Resume

Matthew Monahan

4803 Alabama Avenue 

Chattanooga TN 37409

423.290.5175 

themightybluegill@gmail.com

https://themightybluegill.com 

 

Exhibitions/Installations (* Invitational ^ Juried ) 

2023

The Hatch Outfitters, Chattanooga, TN

Goodman Coffee Roasters, Chattanooga, TN ^

2022 

AVA Juried Member Show, Chattanooga, TN ^ 

Baylor Arts Uncorked, Chattanooga, TN *

Tellico Outfitters, Tellico Plains, TN

The Hatch Outfitters, Chattanooga, TN

Goodman Coffee Roasters, Chattanooga, TN ^

2021 

Wanderlinger Gallery, Chattanooga, TN *

Hetzel Gallery Cleveland, TN*

The Hatch Outfitters, Chattanooga, TN

Goodman Coffee Roasters, Chattanooga, TN ^

2020

The Hatch Outfitters, Chattanooga, TN

Goodman Coffee Roasters, Chattanooga, TN ^

2019

Goodman Coffee Roasters, Chattanooga, TN ^

2018

Erlanger Gallery Show, Chattanooga, TN ^

Fly Fishing Film Tour at Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA ^

2017

Fly Fishing Film Tour at The Camp House, Chattanooga, TN ^

Trekka Outfitters, Chattanooga, TN *

Carpe Diem Tea and Coffee, Mobile, AL

2016

Fly Fishing Film Tour, Chattanooga, TN

2015

Nature Printing Society Exhibit, Fort Worden, WA

2014

Chattanooga Christian School Local Artist Exhibition, Chattanooga, TN            

Artists in August, Lookout Mountain, GA

 

Public Art Collections and Commissions 

Audrey, (Sean Brock’s Flagship Restaurant) Nashville, TN 

Pennsylvania Environmental Commission

The Edwin, Chattanooga, TN 

Fin & Pearl, Nashville, TN 

 

Art Fairs and Festivals

2023

Four Bridges Art Festival, Chattanooga, TN  

Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL 

Des Moines Art Fair, Des Moines, IA 

Kimball Art Festival, Park City, UT  

2022

Four Bridges Art Festival, Chattanooga, TN 

2017

Made South Franklin, TN 

Blue Ridge Arts in the Park, Blue Ridge, GA 

2016

Chattanooga River Market, Chattanooga, TN

 

Awards and Honors 

Four Bridges Art Festival Bobby Stone Best Emerging Artist 2022

Elected to board of directors, The Nature Printing Society 2018-2020

 

Bibliography  

"Matthew Monahan. Artist and Teacher," Shoutout Atlanta, April 23, 2023 

Matt Monahan “Water Based Gyotaku for Carnivores,” Nature Printing Society Newsletter: Vol XXXVVIII, Number 4, Fall 2016 

Stephen Adams, “Matthew Monahan: Friendly Painter or Fish Murderer?” The Charger, Edition 2, October 2015 

Richard Simms, “The Mighty Bluegill--Matt Monahan Gyotaku Artist” Rhea Review, June 24,2015 

Meghan Pittman, “St. Elmo Man Practices Gyotaku” Times Free Press Metro Weekly, Wednesday October 8, 2014

 

Public Appearances 

"A Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics." Art & Faith Seminar Series. North Shore Fellowship, Chattanooga, TN 2023

"Renaissance vs. Baroque." Art & Faith Seminar Series. North Shore Fellowship, Chattanooga, TN 2023

"God as Poeteis." Lecture/Seminar. North Shore Fellowship, Chattanooga, TN 2022

“How to get started as an artist.” Lecture. Chattanooga Christian School 2022

“What is art?” Lecture. Thoughts on the Rocks, Chattanooga, TN 2022

Demonstration and Lecture, The Hatch Outfitters 2022 

“Matthew Monahan” Chatt Art Podcast with Jennifer Kring. 2020

Rediscover Japan, 8/16/2016 Japanese TV show which documents and celebrates the influence of Japanese Culture on the rest of the world. 

Latricia Thomas, “The Mighty Bluegill Makes Prints from Fish” for News Channel 9, July 12, 2016 

Richard Simms, “The Mighty Bluegill--Matt Monahan Gyotaku Artist” News Channel 9, June, 2015 

“Basics of Composition in Fish Prints” Lecture, Chattanooga Christian School 2014

“Becoming and Growing as an Artist” Lecture, Chattanooga Christian School 2013

 

Education

M.A. Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS 

B.A. Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA