
Matthew W. Borgen
Exhibitions Coordinator, Adjunct Professor - Visual and Performing Arts
- PHONE
- (215) 517-2629
- borgenm@arcadia.edu
- Website
- www.matthewborgen.com
Biography
- Education
University of Akron
1998
Drawing
Bachelor of Fine ArtsUniversity of Minnesota
2002
Painting
Masters of Fine Arts
- Hometown
- Akron, OH
- Home Country
- United States of America
Matthew Borgen is a native of Akron, Ohio. He studied drawing at The University of Akron where he was awarded a BFA in 1998. After a year spent living and working in Chicago, He received a scholarship to continue his studies at the University of Minnesota where he earned his Masters in Fine Arts in 2002. Since moving to Philadelphia, PA in 2003 Borgen has focused on creating drawings, videos, installations, and digital prints that deal with the relationship between nostalgia and history through imagery derived from popular culture sources. He has exhibited nationally, including solo exhibitions at The Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Mi, The 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, FL, and The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster, NJ in addition to presenting his work throughout the greater Philadelphia area. He is currently the Exhibitions Coordinator for Arcadia University. In addition he is an Adjunct Professor in the foundations curriculum and also teaches the course The Artist and the Exhibition: Gallery Practicum.
Media Mentions
- How a Crash Changed Everything for the Art Gallery
- ARC Exhibition Program Presents ‘Biodesign Atacama: Imagining New Life Forms in the Northern Chilean Desert’
- 'Threading the Maze,' Featuring Work by Krasner, Murray, Ringgold, Schapiro, on View at Arcadia Through Oct. 18
- Commons Art Gallery Hosts Exhibition by Jane Geayer '56 through Aug. 21
- Arcadia University Accepted into Conservation Center for Arts and Historic Artifacts’ Philadelphia Stewardship Program
- Arcadia University Alumni Spotlight Exhibition: “Jesse Vincent: Other Than a Memory”
- Exhibitions at Arcadia Presents: “David Guinn: Before the Wall, Mural Sketches and Designs”
- Students Strut Their Wearable Art at Annual Exhibition, Oct. 31
- Art Gallery Receives Grant from Conservation Center for Arts and Historic Artifacts
- Arcadia Exhibitions Presents Alumni Spotlight Exhibition: “Krista Profitt: Shavers, Savers, Mansplainers”
- Arcadia Exhibitions Presents "Living Rocks: Benton Spruance and the Lithographic Process" Through Dec. 17
- Profitt ’11 Presents on Artistic Development at Alumni Exhibition Closing
- Arcadia Exhibitions Presents: abbey ryan: the light / the shade
- Arcadia Exhibitions Presents “Carole Loeffler: Make What You Need”
- Bleiweiss ’21 Explores History of Grey Towers Castle
- Pati Hill: Pioneer, A Groundbreaking Collection Comes to Arcadia
- Exhibitions Coordinator Invited to Fleisher Memorial Virtual Talk