Mat Maitland is an English art director and visual artist who lives in London.[1] He is renowned for his photo collage works and for co-creating numerous music campaigns.[2]
Maitland started his career at WEA (Warner Bros. Records) as a designer. In the early-2000s he joined Big Active where he has acted as creative director[3] on numerous music campaigns such as Basement Jaxx,[4]Goldfrapp, Simian (for which he received 2 Music Week CADS awards), Mark Ronson, Elton John, Michael Jackson and Beck winning a D&AD Yellow Pencil. He is also an image and film maker producing collage works, which absorb the worlds of fashion, pop culture and art. His images and films have been commissioned by fashion clients such as Louis Vuitton, Kenzo, Bulgari and Hermès[3] and in various magazines such as V Magazine, Vanity Fair, Interview, Vogue Japan and Harper's Bazaar.[3]
In 2014, Maitland created the record covers for Xscape, a posthumous album of Michael Jackson unreleased tracks.[5][6]
