ABOUT MATTHEW ROLSTON

Matthew Russell Rolston is an artist who works in photography and video. Rolston, who lives and works in Los Angeles, studied drawing and painting at the Chouinard Art Institute and Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles, California, as well as at the San Francisco Art Institute. Rolston studied illustration, photography, imaging and film at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, where in 2006, he received an honorary doctorate.  

While still a student at ArtCenter, Rolston was ‘discovered’ by American artist Andy Warhol, who immediately commissioned portraits for his proto-celebrity magazine, Interview. Thus began an extensive career; over the last 30 years, Matthew Rolston’s photographs have been published in numerous magazines, including Interview, Vogue, W, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, and over 100 covers of Rolling Stone.

Matthew Rolston is also a filmmaker who works in video. Known for his signature lighting techniques, Rolston has helmed award-winning music videos for artists as diverse as Madonna, Beyoncé Knowles and Miley Cyrus, as well as extensive print and television campaigns for a wide variety of internationally recognized brands including L’Oreal, Revlon, Esteé Lauder, Elizabeth Arden, Gap, Polo Ralph Lauren and Burberry. His imagery has helped define the contemporary aesthetics of style and truly embodies modern glamour.

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