Matt Dickson

Matt Dickson teaches Life Drawing and Intermediate/Advanced Drawing at New School for the Arts and throughout the greater Phoenix area. He holds a BFA in Fine Art from Laguna College of Art & Design and also studied at Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Arts. In addition to his collegiate studies he also spent more than two years studying privately under portrait painter Adrian Gottlieb. During that time he developed a strong passion for classical techniques and the fine arts which is reflected in his teachings as well as his own art work. He currently works in oil, charcoal and produces decorative carpentry. Matt is also an exhibiting artist who has shown his work locally as well as in New York and Los Angeles.

BFA Laguana College of Art & Design
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 Copro Nason – Conjoined group show Los Angeles CA

2013 Gallery {9}

The Hive- The Dirty Desert

Soca Gallery

2012 The Hive

Brigham Galleries

5 & 6 Art Space

2011 21 Days, Pravus Gallery

2010 Perihelion Solo exhibition

2007 Strychnin Gallery, Berlin Germany

Dark Hearts and Broken Vows, Strychnin Gallery, New York NY

MF Gallery, New York NY

One Love, Gallery One, San Francisco CA

The Lost Leaf, Phoenix AZ

Art Detour 19, The Victorian, Phoenix AZ

2006 Naughty or Nice, Thinkspace, Los Angeles CA

Picks of the Harvest: Batch Three, Thinkspace, Los Angeles CA

Group Drawing Show, Perihelion Arts, Phoenix AZ

End of the World, MF Gallery, New York NY

Triamese, Thinkspace, Los Angeles CA

Blonde Bombshell, M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs CA

Exotic Art Show, Alwun House, Phoenix AZ

The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2005 The Max, Hanger 1018, Los Angeles CA

Cannibal Flower, Hanger 1018, Los Angeles CA

Art Annex, Los Angeles CA

Tattoo A to Z, The Paper Heart Gallery, Phoenix AZ

2004 Beall Center for art and technology, University of California, Irvine CA

2002 Exotic Art Show, Alwun House, Phoenix AZ

Monster’s Ball, Alwun House...