Matt Scott Barnes
Originally from Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Western Kentucky University’s Bachelor in Fine Arts program for Graphic Design (2003–07), and Vermont College of Fine Arts’ Masters of Fine Art for Graphic Design (2015–17).
He is is regularly featured on Aiga’s Eye on Design, Siteinspire, and Maxibestof. He has work showcased in publications, such as issue 47 of Graphic a Magazine in Korea (2021), Visual Strategies for the Apocalypse published by Wordshape (2019), Print Magazine’s Regional Design Annual, and Under Consideration’s 2014 and 2013 Quarterlies. He has been exhibited around the world including, The Packing Plant in Nashville, Tennessee (2018), Jeju Yeon Gallery in Jeju-do, Korea (2016), Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (2012), and Art Academy of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio (2011).
He is currently acting as the director & co-founder of a boutique design studio, Funeral in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He also co-runs “the world’s first” fully transparent agency, Jetskis, is part-time faculty at Parson’s School of Design, Curator at the low brow versus high brow, Us by Us, Typographer at Bad Type Co.