Matthew Steinke is a musician, instrument maker, visual artist and animator. He studied analogue electronics & audio engineering at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wa. While in the NW he started the experimental rock band Mocket, the post-wave Satisfact, and the first installment of Octant, his ongoing solo project comprised of hand-built, mechanically driven instruments. He then moved to Chicago to receive his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was awarded a scholarship to produce robotic sculpture in the Art and Technology department. He was subsequently awarded the Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship in New Media. Currently residing in Brooklyn, he divides his time between teaching Digital Media, building instruments and performing with the latest version of his robotic band, Octant.
