Matt Eich

Born 1986 in Richmond, Virginia, USA

Education

2016, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, MFA Photography, Hartford Art School
2008, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, BS Photojournalism, School of Visual Communication

Solo Exhibitions

2017, The Bridge PAI, “Carry Me Ohio” (Charlottesville, VA)
2017, Bildband, “Carry Me Ohio” (Berlin, Germany)
2017, Ohio University, School of Visual Communication Gallery, “Carry Me Ohio” (Athens, OH)
2016, jdc Fine Art, “Carry Me Ohio” (San Diego, CA)
2015, Lorrie Saunders Art Gallery, “At the Root” (Norfolk, VA)
2014, The Half King, “The Invisible Yoke” (New York, NY)
2014, Roosevelt University, Gage Gallery, “Carry Me Ohio” (Chicago, IL)
2013, Sweet Briar College, Babcock Gallery, “Carry Me Ohio” (Sweet Briar, VA)
2013, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, “The Seven Cities” (Virginia Beach, VA)
2012, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, “Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town” (Denver, CO)
2012, Lorrie Saunders Art Gallery, “Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town” (Norfolk, VA)
2011, Blue Sky Gallery, “Carry Me Ohio” (Portland, OR)
2011, Lorrie Saunders Art Gallery, “Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town” (Norfolk, VA)
2010, Houston Center For Photography, “Carry Me Ohio” (Houston, TX)

Group Exhibitions & Festivals

2018, Halsey Institute, “Southbound: photographs of and about the New South” (Charleston, SC)
2017, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, “Constant as the Sun” (Cleveland, OH)
2017, The Southern, “Paradise Out-Front” (Charleston, SC)
2016, Legal Aid Society of Atlanta, Picturing Justice (Atlanta, GA)
2016, Slover Library, “Facing South” (Norfolk, VA)
2016, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, “One Finger Off” MFA Thesis Exhibition (West Hartford, CT)
2016, Candela Gallery, “Unbound5” (Richmond, VA)
2015, The Ogden Museum, “Currents” (New Orleans, LA)
2015, Blue Sky Gallery, “40/40″ (Portland, OR)
2015, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, “Ones-To-Watch 2015″ (Atlanta, GA)
2015, Visa pour l’image, “We, the Free” (Perpignan, France)
2015, Benaki Museum, Athens Photo Festival, The Photobook Exhibition (Athens, Greece) 2015, Light Work, “Perspective,” Selections from the Light Work Collection (Syracuse, NY) 2015, Kominek Gallery, “Dreams of Dogs” (Berlin, Germany)
2015, Mt. Ida College, “New Visionaries: Photographers who Bridge Art + Commerce” (Newton, MA)
2014, New York Public Library, “Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing in Photography” (New York, NY) 2014, The College of William & Mary, “Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography” (Williamsburg, VA)
2014, The Portland Art Museum, “40 Years of Blue Sky” (Portland, OR)
2013, PhotoVille, “Survey of documentary styles in 21st Century Photobooks” (New York, NY)
2013, Nelson-Atkins Museum, “Making Pictures of People”, Curated by Andy Adams/FlakPhoto
2013, Cortona Festival on the Move, “Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town” (Cortona, Italy)
2013, Washington Project for the Arts, SELECT Auction (Washington, DC)
2012, 25CPW, “Greater Than The Sum”, LUCEO Group Exhibition, (New York, NY)
2011, Athens Photo Festival, “Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town,” Curated by Sam Barzilay, (Athens, Greece)
2011, Bridge PAI, Altered States: LUCEO Group Exhibition, Curated by Brian Paul Clamp, (Charlottesville, VA) 2011, Slideluck Potshow XVI, Curated by Whitney Johnson, (New York, NY)
2011, The New York Photo Festival, “Hope”, Curated by Enrico Bossan, (New York, NY)
2011, Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, (Virginia Beach, VA)
2011, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Ctrl+P, (Chicago, IL)
2011, FotoWeekDC, FLASH, Discover Series, (Washington, DC) 2011, Midwest Center for Photography, Juried Exhibition, (Wichita, Kansas)
2011, 25CPW, Altered States: LUCEO Group Exhibition, by Brian Paul Clamp, (New York, NY)
2010, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Photo Forum 2010, (Houston, TX)
2010, The Dairy Barn, APPALACHIA! Juried Exhibition, (Athens, OH) 2010, Getty Images Gallery, Ian Parry Scholarship, “Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town” (London, UK)
2010, Center for Fine Art Photography, “Strange Beauty” Juried Exhibition (Fort Collins, CO) 2010, Houston Center For Photography, 28th Annual Juried Exhibition (Houston, TX)
2010, Griffin Museum of Photography, 16th Annual Juried Exhibition (Winchester, MA) 2010, Center for Fine Art Photography, “Consumption” Juried Exhibition (Fort Collins, CO) 2010, LOOKbetween, Featured Artist Projection, “An Altered State of Being”, (Charlottesville, VA)
2010, Visionaris Festival, “Love In The First Person”, (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
2010, Griffin Museum of Photography, Flash Forward
2009 (Winchester, MA) 2010, Clark | Oshin Gallery, PDN’s 30
2010, (Los Angeles, CA) 2010, 25CPW, “Make-Do”, LUCEO + MJR, (New York, NY)
2009, Lennox Contemporary, Flash Forward 2009 (Toronto, ON)
2009, LOOK3, Festival of the Photograph, Slideluck Potshow, (Charlottesville, VA)
2009, Booksmart Gallery, Pause to Begin (Rochester, NY)
2008, Getty Images Gallery, Ian Parry Scholarship, “Carry Me Ohio,” (London, UK)
2008, Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism (Hannover, GER)
2008, Prix de la Photographie Paris: Px3 (Paris, FR)
2007, LOOK3, Festival of the Photograph, SHOTS IX (Charlottesville, VA)
2006, Art Cologne (Cologne, GER)
2006, Getty Images Gallery, Ian Parry Scholarship, (London, UK)
2006, Apotheke Gallery (Portland, OR)
2006, Pingyao International Photography Festival (Beijing, CHN)

Selected Public Collections

Albert & Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (books)
The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (prints)
Beinecke Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT (books)
Light Work Collection, Syracuse, NY (prints)
Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections, Ohio University, Athens, OH (books/prints)
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX (prints)
Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY (books)
The New York Public Library, New York, NY (books/prints)
The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (prints)
Sentara Healthcare St. Luke’s Hospital, Smithfield, VA (prints)
Numerous private collections

Grants & Fellowships

2017, VMFA Professional Fellowship
2015, Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography for “Carry Me Ohio”
2015, W. Eugene Smith Grant, *Finalist
2015, Economic Hardship Reporting Project Grant
2015, Alexia Foundation Professional Grant, *Finalist
2014, CDS Lange-Taylor Grant, *Finalist
2014, W. Eugene Smith Grant, *Finalist
2013, Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography for “Sin and Salvation in Baptist Town” 2013, CDS Lange-Taylor Grant, *Finalist
2011, National Geographic Magazine Grant for Photography
2011, NPPA Short Grant for “The Seven Cities”
2011, ShootQ Grant for “Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town”
2011, Aaron Siskind Individual Photographer’s Fellowship
2010, National Geographic Innovation in Storytelling Grant
2009, W. Eugene Smith Grant, *Finalist
2008, Editorial Photographers Education Grant
2008, Alexia Foundation Student Grant, 1st Place
2006, Provost Undergraduate Research Fund Grant

For more information, please visit www.matteichphoto.com.