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MATT BARTELUCE
Graphic Designer / Art Teacher / Illustrator

barteluce@gmail.com



Matt Barteluce is a New Jersey native, artist, illustrator, and amateur ufologist whose work explores themes of mystery, folklore, and the paranormal. He earned his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003 and his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2010. He spent several years as an art director for the global ad agency Young & Rubicam Group, and co-founded Carrier Pigeon, a quarterly magazine featuring fine art and literature.

From 2014 to 2023, Barteluce served as director of Guttenberg Arts, a nonprofit community art center where he supported hundreds of artists through public programming and curatorial work.

He is currently the Lead Visual Arts Teacher at Empowerment Academy, a public charter school in Jersey City, where he teaches 5th and 6th grade scholars. In the classroom, he encourages young artists to think critically, experiment boldly, and express themselves authentically.

SKILLS
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office

Skilled in traditional visual arts: drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture

Experienced in curriculum development and classroom management for grades 5 - 8

Strong communication skills: copywriting, public speaking, creative problem-solving

Grant writing and fundraising experience for arts education and nonprofit programs

Curatorial experience including exhibition planning, installation, and community outreach

Effective leadership, collaboration, and delegation in both classroom and studio settings

Highly organized, goal-oriented, and able to meet tight deadlines

EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES
NJDOE Standard Certificate Visual Arts 1200
EXPERIENCE

EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY - VISUAL ARTS TEACHER (2023- PRESENT)
Adept at crafting and implementing dynamic, student-centered lesson plans that cater to diverse learning styles and interests, fostering creativity and critical thinking in students

GUTTENBERG ARTS - DIRECTOR (2014-2023)

Established brand and continues to develop all marketing materials for Guttenberg Arts in print and web formats.  Leads groups and handles details pertaining to community outreach, programming, budgets, planning and grant writing.

WILLIAM PATTERSON UNIVERSITY GALLERIES - BOOK DESIGNER (2019 - 2021)

Advises and designs gallery catalogues for the exhibitions such as Marion Wilson: The Landscape Is Sanctuary to Our Fears.

VISUAL ART CENTER OF NEW JERSEY - BOOK DESIGNER (2018 - 2022)

Advises and designs gallery catalogues for the exhibitions such as Park Wonder (2018), Painted Threads (2019), Big Bang Votive (2020), Atlas of Impermanence (2021), The First Water is the Body (2022)


PAPER CROWN PRESS- CO-FOUNDER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR (2010 - 2021)

Oversees business affairs & regularly contributes to the design of magazine and its promotional material


YOUNG & RUBICAM BRANDS - ART DIRECTOR (2012 - 2015)

Contributed in the creative development and production of numerous ad campaigns  including Hilton Worldwide Brands and New York Organ Donors Network


BRANDBUZZ - ART DIRECTOR (2010 - 2012)

Provided solutions to a range of design challenges including creating in-house infographic presentations and developing print and digital ads for clients Green Mountain Coffee and Tully’s Coffee.  

EDUCATION

Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, Alternate Route Certification 

School of Visual Arts Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration as Visual Essay

Maryland Institute College of Art Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in General Fine Arts


EXHIBITIONS 2014-2022

2022 “In Our Hands” Group Exhibition, Gutetnberg Arts Gallery, Guttenberg Arts

2021 “Fables, Apologues & Parables” Group Exhibition, Gutetnberg Arts Gallery, Guttenberg Arts                                                                                                       
2020 “High Strangeness” Solo Exhibition, Guttenberg Arts Gallery, Guttenberg NJ

2019 “Human Condition” Group Exhibiton, Guttenberg Arts Gallery, Guttenberg NJ

2018 “Dialogues in Printmaking” Group Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Monmouth NJ

2017 “Dialogues in Printmaking” Group Exhibition, Galerie 21, Köln, Germany

2017 “How High is the Moon” Group Exhibition, Hastings Village Hall, Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY

2017   “Double Shift” Group Exhibition, Newark Printshop, New Jersey

2016   “Dialogues in Printmaking”, Group Exhibition, ICPNA, Lima, Peru

2016   “Americana” Group Exhibition, LITM Gallery, Jersey City NJ

2016   “Carrier Pigeon” Staff Exhibition, Art Yonkers, Urban Studio, Yonkers

2016   “Carrier Pigeon” Group Exhibition, PSU, Portland, Oregon

2016   “The Opposite of Hate” Group exhibition, LITM Gallery, Jersey City NJ



“Fever” is a letterpress print created for In Our Hands, a national portfolio centered on environmentalism and the urgent need for collective action. Since the early 19th century, scientists have studied the warming of our planet and its direct impact on all forms of life. This portfolio invites artists to celebrate the beauty of the natural world while also provoking a critical reevaluation of industrialization, consumerism, and Western values. 

Sixteen artists from across the United States were invited to contribute an edition of twenty prints, each addressing the fragility of our environment and society. Printed on Arnhem 1618 paper, generously donated for the project, the portfolio showcases a wide range of printmaking techniques including relief, silkscreen, mezzotint, lithography, etching, and letterpress.



“Help” is a letterpress print created for Fables, Apologues, and Parables, a portfolio of eight limited edition prints by eight different artists, published by Paper Crown Press. The collection explores themes of human character, personal reflection, and metaphorical truth through diverse visual narratives.

Each artist was invited to contribute a unique interpretation of these timeless concepts, resulting in an eclectic and thought-provoking body of work. Contributing artists were asked to produce an edition of 12 prints using a 5" x 7" plate size. All impressions were printed on 16" x 20" sheets of Arnhem 1618 paper and feature a range of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques.




“Monument” is a five-color silkscreen created for The Human Condition, a print portfolio featuring work by 13 printmakers who collaborate on sustaining the publication Carrier Pigeon. The portfolio explores themes of personal and collective experience—encounters, longing, loss, introspection, and the shaping force of the outside world.

Each artist was asked to respond to these ideas through a print measuring 11" x 15", with final impressions printed on 15" x 20" sheets of Arnhem 1618 paper. The edition consists of 20 prints per artist, showcasing a wide range of techniques from traditional to contemporary printmaking practices.

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The following work is part of my High Strangeness series, a body of prints and paintings that playfully explores the paranormal, the fringe, and the unexplained. From UFOs and cryptids to speculative theories like Hollow Earth, these works invite viewers to suspend disbelief and embrace the weirdness that lurks just beyond the veil of the everyday. Barteluce draws inspiration from the 18th-century naturalist Albertus Seba and his Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, adopting a similar approach to documentation—except here, the curiosities are modern myths. Rendered in mediums such as two-color silkscreen, woodblock, and etching, each piece is layered with hidden symbols and deeper mysteries, echoing the preternatural subjects they depict.