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
Art, Critical Practice, Community Advocacy, Senior Capstone Studio Art Practice, Stanford University, Stanford, CA April 2025, Visiting Lecturer
Restorative Justice As The Key to Healing Housing, Annual CSH Summit, Chicago, Il April 2025, Presenter
A Strange Vibration: Image as Activism Closing Panel, SF Cameraworks, San Francisco, CA April 2025, Panelist
Peace Through Chaos, Tania Santiago Performance Workshop, Dance Mission, San Francisco, CA, February 2025, Dancer
SOUL: Art In Dialogue, Strike Slip Gallery, San Francisco, CA January 2025, Moderator
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
Trauma and The Arts; Interdisciplinary Approach, City College of San Francisco, Spring and Winter Semesters 2024, Visiting Lecturer
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
Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship,
Goldsmiths University of London, 2018-2019
Photo taken by Carlos Lemas, Boedekker Park, Tenderloin, San Francisco January 2025
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
Tenderloin Community Quilt, DISH, Tenderloin, San Francisco, CA May 2021 – Present
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