Education
MFA Studio Art - Photography, The University of Missouri at Columbia
BFA Studio Art - Photography, Columbia College
MFA Studio Art - Photography, The University of Missouri at Columbia
BFA Studio Art - Photography, Columbia College
Teaching Experience
2021 Adjunct Professor, Stephens College
Courses: Digital Communication, Creating Online Media, and Media Writing and Production, including UX/UI Design
2021 Adjunct Professor, Stephens College
Courses: Digital Communication, Creating Online Media, and Media Writing and Production, including UX/UI Design
2021 Adjunct Professor, Central Methodist University
Course: Basics of Design
Course: Basics of Design
2018-2020 Adjunct Professor, Missouri Valley College
Courses: Photography I & II, Computer Art, Drawing, Art Appreciation
Courses: Photography I & II, Computer Art, Drawing, Art Appreciation
2015-2018 Assistant Professor of Visual Art, Missouri Valley College
Photography and Graphic Design (all levels)
Photography and Graphic Design (all levels)
2016-2017 Adjunct Professor, Moberly Area Community College
Course: Digital Photography
Course: Digital Photography
2011-2014 Instructor of Record, The University of Missouri at Columbia
Courses: Photography, 2D Design, & Art Appreciation (Writing Intensive)
Courses: Photography, 2D Design, & Art Appreciation (Writing Intensive)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
Constructions and Interventions
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO (curator)
2019
Constructions and Interventions
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO (curator)
Optimo City
Liberty Center Association for the Arts, Sedalia, MO (solo)
Liberty Center Association for the Arts, Sedalia, MO (solo)
Friends with Benefits
The George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, Missouri (invited)
The George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, Missouri (invited)
Show-Me States: A Survey of Missouri Photography
Columbia College, Columbia, MO (curator)
Columbia College, Columbia, MO (curator)
A Gathering—Invitational Photography Exhibit
Morton J. May Foundation Gallery, Maryville University
Morton J. May Foundation Gallery, Maryville University
2016
Eminent Domain
Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College (solo)
Eminent Domain
Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College (solo)
I Witness: Activist Art and Social Movement Politics
Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University
Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University
Power and Politics
Filter Photo, Chicago, Illinois
Filter Photo, Chicago, Illinois
Winter Pictures
Hafny.com, curated by Jon Feinstein & Andy Adams
Hafny.com, curated by Jon Feinstein & Andy Adams
A Process 2.0
Krakow Photomonth, Krakow, Poland, curated by Der Grief
Krakow Photomonth, Krakow, Poland, curated by Der Grief
Recent Photographs
Shortwave Gallery, Columbia, Missouri (solo)
Shortwave Gallery, Columbia, Missouri (solo)
Missouri Top 50
Fine Arts Building, Sedalia, Missouri
Fine Arts Building, Sedalia, Missouri
2015
Eminent Domain
Guldner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri (solo)
Eminent Domain
Guldner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri (solo)
Eminent Domain
Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University (solo)
Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University (solo)
Eminent Domain: The Photographs
Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, Missouri (solo)
Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, Missouri (solo)
Missouri Top 50
Fine Arts Building, Sedalia, Missouri
Fine Arts Building, Sedalia, Missouri
2014
Eminent Domain
Bingham Gallery, The University of Missouri at Columbia (solo)
Infrastructures and Inheritances: A Local Matter
The Red Lady Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri (two-person show)
Eminent Domain
Bingham Gallery, The University of Missouri at Columbia (solo)
Infrastructures and Inheritances: A Local Matter
The Red Lady Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri (two-person show)
A Process
Neue Gallery, Augsburg, Germany, curated by Der Grief
Neue Gallery, Augsburg, Germany, curated by Der Grief
This May Have Happened
Filter Photo, Chicago, Illinois
Filter Photo, Chicago, Illinois
No Place Like Home
The IHR Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
The IHR Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
The Telephone Show
The Craft Studio, The University of Missouri at Columbia (curator)
The Craft Studio, The University of Missouri at Columbia (curator)
Unmonumental
Dogwood Artists Workspace, Columbia, Missouri
Dogwood Artists Workspace, Columbia, Missouri
2013
Revealing Place
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Revealing Place
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition
West Gallery, Texas Woman’s University
West Gallery, Texas Woman’s University
Survey of the Plains
Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas
Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas
Photo Emerge
Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, Kansas
Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, Kansas
Revealing Place
Bingham Gallery, The University of Missouri at Columbia
Bingham Gallery, The University of Missouri at Columbia
Missouri Top 50
Fine Arts Building, Sedalia, Missouri
Fine Arts Building, Sedalia, Missouri
The Photo Show
The Craft Studio, The University of Missouri at Columbia
The Craft Studio, The University of Missouri at Columbia
2012
Photowork
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
Photowork
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition
West Gallery (Texas Woman’s University)
West Gallery (Texas Woman’s University)
Simply
