Who is Matthew Prebeg?
Full Bio
Matthew Prebeg is an artist, designer, researcher and storyteller. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Science in translational research. He has collaborated with many institutions in the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and across Canada to lead co-design, community engagement, and knowledge translation strategies in various academic, community, and educational contexts. He currently works with a variety of health, non-profit, and social impact organizations to design participatory and responsive services and systems, with a particular focus on responsible tech and ethical data.
His practice explores the relationships between people and technology. He often investigates how data systems and platform infrastructures shape and are shaped by culture both on- and offline. He’s passionate about instilling natural and human qualities into contemporary technologies. His work shifts through various mediums, including critical making and writing.
He has been featured in Everpress’s Ones to Watch and SEVEN Magazine. His written work has been published in It’s Nice That and The Lancet Psychiatry. He has spoken and led workshops at the University of Toronto, Fleuron and Niteskül. He is a member of the Living Web Institute.
You can read his CV here.
Discipline-Specific Bios
To Matthew, making is a form of inquiry. He approaches art as he does research: as a process for discovery. He’s curious how material and digital artifacts can bridge disparate forms of knowing, and how the act of making can simultaneously be an arena for both learning and transformation.
His practice surfaces the intangible. He’s interested in how knowledge, memory, and interaction are experienced with technology and shaped by culture. His work invites moments of pause, subtly interrupting habitual rhythms to open space for new perspectives to emerge.
As a skilled knowledge translator, Matthew specializes in distilling clarity from complexity. Sometimes that means designing visual systems—revealing structure and story through graphic and information design. Other times, it means mapping messy processes, surfacing insights, and helping teams reimagine the services or knowledge they deliver.
His cross-disciplinary foundation spans service design, knowledge translation, community engagement, visual communication, participatory research, and the social and health sciences—informing a practice that’s as strategic as it is creative.
For a breakdown of Matthew’s services, visit here.
With over 180k followers and 6M+ engagements across platforms, Matt isn’t just riding the algorithm—he’s reshaping it. A thoughtful tastemaker with an unapologetically nerdy edge, his work sparks curiosity, slows the scroll, and reminds us of how interesting the internet can really be.
For Matt’s media kit, visit here.
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