Matt Rota
Illustration


Brief Description
A graduate of The Maryland Institute College of Art and the School of Visual Art, Matt is an illustrator, author and instructor. He has spent the past 15 years working with clients in print and online including the New York Times, the New Yorker, Penguin Books, The LA Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, Smithsonian, Variety, Buzzfeed, and many others. His illustrations focus primarily on global politics, criminal justice, social inequality, immigration and poverty. Over the past ten years he has taught illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art and The School of Visual Arts. Matt has written two books on drawing, has an extensive exhibition career internationally, and is senior curator at artreprenuer.com.
Clientele
New York Times

LA Times

New Yorker

Criterion Collection

McSweeny’s

NBC

Penguin Books

Harpers’s

In These Times

Politico

ProPublica

Equal Justice Initiative

Center for Investigative Journalism

Chronicle Books

Foreign Policy Magazine

Boston Globe

Huffington Post

Der Spiegel

New Republic

Washington Post

Guardian

Village Voice

Smithsonian

And more... 
Awards and Accolades
Society of Illustrators (Silver Medal Winner)

American Illustration

3x3

Creative Quarterly

Spectrum


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