Matthew was born in Manila in 1968. He is the youngest of three children. In 1973 his family decided to move to Chicago. At the age of 12 they moved once again to Jacksonville, Florida. There he graduated from Sandalwood High School. Hungry for artistic knowledge, Matthew moved to New York City and after four years he received his BFA with Honors from Parsons School of Design.
For the next 15 years he worked as a Fashion Designer, Illustrator and Art Director for companies such as Harper Collins Trophy, Moody Publishing, Bill Blass, Avirex, Oleg Cassini, and Oxford Industries. He has also worked as associate professor of the Fashion Institute of Technology. In 2002 he moved with his family to Paris, France and rekindled his freelance career in illustration.
Since 2003 he has exhibited at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, where he won the 2003 Art Award. He has also freelanced for EMG (Alaska), Adept Press (Chicago) and Griffin Grove Games (Australia). In 2005 he moved to Phnom Penh, Cambodia where he started a lucrative career in jewelry, designing exclusive jewelry for members of the Cambodian royal family and local dignitaries.
In 2008 he returned to oil painting and prepared for his highly anticipated exhibition of locally inspired portraits Following the success of his exhibition Mathew and his partner Jeff returned back to the US for a three year Washington, D.C. tour. Currently he's a member of the Virginia's Torpedo Factory Art Center, The Del Ray Artisans and the Art League.
Continually working to develop his craft, he challenges his artistic boundaries by increasing his knowledge of new mediums in new industries. This way he can produce art, which is complimentary to the subject matter for any client.