Fellow Bios
Matthew Bakkom
2008 Bush Artist Fellowship
Minnesota
Career Field: Visual Arts
Secondary Field: Photography
Matthew Bakkom (Minneapolis, Minn.) received his BA from the University of Virginia in 1991 and his MFA from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Since the early 1990s he has worked as a visual artist and organizer of projects in North America and Europe. He has participated in numerous group and individual exhibitions at various venues including the Walker Art Center, the Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia), the Queens Museum of Art (New York) and Le Space Elektra (Paris). He has received awards of support from the Jerome Foundation, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of Paris.