My name is Matthew Prebeg, and I am an artist, designer, researcher, and storyteller.

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Who is Matthew Prebeg?


One thing you should know about Matthew Prebeg is that he is perpetually curious. Allegedly an artist, designer, researcher, and storyteller, he likes clarity, but not too much. With a master’s in translational research, a background in community engagement, an eye for detail, and a habit of asking inconvenient questions, he designs services and systems that are participatory and responsive. And as a critical maker, he’s fascinated by how knowledge and culture intersect with technology. He’s the first one to ask why and the last one to let it go.

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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



Matthew Prebeg is a critical maker who enjoys a game of connect-the-dots. His work examines the entanglements between (technological, ecological, and cultural) systems, and how they shape our collective knowledge and sense of place. 

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.



Matthew Prebeg is a design researcher with a knack for systems thinking and a sharp eye for visual storytelling. He uses participatory, research-driven methods to design meaningful and intentional experiences across cultural, education, and public sectors.

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.



Matt Prebeg is allegedly an artist, designer, and storyteller. He cultivates a digital garden where internet culture blooms alongside creativity, style, and pop culture. His work blends sharp visual storytelling with a deep curiosity about good design and cultural trends, creating content that’s both thoughtful and effortlessly cool.

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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