Education

          2011  Bachelor of Arts in Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

                   Professional Experience

          2018  Professor of Photography, Paris College of Art

2018 - 2016  E-commerce Photographer, Crate & Barrel | CB2

2015 - 2011  Studio Manager, David Weinberg Photography

2013 - 2012  Director, The Coat Check Gallery

          2010  Assistant, Brian Ulrich

                   One and Two Person Exhibitions

          2015  Apposing Space: Clarissa Bonet and Matthew Avignone, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

          2013  There's Just No Telling, Gold Pane Gallery, Chicago, IL

          2012  Matthew Avignone: Stranger Than Family, David Weinberg Photography, Chicago, IL

                   Selected Group Exhibitions

          2016  InKAS Art Biennial, SangMyung University, Seoul, South Korea

                   Get Clear on What You Think, Maxwell Colette Gallery, Chicago, IL

          2015  The Ones We Love, Camden Image Gallery, London, UK

          2013  Stitched and Glued: The Handmade Photobook, Curated by: Paul D'Amato, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL

                   ARGUS: Organic Visual Archive, Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL

          2012  Looking at Ourselves, Guate Photo Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala

          2011  Photography Book Now, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY

                   Pingyao Photography Festival: Student Exhibition, Pingyao, China

                   Press

          2012  Review: Matthew Avignone at David Weinberg Photography, Newcity Art ⇨

                   Stranger Than Family – Art Critic’s Choice, Chicago Reader ⇨

                   See Stranger Than Family at David Weinberg Photography, Chicagoist ⇨

                   Matthew Avignone: Stranger than Family at David Weinberg Photography, F-Stop Magazine ⇨

                   Online Features

          2018  Éviter à tout prix la photo de famille classique, Fisheye Magazine ⇨

          2016  Interview with Matthew Avignone, Ain't-Bad Magazine ⇨

                   Content-Aware: Matthew Avignone, LENSCRATCH ⇨

          2015  Stranger No More in Adopted Family, The New York Times Lens Blog ⇨

                   What Chicago's #ResignRahm Protests Really Looked Like, The Fader ⇨

                   Pages: Stranger Than Family, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography ⇨

                   Space Jamz: Group Show 47, Humble Arts Foundation ⇨

          2014  On Struggling, This is a Cult

          2012  Stranger Than Family, Aline Smithson, LENSCRATCH ⇨

                   Stranger Than Family, Bryan Formhals, LPV Show ⇨

          2011  Stranger Than Family, Issue #33, Fraction Magazine ⇨

                   Publications

          2014  Stranger Than Family, Self Published Artist Book

          2013  No, Nay, Never, No More, Oranbeg Press ⇨

          2012  Stranger Than Family, Issue #19 - Super Families, Slanted Magazine, Germany ⇨

          2009  9-5, Issue #9, JPG Magazine

                   Honors

          2015  "Stranger Than Family" Nominated for Mack First Photobook Award, London, UK

          2012  Nomination: Baum Award for Emerging American Photographer, The Baum Foundation, San Francisco, CA

                   Guest Juror, Filter Photo Festival's 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, David Weinberg Photography, Chicago, IL

          2011  2nd Runner Up, Blurb: Photography Book Now Competition, New York, NY

                   

                   Collections

                   International Center of Photography, New York, NY

                   George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY

                   Artist Visits and Gallery Talks

                   School of the Art Institute of Chicago

                   University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

                   Columbia College Chicago

                   Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

                   Soho House Chicago

                   Benito Juarez Community Academy

                   Curatorial Endeavors

          2014  Carlos Javier Ortiz // We All We Got, David Weinberg Photography, Chicago, IL ⇨

                   Chicago Style, David Weinberg Photography, Chicago, IL

          2013  Natalie Krick // Natural Deceptions, The Coat Check Gallery, Chicago, IL

                   Sonja Thomsen // Glowing Wavelengths In-Between, The Coat Check Gallery, Chicago, IL

                   Daniel Hojnacki // An Idle Procession, The Coat Check Gallery, Chicago, IL

                   Shades of Darkness // Brian Ulrich, Curtis Mann, Lisa Lindvay, Josh Poehlein, Justin Schmitz, Matt Austin, Dan Bradica, Meg T. Noe, Columbia College Chicago, C33 Gallery, Chicago, IL

          2012  Everyday Always Trying // Bobby Doherty, David Brandon Geeting, Matt Austin and Bobby Scheidemann, The Coat Check Gallery, Chicago, IL

                   Curatorial Press

          2014  A Different Look: Photographer Documents Street Violence in Chicago for 8 Years, WGN Chicago ⇨

                   We All We Got: Art Supports Social Change, Chicago Gallery News ⇨

                   Comparing Urban Violence in Chicago and Guatemala City, Worldview WBEZ Chicago ⇨

                   Carlos Javier Ortiz on We All We Got at David Weinberg Photography, Afternoon Shift WBEZ Chicago ⇨

                   Review: Chicago Style - Recommended, Newcity Art ⇨

          2013  Review: Natalie Krick/The Coat Check - Recommended, Newcity Art ⇨

                   Newcity’s Top 5 of Everything 2013: Art ⇨

                   THE COAT CHECK GALLERY, Crusade for Art ⇨

                   Review: Daniel Hojnacki/The Coat Check - Recommended, Newcity Art ⇨

          2012  Review: Everyday Always Trying/David Weinberg Photography - Recommended, Newcity Art ⇨

                   Review: Light/David Weinberg Photography - Recommended, Newcity Art ⇨