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
Missouri Top 50
Fine Arts Building, Sedalia Missouri
Fine Arts Building, Sedalia Missouri
Distance: Contemporary Photography
Tejas Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
Tejas Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
2010
Signs
Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College (solo)
Signs
Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College (solo)
Selected Publications
“Photographing the Heartbreaking Consequences of Eminent Domain”
By Eillie Anzilotti, The Atlantic’s CityLab
“Photographing the Heartbreaking Consequences of Eminent Domain”
By Eillie Anzilotti, The Atlantic’s CityLab
“Powerful Photos Show the Devastation of Eminent Domain”
By Matt Powers, The Institute for Justice
By Matt Powers, The Institute for Justice
“Eminent Domain—A photo project”
Strong Towns (online)
Strong Towns (online)
“Fair Pictures on Here & Now”
By Gina Kaufmann, KCUR radio interview
By Gina Kaufmann, KCUR radio interview
“Photographer Matt Rahner on the Current Exhibit at The Griot Museum of Black History in St. Louis”
By Christina Wood, Alive Magazine
By Christina Wood, Alive Magazine
“Missouri State Fair Artist-in-Residence Matt Rahner Focuses on Documentary Photography”
By Faith Bemiss, Sedalia Democrat-News
By Faith Bemiss, Sedalia Democrat-News
“Art Installation Explores a Neighborhood Lost in Kansas City”
By Matt Campbell, The Kansas City Star
By Matt Campbell, The Kansas City Star
“The Conversation: Photographer Matt Rahner”
By Cindy Hoedel, The Kansas City Star
By Cindy Hoedel, The Kansas City Star
“Matt Rahner’s art bears witness to the city-purged Wendell Phillips neighborhood”
By Bruce Rodgers, The Pitch
By Bruce Rodgers, The Pitch
“Photographer documents use of eminent domain to build Kansas City Police Complex”
By Sylvia Maria Gross, KCUR radio interview
By Sylvia Maria Gross, KCUR radio interview
“Art installation on Eminent Domain”
By Allison Long, The Kansas City Star online video interview
By Allison Long, The Kansas City Star online video interview
“Billboards: Your Ad Here”
Terratory Journal (web)
Terratory Journal (web)
“Issue #7”
Der Greif Magazine
Der Greif Magazine
“Featured Artist and Guest Blogger”
Der Greif (web)
Der Greif (web)
“Sanctuary, Vol. 79, No. 2”
New Letters: Arts and Literature Journal
New Letters: Arts and Literature Journal
“Eminent Domain: An Interview”
By Ben Hoste. The Missouri School of Journalism (website)
By Ben Hoste. The Missouri School of Journalism (website)
“Unmonumental”
Dogwood Artists Workspace (catalog)
Dogwood Artists Workspace (catalog)
“Issue #6”
Midwestern Gothic Literary Journal
Midwestern Gothic Literary Journal
“No Place Like Home” The IHR Gallery (catalog)
“MU photo exhibit presents truly moving pictures” By Aarik Danielsen, The Columbia Daily Tribune
“Featured Artist”
New Landscape Photography (website)
New Landscape Photography (website)
“Niche”
By Aarik Danielsen, The Columbia Daily Tribune
By Aarik Danielsen, The Columbia Daily Tribune
Collections
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Invited Lectures
The Griot Museum of Black History, St. Louis, Missouri
Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Kansas City Public Library, Downtown Branch
Elder Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Midwest Society for Photographic Education—Regional Conference Madison, Wisconsin
Columbia Public Library, Columbia, Missouri
The Red Lady Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Imago Gallery, Columbia, Missouri
George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, Missouri
Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Kansas City Public Library, Downtown Branch
Elder Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Midwest Society for Photographic Education—Regional Conference Madison, Wisconsin
Columbia Public Library, Columbia, Missouri
The Red Lady Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Imago Gallery, Columbia, Missouri
George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, Missouri
ReLEVANT Experience
Admissions Counselor, Stephens College
Admissions Counselor, Stephens College
Registrar and Exhibitions Coordinator, The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Gallery Director, Morris Gallery of Contemporary Art, Missouri Valley College
Independent Curator
Show-Me States Exhibition
The Telephone Show Exhibition
Show-Me States Exhibition
The Telephone Show Exhibition
Installation Photographer
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
I-70 Sign Show, Columbia, Missouri
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
I-70 Sign Show, Columbia, Missouri
Image Technician, Staff Photographer, Web Developer
The Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, MO
The Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, MO
Team Garrett Award
Missouri Photo Workshop 68, Cuba, Missouri
Missouri Photo Workshop 68, Cuba, Missouri
Artist-in-Residence
The Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Missouri
The Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Missouri
Photography Lab Assistant (3 years)
The University of Missouri at Columbia—Art Department
The University of Missouri at Columbia—Art Department
Portfolio Reviewer
Midwest Society for Photographic Education, Madison, Wisconsin
Midwest Society for Photographic Education, Madison, Wisconsin
Digital Photography Workshop
Art House Gallery, Fulton, Missouri
Art House Gallery, Fulton, Missouri
Juror, Student Show
Moberly Area Community College, Moberly, Missouri
Moberly Area Community College, Moberly, Missouri
Digital Photography Workshop
The Craft Studio, Columbia, Missouri
The Craft Studio, Columbia, Missouri
Juror
Best of Missouri Photography, Sedalia, Missouri
Best of Missouri Photography, Sedalia, Missouri