Matt leger artist biography

Testimonials

"Thank you for the great job you did on our catalog.  I know it is not an easy task to execute first year design of all new products and desired layout requirements, but you were able to make it an easy process. You checked all the boxes---design, communication, accuracy, and timeliness. Thank you for your excellent service and quality product. Look forward to working with you again."

Barry Hawkins, Owner, HMG Accessory Solutions

------------​​​​​​​

"Matt designed a logo for my small business that perfectly captures the essence of our business. He quickly came up with several logos for me to choose from, and his ideas for what to depict in the logo were better than any of mine. I appreciate his professionalism, his attention to detail, his quick turnaround time, and his creativity. This small task convinced me that Matt is truly gifted as a graphic designer."
Alan Thiesen, Owner, Sherlock Geopolitical Forecasting

------------

"Matt provided me with a professionally designed cover for an e-book I published. It was a pleasure to work with him, he offered me a choi

Mathieu Léger: Pushing the Boundaries of Acadie

 

If you are ever looking for Mat Léger at one of his exhibition openings, just look for the only Acadian wearing a kilt.

“It’s practical and comfortable,” he says. “There’s also some Celtic genes. Great-grandmother on my Dad’s side.”

As a self-described “serial artist-in-residence,” Moncton-based Léger is the antithesis of a stay-at-home creator. He has spent more than a decade travelling to different parts of the globe to mine local environments for creative ideas: since 2000 he has left his artistic mark on Canadian cities stretching from Banff, Alberta, to Corner Brook, Newfoundland, and travelled to the United States, Switzerland, France and Finland.

Later this year, he will be heading to Brussels, Belgium; he has already scheduled residencies for 2017 in Graz, Austria, and Berlin, Germany. More importantly, he is part of a wave of recent Acadian artists who, while articulating aspects of their cultural identity, attempt to situate that identity within the context of other cultures and landscapes.

Although born in Mon

Matt Leger

(1963 – )

Matthew Gerard Leger, known as Matt G. Leger, is a Southernfilkfan, performer and composer and a longtime illustrator for conventions and fan clubs. He is the publisher of three booklets of his filksongs and drawings.

Leger entered SF/Ffandom in 1977 by attending Vul-Con V in New Orleans, LA. He began composing filk parodies and original songs in 1981 while attending Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. In 1982, he began self-publishing a series of three annual fanzines of his work, titled Matt G. Leger's Demented, Deranged & Degenerate Filksongs.

In 1979, Leger held his first convention staff position as Staff Artist/Gofer for AcadianaCon I in Lafayette, LA. Since then he has produced artwork for a number of clubs and conventions, including the New Orleans Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival in 1988, where he was Fan Guest of Honor; The LSU Science Fiction & Fantasy Association, which he founded and led as inaugural President from 1982–85; Nolacon II in New Orleans in 1988, where he was Con Suite Quartermaster; staff artist f

Copyright ©damtree.pages.dev 2025