BIO

Born 1979, Woodland, CA
Lives and works in Seattle, WA

EDUCATION

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA, 2008
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, BFA, 2001

 SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
A Change is Gonna Come,  Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

 2001
Senior Show, Isabel Percy West Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
619@306, Rock|DeMent, Seattle, WA
Buy What You Love, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fundraiser, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York NY

 2010
Videorover: Season 1, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
Crown Heights Film Festival, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
¡Sense Us 2010!, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
2^nd Annual Terminal Short Video Festival, Terminal, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

 2009
Artsite Miami, Artsite Miami,  Miami, FL
A Minus Suitcase, Brain Factory, Seoul, Korea

 2008
A Minus Suitcase, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Animal, School of Visual Arts MFA Thesis Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2007
The [S] Files 007 El Museo’s 5^th Bienal, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY

2006
Superhero Shenanigans, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA

2005
OPN,  Red Ink Studios, SF Mart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
El Ultimo Grito, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
The Cardboard Show, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2003
Moments Notice, Galeria de La Raza, San Francisco, CA

2002
Ritmo de Hoy/Rhythm of Today, La Raza Galeria Posada, Sacramento, CA

AWARDS
2011 Artist Trust GAP Grant Recipient (http://artisttrust.org/index.php/award-winners/artist-profile/justin_mata)
Jack Straw Productions 2011 Artist Support Program, Seattle, WA (www.jackstraw.org/)

MISCELLANEOUS
Member of the Artist Pension Trust, New York (www.aptglobal.org)