Studio Matt is an international award-winning bureau for ecological and social design, currently set up between Vienna and Vorarlberg working thoughtfully for planet earth, the human and more-than-human currently celebrating its 10 years anniversary.

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Kreativpreis Vorarlberg 2025 Gold Winner

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Gothenburg Crafts Association Annual Scholarship

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University of Gothenburg Sustainability Thesis Award

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De Structure Top 100 Emerging European Artist

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Theodor och Hanne Mannheimer Scholarship

Kreativpreis Vorarlberg 2025 Gold Winner * Gothenburg Crafts Association Annual Scholarship * University of Gothenburg Sustainability Thesis Award * De Structure Top 100 Emerging European Artist * Theodor och Hanne Mannheimer Scholarship

AWARDS

(2025) Kreativpreis Vorarlberg, Gold Winner, Event, in collaboration with Sympoietic Society art collective, Dornbirn, Austria
(2024) Gothenburg Crafts Association Scholarship, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) The University of Gothenburg Sustainability Thesis Award, GUSTA, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) De Structura, Selected emerging European artist, Tallinn, Estonia
(2020) Theodor och Hanne Mannheimmer Scholarship, Gothenburg, Sweden


WORKS A–Z

ADIDAS / ADIDAS TERREX / AFRY / AIDS AID VORARLBERG / ALLIANZ / ARTIST IN CO-EXISTENCE

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF VISUAL CULTURE / CENTER FOR TOURISM AND BUSINESS & DESIGN LAB / CULTURE MOVES EUROPE

DYNAFIT / DESIGN + POSTHUMANISM NETWORK / DE STRUCTURA / FORWARD FESTIVAL

GOTHENBURG CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

HDK-VALAND / HAFNAR.HAUS / HAFNAR.SPACE / HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL ART PROGRAM

ICELAND SPACE AGENCY / ISPO / ICELAND UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

KV KONSTSKOLA / KONE FOUNDATION

MOVEMBER

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

OFFLINE INSTITUTE / OFFLINE HIKES

SWEDISH PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

REYKJAVIK CITY LIBRARY

PATAGONIA / POTENTIALE FESTIVAL / POOLBAR FESTIVAL / PACT ZOLLVEREIN

RECUP / REBOWL / RED BULL / RI.SE / RUNTASTIC

SOS-CHILDREN’S VILLAGES

THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS

UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE GROßES WALSERTAL / UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF THE WESTFJORDS / UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG

WELEDA

X-BIONIC

RESEARCH

Entanglements of Nature and Humans (ENHH)
Entanglements of Arctic Foxes and Humans (EAFH)
HAFNAR.Z!NE (HZ)
Nature Design Laboratory (NDL)
Archives of the Earth (AE)

COLLECTIVES

Dear Deer Artist Duo with Isadora Alves
Design + Posthumanism Network
Sympoietic Society Art Collective


GRANTS

(2025) SAARI residence, Kone Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
(2025) Culture Moves Europe, Isafjördur, Iceland
(2024) Artist in Co-existence, Orust, Sweden
(2024) Culture Moves Europe, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) Erasmus+ enterprise exchange, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) LEADER project funding, Vorarlberg, Austria
(2023) KLAR! Climate Change Adaptation Model Regions for Austria, Thüringerberg, Austria
(2023) LEADER project funding, Vorarlberg, Austria
(2023) Erasmus+ enterprise exchange, University Centre of the Westfjords, Isafjordur, Iceland
(2022) The University of Gothenburg Sustainability Thesis Award (GUSTA) research grant, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) KLAR! Climate Change Adaptation Model Regions for Austria, St. Gerold, Austria
(2021) Erasmus Scholarship, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2015) Erasmus Scholarship, Valencia, Spain
(2015) Erasmus Scholarship, Istanbul, Turkey

