ROBERTO TORRES MATA
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EDUCATION
 

       2021 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
                University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison Wisconsin
                Program: Printmaking
                Focus: Interdisciplinary arts
 
       2020 Master of Arts (M.A.)
                 University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
                 Program: Printmaking
                 Focus: Interdisciplinary arts
 
       2018 Bachelor of Art (B.A.)
                 Minors: Marketing.
                 Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
                 Major: Graphic Design
                 Achievement: Department Scholar
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
2019- 2020          Project Assistant: George L Mosse Humanities, University of Wisconsin     
                                     Madison, Madison, WI, Advisor: John Hitchcock, Teaching, exhibiting, curating,        
                                     installation, community engagement.           
   
 
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
 
2020 – Present     Ruth Davis Design Gallery Assistant: University of Wisconsin Madison,
                                        Madison, WI. Curating, fabricating, graphic design specifics.
 
2019                            Andares del Arte Popular (Oaxaca) International Internship
                                        1003, Ruta Independencia, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oax, Mexico.
                                        Worked as a Graphic designer, Web design, promotions and Marketing.
                                                                                   
2018 – 2019          Marketing Intern: Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
                                       Working with Invoices, Settlements, Community   engagement.
 
2015 – 2018          Sculpture Assistant: Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
                                                           Dealt with fabrication, welding, casting, public art.
 
2015 – 2016          Printmaking Studio Assistant: Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
                                                           Responsibilities include: Refilling inks and lab Maintenance.
 
2015 – 2016          Freelance Designer:  466 Chandler St, Macomb, IL.
                                                            Logo designs, Posters, and photography services.
 
2015 – 2016          Assistant Manager:  Galera Dos, Davenport, PA.  
                                                            Manager and aided the workplace
 
2008 – 2015         Team Leader:  Seal Rite, Rockford, IL. Team leader at Seal Rite,
                                                                   Maintaining responsibilities within my department.
 
AWARDS / HONORS
 
 
2020/2021       Creative Arts Awards, Division of the Arts, B136 Lathrop Hall, 1050
                                 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
                                 Russell and Puala Panczenko  MFA Prize, University of Wisconsin 750
                                 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706                
 
2019/2020      Bridge to Success Scholarship, Office of Student Financial Aid University Of Wiscosnsin-Madison
                                3Arts, 180 N. Michigan Avenue, #329 Chicago, IL 60601
                                Dane Arts Grant, Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission * Room 421, City County Building  
                                210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Madison WI 53703.
                                Paul M. Binzel Grant, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
                                Speedball Award, Statesville, NC
 
2018/2019       Grant Development Award, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
                                 Blick Purchase Award, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
                                 IAP Graduate and professional Student Abroad Scholarship,
                                 University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
 
2017/2018       Ed-GRS Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
                                 Art Departmental Scholar, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
 
 
2016/2017      Patricia Bulkeley Scholarship, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
                                Tuition Waiver (Spring), Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
                                Tuition Waiver (Fall), Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
                                1st Place Juried Show WIU Student Gallery 2018
 
2015/2017      Talent Grant (Fall) Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
                                WIU Semester Honors (Fall).
                                American Advertising Federation Award
                                Talent Grant (Spring), Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
 
 
ORGANIZATIONS
 
2018 – 2020            Vice President of Hot Fresh Press
                                         University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI.
                       
2018                            Casa Latina, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
 
2016 – 2017           Vice President of Kappa Pi International Art Honor Society
                                        Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
 
2015 – 2016           Advertising Federation, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
 
 
SERVICES
                       
Community involvement / Volunteer work
Assistant to Professor Duke Oursler in fabrication and sculpture.
Advertising club activities provided ads for local businesses.
Designed a permanent Rocky statue for Western Illinois University.
 
First Wednesdays at Western Illinois University Department of Art, Macomb, Illinois. Assisted with workshops, demos, supplemented materials for professors.
 
 
 
PUBLICATION
 
2021      Isthmus, https://isthmus.com/events/roberto-torres-mata-panczenko/
 

2021      artdaily, https://artdaily.com/news/135300/Roberto-Torres-Mata-is-the-Chazen-Museum-of-Art-s-2021-Panczenko-MFA-Prize-winner
 
2021     Tone Madison, https://www.tonemadison.com/articles/roberto-torres-mata-explores-migration-in-an-immersive-chazen-show
 

2019    On Wisconsin, pg. 19 Exhibition Campus Art Exchange
 
2018    Western Illinois University Department of Art 2016-2017 Yearbook, Through www.Blurb.com
 
PRESENTATIONS
 
2020    Mid America Print Council, Panel discussion, Issues on environmental migration through a decolonized  
                understanding.
 
