Awards & Accomplishments
2017 Arizona Commission on the Arts Individual Artist Research & Development grant for the Museum Of Kinetic Art Virtual Reality Tour ($5,000)
2014 Zocalo Magazine’s featured cover and story, “The Ark & The Link”
2013 Arizona Public Media’s Arizona Illustrated (KUAT) featured story, “The Ark de Bevel”
2013 Photo Plus magazine’s (Korea) magazine cover and photo exhibit, “Photo Bistro—An Eclectic Mix of Art and Documentary Photography” with Mat Bevel characters photographed by Toshi Ueshina
2012 City of Tucson’s public art award for kinetic sculpture, “Iron Butterfly”
2009 University of Arizona’s UA Cares Awards commission of traveling kinetic sculpture award, “Mechanical Butterfly,” for recipient University of Arizona library
2007 Food Network’s Glutton for Punishment contest winner for “Egg Frying Using Solar Oven”
2003 Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson for Best Local Artist/Visual
2003 Public Radio International’s Studio 360 (WNYC) featured guest in “Junk Sculptor”
2003 Tucson Lifestyle featured cover and story, “Our Town”
2002 City of Tucson’s Back To Basics award for public art enhancement
2001 Tucson Guide Quarterly’s designation as “5 Tucson Treasures”
2001 Arizona Arts Award ($25,000)
2000 Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson for Best Local Venue Staff Pick
1998 Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson for Best Local Artist/Performing
1997 Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson for Best Local Artist/Performing Runner Up
1991 Arizona Commission on the Arts’ Artist Project Grant, “Solar Powered Parade”
1989 Tucson Citizen’s designation as one of “Six To Watch” in the 90s
1989 Soho 20 Gallery’s (NYC) Artists Talk On Art Series panelist, “Kinetic Light Sculpture”
1989 Tucson Arts District’s first Artist-In-Residence
1989-91 Arizona Commission on the Arts’ Artist-In-Residence
Installations, Exhibitions & Performances
2016 The A.R.T. Lab installation opens to the public for “Kinetic Saturdays” on the first Saturday of each month at artist’s personal studio, “The Bevelarium”
2014 “Welcome To Beveldom: Mat Bevel’s Museum of Kinetic Art” exhibition, solo retrospective with two live performances, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2014 “The Beveled Ark” exhibition, Stone Dragon Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2012 “Sharka” kinetic sculpture, Tucson Museum of Art’s “Art and the Machine” exhibition, Tucson, AZ
2012 “I Am Consume” performance, Tucson Museum of Art 10/18, Tucson, AZ
2012 “Iron Butterfly” permanent public art sculpture, City of Tucson, Tucson, AZ
2009 “Mat Bevel – A Head of the Time” performance, Candelabra Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2009 Headline performance for “Drunken Boat,” 10th Anniversary Celebration, New London, CT
2008 Kinetic sculpture installation for “First Night Tucson,” Tucson, AZ
2007 Kinetic sculpture installation and workshop for “Family Arts Festival,” Tucson, AZ
2006 “Think Tank” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2005 “Host of the Cosmic Toast” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2005 “Emotional Swing” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2005 “Johnny Junk” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2005 “Shadow of the Cross” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2005 “Horsey in the Round” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2005 “Rational Guard” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2004 “The Metamorphosis Show” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2003 “Love Lab” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2003 “Think Tank and Other Tales” performance for Contemporary Art Society-Tucson Museum of Art, Mat Bevel Institute
2002 “Horsey in the Round” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2002 “Math and Myth” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2002 “Retrospective” exhibition and performance, Yuma Fine Arts Center, Yuma, AZ
2001 “Work and War” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2001 “Welcome to Beveldom #2” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2001 “Fauna” exhibition, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2001 “Revision II: Art from Recycled Material” exhibition and performance, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ
2001 “Bringing in the Breath” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2000 “Welcome to Beveldom” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
2000 “Atomic Honey” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1999 “Hostage and the Host” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1998 “Club Kinetic” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1998 “D-Day Revival Show” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1998 “The Sweat Like Hell Rebellion Show” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1998 “All American Revival Show” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1997 “Image War” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1997 “Crash Caravan” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1997 “Artificial Heart” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1996 “Shadow of the Cross” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1996 “Jet Set Jettison” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1996 “The Home for Lonely Men” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1995 “No Cares for Millionaires” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1995 “Kinetic Yankee” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1995 “Host of the Cosmic Toast” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1995 “Let’s Change the Subject” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1995 “The Shadow of the Cross” performance, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1995 “Very Special Arts Arizona” workshop and performance, Challenger Elementary School, Nogales, AZ
