Matthew Bartik

Exhibitions

Arkell Museum. Juried Art Show. Singular piece; "Woman Standing in Contraposto." Canajoharie, NY. December 5, 2009 through January 31, 2010.

Arkell Museum. Solo Exhibition. South Gallery. Canajoharie, NY. August 6, 2010 through September 26, 2010.

Brookside Museum. Solo Exhibition. In the Long Room. Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, NY. August 11, 2010 through October 30, 2010.

Lancaster County Art Association Gallery. Juried Art Show. Strasburg, PA. June 8, 2012 through July 19, 2012.

Stage 1 Gallery. "Live Outside the Box." Group Exhibit. Albany, NY. November 2, 2012 through November 30, 2012.

The Shirt Factory Gallery. Juried Show. Singular Piece; "Bearing Weight." Glens Falls, NY. March 1, 2013 through March 31, 2013.

Albany Barn. "Gifted." Group Exhibit. Albany, NY. December 5, 2014.

Commissions

Private, “Musical Bicycle” New York City, New York. June 2003.

Private, “Fisherman” August 2004.

“1961 Shark Nose Ferrari Formula 1 Grand Prix car” New York City, New York. September 2006.

Tiggy Ticehurst, “Prison Cell for a Golden Spoon” New York City, New York. July 2009.

Private, “Mobius Strip” Mexico City, Mexico. May 2010.

NYSATE, “Get Over It” Albany, New York. July 2009.

Private, “Tree #1” Houston, Texas. June 2010.

Private, "DNA" Schenectady, New York. July 2010.

Private, "1930's Anti-Aircraft Naval Gunner" New York, New York. May 2012.

Bibliography (publications)

Douglas White, “If There’s A Fork In The Road, Buy It!” How Design Magazine, August 2003, page 16.

Unknown, “Best Transformer of Utensils Into Art!” Village Voice, New York City, NY. October 2005.

Unknown, "Tulip Fest." Troy Record, Troy, NY. May 10, 2009.

Jessica Pasko, "Fork Art." All over Albany, Albany, NY. July 8, 2009.

Cari Scribner, "Tine for Fork Art exhibit at Brookside Museum: Unusual works made of kitchen utensil." Ballston Spa Life. Ballston Spa, NY. August 7, 2010.

Unknown, "Fork art - not folk - at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa." The Saratogian, Saratoga, NY. August 8, 2010.

Jordan Reardon, "A New Life for Forks." Post Star. Glens Falls, NY. August 17, 2010.

Unknown, "Artscape Artists segment." WBAL News, Channel 11, NBC, Baltimore, Maryland. June 20, 2012.

Jerry Gretzinger, "Take a Break: Fork Art." WRGB News, Channel 6, CBS, Albany, New York. November 6, 2012.

Unknown, “AHA!  A House for Arts.” PBS, WMHT. Filmed in Albany, NY. April 15, 2015.

Awards

Tulipfest, Albany, NY. 1st Place Sculpture. May 2009.

Art in the Park, Saratoga, NY. Best Unique Art Form, July 2009.

Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY. Best in Show. December 2009.

Syracuse Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, Syracuse, NY. Best Metal Sculpture. July 2010.

Park Avenue, Rochester, NY. Best Sculpture. August 2010.

Syracuse Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, Syracuse, NY. Best Metal Sculpture. July 2012.

Park Avenue, Rochester, NY. Best Sculpture. August 2012.

The Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY. March 2013.

Syracuse Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, Syracuse, NY. Award of Distinction, Metal. July 2013.

Education

Fine Arts and Mathematics. State University of New York at New Paltz, BS in Visual Arts, Minor in Mathematics. 2005