Matt McVeigh - The Ideas Man

Matt McVeigh is a contemporary visual artist & designer. Skilled in several branches of visual arts, he has created striking and original production design work for many stage productions and innovative community art projects.

Matt graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts 2008, majoring in Design for Live Performance. He has practiced as a freelance designer/ visual artist since graduating and has been commissioned in the capacity of sculptor, painter, community artist, puppet, set, costume and event designer for various clients.

Woodside has commissioned him two years running as sculptor and designer for the Woodside Petroleum Event in association with Steamworks Arts Productions. He has created a number of unique artworks that have incorporated sculptural and environmental design elements. Most recently he created a large ephemeral public art piece, a 4 metre long ice sculpture as well as a number of kinetic wind sculptures.

Matt has demonstrated an ability to work in a range of different mediums and materials. He has the ability to not only build with various materials but can also communicate his designs to a workshop through technical drawings and scale models, this has allowed him to take on large scale projects.