Projects and Residencies
Mattie’s work continually flows between community advocacy and interdisciplinary artist/curator roles. Over her career Mattie has worked internationally across the United States, United Kingdom, Brasil and the Caribbean, collaborating and producing community-based projects and artworks.
Panels and Speaking Engagements
BLACK AUGUST: Teach-In, San Francisco Solidarity Collective Medicine for Nightmares, San Francisco, CA August 2024, Facilitator
Tenderloin Blackness: Panel Discussion, The Tenderloin Museum, San Francisco, CA August 2024, Panelist
Between Worlds: Art, Shamanism, and Practice in Korean Diaspora, SWIM Gallery, San Francisco, CA March 2024 - Facilitator
HASS Healthcare Conference, UC Berkley, Berkeley, CA, March 2024 - Panelist
CAST, Creative Container Artist Residency, San Francisco, CA Feb 2024 - Curator
SECA, SFMOMA Summer Picnic, Napa, CA Sept 2023 - Panelist
Corporation for Supportive Housing Annual Summit, Philadelphia, PA June 2023 - Presenter
National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference, Oakland CA, March 2023- Presenter
A Dream Cum True: Billie Ocean Solo Exhibition, Swim Gallery, March 2023 - Artist Talk Facilitator
Faith Ringgold: American People Echoes of Practice Closing Panel, De Young Museum, Nov 2022 - Panelist
National Harm Reduction Coalition Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct 2022 - Presenter
SALT TO CATCH GHOSTS Exhibition, Slash Art Gallery, Sept 2022 - Exhibition Program Participant/Panelist
Cal Humanities: Humanities For All Grant, Grant Award Recipient, June 2022 - Awardee
Patrick Kelly: A Legacy of Love / Bay Area Black Creatives on Patrick Kelly's Influence, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA February 2022 - Panelist
California Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Awards Juror: Legacy Tier, California Arts Council, July 2021 - Judging Panelist
A Life Like Ours, SWIM GALLERY San Francisco, CA July 2021 - Artist Talk Facilitator
GINGA, Chandran Gallery San Francisco, CA July 2021 - Artist Talk Facilitator
Sensuous Discoveries Saturday School, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, London, UK April - May 2021- Panelist and Presenting Archivist
Together Apart: Pandemics, Communities, and Cultural Leadership, ONCA Gallery, Brighton, UK October 2020, - Panelist
Hennessey & Gal-dem Launch Very Special Fund for Emerging Artists, Gal-dem London, UK October 2020 - Panelist
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Visiting Lecturer
City College of San Francisco, Trauma and The Arts; Interdisciplinary Approach, Spring and Winter 2024
Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship,
Goldsmiths University of London, 2018-2019
Residencies
Shaping Legacy: San Francisco Monuments and Memorials Artist Cirlce, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA, October 2024-Sept 2025
Mattie’s Monthly Market, City Station, San Francisco, CA May 2022-Present
Inaugural Curator in Residence, CounterPulse, San Francisco, CA May 2023 – Aug 2023
Inaugural Artist in Residence, Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) , San Francisco, CA Oct 2022 - October 2023
Fine Arts Work
Independent Curator, Facilitator, Artist
2010 - Present
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
Artistic Programme Manager, Curator 2018 - 2020
Poly Styrene Archive
Co-Curator, International Exhibition Tour
May 2019 - July 2020
Mission Gallery
Founder, Curator
2014 - 2018
Community Work
Community Development Manager
DISH, Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing
June 2021 to Present
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Education
M.A. Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Leadership Pathway
Goldsmiths University of London
2016 to 2017
B.S. Sociology
Northeastern University
Fall 2008 to Spring 2013
Languages
Fluent: English, Portuguese, Spanish