Born and raised in Fresno California, Matthew Hopson-Walker (proud owner of a very large rabbit) received his BFA in Printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1998. After several years of playing in a heavy metal band and working at various liquor stores he then received his MA in 2002 followed by his MFA in 2003 both from the University of Iowa. In 2006 He was recipient of the James Phelan Award in Printmaking for California born artists given through the KALA Institute. Matthew Hopson-Walker is currently teaching printmaking and drawing adjunct at College of the Sequoias and CSU-Fresno. He has been included in 53 exhibitions during 2006 and 2007. His work is in the collections of the Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, the University of North Dakota Art Collections in Grand Forks North Dakota, the Amity Art Foundation in Woodbridge Connecticut, the Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts in Miramonte California, the Drawing and Print Collection at The University of Iowa Museum Of Art, and the Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo Japan.