BIOGRAPHY

Matt Toole grew up around the barrier islands and salt marshes of Savannah, Georgia.  He received a BFA from Georgia Southern University in 1994 and an MFA from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville in 2000.  Toole has been a resident artist at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; the National Sculpture Factory / Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork, Ireland; The John Michael Kohler Art’s Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin; and Franconia Sculpture Park just north of Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota.  He has traveled throughout the U.S., U.K., Latvia, and Ireland collaborating on cast iron projects and creating performances dealing with the process of casting metal.  Mr. Toole has been involved with the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art since 1997. He was formerly a professor of Foundation Studies and Sculpture at the Savannah College of Art and Design from 2006 until 2016. He is now the owner and prime minion of Toole Sculpture Works.