EDUCATION
2020 TED Fellow
2019 Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
2018 Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2009 Master of Science in Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning – full tuition scholarship
2009 The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture – Fellowship Award
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Merit Scholarship

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology program in Art, Culture, and Technology

AWARDS, HONORS, RESIDENCIES
2019 Global Architecture & Design Awards– “Pop-Ups and Temporary Structure (Built)”– HARM TO TABLE
2018 Dezeen Awards - “Architecture Project of the Year”
Architizer A+ Award in the category of "Architecture + Community"
World Architecture News WAN Awards: Adaptive Reuse – Winner
Harpo Foundation Grant for Visual Artists
2017 Americans for the Arts: Public Art Network Year in Review Award for Public Art & Placemaking (two projects awarded)
The Chicago Athenaeum – American Architecture Award
The Congress for the New Urbanism – Charter Award
World Architecture Community – 20+10+X Award
CODA Awards Merit Award for Public Space – CLOUD HOUSE
2016 By the People: Designing a Better America – Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
Americans for the Arts: Public Art Network Year in Review Award for Public Art & Placemaking
SXSW Eco-Place By Design competition: Revitalization – Audience Choice Winner and Honorable Mention
CODA Awards Merit Award for Public Space – OPEN HOUSE
2015 Culturunners Residency in partnership with Art Jameel – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Centre for Contemporary Art Residency – Singapore
Headlands Center for the Arts Residency – USA
Artplace America Grant 2014-15
2014 Architizer A+ Jury Choice Award: Architecture and Urban Transformation
Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Year in Review Award for Public Art & Placemaking
Azure Magazine AZ Awards: International Award of Design Excellence
Chamberlain Award – Headlands Center for the Arts
Great Places Award: Place Design – Environmental Design Research Association
CODAvideo Awards – Open House
Architect's Newspaper – ‘Best Of Design Award’
2013 The Santo Foundation: Individual Artist Award
2012 The National Endowment for the Arts: 2012 Grant
The Visual Artists Network: Grant 2012
2011 Americans for the Arts: Year in Review Public Art Award for community engagement and social activism

