| Curriculum Vitae | |
| MATILDA ESSIG | |
| Education | |
| Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University. Residency 2007 | |
| Reed College, Portland OR. Bachelors in Fine Art & Anthropology 1983 | |
| Art Students League of New York. Classical painting technique 1986 | |
| Nelson Shanks, Portraitist, Andalusia PA (studied with) 1989 | |
| Frank Golhke, Photographer (studied with) 1979 | |
| Sterling College, “The Grassroots Project in Vermont” 1977 | |
| Select Exhibitions | |
| 2012-2013 | Close Range - Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ (three woman show) |
| 2012 | Residency, Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, Red Cloud NE |
| 2011 | Galleria de Viaggio, Sonoita AZ (solo) |
| 2011 | Drawn From Nature - John James Audubon Center, Mill Grove PA |
| Western Arts Day - Grand Canyon North Rim (solo) | |
| 2010 | The Prairie Festival –The Land Institute, Salina KS (solo) |
| Western Arts Day - Grand Canyon North Rim (solo) | |
| 2009 | Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe NM (three person exhibition) |
| Below The Surface: A Natural History of the Prairie, - Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell Iowa | |
| Reflections on the Land, Diablo Trust at Northern Arizona University Flagstaff AZ | |
| Empire Roundup, Northern Trust Bank, Tucson AZ | |
| 1999 | Portraits of the Elders – Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ |
| 1996-2001 | The Sonoran People’s Tapestry Project, traveling exhibit in Arizona and Mexico (2 person exhibition) |
| 1996-2000 | Desert Stories Traveling Exhibit, commissioned by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, designed and coordinated by Matilda Essig |
| 1994-1996 | Reality Check – Juried Traveling Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, sponsored by the Arizona Commission for the Arts |
| Awards and Grants | |
| 2011 | Distinguished Alumnae Award, The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr PA |
| 2007 | Residency Grant, Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University,Hornell NY |
| 2006 | Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission for the Arts |
| 2002 | Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission for the Arts |
| 1999 | Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission for the Arts |
| 1996 | Project Stipend, Arizona Humanities Council |
| 1996 | Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission for the Arts |
| 1994 | Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission for the Arts |
| 1992 | Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission for the Arts |
| Select Clients | |
| Jane Goodall | |
| World Wildlife Fund | |
| Oxford University Press | |
| National Geographic | |
| US Department of the Interior | |
| National Park Service | |
| USDA Forest Service | |
| Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument | |
| Cabesa Prieta Wildlife Refuge | |
| Arizona-Sonora Desert Musuem | |
| Arizona Land and Water Trust & Pima County | |
| The Nature Conservancy | |
| Drylands Institute | |
| Sonoran Institute | |
| Empire Ranch | |
| C6 Ranch | |
| 47 Ranch | |
| Open Cross Ranch | |
| The Land Institute | |
| Drum Hadley | |
| Corporate Collections | |
| The Berwind Corporation, Philadelphia PA | |
| Snell and Wilmer, Phoenix AZ | |
| MacDonald’s Corporation, Oakbrook IL | |
| American Continental Properties, NYC World headquarters | |
| General Plasma Corporation, Tucson AZ | |
| Publications | |
| The Land Report, Summer 2010. Cover and illustrations by Matilda Essig. | |
| Below the Surface: A 21st Century Look at the Prairie. 2009. catalogue from the exhibition, written by Lesley Wright. | |
| ‘Portraits of Grass: A Story of Art and Restoration from the Apache Highlands Ecoregion’ Ecological Restoration Volume 26, Number 3, test and illustrations by Matilda Essig, University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 | |
| Trees of Sonora, by Richard Felger, including illustrations by Matilda Essig, Oxford University Press, 2000 | |
| The Ancestress Hypothesis: Visual Art as Adaptation, by Kathryn Coe, including illustrations by Matilda Essig, Rutgers University Press 2003 | |
| Desert Communities Teacher’s Guide, illustrations by Matilda Essig, published by Saguaro National Park. 1998 | |
| Among the Gifts of Native America, Native People’s Magazine 1992. Story by Jack Weatherford, Photos by Matilda Essig. | |
| ‘Belgian Belgian Draft Horses’, Small Farmer’s Journal Vol 3, #3. 1979. Story and photos by Matilda Essig. | |