Ballou, Matthew

Matthew Ballou was born in rural upstate New York. He began his study of art at the Munson Williams Procor Arts Institute (an extension campus of Pratt Institute) in Utica, NY before transferring to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago to complete his bachelor's degree. An emerging artist in the midwest, Ballou has actively shown his work in a variety of venues in the Chicago area. In the fall of 2003 he will begin MFA studies at Indiana University. Matthew and his wife Alison live in Evanston, Illinois.