MATT HUYNH is an Australian born, New York based illustrator and comic creator. Huynh began self-publishing to put more of the kind of comics that he wanted to read and see on the shelves. Matt’s visual narratives aim to share stories from overlooked worlds, whether reporting claw machine subculture for Performance Space Carriageworks, Chekovian steampunk adventures for Seymour Centre, or the history of mathematics for Powerhouse Museum Publishing. Creative Sydney Festival named him one of the most innovative contributors to Sydney’s culture for his documentary graphic novel CAB, depicting true stories from his childhood suburban Sydney migrant community.

In 2009, Matt undertook a worldwide professional development trip to work with some of the world’s leading illustrators, comic creators and publishers under the Design NSW Travelling Scholarship. From 2010-2011, Matt undertook a year long commitment to create an original body of work to coincide with every season, culminating in the exhibition of a nine meter charcoal scroll, paintings and mixed media work in the Australian Museum, Books Kinokuniya, Paper Mill Gallery, and Lamington Drive Gallery. Matt documented a Chinatown martial arts troupe in an eleven meter reportorial comic strip launching at the Sydney Opera House for the 2011 Graphic Festival.

He is currently developing a large scale granite public artwork with the Popperbox artists collective, an iPad compendium of modern monsters, and some original graphic novels all by his lonesome self. View more of his illustrations at the Jacky Winter Group.

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New York Times / DDB / Clemenger BBDO / Rolling Stone Magazine / Adobe Systems Incorporated / Phish Inc. / INQ Mobile / Bloomberg Business Week / Nature Medicine US / Notebook Magazine / Dazed & Confused Magazine / Surfing World / FHM Magazine / Droga5 / 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art / The Surgery / Bigger Than Ten Bears / The Furnace / Hoodlum Active / Powerhouse Museum Sydney / University of Technology Sydney /Incu Clothing / South Australia Theatre Company / Proboscis UK / Harcourt Educational Publishing / FBi Radio / Play Communication / Information and Cultural Exchange / Wollongong City Council / SWS Roller Derby

Select Awards & Recognition
Silver, Illustrators Australia Awards 2012
Society of Illustrators Annual 54, Sequential Category
Shortlisted, Comics Category, Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards
Top 10 Visual Artists, QANTAS Spirit of Youth Award
Top 3 Artistic Innovators, Anthill Business Magazine
Creative Sydney Catalyst, notable cultural contributor
Finalist, Young Illustrators Award Berlin
Winner, ArtStart Festival Campaign Illustration
Design: NSW Travelling Scholarship, Powerhouse Museum, British Council, Arts NSW recipient
Winner, Cut & Paste Digital Design Competition
Spark Fund Grant, Foundation for Young Australians
Best Small Press Title, Ledger Award for Excellence in Australian Comic Arts and Publishing
Winner, NSW Youth Week Poster Design
Best New Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition, Ledger Award for Excellence in Australian Comic