Ian Matchett
Adjunct Faculty
Director, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery
BFA, BA, University of Michigan
(2009-2014)
Political and social change, and the role of culture in developing community identity, cohesion, and affiliation. The role of individuals in collectivity and the effort to construct a political subject. Specifically interested in traditions of portraiture and socialist realist artwork globally.
Professional Experience
After studying at the University of Michigan, Ian became the Director and co-founder of the Michigan Student Power Network from 2014-20, and of The Brick and Mortar Collective from 2014-present. Selected as the Director of Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery in 2021, he has worked to combine political and cultural organizing, while expanding his personal artistic practice. He accepted a role as an adjunct in the Interdisciplinary Dept. at 黑料专区 in 2024. His work has shown locally, and nationally.
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
Publications
2023聽 聽 The Detroit Metro Times: 鈥淭he contradictions of
corporate-sponsored mural art in Detroit鈥 Oct. 2023
2023聽 聽 The Hampton Institute. 鈥淎mbiguity in an art world shaped by capital鈥 Aug. 2023
Exhibitions
2024聽 聽 Mdw Summit Exhibition, Charlotte Street Foundation; Kansas City, MO
2024聽 聽 Gala 8, Detroit Artist Market; Detroit Michigan
2024聽 聽 95th Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art; Muskegon MI. Director鈥檚 Choice
2024聽 聽 Spring Salon, Detroit Contemporary ; Detroit MI
2023聽 聽 Hot DAM! Detroit Artist Market ; Detroit MI
2023聽 聽 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition, The Scarab Club ; Detroit, MI.
2022聽 聽 Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary ; Detroit MI.
2022聽 聽 Reverberations: Solidarity with Haiti, The People鈥檚 Forum ; New York NY.
2022聽 聽 93rd Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art ; Muskegon MI.
2022聽 聽 Free Safe and Legal Abortion Now, The People鈥檚 Forum ; New York NY.
2022聽 聽 33rd Annual Art & Social Justice Show, Colefax Cultural Center ; South Bend IN.
2022聽 聽 The Magnificent 7, Detroit Artist Market ;聽 Detroit MI.
2022聽 聽 41st Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center ; Birmingham MI.
2022聽 聽 Art as Resistance, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery ; Detroit MI.
2022聽 聽 Grosse Pointe News Finer Pointes Art Contest, Grosse Pointe MI. Finalist
2022聽 聽 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition, The Scarab Club ; Detroit MI
2022聽 聽 Vital Lines/L铆neas Vitales, The People鈥檚 Forum ; New York NY.