1995 “Step Into the Arts Day” workshop for Young Audiences, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, AZ
1994 “No Thanks for Think Tanks” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1994 “Forces of Ritual” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1994 “Justify Your Manifesto” performance, Mat Bevel Institute, Tucson, AZ
1993 “Triptych” Film performance, Tucson, AZ
1993 “Molly Blum” Live TV performance at Tucson Community Cable Corporation, Tucson, AZ
1992 “Tucson Folk Festival” performance, Presidio Park, Tucson, AZ
1992 “Loco Vida” Film performance, shown at Screening Room, Tucson, AZ
1992 “Cart Glamo” performance at Tucson Artist Coalition Warehouse, Tucson, AZ
1992 “Day of the Dead” Mat Bevel Orchestra performance, Center for the Performing Arts, Tucson, AZ
1992 “El Tour de Tucson” performance, Tucson Community Center, Tucson, AZ
1992 “New Year’s Eve Bevelry” Mat Bevel Orchestra performance, Café Quebec, Tucson, AZ
1992 “Earth Day” Parade performance, Tucson Community Center, Tucson, AZ
1992 “How I Got Over” performance, Tucson Arts District, Tucson, AZ
1992 “Impressions and Expression” exhibition, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Phoenix, AZ
1992 “Machine Shop the Motion Picture” performance, Tucson, AZ
1992 “Imagination Celebration” performance and workshops, Tucson Community Center, Tucson, AZ
1992 “Goddesses of Dynamite” installation and performance, Café Magritte, Tucson, AZ
1991 “Americana Duck” solo exhibition, U of A Student Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1991 “Day of the Dead” performance, Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, AZ
1991 “Pedestrian Carnival” performance, Tucson Arts District, Tucson, AZ
1991 “Bevel Café” performance, Downtown Performance Center, Tucson, AZ
1991 “Tropical Space Oasis” performance, U of A Festival of the Sun, Tucson, AZ
1991 “Brother of the Thoroughfare” performance at the Opening of the Ronstadt Transit Center, Tucson, AZ
1991 “Imagination Celebration” performance and workshop, Tucson Community Center, Tucson, AZ
1990 “Bevel Café” performance, Opening of the Cabaret Theater in the Temple of Music & Art, Tucson, AZ
1990 “Expo Kid’s Parade” performance, Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, AZ
1990 “Experimental Music Festival” performance, Tucson, AZ
1990 “Deception and Revelation” exhibition, International Gallery, San Diego, CA
1990 “Noman” performance, Tucson Arts District, Tucson, AZ
1990 “Smoke Screen” installation and performance, Café Magritte, Tucson, AZ
1990 “Nein Benden” performance, Studio Y, Tucson, AZ
1990 “Toxic Shock” performance, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1989 “Kinetic Light Art” performance for Panel Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY
1989 “First Orts on the Moon” performance, Valley of the Moon, Tucson, AZ
1989 “Pity Party of Progress” performance, Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1989 “Talking Gourds” performance, Poetry Festival, Telluride, CO
1989 “Sunset Vignettes” performance, Arizona Inn, Tucson, AZ
1989 “Assemblage and Painting” exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1989 “Earthoglyphics” performance, Nugget Theater, Telluride, CO
1989 “Instruments of Nature” installation and performance, Phantom Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1989 “Artifactural Genius” performance, Dodajk Studio, Tucson, AZ
1989 “Butterflys and Flybys” installation and performance, Café Magritte, Tucson, AZ
1989 “Art Detour ‘89″ performance, Mars Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
1989 “Instrument of Nature” performance, Tucson Museum of Art
1988 “Masks and Costumes” exhibition and performance, Old Pueblo Museum, Tucson, AZ
1988 “Maintenance Revitalization” installation and performance, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ
1988 “Performance Art Roundup” installation and performance, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1988 “Maxillary Palp” installation, exhibition and performance, New Speak Forum, Tucson, AZ
1988 “Prints Et Cetera” exhibition, New Speak Forum, Tucson, AZ
1987 “Childs, NedNed, Imo, Fichtinger” exhibition, U of A Union Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1986 “Spare Parts” exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
1986 “Godface” installation and performance, Todd Capp Gallery, New York, NY
1986 “Product Sacrifice Show” performance, Red Spot Theater, New York, NY
1986 “Godface” installation and performance NedNed Studio, Jersey City, NJ
1986 “Best of the East Village” exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York, NY
1986 “The Definitive Assemblage Show” exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York, NY
1986 “Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll” exhibition, Todd Capp Gallery, New York, NY
1985 “Forshpeiz” ” exhibition, Avenue B Gallery, New York, NY
1985 “Small Works Show” ” exhibition, Now Gallery, New York, NY
1985 “Trash Sculpture Theater” installation, exhibition and performance, Avenue B Gallery, New York, NY
1985 “Found Objects Fair” performance, P.S. 61, New York, NY
1985 “The Yes Basket” performance, No Se No, New York, NY
1985 “Vibration Show” exhibition, Red Spot Theater, New York, NY
1985 “Art is Not a Commodity” installation and performance, Garden of Eden, New York, NY
1984 “The Casual and the Not So Casual” installation and performance, NedNed Studio, Jersey City, NJ
1983 “Modern Men, Modern Times” exhibition, After Six Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1983 “I Like to Live in America” installation and performance, Herbert Theater, Tucson, AZ
1983 “A Flamingo in Texas” performance, Park Theater, Tucson, AZ
1983 “A Self Portrait Show” exhibition and performance, 830 Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1983 “Pigs on Acid” exhibition, Pork Roll Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1983 “Group Show” exhibition, 830 Gallery, Tucson, AZ