Matt Jackson Studios

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Matt Jackson is a Special Effects Artist with seven years of work experience creating puppets, props, prosthetics, models, and masks for film, television, advertising and theatre. With an emphasis in sculpture, he's proficient with various clays, polystyrene, sheet foam, wood, and wax. He also has much experience in the techniques of molding and casting with epoxy resins, polyester resins, fiberglass, silicone, plaster, and plastics. Past freelance clients have included Randy Carfagno Productions: (HASBRO Toys, Disney's Tarzan The Musical, Washington National's Major League Baseball, Camel Cigarettes; AXE Deodorant); Spaeth Design (Macy's Dept. Store, Sak's Fitfth Ave.); Miss Coney Island 2007; Celebrate Flowers (Macy's); Purple Crayon Films; Studio Iodyne; Squonk Opera; and many more. He is available for either freelance positions or long term, in-house work from New York to London, and beyond.

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BIOGRAPHY:   Matt was born in the rolling hills of Ohio, but then ventured off to attend the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating with honors from Industrial Design Technology/ Special Effects for Film, he worked for several years with local performers SQUONK OPERA.  He was then to move to New York City where he worked as a full-time freelance sculptor. He has also toured western Europe with an original one-man puppet show that is currently in redevelopment, and has participated in several solo/group gallery exhibitions.

Matt Jackson Studios is now located in Shoreditch, London.  Having recently completed an MA in Performance and Culture at Goldsmiths' College,  Matt is experimenting with the possibilities of his sculptural creations within live performance settings.  He expects this new experience to better fuel his performance career which involves the use of puppetry, original music, video, and storytelling.

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CONTACT:   email: mattjacksonstudios@hotmail.com   UK#: 0791.0054.386     address: 75 James Hammett House, Ravenscroft St, London,  E2 7QJ