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ABOUT
Janet Matthews is a Maryland-based artist who explores psychological themes through evocative still life and landscape images. She graduated from the University of Maryland, earning degrees in Studio Art and Art Education. Her background in drawing and painting has influenced her approach to photography, as she often incorporates hands-on methods into her work. She taught art in the Montgomery County Public Schools system for a number of years, and has also taught classes at Photoworks in Glen Echo Park in Maryland.
Janet has exhibited her work nationally, in group and solo shows. Her work has been featured in numerous books and publications including Polymer Photogravure: A Step-by-Step Manual by Clay Harmon and On Landscape, Issue 216, "Featured Photographer." She was awarded Individual Artist Award grants by the Maryland State Arts Council in 2012 and 2015, and her work is in the collections of the University of Maryland and the Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
2021 Tangled, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD.
2021 Tangled, CSM Hungerford Gallery, La Plata, MD.
2020 Small Tales, MNCPPC/Publick Playhouse, Cheverly, MD.
2020 Tangled, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
2017 Small Anxieties, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
2015 The Space Between, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
2014 On the Lot, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD.
2013 Retrospection, Galleries at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
2012 Vignettes, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
2010 Retrospection, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD.
SELECTED TWO- OR THREE-PERSON* AND GROUP EXHIBITS
2021 Reflections and Innovations: Contemporary Practices of Historical Processes, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
2020 Unbound9! , Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2018 Altered Worlds, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC.
2017 Portals, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC.
2012 Alternative Visions, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD.
2012 Imagination, ASmith Gallery, Johnson City, TX.
2011 Hand + Eye, Through This Lens Gallery, Durham, NC.
2010 *Carnival, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
2010 International Juried Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA.
2010 Carnival, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2009 *Water Series, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD.
2008 Alternative Processes: A Traveling Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX.
2008 Virtual Prince George’s, Prince George’s Arts Council, Hyattsville, MD.
2008 Formerly and Hereafter, Plates to Pixels Online Exhibition, www.platestopixels.com
2008 Fourth Annual Alternative Processes Competition, Soho Photo, New York, NY.
2008 Photography Re-Imagined, Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
COLLECTIONS
Montgomery County Public Art Collection: The Contemporary Works on Paper Collection
University of MD Art Gallery, College Park, MD
PUBLICATIONS
Shadow and Light Magazine, Showcase Portfolio, Volume 7, Issue 44, November/December 2021.
Woven Tale Press, Art Spotlight, Winter, 2020/2021.
On Landscape (online magazine), www.onlandscape.co.uk/2020/10/janet-matthews , Featured Photographer, September, 2020.
Inside the Outside (online magazine), www.inside-the-outside.com/tangled-janet-matthews , March, 2020.
Polymer Photogravure: A Step-by-Step Manual, Clay Harmon, Focal Press, 2018.
Seeing in Sixes 2018, Brooks Jensen & Maureen Gallagher Editors, LensWork Publishing, 2018.
Gum Printing: A Step-By-Step Manual, Christina Z. Anderson, Focal Press, 2016.
The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes 3rd Ed., Christopher James, Course Technology, 2015.
Shadow and Light Magazine, Showcase Portfolio, Volume 4, Issue 6, September/October, 2018.
Adore Noir Magazine, Featured Photographer, Issue 39, August, 2017.
Elan Magazine, Artist Profile, Vol. 17, No. 9, May, 2017.
AWARDS
2019 Montgomery County Public Art Trust / Contemporary Works on Paper Collection acquisition award
2015 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
2012 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
CONTACT
Have a question about the artwork? Want to to receive notification of upcoming events? Interested in discussing exhibit possibilities? Just want to chat? Please contact me and I'll get back to you as soon as possible!
LICENSE IMAGES
Click here to view my images available for licensing: Arcangel Images
Additional image libraries available for prints or licensing: janetmatthews.photoshelter.com