Matthew Shlian works in the realm between art and science, guided by wonder and rooted in print media, book arts, and design. His sculptural forms are inspired by organic material and iterative patterns, each piece mapped out digitally, and then folded and assembled by hand. Matt received his BFA from Alfred University and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has lectured and taught workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Penland School of Craft, and at universities across the U. S. Matt has held numerous artist residencies at Tamarind Institute (Albuquerque NM) and given lectures at the Museum of Mathematics (NYC) and the National Academy of Science (Washington DC). His clients include Ghostly International, Apple, P&G, Facebook, Levi’s, Herman Miller, Sesame Street and the Queen of Jordan. In 2020, Matt’s monograph was published through Thames & Hudson. 
 
Matt’s studio is currently located in Ann Arbor, MI. His work can be seen at mattshlian.com.