Matt Wisniewski

Matt Wisniewski (born 1990)[1] is an American artist and software engineer most known for creating and popularizing a style of digital collage.[2]

Matthew Wisniewski
Wisniewski in 2015
Born1990 (age 32–33)
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationRochester Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Software engineer, illustrator
Years active2009-present
Known forCollage, photography
Websitemattw.art

Early life

Wisniewski was born and raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.[3] He attended Rochester Institute of Technology where he earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science in 2012.[2] He subsequently moved to New York City.[4]

Career

Wisniewski achieved recognition in 2011 by combining images he found on Tumblr and FFFFOUND!.[5][6] In 2015 he expressed a desire to work with his own photography more.[7] By 2018 he had transitioned to primarily working with his own photography.[8]

Wisniewski is colour blind.[8]

Works

His 2014 work for W San Francisco was described as "Vibrant wall murals celebrate male and female forms against unique backdrops".[9]

Album cover designs

Book cover designs
  • L'Esprit de mes pères (2012). ISBN 9782081256804.[11]
  • Beloit Fiction Journal (2013).[12]
  • Borderlife (2016).[13]

Publications
  • Matt Wisniewski. New Statesman, 2013. With an essay by Ed Smith.[14]
  • Matt Wisniewski: Futur Couture #19. Harper's Magazine, 2013. With an essay by Charles Baxter.[15]
  • Matt Wisniewski. Economia, 2013.[16]
  • Matt Wisniewski. Financial Times, 2014. With an essay by Tara Loader Wiilkinson[17]
  • Matt Wisniewski. Landmark Magazine, 2015. With an essay by Justin Hill.[18]
  • Matt Wisniewski: Graphic #2. The Atlantic, 2016. With an essay by Moises Velasquez-Manoff.[19]
  • Matt Wisniewski: Fountain Collapse #1. Slice Literary Magazine, 2018. With an essay by Majda Gama.[20]
  • Matt Wisniewski. HuffPost, 2019. With an essay by Eve Fairbanks.[21]
  • Matt Wisniewski: Strange Matter. The Point, 2021. With an essay by S. G. Belknap.[22]

References
  1. "Matt Wisniewski - Brooklyn, NY Artist - Collage Artists - Digital Artists - Artistaday.com". Artistaday.com. January 9, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  2. "Dreamscapes: Matt Wisniewski's Digital Collages". Time. February 2, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. "Student art comes from unlikely place – RIT News".
  4. "Dreamy Collage Portraits". Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  5. "Nature-Infused Human Beings". November 10, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  6. "MATT WISNIEWSKI". February 15, 2012. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  7. "Dreamy Collage Portraits". Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  8. "Landscape Metamorphosis: Portraits By Matt Wisniewski". Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  9. Carter, Kelly E. (September 26, 2014). "Yoga Rebel Tara Stiles Embraces Her Moniker". Haute Living. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  10. Monger, Timothy (January 24, 2014). "Mind Over Matter – Young the Giant". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  11. Patricio, Pron (2012), L'Esprit de mes pères
  12. "Beloit Fiction Journal", Beloit Fiction Journal, 2013
  13. Rabinyan, Dorit (2016), Borderlife (Italian Edition)
  14. Smith, Ed (2013), "Loyalty", New Statesman
  15. Baxter, Charles (2013), "Loyalty", Harper's Magazine: 26–37
  16. "Economia", Economia: 86–87, 2013
  17. Loader Wiilkinson, Tara (2014), "this time of night" (PDF), Financial Times: 4–5
  18. Hill, Justin (2015), "Divine Inspiration", Landmark Magazine: 79
  19. Velasquez-Manoff, Moises (2016), "When the Body Attacks the Mind", The Atlantic
  20. Gama, Majda (2018), "At the Border", Harper's Magazine: 72–73
  21. Fairbanks, Eve (2019), "Behold, The Millennial Nuns", HuffPost
  22. Belknap, S. G. (2021), "Sex and Sensibility", The Point
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