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Work by Matthew McGaughey has been included in recent group exhibitions and performances such as Haunting House (Departure Lounge, Los Angeles, 2024), Erotic Codex (Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, 2024), Collapse All Windows and Exit (1258 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, 2024), Untitled Affairs (Miller ICA, Pittsburgh, 2022), In the Company of Men (Platform Gallery, Pittsburgh, 2020), 18-Wheeler Platform Shoes (Melwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, 2019), and Gloria! (Melwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, 2019).

Matthew’s commercial work as a composer includes Criminal Confessions (Oxygen, 2016–2019), American Horror Story (FX, 2014), The Last Ship (TNT, 2014–2015), Cold Case Files (Oxygen, 2014–2019), Project Runway (Bravo, 2004–2019), Top Chef (Bravo, 2004–2019), and The Real Housewives franchise (Bravo, 2004–2020).

Since 2020, Matthew has been awarded the William S. Dietrich II Presidential Fellowship (2021), ASCAP Screen Music Awards (2021–2023), a Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship in Painting & Sculpture nomination (2021), a GuSH Research Grant from Carnegie Mellon University (2021), the Frank-Ratchye Fund for Art at the Frontier (2021). Matthew received a MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, a PhD in Composition with a focus on extended performance practice and music technology from the University of York in 2004.