Born in Virginia, 1987. Currently living in Chico, California. They/them.
EDUCATION
2023 MFA, Studio Arts, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2020 BFA, Craft/Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2018 Fine Woodworking Certification, Krenov School of Fine Woodworking, Fort Bragg, CA
2016 Construction Technology Certification, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
POSITIONS HELD
2024-Pr. Director, Second Cousin Gallery, Chico, CA
2024-Pr. Part-Time Lecturer, California State University Chico, CA
2024-25 Instructor, Mendocino College, Fort Bragg, CA
2023-25 Associate Faculty, Butte College, Chico, CA
2022 Wood Studio Technician, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2020 Woodworking Instructor, Workshop Of Our Own, Baltimore, MD
2020 Ceramic Production Assistant, Alex Marshall Ceramics Studio, Chico, CA
2019 Wood Studio Tech Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2019 Woodworking Instructor, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
2018 Wood Studio Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2017 Carpentry Instructor, Heartmoor Farms, Louisa, VA
SERVICE
2024-Pr. Board of Directors, Second Cousin Gallery, Chico, CA
2018-25 Board of Directors, The Krenov Foundation, Fort Bragg, CA
2022-24 Board of Directors, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 We Live Here Now, two-person exhibition, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
2018 Body Work, Iridian Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 Big Soft, Leisure Gallery, Denver, CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Lighten Up!, TC Space, Fort Bragg, CA & SOBU, Oakland, CA
Staff Inflection, Butte College Art Gallery, Oroville, CA
2024 Craft Aid, Second Cousin Gallery, Chico, CA
Potluck, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Bowls for Gaza, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition, ICA at Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2022 Running Threads, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
2021 NSFW, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
Vessel, Hashimoto Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Vase, Alma’s, Richmond, VA
Moleskine Project, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2020 New Moon, The Valley, Taos, NM
2019 Norfolk’s Original Indie Comics Expo, O’Connor Brewing Co., Norfolk, VA
2018 The Factory, Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA
Sink/Swim Press Show, Black Iris, Richmond, VA
18+ Group Show, Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
Fine Furniture Exhibition, The Highlight Gallery, Mendocino, CA
Friends Show, North Coast Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA
2017 Mid-Winter Exhibition, Town Hall Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA
Damaged City Art Show, Hole in the Sky Collective, Washington, DC
Fine Furniture Exhibition, The Highlight Gallery, Mendocino, CA
2016 Mid-Winter Exhibition, Town Hall Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA
SELECTED PRESS
Episode 25: Mattie Hinkley
Chico Creates Podcast, Hosted by Ciara Barsotti
August 2024
Process x Practice Panel Discussion
1078 Gallery, Hosted by Erin Lizardo
February 2024
“Art Duet”
Chico News & Review, Robert Speer
November 10, 2020
Minding the Curve with Mattie Hinkley
Popscure Media, Shannon Jay
January 26, 2019
Mattie Hinkley (Artist Feature)
Dialogue Magazine, Taylor Peterson
Issue 06, Spring 2019, pp. 12–23
“18+” at Recspec Gallery
The Austin Chronicle, Melany Jean
March 2, 2018
FEATURED WORK
The Handcarved Bowl. Danielle Rose Byrd, author. Blue Hills Press, 2021, illustrations throughout.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, March 2019, Issue 275, back cover.
Crude Intentions, Anthology Press, July 2019, p6.
Universal Slime, October 2018, Issue 6, pp9-10.
SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
2021 MFA Full Tuition Scholarship, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2021 Windgate-Lamar Fellowship, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
2020 Magna Cum Laude, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2019 William H. Muir Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2018 Peachtree Scholarship in Craft, VCUarts, Richmond, VA
2018 Allan Eastman Scholarship in Craft, VCUarts, Richmond, VA
2018 William R. Gaines Scholarship in Craft, VCUarts, Richmond, VA
2018 Center for Furniture Craftsmanship Tuition Scholarship, Rockport, ME
2018 Peter Mich Scholarship for Women in Woodworking, Fort Bragg, CA
2017 David Welter Scholarship, The Krenov Foundation, Fort Bragg, CA
2016 Construction Technology Scholarship, Humboldt Builders Exchange, Eureka, CA
2015 Construction Technology Scholarship, Humboldt Builders Exchange, Eureka, CA
2015 Sam Maloof Woodworking Scholarship, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
2015 Brian Hamill Woodworking Scholarship, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA