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]

Matt Wisniewski
Wisniewski in 2015
Born
Matthew Wisniewski

1990 (age 29–30)
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationSoftware engineer, illustrator
Years active2009-present
Known forCollage, photography
Websitemattw.art

Biography

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.[4] He subsequently moved to New York City.[5]

Career

In 2013, he illustrated a work of fiction by Charles Baxter for the May issue of Harper's Magazine.[6]

In 2014, he illustrated the cover and liner notes art for Young the Giant's "Mind Over Matter"[7] and related singles.

His 2014 work for W San Francisco was described as "Vibrant wall murals celebrate male and female forms against unique backdrops".[8]

gollark: It's fine, I think. I applied there.
gollark: To be fair, people do make really weird mistakes and assumptions about computers and being able to do this stuff competently probably means you do that less.
gollark: * and
gollark: But I guess being able to model how computers work is useful for programmers since many people are so very bad at this.
gollark: I'm not sure it's actually testing things relevant to programming skill by making you effectively *be* an inefficient computer.

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. "Matt Wisniewski combines old and new in his beautiful photo collages".
  5. "http://www.thepluspaper.com/2015/10/07/dreamy-collage-portraits/". External link in |title= (help)
  6. Baxter, Charles (2013), "Loyalty", Harper's Magazine: 26–37
  7. Monger, Timothy (January 24, 2014). "Mind Over Matter – Young the Giant". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  8. Carter, Kelly E. (September 26, 2014). "Yoga Rebel Tara Stiles Embraces Her Moniker". Haute Living. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
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