Michael Matteo Email and Phone Number

MATTEO’S passions and talent lie in new media video art combined with modern sculpture: https://youtu.be/c1aFRpObBWo His work and accolades in the design, commercial entertainment and advertising industries have kept him on the edge. He has chosen that peripheral position as a cultural observer bringing the outside in and the downside up.He has been awarded two grants from the renowned Burning Man arts foundation for his large-scale interactive video sculptures “HeadSpace” and “Spectre” which exhibited in 2005 and 2006. Reception was spectacular:https://youtu.be/fak-3io5MCoMATTEO has been working in the arts since he was a young man in his hometown of Toronto. He rapidly outstripped the traditions of a classical arts education and film study at the University of Toronto, where his father, English Professor, Shakespeare scholar and founding director of Cinema Studies Program. Friend & colleague of "Media Profit' Marshall McLuhan.At 18 he became a VJ (the genuine pioneering kind) created a residency at Toronto's legendary "Twilight Zone": https://youtu.be/Ou_WAfLl5X8 . Simultaneously, an entrepreneur–successfully directing, shooting, editing video art for use in nightclubs. Clients include New York's Danciteria, Limelight, Roxy and Palladium. San Francisco's DV8, LA's Prince's Glam Slam...His pursuits kept him conceptually engaged with contemporary culture as his technical savvy and business skills brought him deeper into entertainment industries, leading to establishing & designing startling new and different nightclubs: https://youtu.be/_MIo-zPoU1sRelocating to Los Angeles in early 1992, Matteo worked with and was mentored by world-class production designers Jeremy Railton and Bruce Rogers. And Eric Siegel, a veteran television/film director/designer.In 1995 he established MATTEO Industries Inc. Providing Production, Interior & Graphic Design services. He has won numerous design awards including three Promax intl. Broadcast Design Awards. Clients are household names: Jim Henson Company • MTV • VH1 • ABC • CBS • Beck • Sega • Mattel • Intel • Nissan • U.S. Dept. of Defense...Show reels:https://youtu.be/DvFOrrtH_nMMATTEO is comfortable in all circles of art, media and design. MATTEO brings original, fresh and unique creative skills to his projects. He understands technology, he knows business, he is a passionate and cutting-edge force who is always ahead of the curve. MATTEO continues to bring new and memorable work to worlds of fine art,: https://youtu.be/VS8RvUe5C7Y entertainment, advertising and design: https://youtu.be/VerU9O8KFcs