Matt Wilt
Associate Professor

Area of Expertise: Ceramics

Matt teaches all levels of ceramics at Skidmore, incorporating a broad-based, interdisciplinary approach to the material. Diversity within the discipline is explored through function, sculpture, two-dimensional imagery as surface development, and the vessel as sculpture.

Matt received his Bachelor's degree in Ceramics and Art Education from Penn State University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University, Athens. His work in mixed media integrates cast ceramic forms with wheel thrown and hand built elements. The resulting objects often refer to the ceramic tradition of functional devices, but have become more visually ambiguous, while incorporating a variety of non-clay materials. The synthesis of the biological with the mechanics of the manmade world continues to be a prevailing theme.

Matt has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards. He has received two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grants, an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, and the Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship. His artwork can be found in the collections of the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento, the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, Arizona State University’s Ceramic Research Center, the Hand Art Center of Stetson University, the Kennedy Museum of American Art, and numerous other public and private collections. He has been an invited lecturer and visiting artist at universities and art schools across the United States, including Tyler School of Art, Indiana University, University of Alaska, Northern Arizona University, and Penland School of Crafts. His work is exhibited and published nationally and internationally.