Matthew Robinson is a multi-disciplinary writer, artist, and designer. His medium is glass.

When Matt isn’t in the studio at Chicago Hot Glass, examining Atlantic histories, or mounting photography exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, you might find him at the City’s farmers’ markets, practicing Portuguese over lunch, or volunteer tutoring English as a Second Language.

His interests include contemporary art, world politics and history, and emerging forms of social practices and their engagement with localized communities. He is especially interested in the ways in which art and design function as both cultural resources and financial assets. He is your go-to for curatorial discourse, changes in the academy, and social practice.