Artist Biography & Facts

Bernard Mattox

The following information, submitted October 2009, is from Stephanie Schoen, portfolio photographer for Bernard Sougeron Mattox.

Personal: Born March 15, 1954

Education
1982-1984, M.F.A. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1980-1982, B.F.A. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
1976, Apprenticeship: Big Creek Pottery School, Davenport, CA
1972-1974, Tulane University   New Orleans, LA
Major: Anthropology
Travel and research in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico

Professional Experience
1990-1992, Assistant Professor of Art  New Orleans, LA, Xavier University
1986-1989, Assistant Professor of Art   New Orleans, LA, Newcomb College Tulane University
1984-1987, Adjunct Professor  New Orleans, LA, University College/Tulane University
1982-1984, Teaching/Technical Assistant New Orleans, LA, Ceramics
1980, Curator: Pre-Columbian Art Exhibition Lafayette, LA

Fellowships, Grants, Awards

2004    Five State Juried Exhibit: $500 Best of Show Award
2003    Five State Juried Exhibit: $500 Best of Show Award
2002    Louisiana Division of the Arts: $5000 Fellowship
1996    Louisiana Artist Annual: Honorable Mention
1994    Louisiana Artist Annual: Honorable Mention
1993    Louisiana Artist Annual Jurors Award: Best In Show
1992    Louisiana Artist Annual Jurors Award: First Place
1990-1991    Nominee for A.V.A. $15,000 Grant
1988     Subject for a WYES Public Television film
1988     WYES Public Television Art and Auction: Jurors Award
1985    St. Tammany Parish Juried Summer Show: First Place in Sculpture
1982    Assistant, Tulane University Graduate School
1982    U.S.L. Juried Exhibition: Best in Show

Publications/Reviews

2007  "Abstract Thinking," New Orleans Times Picayune by Doug MacCash
2005    New American Paintings
2005    "Mattox Presents One Man Show at Brunner," St. Tammany News Banner
2005    "Artist is Resigned to Loss of His Work," New Orleans Times Picayune
2003     "Coming Full Circle," New Orleans Times Picayune
2003    Inside Northside Magazine, article containing best in show at juried show
2002    Five-page article/interview, Red Dot Magazine  
2002    "Creative Force," Mattox at the Brunner Gallery
2001    Interview with Studio Potter Magazine
2001    "Mattox Shapes His Cityscapes," New Orleans Times Picayune by Doug MacCash
2000    "Mattox in Collaboration," St. Tammany News Banner
1999    "The Spirit of Diabhileau-Collaboration Celebrate an Old Spirit", CAC, New Orleans,
1999    "Thoroughly Modern, Bernard Mattox as Sculptor and Teacher", St. Tammany News Banner, by Leslie Ackel
1999    "Art as Symbol". New Orleans Times Picayune, BY Sam McCarty
1998    "Bernard Mattox- Paradise Lost", St. Tammany News Banner, by Connie Davis
1998    "Bernard Mattox Switches Media for Solo Show", New Orleans Times Picayune, review by Chris Waddington
1998    Southern Living Magazine
1997    "Report from New Orleans" (April), Art in America, by Narci Vetrocq
1996   "100 Years of Newcomb Ceramics," New Orleans Museum of Art, by Professor Jesse Poesch
1995    "Mythoscapiae - The Art of Bernard Mattox," The Times of Acadiana, by Ann Wakefield, Lafayette, LA
1994     Sculpture South Catalog, South Carolina State Museum; Columbia, South Carolina
1994     "Making Myths," Bernard Mattox, Wyndy Morehead Gallery: New Orleans, LA
1994    "City Artist Breaks Out of the Mold", New Orleans Times Picayune, by Chris Waddington
1991   Interview article, New Orleans Times Picayune
1990   "Parallels", The New Orleans Art Review
1988    "Day of the Dead", New Orleans Times Picayune/ The State Item
1988    "Gallery" interview; WWNO Public Radio: University of New Orleans
1987     Louisiana Major Works Catalog: Contemporary Arts Center; New Orleans, LA
1985    article, The New Orleans Art Review: A Journal of Criticism
1983    article, The New Orleans Art Review: A Journal of Criticism

           Selected Public Collections
New Orleans Museum of Art                                               
Ogden Southern Collection: Ogden Museum                      
The Pentagon: Department of Architecture and Design      
Treme Museum                                                                    
Center for Development and Learning, Covington LA                                
F.A. Richard Insurance Corp., Mandeville, LA
Lazarus House AIDS Hospice, New Orleans                                            
Thomas Engine Co.. Boulder CO                                                           

Selected Private Collections
Dr. Stephen Littlewood         Sacramento, CA
Francios Billon Richardson  New Orleans, LA
Francois Sterling                   Covington, LA
Roanne Kaplan                      New York, NY
Todd and Sheila Lemke        Boston, MA
Jennifer Weiss                       Baltimore, MD
Michael Tusk                        Berkeley, CA
Juan Carlos Quintana            San Francisco, CA
Robert Phelan                        Covington, LA
Judge Stephen Ellis               Covington, LA
Stephen Larson                      Eaton, NH
Dr. Arthur Silverman             New Orleans, LA
Joel Weinstock collection      New Orleans, LA
Donna Perret                          New York, NY
Roger Ogden collection         New Orleans, LA
Thomas Lehman collection   New Orleans, LA
 Dr. Candace Cutrone            New Orleans, LA
 Dr. Gloria Fiero                    Lafayette, LA
 Dr. and Mrs. Dewey Lane    Pascagoula , MS
 Fay and Phelan Bright          Hammond, LA
 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith       San Antonio, TX
 Mr. and Mrs. Steward Gibert  Tampa, FL
 Judge Peter Garcia                Covington, LA
 Simonne and Bruce Maginnis   Covington, LA
 Dr. Jose Pena                         New Orleans, LA
 Gail Pittinger                         New Orleans, LA
 Russell Thomas                    Boulder, CO
 Alice and David Thomas      Covington, LA
 Jeb and Liz Maginnis            Covington, LA