Matthew Gernt (born Providence, 1988) is an artist and educator based in Marseille, France. He holds an MFA in visual art from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BFA in studio art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. He works primarily in video, photography, and painting and has shown his work throughout the United States and France. His practice focuses on the quotidian aspects of life, representation, and narratives of place. Currently, Matthew is a member of FUITE Atelier, an artist-run space in Marseille and is a professor of art history and painting at The Institute of American Universities in Aix-en-Provence.