Matt Black left the print trade in 2004 to study Illustration at Kingston University. Since graduating in 2007 he has exhibited work at various places around London including: The Marie-Lloyd Bar, The Coningsby Gallery, The Macbeth, The Luminaire and the London Underground.
He has had work displayed at Art in Woodstock as part of the festival's Open Art Competition and has work on display at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden. He is a winner of Don't Panic Magazine's Poster Design Competition and has recently had an image accepted by 20x20 magazine.
Matt is currently in collaboration with the artist Ned Conran, producing artwork for the charity Love in the Sky. The work will be part of an exhibition to be held at the ICA, London at the end of June 2009.
Matt has numerous projects with the Arts Collective and Independent Publisher Lazy Gramophone who have proudly published many of his Illustrations. He also has ongoing commissions with the bands Lyrebird (London) and Mr. Kim (France). He lives with his wife, two daughters and dog in the countryside just outside of Oxford.
