| Matt Doust | |
| Birth Name: | Matthew Doust |
| Birth Date: | 1984 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Santa Monica, California, US |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Style: | Hyperrealism |
| Website: | (archived) |
Matthew Doust (20 August 1984 – 28 August 2013) was an American-born Australian hyperrealist painter. He was a finalist of the 2011 Archibald Prize, for his portrait of Australian model and actress Gemma Ward.[1] Other notable works include the cover of the Deap Vally album Sistrionix (2013). Doust is the subject of the Mat de Koning documentary film 29 Years Eight Days.[2] [3]
Doust was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1984. He grew up in Perth, Western Australia.[4]
Doust died from an epileptic seizure on 28 August 2013, aged 29, in Los Angeles, California, where he had lived since July 2011.[5]