Matthew Cusick – Map Art Collage (Inspiration)

New York based artist, Matthew Cusick has made a name in the art industry by creating intricate artistic representations of humans, animals, and water and landforms made out of carefully crafted pages of recycled maps, atlases, encyclopedias and school textbooks. His map collages are made by meticulously crafting sliced pieces of maps from various old cartographic sources into more lively and familiar forms. Matthew’s map works have gained massive popularity around the world and have been held in numerous collections including the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art and the Progressive Art Collection. The world has seen his works in various solo and group exhibitions and publications.