MATT KRAWCHECK Email: MattyTangTang@aol.com Education Kansas City Art Institute, BFA, Painting, May 2006 Yale/Norfolk Painting Program, Fellowship, summer 2005 New World School of the Arts, high school, Miami, FL, 2002 Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, summer seminar, Boulder, CO, 2001 Commissions/Internships Kansas City Art Institute commissioned a painting to be given to donors of the new painting building, completed 8/06 2006 Boca artist commissioned wood-cuts for installation piece, completed 9/06 1998 Internship building sets for Old Castle Theatre, Bennington VT Awards and Grants 2006 Named Best Emerging Artist 2006 by Kansas City art magazine, “The Pitch” 2002-2006 Kansas City Art Institute, Competitive Scholarship 2004 Best Body of Work, sophomore painting division, KCAI 2003 Featured Foundation student, KCAI catalog, KCAI campus map 2002 Grand Prize winner, "Expressing Freedom," VSA Arts 2002 Semi-finalist, Presidential Scholar in the Arts 2002 Excellence in Painting, New World School of the Arts 2002 Exemplary School Dedication & Service, New World School of the Arts 2002 Gold Key Award, Scholastic Arts Recognition 2001 NFAA ARTS National Finalist, Level II 2001 Marie Walsh Sharpe summer scholarship 2000 Silver Key Award, Scholastic Arts Recognition Exhibitions 2006 Whoop Dee Doo, Rocket Projects Gallery, Miami, FL 2006 KCAI BFA Show, H & R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO 2006 Grothaus+Pearl Gallery, Kansas City, MO (with review in “The Pitch“) 2006 KCAI Senior Thesis Show for painting department, Kansas City, MO 2005 Senior Painting Exhibition, KCAI 2005 Yale University, Norfolk Gallery 2005 Junior Painting Show, KCAI 2004 Sophomore Painting Show, KCAI 2003 Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, in conjunction with VSA Arts grand prize, Washington, DC 2003 "Home," KCAI LIving Center Gallery 2002 Senior Painting Show, New World School of the Arts