, Athens, OH
2026 | Instructor - Ceramics Hand-building (Summer Session)
Ohio University, Athens, OH
2026 | Teaching Assistant - Ceramics Wheel-throwing (Summer Session)
Ohio University, Athens, OH
2024 - 2026 | Teaching Assistant - Ceramics Hand-building, Advanced Hand-building and Critique Community Classes
Ohio University, Athens, OH
2024 - 2026 | Recruitment & Social Media - Ohio University Ceramics Area
Ohio University, Athens, OH
2023 - 2024 | Associate Reference Librarian
Siuslaw Public Library, Florence, OR
2021 - 2022 | Instructor
Saku City Board of Education, Saku-shi, Nagano-ken, Japan
2016 - 2021 | Freelance Illustrator
Notable Commissions:
2020 | Wanted Posters - For Valve Corporation's DOTA Underlords video game
2019 | Sting From the Shadows & The Sorcerer Stings - For Valve Corporation's DOTA 2 video game
2015 - 2018 | Instructor
Pathway to Choices, Inc., Sacramento, CA
2006 - 2016 | Library Services Assistant
Sacramento Public Library (Various Branches), Sacramento, CA
Solo + Duo Exhibitions
2027 | Untitled Upcoming Solo February Exhibition*, Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, Wheeling, WV
2026 | Untitled Upcoming Solo September Exhibition*, White Palace, Wheeling, WV
2023 | Comics & Clay: Ceramic Artwork by Matthew Skelly and Sarah Zeigler, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
Selected Juried Group Exhibitions
2026 | Earth & Fire, Best in Show, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
2026 | By Hand, 4th Place Award, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2026 | 17th Annual Drawing Discourse, Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville, NC
2026 | 16th Annual Workhouse Clay International, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2026 | Off Center, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2026 | Intercollegiate Exhibition, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
2026 | Paper & Clay, Tippetts and Eccles Gallery, Logan, UT
2026 | Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
2025 | NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Studio Potter Merit Award, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2025 | 33rd Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Innovation Award, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2025 | New Appalachia, 1st Place Award in Ceramics, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
2025 | 15th Annual Workhouse Clay International, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2025 | Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
2025 | Creep Show, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2025 | Stoked - Wood Fired Ceramics, June Steingart Art Gallery, Oakland CA
2024 | 13th International Ceramics Competition MINO, Honorable Mention, Mino Ceramic Art Museum, Tajimi, Japan
2024 | Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2024 | 32nd Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2024 | Earth and Fire, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
2023 | 31st Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Purchase Award Recipient, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2023 | ORIGIN, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2023 | Off Center, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2023 | Wichita Ceramics National Exhibition, Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS
2023 | 13th Annual Workhouse Clay International, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2023 | Earth and Fire, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
2023 | Function Fest, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2023 | Convergence, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, MA
2023 | Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
2021 | Blackfish Gallery Annual Recent Graduates Exhibition, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
Other Selected Group Shows and Exhibitions
2026 | Crocker Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2025 | Crocker Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2024 | Lottery for the Arts, Honorable Mention, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2024 | Crocker Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2024 | Big Names, Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2024 | Ohio University Ceramics Dept., Queen City Clay, Norwood, OH
2023 | Crocker Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Awards and Honors
2026 | Best in Show - Earth & Fire, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV - Juried by Holly Goring and Margaret Kinkeade,
2026 | 4th Place Award - By Hand, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA - Juried by Harriet Estel Berman
2025 | Studio Potter Merit Award - NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT - Juried by Adrienne Eliades and Nicole Seisler
2025 | 1st Place Award in Ceramics - New Appalachia, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV - Juried by Kyle Houser
2025 | Innovation Award - 33rd Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA - Juried by Mark Hewitt
2024 - 2027 | Graduate Recruitment Scholarship - Ohio University
2024 - 2027 | Graduate Assistantship - Ohio University
2023 | Purchase Award - Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
As Visiting Artist (lectures, workshops, etc.)
2027 | Upcoming Artist Talk and workshop*, Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, Wheeling, WV
2026 | Upcoming Artist Talk and workshop*, Miami University, Oxford, OH
2026 | Artist Talk for 17th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition, University North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC via Zoom (Feb. 2)
Print, Posters, Online Publications + Interviews
2026 | Ceramics Monthly, Exposure section (April Issue). Published in print and online.
2025 | NCECA Juried Student Exhibition banner posters advertising exhibition at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City, UT.
2023 | Ceramics Monthly, Exposure section (October Issue). Published in print and online.
2023 | Artist interview for Comics & Clay: Ceramic Artwork by Matthew Skelly and Sarah Zeigler at Blue Line Arts in Roseville, CA. Published online.