HONORS

“How To Replace the Sky” comic for The Verge

• American Society of Magazine Editors Awards 2023, ‘Best Illustrated Story’ Finalist

“Reeducated” Documentary for The New Yorker

• EMMY AWARD, Outstanding Interactive Media Winner

• PEABODY AWARD 2023, Immersive and Interactive

• SXSW 2021’s Special Jury Recognition for Immersive Journalism

• VRHAM International Virtual Reality & Arts Festival, Grand Prize

• NewImages Festival's XR3 Exhibition, Special Jury Prize

• 78th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, Best of VR

• Online Journalism Awards 2021, Excellence in Immersive Storytelling Winner

• Online Journalism Awards 2021, Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling Winner

• Society of Illustrators 64 Annual, Editorial Moving Image

“Cabramatta” comic for Believer Magazine

• Eisner Award Nominee, Best Webcomic

• Webby Award Honoree, Best Editorial Feature

• 8th Annual Cartoonist Studio Prize Shortlist from Slate and Center for Cartoon Studies shortlist, Best Webcomic of the Year

• National Magazine Award finalist, Best Illustrated Story

• National Magazine Award finalist, Digital Innovation

“Adrift: How the Marine Corps Failed Squadron 242” for Propublica

• The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

• White House Correspondents’ Association Journalism’s Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability

• Society for News Design Award, Excellence in Illustration, Excellence in Animation and use of Video and Digital Storytelling

• Malofiej 28th International Infographics Awards (2020), Silver

“The Boat” for SBS Interactive

• 36th International Festival of Films on Art 2018, New Narratives Official Selection, Montreal

• World Illustration Award 2016, Editorial Professional, Winner

• United Nations Media Peace Awards, Special Commendation

• Create Awards, Desktop Magazine, Best Interactive Finalist

• W3 Awards, Gold Medal for Art Website

• Awwwards, Site of the Day

• FWA Awards, Site of the Day

• Finalist Site of the Year, Adobe Cutting Edge Award

• Future of Storytelling Prize, Finalist

• The Webbys, Best Individual Editorial Experience Nominee

Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibit 2017, Surface/Product Design Series
Nominated for Australian of The Year 2016
Ambassador, New Beginnings Refugee Arts & Culture Festival
Best Set and Costume Design Nomination, Green Room Awards
Comic & Cartoon Art Annual - Short Form & Special Format, MoCCA
9+1 Ways of Being Political, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
Top 10 Visual Artists, QANTAS SOYA shortlist
Design: NSW Travelling Scholarship, Arts NSW, British Council

SELECT CLIENTS

The New Yorker
The New York Times
The Los Angeles Times
The Washington Post
ProPublica
Vanity Fair
The Intercept
The Verge
The Believer
Penguin Publishing
Macmillan Publishing
GQ
Esquire
Rolling Stone
The Ringer
VICE
Arnoldia
Tiger Beer
Slack
Adobe
The On Being Project

PUBLIC SPEAKING
3/19 Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network, The People’s Forum, NYC
7/18 Asian American Literature Festival, Phillips Collection, Washington DC
3/18 Draft and Draw, Brooklyn Art Library, NY
9/17 This Alien Nation, Joe’s Pub/Public Theater, NYC
1/16 Festival Intl de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz, France
12/15 Walkley Foundation, Storyology, Sydney
8/11 Graphic Festival, Sydney Opera House

SELECT EXHIBITIONS
4/23 MÌNH, Fairfield City Museum and Gallery.
4/18 Constellations, NY Media Center by IFP.
3/18 Hope to Nope: Graphics & Politics 2008-2018, Design Museum, London
2/18 Self Titled, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
12/17 Freedom Manifesto, Humanity on the Move, Centrale Montemartini, Rome
10/17 Vietnam War, New York Historical Society
7/17 Smithsonian Asian American Literary Festival, National Portrait Gallery
10/14 ‘MA’ for Amnesty International, Disrupted Festival of Ideas, State Library of WA
5/14 Pencil Factory, Pan Macmillan Art Space, curated by Dutch Uncle London
1/14 ‘Co-Mix’, Melbourne City Library
12/13 ‘The Art in Article’, Momofuku / Lucky Peach exhibition, Bleecker St Arts Club
09/12 9 + 1 Ways of Being Political, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

PRAISE FOR ‘REEDUCATED’

“Reeducated is as haunting as it is artistically impressive. The film’s detailed black and white ink illustrations, hand-drawn by artist Matt Huynh, are intricate and gorgeous, and lace together a poignant, heartbreaking depiction of the narrators’ experiences.”