PUBLIC SPEAKING
2020 United Nations - UN75 General Assembly Program moderated by Rem Koolhaas
2018 New York/Arab World Culture Forum: “Art for Sustainable Futures” - Asia Society NYC in partnership with UNESCO and the United Nations.
American Society of Landscape Architects “Expanding the Roster: The Design Paradigm that Prioritizes Equity, Community, and Justice”.
Architalx “The Architecture of Social Space” – Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME. April, 05, 2018.
2017 Social Justice Lecture Series: Matthew Mazzotta – Northeastern University, Boston, MA. November 30, 2017.
Meet the 2018 Loeb Fellows – Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA. September 14, 2017.
Public Art Symposium and Public Art Plan – Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
The Art of Community Building and Economic Development Through Art – Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, MA
Dar Al Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Artist Talk
Jeddah International College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Artist Talk
RAW Talks – Pharan Studio, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Artist Talk
Public Summit: Cities for People NTU CCA Ideas Fest, “Modalities of Exchange” Panel – Gillman Barracks, Singapore. January, 2017.
2016 Critical Connections Mini-Summit with Creative Many – Detroit, MI – Artist talk
TransCultural Exchange International Conference – Boston, MA – Workshop: The Art of Connecting Worlds
Court Street Arts at Alumni Hall – Haverhill, NH – Artist talk
2015 The Armory Show: MENAM Symposium – NYC – Culturunners Journeys and Collaborations
Dar Al Hekma University – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Artist Talk
Singapore Art Museum – Artist Talk: Love Difference & Matthew Mazzotta
Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore – Pecha Kucha
Nanyang Technological University Singapore – School of Art, Design & Media – Artist Talk
The Union for Contemporary Art – Omaha, NE – Artist talk and Culturunners
Crocker Museum – Sacramento, CA – Artist talk
2014 Open Engagement/ Open Platform – Queens Museum – Queens, NY
Americans for the Arts Annual Convention – Nashville, TN
Public Space: Lost & Found – exhibition and symposium – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Musagetes book launch “Projects Along the Coast Line: Adriatic Identities” – Rijeka, Croatia
Socially Engaged Art Practices and Education in contemporary discourse – Cittadellarte – Biella, Italy
RAP Artist Talk: Matthew Mazzotta – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Culturunners – Monday Night Lecture Series – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Artist Talk – University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, NM
The architecture of social space – workshop – Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto – Biella, Italy
Creating Vibrant Communities through the Arts – Keynote Speaker – Ball State University Munster, IN
Causeway Challenge Speaker Panel – Causeway Organization – Chattanooga, TN
Artist Talk – Bard College – Hudson, NY
Artist Talk – Lesley University – Boston, MA
Artist Talk – Cosmic Films Studio – Lyons, NE
2013 Open House: A house with a secret – Harvard University – Cambridge,MA
Refest: art and tech festival – CultureHub (Seoul Institute of the Arts/ La MaMa) – New York, NY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 CBC Radio One - “How a thinker rocking the design world draws upon his N.L. roots”
2018 Place.Labour.Capital. Edited by Ute Meta Bauer and Anca Rujoiu.
Dezeen. “Matthew Mazzotta builds retractable Storefront Theater for Nebraska community”
Public Art Review. “CLOUD HOUSE by Matthew Mazzotta.” Vol. 20, Issue 57.
Artwork Archive. “Public Art That Wowed in 2017”
2017 Dezeen, December 11, 2017. “Dezeen’s top 10 installations of 2017.”
Architizer Journal, November 06, 2017. “Daring Public Interest Design: 10 Architects Set to the World”
Public Space? Lost & Found. Edited by Gediminas Urbonas, Ann Lui and Lucas Freeman.
Semi Permanent 2017.
Global Design + Urbanism XVII. The Chicago Athenaeum.
Charter for a New Urbanism. The Congress for the New Urbanism.
MIT ACT News, June 22, 2017. “Matthew Mazzotta: 2018 Loeb Fellow at the Harvard GSD and other recent honors.”
Dwell Magazine, April 28, 2017. “Cloud Atlas.”
Dezeen. “Matthew Mazzotta's Cloud House receives a rain shower when occupied.”
ArchDaily, March 29, 2017. “Let The Cloud House Brighten Your Rainy Day.”
Discovery Canada. Daily Planet. Cloud House (segment).
2016 AIA, October 26, 2016. “Architects, designers thrive in Shark Tank-like competition.”
Huffington Post, October 12, 2016. “9 Design Projects Tackling America’s Poverty Crisis, One Community At A Time.”
Artillery Art Magazine, “Cloud House.”
Azure Magazine. “Silver lining: Matthew Mazzotta’s interactive sculpture puts perspective on a rainy day.”
The Renewal Project (Allstate Insurance publication). “From an abandoned house to a structure that unfolds into a community theater.”
Fast Company Design, October 6, 2016. “5 tips for designing more equitable cities.”
Boulder Weekly, October 27, 2016. “Harm to Table creates conversation about local food.”
Sculpture Magazine, May 2016. “Living in Public: Conversation with Matthew Mazzotta.”
THE Magazine, April 2016. Review of OPEN HOUSE and At Home In The World group show.
KCUR (Kansas City, Missouri), February 16, 2016. “In Lyons, Nebraska, A Big Art Project Revives A Small -Town Tradition.”
2015 NET – Nebraska's PBS and NPR Stations, November 17, 2015. “Public Art Projects Aim To Create Community On Main Street.”
Brack Magazine (Singapore), January 2, 2015. “#Brackchat: Hello Session with Matthew Mazzotta.”
Grist, December 18, 2015. “The wacky, messy tale of the man who just wanted to make a dog poop lamp.”
New Portable Architecture: Designing Mobile & Temporary Structures. Wang Shaoqiang.
Matière Grise: Matériaux / Réemploi / Architecture . Encore Heureux: Julien Choppin and Nicola Delon. Pavillon De l’Arsenal.
Flatlanders: Critical Dialogue for Nebraska’s Contemporary Art. November 30, 2015. “Matthew Mazzotta's Storefront Theater.”
Sioux City Journal, November 23, 2015. “Lyons, Neb., turns storefront into outdoor theater.”
Norfolk Daily News, November 3, 2015. “New theater, trolley are welcomed in small towns.”
Omaha World-Herald, November 1, 2015. “A mythic trolley and a hidden movie theater come to two Nebraska towns.”
2014 Sculpture Magazine, November 2014. Review of OPEN HOUSE.
Artvoices Magazine, Fall 2014. “The Architecture of Social Space.”
Public Art Review Magazine, issue 49. “Open House.”
Architizer, November 24, 2014. “Artist Matthew Mazzotta on Reinventing Public Spaces Through Art & Architecture.”
Mark Magazine, January 22, 2014. “Open House by Matthew Mazzotta.”
2013 Huffington Post, August 14, 2013. “'Open House' In York, Alabama Turns Abandoned Home Into Pop -Up Theater.”
CNN International, August 16, 2013. “The house with a secret transformation.” 8/15/13
Le Huffington Post, August 29, 2013. “La surprenante maison thêatre de Matthew Mazzotta à York, dans l'Alabama.”
Dezeen Magazine, August 20, 2013. “Open House by Matthew Mazzotta