Join the Office of Research Administration and Matthew Kolodziej for “Painting Place: Translation Between Digital and Analog Description”

Folk Hall, Room 102

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

12-1 pm

Guest Speaker

Kolodziej earned a BA in economics from the University of Chicago in 1988 and an MFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1993. He has received a Fulbright and Pollock-Krasner award.  Kolodziej took a position at the University of Akron in 2001.  As a tenured Professor of Art at the University of Akron, Myers School of Art, he teaches painting and drawing.  In 2007, he started Synapse, a series of lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and conversations about the intersection of science in art,http://synapseartscience.wordpress.com/.  In 2012, he joined forces with colleagues in polymer science, engineering and biology on a new initiative at the University of Akron to develop at Center for Biomimicry research, http://uabiomimicry.org/.

What’s on the Menu…

Mr. Kolodziej’s paintings use references to architecture and archaeology to project a sense of dislocation, a central theme in his work. Funding supported the creation of a new body of work exploring the conflicted process of forming a sense of place. Mr. Kolodziej’s work was displayed in an exhibition in New York City’s Painting Center in the fall of 2015.

Come, bring a lunch, and learn more about Mr. Kolodziej’s work!

Contact RschSrvsGA8@uakron.edu with any questions