— Foreign Policy

PRAISE FOR 'MA'

“The quiet moments, where the parents are still with their children, are rendered carefully and it really feels like you’re watching this moment in time, through tears that occasionally blur the scene from view ... a real life that was lived and experienced. ‘MA’ feels like that. I am here now, I was lucky.”

— Faesthetic
 

“5/5, A touching and painful story to read at times, but Huynh does a wonderful job of making it relatable on the human level with his storytelling.”

— Comic Bastards
 

“It’s an old story ... one that’s backed up by nothing but fear. Huynh’s book is compelling precisely because he turns that fear around...The sensitivity and power of his brush strokes is held in check by a sense of restraint as he lets the images tell the story for him.”

— Rob Clough

"Writer and artist Matt Huynh works in the corridors of history where world events interact with the personal... There’s an urgency to Huynh’s writing. It’s a rush towards the unknown, the narrative unfolding. Finding itself with each page, each panel. Huynh’s ink wash painting is the voice of memory. The shallow fog of looking back."

- Evil Tender

PRAISE FOR 'THE BOAT'

“The Vietnamese refugee experience comes to vivid, harrowing life.”

— The Sydney Morning Herald

“beautiful, inventive AND moving…tells an important story in a new and moving way.”

— Heidi MacDonald, The Comics Beat

“Strong writing & art, innovative presentation.”

— Scott McCloud

“Here are Huynh’s ghostly, translucent-looking figures, accompanied by the paper trail of the very real tide of people who set out on a journey that meant unspeakable suffering and often ended in death. It’s a sobering juxtaposition of art and history...”

— Hyperallergic

“...The word ‘read’ doesn’t really do it justice. This is a comic that you experience...‘The Boat’ combines animations, audio and words to create something that feels truly interactive and unique. ”

— Kotaku

“Utterly fearless in its conviction, “The Boat” brings the element of humanity back to forefront...so urgent, so emotive, and so pure in its storytelling, that it is a shock to the system, a challenge to those of us who now live in a land of privilege and plenty.”

— Peril Magazine

PRAISE FOR ‘MAGPIE, MAGPIE’

“Huynh is an explorative storyteller — always looking for new ways to engage the reader and tell his stories ... It’s a treatment often used for reading superhero comics on a digital device but Huynh’s work becomes all the more urgent and ethereal on a computer monitor.”

— EVIL TENDER

“Matt’s latest work is an interesting, soulful exploration of expressive mark-making using bamboo and sumi. His comics are intimate and quiet, marked with moments of explosion. The last half of the book—a wild series of Muybridge-style gestures of magpies in flight— is worth admission alone.”

— PAUL POPE (BATTLING BOY, BATMAN YEAR 100)

“This eerie and desperate ghost story drips, spurts and dances from Matt Huynh’s brush. Powerful storytelling in brilliant black and white.”

— JAMES VICTORE (VICTORE, OR WHO DIED AND MADE YOU BOSS?)

“Moody, evocative and powerfully drawn - another universe of ink”

— MOLLY CRABAPPLE (DRAWING BLOOD)

“I am typically more of a fan of print than webcomics but I have never seen anything in this format before and was captivated through the entire reading experience. Magpie, Magpie is such a disturbingly beautiful piece of work. I loved it. I am gonna read it again right now.”

— FAREL DALRYMPLE (THE WRENCHIES, POP GUN WAR)

PRAISE FOR 'HARRI, AND SOME CHANGE'

5/5 - It’s a pure comic book and artistic experience that I’ve found is rarer and rarer in the comic medium, making this a breath of fresh air.

- Comic Bastards

PRAISE FOR ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANYWAY’

“...Realism breathed into the characters and situations by the integrity of image and word - fleeting black and white impressions of an unquestionably real world. As with Huynh’s other work, there is a perfect combination of style and substance... His sensitive portrayal of the intricacies of personal relationships and daily life have produced a fine, moving and substantial book.”

— Ink Spot, The Australian Cartoonists Association Journal

“His words flow like only the best of poetry can; expressive and sensitive without feeling pretentious. The art is cinematic yet maintains a dreamlike quality, making it feel equal parts fantasy and reality. It’s all very touching, really. Huynh’s work here is not only inspirational, it’s one of those rare books that could very well change the way you view life.”

— Comic Book Galaxy

PRAISE FOR ‘CAB’

“As always, Matt Huynh continues to surprise and impress with his exploration of new graphic novel material in the Australian context. One of my favourite forms of Australian comics is the regional anthology, but there's never been been one like this before - one that redefines what’s possible in this form of media.” 

— Ink Spot, Australian Cartoonists' Association Journal