Christy Matson, a left-coast transplant to Chicago, weaves cloth on both hand operated Jacquard looms and industrial Jacquard looms. She received her B.F.A in Studio Art from the University of Washington in 2001 and her M.F.A. in Textiles from CCA in 2005.  Recent solo and group exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Arts Houston, The Knoxville Museum of Art, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, The San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design, and The San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art.  In 2006, Matson was an artist in residence at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts in New York City. She will be an artist in residence in 2011 at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, OR. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Fiber and Material Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and she sits on the board of trustees at the Haystack Mountain School of Craft.