EXHIBITIONS

(2025) Landsleg – Landscape as relational practice, in collaboration with Lucrezia Costa, BokUmBok, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2025) Landsleg – Landscape as relational practice, in collaboration with Lucrezia Costa, hafnar.space, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2025) Kreativpreis Vorarlberg Prize Show, in collaboration with Sympoietic Society art collective, CampusVäre, Dornbirn, Austria
(2025) Wesen, Helsinki International Art Programme (HIAP), Helsinki, Finland
(2025) Other-Grounds Film Festival, ICE * In Case of Emergency, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Solid Soil, Scheune Lehen, St. Gerold, Austria
(2024) Forensic Forest, in collaboration with Sarah Schlatter, Nenzing, Austria
(2024) Alpinale short film festival, Nature Design Laboratory,, Bludenz, Austria
(2024) Alpinale short film festival, ICE * In Case of Emergency, Bludenz, Austria
(2024) The Conference of the Birds, Österängen Konsthall, Jönköping, Sweden
(2024) PUBLIC–US, participatory exhibition, Wabe, Basel, Bern
(2024) Isadora Alves and the Erotics of Destruction, visual poetry performance, in collaboration with Isadora Alves & Nick Martin, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Sólheimar 1.5, visual sound performance, in collaboration with Nick Martin & Isadora Alves, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Winter Lights Festival, In Case of Emergency, short film screening, in collaboration with Sympoietic Society, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Winter Lights Festival, Nature Design Camp, short film screening, in collaboration with Isadora Alves, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Winter Lights Festival, I’m sorry it didn’t work out, short film screening, in collaboration with Elias Arnar, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) ARCHIPELAGO, autumn term exhibition, MA Design & New Environments, in collaboration with Isadora Alves, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) Alpinale short film festival, I’m sorry it didn’t work out, artist discussion, Bludenz, Austria
(2023) Design March, I’m sorry it didn’t work out, short film screening, in collaboration with Elias Arnar, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) Hugarflug conference, Iceland University of the Arts, short film screening, in collaboration with Elias Arnar, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2022) FORWARD Festival – Moon Exhibition, Online, Vienna, Austria
(2022 – 2023) NATURE DESIGN CAMP, Tal/Studio, St. Gerold, Austria
(2022) The Living End exhibition, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) Stadsbiblioteket Artist Book exhibition, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) Meet us halfway exhibition, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) Maritime museum exhibition, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2021) Bíó Paradís exhibition, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2021) GLUGGI exhibition, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2020) Open Window exhibition, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2020) ZWO exhibition, Munich, Germany
(2018) POTENTIALe exhibition, Feldkirch, Austria


RESIDENCIES

(2026) JÖKULRIT Art + Science Expedition, Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland
(2025) SAARI Art Residency, Kone Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
(2025) Culture Moves Europe, Isafjördur, Iceland
(2024) IMPACT24, PACT Zollverein, Practices of the Commons, Essen, Germany
(2024) Artist in Co-existence, Orust, Sweden
(2024) Design and Posthumanism curators exchange, Vienna, Austria
(2024) Hafnar.haus art residency, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023 – 2024) Corrispondenze Magazine, Vienna, Austria
(2023) ICE residency, UNESCO Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal, Austria, in collaboration with the Walserherbst Festival
(2023) ICE residency, Parco dell’Adamello, Italy, in partnership with Avanzi and Casa Del Parco dell’Adamello
(2023) FIUMANA, Foodwave Festival, Milano, Italy
(2023) ICE residency, Sideby, Finland, in partnership with Ymmärrys ry and Kilens Hembygdsgård
(2023) TARA Art for Ocean finalist shortlist, Paris, France


PUBLICATIONS

(2025) Landsleg, Landscape as relational practice, in collaboration with Lucrezia Costa, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2025) Entanglements of Arctic Foxes and Humans, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2025) Bring Back Birds, Case Study, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(2025) Future 2125, Reykjavik City Library, Iceland
(2024) More-than-human design in practice, Routledge, Oxford, United Kingdom
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #9, The Final Issue, artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Iceland in Other Words, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #8, The Transformation Issue, artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #7, The Sex Issue, artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Decomposition Diary, artist zine, AIC, Orust, Sweden
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #6, The Plant Issue, artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #5, The Nothing Issue,artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #4, The Memory Issue, artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #3, The Rituals Issue, artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #2 The Burnout Issue, artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) ARCHIVES OF THE EARTH Reykjanes, Iceland, participatory research artist book, Turin, Italy
(2024) Hafnar.Zine #1 The Issue Issue, artist zine, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) Cambridge Journal of Visual Culture, magazine feature, Cambridge, England
(2023) Never Forever, glacier register, Thüringerberg, Austria
(2023) Nature Design Guide ll, art book, St. Gerold, Austria
(2023) A flash of light united those who saw it and yet an abyss, Adamello, Italy
(2023) FIUMANA, interactive text and exercise art book, Milano, Italy
(2023) ARCHIVES OF THE EARTH, art book, Isafjordur, Iceland
(2022) Nature Design Guide l, art book, St. Gerold, Austria
(2022) Building relations with nature by design methods, explorative paper, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2021) Everything is going to be alright, fanzine, Reykjavik, Iceland

