Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1977, Matt Irie lives and works in the Chicago area. Irie received his MFA from Northwestern University, Evanston (2002). He completed a permanent commission for the Chicago Public Libraries in 2005. Irie and his former collaborator Dominick Talvacchio participated in the Luleá Art Biennial, Luleá, Sweden (2009). They had a solo exhibition at Unit B Galley, San Antonio (2007); and most recently were included in Double Take, a public exhibition of site-specific sculptural works funded by The Public Art Fund at MetroTech, Brooklyn, NY(2010). Irie’s paintings have been included in numerous group exhibitions and in 2011 he had a solo exhibition at The Wright Museum of Art in Beloit, Wisconsin and Ebersmoore Gallery in Chicago. Matt Irie currently teaches 2D studio art at Mchenry County College in Crystal Lake, Illinois. In addition to his activities as an artist, Irie is also a long time member of Cougars, a rock band based in Chicago.