Matt Curtius

Matt Curtius serves as an Associate Professor of Design and Illustration at Temple University's Tyler campus, balancing academic responsibilities with an active professional art practice.

His educational foundation includes a Master of Art Teaching (1997) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (1996), both from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Curtius's research manifests through collaborative studio work with Gina Triplett, exploring art historical narratives, organic/synthetic world dynamics, and co-creative processes. Their practice generates fine art paintings through iterative canvas exchanges and commercial illustrations for clients ranging from The New York Times to Whole Foods, examining how natural forms translate into symbolic visual language across media.

No formal scientific awards are documented, though their work has achieved recognition through exhibitions at the National Museum of China and Delaware Art Museum, plus features in authoritative texts like 50 Years of Illustration.

The Gina & Matt studio operates as an integrated research-teaching environment where commercial projects—from book covers for Simon & Schuster to Comcast murals—inform pedagogical approaches to collaborative design, with ongoing exploration of environmental themes in both gallery and public-facing works.