Born in 1966, Matt Sesow was raised in rural Nebraska while enjoying a normal childhood.  On a summer evening when he was eight at an airfield near his home, he was struck by the propeller of a landing airplane.  The accident resulted in his left arm being severed and the loss of his left hand.  Through the support of his family, Matt’s physical disability was minimized as he was encouraged to participate in a variety of academic and organized sporting events.   Eventually he attended and graduated from University with a degree in Computer Information Systems and a professional career with IBM as a software tester.

Without formal art education, Matt Sesow discovered painting as a hobby while working at IBM.   In the evenings and on weekends he played with painting and began selling his work to Self-Taught and Outsider art collectors in 1995.  Throughout the 1990’s he continued to paint and participate in art exhibitions while working full-time at variety of computer firms including AOL and Netscape.   Returning from a stint with the Peace Corps (Solomon Islands) in 1999, Matt began to focus on his love of painting and developing a path to create art full-time.

In 2001, after establishing himself within the art community as a powerfully diverse and independent painter, Matt Sesow retired from his computer career to pursue his art full-time.  With the ability to focus entirely on his painting, Sesow exhibited and traveled across the United States while also securing new collectors internationally including  exhibitions in Spain, France, and Slovenia.

Currently living and painting in Washington, DC, Matt continues to be an independent artist who makes a living by selling his work directly to fans and from a variety of galleries and exhibitions world-wide.