2020    Chazen Museum of Art, Our Kind of Happy hour: Community Alter Project, Panel Discussion.
 
SKILLS and STRENGTHS  
 
Printmaking                 AutoCAD         Ceramics                     Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop       Welding          Wood Work              Microsoft Word
Adobe Illustrator           Casting           Fabrication              Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Excel
 
 
 
EXHIBITONS/CV
 
 
2021    UHS Art Exhibit, Madison, WI
                27th Parkside National Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
                Untethered: Our Journey Beyond Borders, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
                Relief Conspiracy: The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME
 
 
2020     Carpeta Grafica: Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art, Cheney, WA
                 Center of Visual Arts: Roots Up Rooted, Wausau, WI
                 Mid America Print Council open portfolio
                 LUX Center for the Arts: Surface Impressions, Lincoln, NE
                 Master of Arts, UNCERTAIN PASSAGE solo Exhibition, Madison, WI
                 Madison Municipal Building 2020 Exhibition, Art & Nature, Madison, WI
                 Design 2020 Exhibition, Madison, WI
                 The Year of the Environment, Overture Center of the Arts, Madison, WI
                 Paper & Clay Exhibition, Logan, UT
                 Murmuracion Card Exchange, Toronto, Canada
                 Madison Music Experience, Café Coda, Madison, WI
                 Speedball Art showcase, San Miguel, Puerto Rico
                 Progress: A survey of the 2020 UW Graduate Printmaking Students
                 Big Ten Print Exchange, Providence, RI
                 Overture Center: Earthly Kin, Madison, WI
              Wally Douma Gallery, Madison, WI
 
 
2019     Cuentos, Mtos, y Leyendas Exchange, Spokane, WA
                 Campus Art Exchange, Union South, Madison, WI
                 PRINTMAGEDDON Annual Grad Print Show: 7th floor Gallery, Madison, WI
                 On the Level: A Group Assemblage Tangent, 7th floor Gallery, Madison, WI
                PrintFest: International Print Center New York, New York City, New York
                Second Year Review Show, Art Lofts, Madison, WI
                DEVILS DICTIONARY traveling exhibition, Vox Populi Print Collective, Madison, WI
                Make a Good Impression: Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI
                Synergy: From Manila To Acapulco, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
                Art Beyond Borders, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
               First Year Show, Art Lofts, Madison, WI
               39th Annual Secura Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
              Grand Challenges, School of Education, Madison, WI
              Tangible Gestures, Terrain Gallery, Spokane, WA
               Public Print, Overture Community arts Center, Madison, WI
               Nine by Nine: Portfolio Exchange and Performances, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, Tennessee
               Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois
               Southern Printmaking Conference International, Dallas, Texas
               Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Macomb, Illinois
               University Wisconsin of Madison and University of Tennessee Exchange, Madison, Wisconsin
               WUD Art 91st Student Art Show, Wisconsin, Madison
               GIBs Emergence Exhibition, Madison, Wisconsin, Madison  
 
 
 
2018    Printfest: International Print Center New York, New York City, New York
                Community Alter Project: Remembrance & Celebration 2018, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Madison,  
                Wisconsin
                Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition, Higher Art Gallery, Traverse City, Michigan
                Mata Solo Exhibition, Annex Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
               College Invitational Juried show, Figge Art Museum, Davenport
               Advance Sculpture Exhibition, Annex Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
               Ancestral Union Installation, Student Union, Macomb, Illinois
              Rocky Community Project, Macomb, Illinois
 
2017    Day of the Dead, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa.
               Senior Show, Main Gallery, Macomb, Illinois.
               Western Illinois University Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Macomb, Illinois
 
2016    SIN FRONTERAS, Macomb, Illinois
               16th Annual Postcard Print Exchange, University Print Society, Ames, Iowa
 
 
PERMENEANT COLLECTIONS
 
(2018) Galesburg Civic Art Center, 114 East Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois 61401
(2019) The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
(2019) Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144
(2020) Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405
(2020) University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada
(2020) The University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706
(2020) The Kohler Art Library, WI 53706
(2021) Chazen Museum of Art, WI 53706

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