Matt Boonstra
Professor of Art - Sculpture & Graduate Coordinator Office: 1721 - Doudna Fine Arts CenterEmail: mboonstra@eiu.edu
INTRODUCTION
BIO
Matthew Boonstra is an artist and educator based in Illinois. He has exhibited his work at the International Sculpture Center Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ; Urban Institute of Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, MI; Goldman-Kuenz Sculpture Park at Cedarhurst Center of the Arts in Mt. Vernon, IL; Mainsite Contemporary in Norman, OK; Universidade do Estado Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, Brazil, among others. He has received numerous artistic awards and distinctions including the Visual Arts Fellowship from the Illinois Art Council Agency and Oklahoma Visual Art Coalition; Swope Award of Distinction from the Swope Art Museum. Boonstra holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Eastern Michigan University and a Master of Fine Arts from Michigan State University. Boonstra is currently a Professor of Art - Sculpture at Eastern Illinois University.
Frequently Taught Courses
- ART 1111, Design Fundamentals 3D
- ART 2100, Sculpture I
- ART 3111, Sculpture II
- ART 3112, Sculpture III
- ART 4111, Sculpture IV
- ART 4112, Sculpture V
- ART 4113, Sculpture VI
- ART 5671, Studies in Sculpture I
- ART 5672, Studies in Sculpture II
- ART 5673, Studies in Sculpture III
- ART 5675, Creative Casting
Professional Affiliations
- College Art Association
- International Sculpture Center