Matthew Austin

Matt Austin (born 1986 in Hartford, CT, USA) is a Chicago-based artist and teacher who has recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a BFA in photography in December 2009. He is a recipient of the Albert P. Weisman Grant in 2008 and 2009, the InFocus Grant in 2009, and most recently an exhibiting artist in the Flash Forward Festival 2010. Austin is a participating artist in the Catherine Edelman Gallery’s Chicago Project and a recent attendant of the ACRE Artist Residency. A solo show of Austin's work will be held at the Johalla Projects space in Chicago in early 2011.