Brief History:

Matt was born in 1962 in Los Angeles, CA. As a third generation Southern Californian, he loved California since he was a kid. He especially the beautiful beaches, weather, creative culture and people.

As a teen, Matt was like most. He went to school, studied, listened to music, went to concerts, played tennis, and worked.. in 1978 he surfed in LA, Malibu, and San Diego. In 1979, Matt attended UC San Diego, where he was indeed lucky enough to surf most mornings at Blacks Beach just below UCSD, before coming back up to the campus to focus on his rigorous undergraduate studies in Science and Humanities.

In 1983, Matt moved to Northern California to attend UC Santa Cruz, in the Redwoods, studying Biology and Physics. "Living in Santa Cruz in the early to mid 80's is truly what made me an artist" says Matt. "It was so beautiful. I needed to learn how to paint it!"  

In 1988, after graduating, with a degree in Biology, Matt got a job at the UCSD Medical School, 3D modeling a second Human and Dolphin Brain at the UCSD Quantitative Morphology Lab on an Evans and Sutherland PS 300 (the same Unix graphics system that was used in the original breakthrough 1982 Disney Movie TRON). He worked for none other than Dr. Robert Livingston, who worked with John Lilly.

Matt was always an artist, since his teens, as his mom was an artist, making sculptures in marble and clay. Matt was provided with all the tools and loved to draw. He always had an Art Pad around, and enjoyed Sketching what he saw in L.A., California, Paris, and Hawaii. In the early 90's he drew and started to paint in Watercolor. He pencil and pen sketched Objects, Rooms, Landscapes and the Figure.

Eyes of the World

In the 80's and 90's Matt began to have some world-wide success with his early Silkscreen Prints, Stickers and T-Shirts. In the late 80's while still in college, Matt saw in the really blue eyes of a child, all of the knowledge contained within the "world." He drew, and drew it, until finally in 1990, with the release of Photoshop 1.0, at a service bureau in LA, Matt figured out a way to place the color separation films of a scan of the Earth, into a 14" wide film positive halftone of a enlarged Childs eye, and created his ground-breaking "Eyes of the World" Design.

The Eyes of the World Design was known and seen everywhere from College Towns, to the VW Busses of Deadheads in between. "It was a kick to happen see it on a car while driving, or walking down the street in Venice, LA, Berkeley, Santa Barbara or San Diego!" Matt says.

Wings of Light

With the success of his "Eyes of the World" sticker and T-shirt and other designs distributed worldwide, Matt started his Wings of Light Company. While operating his business creating his art on stickers and T-Shirts, Matt knew he should get a proper education in Graphic Design. He attended a few classes at the ArtCenter in Pasadena. Around this time, instead of Grad School in neuroscience, Matt decided to pursue his ideas in art.

Concert Posters

In 1994, Matt started to do what he really wanted to do and that was Concert Posters. Influenced heavily by French Art Nouveau Posters by Mucha, and the 60's Psychedelic Posters by Mouse, Moscoso and Rick Griffin, Matt got his 1st Poster Job in 1994 for The Offspring, Korn, and Cadillac Tramps.  Matt created and produced 40 Concert Posters for Promoters and Bands most namely, Tool, Pearl Jam, 311, Smashing Pumpkins, KISS, Tori Amos, and RUSH!

Poster Pop

In 1997, Matt started a new Company, Poster Pop, with his concert poster partner and salesman, Lawrence Finn. Matt and Larry took the framework of Matt's original "Wings of Light" graphics company of Matt's Art, with its already in place operating Sticker and T-Shirt production, suppliers, Distribution and sales agents, and applied everything to the the Art of Coop and Kozik -- then to other fellow 90's Concert Poster artists, namely Alan Forbes, SHAG, Von Franco, Tara McPherson, and then eventually to sell the licensed art of over 25 artists.

Even before Poster Pop was launched in February of 1997, and after with Poster Pop's almost immediate worldwide success, Matt had to focus 100% on operating both companies, while creating all the graphics, production, websites and catalogs. Finally in 2025, Matt decided to close the bulk of his Poster Pop daily activities to pursue his other ideas, mainly his art and writing a science fiction novel!

Silver Photography

Since Matt was a kid in the 70's he and his dad were always interested in Black and White Silver Photography and Darkroom printing. He studied Edward Weston and attended a workshop by his son, Cole Weston (1919-2003), in 2001. He photographing models in Cole's Garapata Beach, and later by his son, Kim Weston at Kim and Gina Westons houses (Edward Weston's house) in the Carmel Highlands. Matt also hired a few of the models from his drawing classes, to photograph them during this era of silver photography. Silver Photpgraphic Prints of Matt's Fine Art nudes are available here 

Plein Air Oil Paintings

Around 2014, Matt began to gain proficiency in Plein Air Painting in Oils in Orange County. In 2017 Matt painted under the amazing Mentorship of John Cosby. Matt has also applied his Oil Painting Skills to Painting a few Hotrod, and Tiki Paintings. Matt is a member in the California Art Club (CAC) and the Laguna Plein Air Painter Association (LPAPA), and had been accepted into the summer Laguna Art Festivals.

Currently

Matt is currently living in Huntington Beach, CA, a mile from the Ocean. He lives halfway between beautiful Palos Verdes to the North, and Laguna Beach to the South. LA and San Diego are each an hour away to make life interesting, for his writing and painting. He is constantly amazed how beautiful Orange County, CA is, especially the Golden Light!

Matt is currently focusing his entire attention on writing, and illustrating his Science Fiction Book, about a lifelong vision and goal of Humanity using only energy to Fly. He is Illustrating his stories, along with his Poster Pop Artist, Aaron Marshall, and SHAG, hopefully doing the cover. His 1st Short Stories, and then the novel, will be be published in 2026.

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Matt Getz

March, 2024

Updated, January, 2026