Photo by Ryan Warner
About Me
My name’s Matt, and I’m an artist and children's book illustrator from Portland, Oregon. I’m the illustrator of the picture books Cut!, written by CE Winters (Greenwillow / HarperCollins); My Cat Does Ballet, written by Robert Heidbreder (Atheneum / Simon & Schuster); the Cosmic Collisions series by Dr. Marc Kuchner (Candlewick / MIT Press); and Star and the Maestro by Thor Hanson (Greenwillow / HarperCollins). I’m also the illustrator of the chapter books The Tontine Caper by Dianne K. Salerni and The Islands of Elsewhere by Heather Fawcett, among others. My paintings and drawings have been exhibited at Nucleus and Nucleus House galleries in Portland, both in solo and group exhibitions, and I was awarded the Regional Arts and Culture Council‘s Catalyst grant in 2020. I received a degree in art from the University of Oregon in 2015, and worked as a graphic designer before switching focus to book illustration and fine art.
Represented by Chad W. Beckerman (chad@catagencyinc.com) at The CAT Agency for book illustration work.
Some groups I’ve worked with: HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Candlewick Press, MIT Kids, Penguin Random House, Highlights magazine, Oxford University Press, Nucleus Portland gallery
See also: Instagram, Behance, Twitter
I sell prints at etsy.com/shop/mattschu, with BuyOlympia, and an “old man and cat” print with Nucleus Portland.
Email: matt@matt-schu.com
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BOOKS ILLUSTRATED
2025: Cosmic Collisions: Supergiant vs. Neutron Star, written by Dr. Marc Kuchner, published by Candlewick / MIT Kids Press
2025: I Know the Whale, written by Robin Yardi, published by Little Bee Books
2025: The Tontine Caper, written by Dianne K. Salerni, published by Holiday House Books
2024: Star and the Maestro, written by Thor Hanson, published by Greenwillow Books / Harper Collins
2024: Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid vs. Comet, written by Dr. Marc Kuchner, published by Candlewick / MIT Kids Press
2023: CUT! How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation, written by CE Winters, published by Greenwillow Books / Harper Collins
2023: My Cat Does Ballet, written by Robert Heidbreder, published by Atheneum / Simon & Schuster
2023: The Islands of Elsewhere, written by Heather Fawcett, published by Rocky Pond Books / Penguin Random House
2020: Old Man and Cat, self-published book of drawings
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
January 2023: Show with Kayla Carlson (aka Paper Puffin) at Nucleus House gallery; Portland, OR
July-August 2022: Solo show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
March-April 2021: Windows, solo show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
November 2018: SALUT! III group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
November 2019: SALUT! IV group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
June 2020: SALUT! V group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
September 2020: Portland Collective group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
November 2020: Microdose 2 group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
February 2021: Mind Weave group show with WOW X WOW
June 2021: SALUT! 6 group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
August-September 2021: Microdose 3 group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
October 2021: Inktober group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
May 2022: SALUT! 7 group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
June 2023: SALUT! 8 group show at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
SELECTED FAIRS, CONVENTIONS
July 2017: Portland Zine Symposium; Portland, OR
July 2018: Portland Zine Symposium; Portland, OR
November 2018: Short Run small press expo; Seattle, WA
December 2018: Pin Pals Pop-Up at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
June 2019: Pin Pals Art Market at Nucleus Portland gallery; Portland, OR
June 2019: Portland Indie Con; Portland, OR
July 2019: Portland Zine Symposium; Portland, OR
September 2019: San Francisco Zine Fest; San Francisco, CA
November 2019: Short Run small press expo; Seattle, WA
July 2020: Portland Zine Symposium; Portland, OR
July 2020: Virtual Summer Art Mart with Nucleus Portland; Portland, OR
August 2022: Art Bug zine fair; Portland, OR
GRANTS
2019: Catalyst grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council; Portland, OR
CLASSES
June 2018: Lead zine-making class at Spark Arts Center; Portland, OR
August 2018: Lead zine-making class at Spark Arts Center; Portland, OR
November 2018: Lead zine-making class at Spark Arts Center; Portland, OR
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