WORKSHOPS

(2025) Glacier Ghosts, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2025) Entanglements of Arctic Foxes and Humans, Isafjördur, Iceland
(2024) Future 2125, Reykjavik City Library, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Offline Hike, design walk and workshop, Säntis, Switzerland
(2024) Decomposition Watch, Art and Science Walk, Orust, Sweden
(2024) Nature Design Laboratory, future laboratory, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Großes Walsertal, Thüringerberg, Austria
(2024) Neighbirdhood, Österängen Konsthall, Jönköping, Sweden
(2023) ARCHIVES OF THE EARTH, print writing workshop with Isadora Alves, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) ARCHIVES OF THE EARTH, print and writing workshop with Isadora Alves, HDK-Valand, Embedded Design, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2023) Eco-Social Design, FHV University of Applied Sciences, Intermedia, Dornbirn, Austria
(2023) Floral Futures, art & science walk with Lukas Rinnhofer, Dornbirn, Austria
(2023) PUBLIC–US, participatory workshop with Catherin Schöberl, Helena Schwär, Freiburg, Germany
(2023) Mineral walk, design walk and workshop, Offline Village, Gargellen, Austria
(2023) Glacier Ghosts, storytelling walk with Isadora Alves, Thüringerberg, Austria
(2023) BIRD-HUMAN SPACE workshop, The Conference of the Birds, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2023) Glacier Ghosts, drawing + storytelling workshop, Bürs, Austria
(2023) FIUMANA, design walk and workshop, Milano, Italy
(2023) Nature Design Camp, art hike and print workshop, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Großes Walsertal, Thüringerberg, Austria
(2023) ARCHIVES OF THE EARTH, University of Akureyri, print and writing workshop with Isadora Alves, Isafjordur, Iceland
(2023) Patagonia Mini Tools Conference, art + activism workshop, Zurich, Switzerland
(2022) BRING BACK BIRDS lll workshop, KV Konstskola, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) Design and posthumanist perspective, workshop with Katerina Cerna, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) BRING BACK BIRDS ll workshop, The Conference of the Birds, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) DE STRUCTURA De/constructing titan art institutions workshop with Cathrin Schöberl, Narva, Estonia
(2022) BRING BACK BIRDS l workshop, KV Konstskola, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) Nature > Human workshop, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Grosses Walsertal, Austria
(2021) B.I.R.D.S. design walk, The Conference of the Birds, Gothenburg, Sweden


TALKS

(2024) The Conference of the Birds, project presentation, Österängens Konsthall, Jönköping, Sweden
(2024) Archives of the Earth Reykjanes, project presentation, Leica Gallery, Vienna, Austria
(2024) More-than-human design, practice presentation, Hafnar.haus, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) The Conference of the Birds, project presentation, Nordic House, Oslo, Norway
(2023) Beyond Growth – weaving the fabric of a new society, panel discussion, Dornbirn, Austria
(2023) Together Otherwise, art and science panel discussion, Thüringerberg, Austria
(2023) Alpinale short film festival, I’m sorry it didn’t work out, artist discussion, Bludenz, Austria
(2023) Motiva art festival, expert talk with Isadora Alves, Biberach, Germany
(2023) Hugarflug design conference, expert talk with Isadora Alves, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) Micro Tools Conference, Patagonia, art and activism expert talk, Zurich, Switzerland
(2022) Building relations with nature by design methods, lunch seminar, Gothenburg Centre for sustainable development, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) Nature Design Camp, panel talk, Tal/Studio, St. Gerold, Austria


LECTURES

(2025) Eco-Social design, guest lecture, FHV University of Applied Sciences, Intermedia, Dornbirn, Austria
(2025) Copy Shop of all Species, Masterclass artistic publications,, University of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2025) Publication design, guest judge, University of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2024) Eco-Social design, guest lecture, FHV University of Applied Sciences, Intermedia, Dornbirn, Austria
(2024) Participatory publishing, guest lecture, HDK-Valand, Embedded Design, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2024) Product design, guest judge, University of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) Design and posthumanist perspective, guest lecture, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
(2023) Eco-social design, guest lecture, FHV University of Applied Sciences, Intermedia, Dornbirn, Austria
(2023) Design and posthumanist perspective, HDK-Valand, Embedded Design, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2023) Eco-social design, guest lecture with Isadora Alves, FHV University of Applied Sciences, Intermedia, Nenzing, Austria
(2023) Archives of the Earth: Fjords, guest lecture with Isadora Alves, University of Akureyri, Isafjordur, Iceland
(2022) Design and posthumanist perspective, guest lecture, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) Place making: Connecting to place through social networks and more-than-human actors, lunch seminar, HDK-Valand, Gothenburg, Sweden
(2022) Design and posthumanist perspective, guest lecture, KV Konstskola, Gothenburg, Sweden

Don't be shy to say Hi from Monday to Friday daytime for work and collaboration, availability varies according to the weather of the great outdoors. 

Christoph Matt MFA
Eco-Social Designer

Studio Matt
Responsibility for
Nature and Humans

+43 (0)664 95 91 333
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