The Drawing Year Alumni, 2016. Matthew Booker graduated from studying Illustration & Animation at Kingston University. He has since worked as a print technician and as a freelance illustrator. At the Royal Drawing School he pursued his interest in print and in creating work from travels and from observations of people around London. He is currently coming to the end of a residency with the arts organisation METAL in Peterborough working in film with an emphasis on public engagement looking at public spaces in the city. His clients have included Random House, Pavilion Books and The Old Vic theatre.