"Tom Waits" illustration

Program

BFA 82 Illustration

Matt Mahurin has been an illustrator, photographer, film director and teacher for 30 years. In addition to 40 covers for "Time Magazine,"he has illustrated for "Newsweek," "Mother Jones," "Rolling Stone," "Esquire," "The Observer" and "The New York Times." His photographic essays delve into such topics as the homeless, people with AIDS, the Texas prison system, abortion clinics and mental hospitals. Mahurin was also director, cinematographer and editor on music videos for Peter Gabriel, U2, R.E.M., Tracy Chapman, Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Ice-T, Metallica, David Byrne, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits. He has been awarded Gold and Silver medals from the Society of Illustrators and a Lifetime Achievement award from the Music Video Production Association. Mahurin’s photographs are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and his documentary "I Like Killing Flies" is in the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art.